8 days 7 Nights North Vietnam Trip

TIME	BRIEF ITINERARY	OUR SERVICES	NOT INCLUDE
1st day	Hanoi Arrive, Airport pick up, city tour (-/L/-). Overnight in Hanoi.	Private Van 16seaters, Sighseeing tickets, Visit city and train street, Lunch, English speaking tour guide. Hotel in Hanoi	International and domestic flight Personal expenses Drinks Meals not mentioned in the tour itinerary. B= Breakfast. D=Dinner. L=Lunch. Travel insurance(we highly recommend that you purchase adequate insurance). Tip for tour guide, driver, local boat rower (Not compulsory but we suggest 3-5 usd per customer per day for tip). 3,1%-3,5% of transaction fee for Online/Card payment.
2nd day	Hanoi -Sapa-Y Linh Ho-Lao Chai villages, Tavan village(B/L/D) – Overnight in Homestay	Morning Private limousine transfer to Sapa-village-Sapa Breskfast, Lunch, Dinner, Village tickets, English speaking tour guide. Homestay in Village
3rd day	Homestay-Sapa-Catcat village-Fansipan mountain - Hanoi(B/L/-) – Overnight in Hanoi city	Sapa town-village transfer by van 16 seaters. Village tickets, Tram car from the town to cable car station, cable car ticket, Buffet lunch, English speaking tour guide, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. Hotel in Hanoi.
4th day	Hanoi – Ninh Binh full day tour. (B/L/-)- Overnight Hanoi. Visit Hoalu ancient capital, Tam Coc and cycling	Private van 16 seaters, English speaking tour guide, Breskfast, Lunch, Sighseeing tickets, sampan boat tickets. Hotel in Hanoi.
5th day	Hanoi-Halong bay(Lan Ha bay) (B/L/D) – Overnight on Cruise 4 star	Pick up by cruise’s limousine from Hotel, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Halong tickets, Tour guide on boat. Cruise overnight in Ha Long  bay
6th day	Halong bay around-Hanoi (B/L/-) – Overnight in Hanoi	Breakfast, Lunch, Tourguide on boat, Transfer to Hanoi by Cruise’s limousine. Hotel in Hanoi
7th day	Hanoi Free day discover	By yourown Hotel in Hanoi
8th day	Hanoi – Airport- Departure (B/-/-)	Breakfast in hote, Transfer to Airport by 16 seaters van.

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Day 1: Hanoi arrival, Airport pick up, City tour (-/L/-)

Welcome to Hanoi, you will be collected by our driver at Noi Bai International Airport and transfer to your hotel to leave your luggage. The rooms are at your disposal from 02:00 PM. Take a short rest before starting the city tour with the most highlights included:

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum where the great President Ho Chi Minh rests in peace. One Pillar Pagoda – the special pagoda with a particular structure.

Tran Quoc Pagoda – the oldest of its kind in Hanoi, dating back to the 6th century during the reign of Emperor Ly Nam De Dynasty (544 – 548).

Lunch in the local restaurant.

Continue to visit the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam - Vietnam's first University constructed in 1070. Its gardens and well-preserved architecture offer a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam’s past.

15:10 move to the train street to visit and take pictures the train passing.

Visit Museum of Ethnology to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in Vietnam

Back to the hotel and check-in . The balance of the day at your leisure. Dinner on your own.

Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi old quarter.

Our services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi(2-4 people/room), Check in time from 2 p.m
• Meals: Lunch.
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Private car/van pick up from Ha Noi airport to hotel/city center.
• Tour: Private or share tour to visit around Hanoi city depend on the option you choce.
• Tickets: Tickets to visit all of the places as the itinerary mentioned.

Note: The place to visit can be change up to the time/date to visit and depend on the weather.

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Day 2: Hanoi-Sapa-Lao Chai-Ta Van village(B/L/D)

Have breakfast in the hotel, check-out the room and start to leave for Sapa trip.

Our driver and tour guide will come to your hotel to pick up up, transfer to sleeping bus/Limousine bus to travel to Sapa through Hanoi-Lao Cai expressway (Its 340km long and takes about 5,5 hours to drive).

You will be at Sapa town at noon time and having lunch in the local restaurant.

In the afternoon: Our van will transfer you to the gate of the village, Trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong villages of Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of  Hoang Lien Son Mountain. You approach Ta Van Village where Dzay Ethnic People inhabits in late afternoon.

