When coming to North Vietnam, you can explore ancient cultural and historical works in Hanoi, experience special features of the people in the capital, visit the famous sights in Halong and Ninh Binh, also immerse in the simple life of the mountainous ethnic minority community in Sapa.
Highlight destinations in the 6 days and 5 nights program from Hanoi:
The tour
A quick look at the itinerary:
Departure / Return Location
Hanoi/Hanoi
In the morning:
We pick you up at the meeting point to drive you to visit:
At lunch, we will taste Pho – a famous noodle soup in Vietnam.
In the afternoon:
The next stop is Quoc Tu Giam Temple (Temple of Literature) – the first university in Vietnam to worship Confucius. The Vietnamese people come to this place to show the education spirit to encourage the student to study harder.
Next, you visit Hoan Kiem Lake, which locates in the center of Hanoi, and stop at Ngoc Son Temple that in the lake with beautiful scenery.
Back to