15.30: Check in homestay, get to know the family of Dzay People. Spend time to enjoy the mountain life on Sunset. You may attend cooking local dishes with the family and enjoy dinner in peace.
In the evening, you can join the local bar nearby with music and socialize with other tourists then overnight at homestay in Ta Van Village.

Our services:

• Accommodation: Homestay in Ta Van village. Sleep on individual mattresses lay out on the floor or private room is depend on the option you choce.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
• Tour Guide: Local English speaking guide in Sapa
• Transfer: Sleeping bus or limousine bus from Ha Noi city to Sapa center.
• Tour: Private or share tour to visit Lao Chai and Ta Van villages is depend on the option you choce.
• Tickets: Entrance ticket for villages.

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Day 3: Homestay- Cat Cat village-Fansipan mountain- Hanoi(B/L/-)

After breakfast in the homstay of Zay people, you will pick up by our car/van to transfer to Cat Cat village-The village of H’Mong people located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station, stop for photo with bridge and waterfall then you will transfer to the restaurant for lunch.

Afternoon: You will visit Fansipan peak by the cable car-spend 20 minutes with cable car to enjoy the spectacular scenery.

Reach the altitute of 2800 meters, you have a good time to see the view and take photos, visit pagodas the spiritual destinations and trek up to 1200 steps you will reach the peak of Fansipan – the Roof of Indochina. ( Spend about 1,5 hours for hiking and taking photos).

In the afternoon: Come back to Cable Car Station and return to Sapa town.

16:00: Get on a bus to going back Hanoi city. Overnight in Hanoi city.

Our services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi city center(2-3 people/room)
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
• Tour Guide: Local English speaking guide in Sapa
• Transfer: Sleeping bus or limousine bus from Ha Noi city to Sapa center.
• Tour: Private or share tour to visit Lao Chai and Ta Van villages is depend on the option you choce.
• Tickets: Entrance ticket for Cat Cat village, 2 ways cable car ticket for Fansipan mountain.

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Day 4: Hanoi – Ninh Binh full day trip (B/L/-)

You will be arrval Hanoi at about 5am, Come to Hotel to leave your luggages and have breakfast (No hotel check-in).

7:30 Our guide will meet you at your  hotel and start  110km on Bus-journey through verdant landscape of country side. Short-brake en route.

10:00 – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17th Century.

12:00 – Enjoy lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisine.

13:30 – Boarding a small sampan to visit Tam Coc which means literally “three caves” (1.5 hour boat trip). With Halong bay type views of majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious caves, as well as countryside landscape like peaceful streams, rice paddies and deserted green fields, Tam Coc really has it all. You will feel the fresh air and peaceful moments, a very good opportunities for photo lovers, freezing the special moments and scenery.

15:30 Leisure cycling on rural roads alongside the extensive canal network and through small villages with back drop of a maze of limestone mountains.

16:45 – Return to our bus and then come back to Ha Noi

18:45 – Drop you off at your hotel, check-in and overnight in Hanoi.

Our services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi city center(2-3 people/room)
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
• Tour Guide: English speaking.
• Transfer: Private car/van or shuttle bus depend on the option you booked.
• Tour: Private or share tour depend on the option you choce.
• Tickets: For all of these places mentioned in the itinerary, rowing boat to visit on Tam Coc river.

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Day 5: Hanoi-Halong bay (Lan Ha bay) cruise overnight(B/L/D)

8:00 Pick up at your hotel and depart for Ha Long City

11:45 Welcome at Tuan Chau habour in Ha Long Bay.

12h:00-12:15 You will be taken on our tender from the wharf and make your way out onto the bay to board our luxurious craft, Sapphire Cruise. You will be welcome aboard and greeted with a complimentary drink. Our Crew will conduct a compulsory safety procedures session and then you are free to check into your cabin and freshen up. Take some time to have a look around the vessel or watch the magical landscape go by.

13:15 - A special lunch of fresh seafood and an assortment of appetizing favorites will be served. We set sail for Lan Ha Bay passing to Da Chong islet where you can see a lighthouse built by the French over 100 years ago.

15:00- When lunch is about to finish, it is just nice that the Cruise completes its entry through Cua Van area to Lan Ha Bay (as part of Halong Bay). The area is surrounding of a lot of extraordinary limestone karst landscapes. Guests can start their journey to explore the Lan Ha Bay by Kayaking and swimming in the crystal clear waters of the bay.

18h:00 Cooking class opened right on the Cruise, you will be guided how to prepare and make spring rolls.

19:15- Relish special Dinner in restaurant.

Your free time to relax with an exotic cocktail or whatever takes your fancy. Our bar has a wide range of wines, beers, and liquors and is always a welcome sight for guests after a day on Bay. Any activities on boat cruise such as watching documentary movies, squid fishing or simply relax on our rooftop deck under the cover of a star filled sky

Our services:

• Accommodation: Overnight on cruise(2-3 people/cabin)
• Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide on the boat
• Transfer: Private car or shuttle bus/Limousine bus from Hanoi to Ha Long bay
• Tickets: Entrance and sightseeing tickets to visit Ha Long bay.

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Day 6: Dack & Bright cave – Halong bay-Hanoi(B/Brunch)

6:30 - The nicest time of the day on Lan Ha Bay is the morning. Head to the upper deck to participate in our daily Tai Chi sessions. Relax with an early morning cup of tea, coffee or juice anywhere you wish on the boat and watch the never-ending miraculous scenery unfold before you.

7:00 - Light breakfast will be served in our restaurant (pastries, tea, coffee)

7:45-9:00- Enjoy the last stage of your trip to Dark & Bright cave and islets by local rowing boats which is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage. Back to our main board afterward.

9:30- Check out of your cabin as we draw closer to the mainland.

10:30- Enjoy your brunch on the boat.

11:30- You will board our tender and head back to the wharf where you will be met by your return trip vehicle to transfer you to Hanoi.

12:10- Tour ends at Tuan Chau habour in Halong Bay

15:30- Arrive Ha Noi City.

Check-in hotel and overnight in Hanoi.

Our services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi city center(2-3 people/cabin)
• Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch.
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide on the boat
• Transfer: Private car or shuttle bus/Limousine bus from Ha Long bay to Hanoi.

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Day 7: You have a day free to visit Hanoi city around by yourown

Overnight in the hotel in hanoi.

Our services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi city center(2-3 people/cabin)
• Meals: Breakfast.

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Day 8: Hanoi departure, airport transfer (B/-/-)

On this day, you will have breakfast in the hotel and you are free at your own leisure until being picked up and transferred (without the guide) to the airport for your departure flight. The room is at your disposal until noon. Lunch (if any) on your own. End of services.

Our services:

• Accommodation:None
• Meals: Breakfast.

Transfer: Private car/van from hotel to Hanoi airport.

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​Not included:

• International flight and domestic flight.
• Food not mentioned.
• Drinks as order
• Personal expenses
• Travel insurance
• Tips for tour guide, driver(3 USD per guest per day if your group is from 9 people, 5 USD per guest per day if your group less than 9 people. and local small boat rower(if any)
• 3,1% of transaction fee for Card/Online payment

​This tour is tailor made for Vietnam Top Travel's guests

Designed: Henry Nguyen - +84 976467417

PRICE FOR GROUP TOUR SHARED:

Hotel	01 Adult (From 8 years old)	From 02 Adults (From 8 years old)
3* hotel + 3* cruise	700 USD	485 USD/PP
3* hotel + 4* cruise	736 USD	515 USD/PP
4* hotel + 3* cruise	840 USD	542 USD/PP
4* hotel + 4* cruise	880 USD	574 USD/PP

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PRIVATE TOUR: PRICE IS QUOTED IN US DOLLAR, PER PERSON BASED ON:

Hotel	2-3 Pax	4-6 Pax	7-9 Pax	10-12Pax	13 Pax +
3* hotel + 3* cruise	610 USD/PP	546 USD/PP	500 USD/PP	489 USD/PP	485 USD/PP
3* hotel + 4* cruise	640 USD/PP	578 USD/PP	532 USD/PP	518 USD/PP	512 USD/PP
4* hotel + 3* cruise	674 USD/PP	612 USD/PP	565 USD/PP	548 USD/PP	539  USD/PP
4* hotel + 4* cruise	705 USD/PP	643 USD/PP	597 USD/PP	580USD/PP	575 USD/PP

Hotel in Hanoi:

• 3 star: Au Coeur D’Hanoi hotel, or Vacanza Premier  Hotel or similar...
• 4 star: Shining central hotel, or Mina hotel & Spa or similar...

Cruise in Halong bay:

• 3 star: Cozy Bay cruises, Fantasea cruise, Ruby cruise or simillar...
• 4 star: Rosy cruise. Amanda cruise, Sapphire cruise or simillar...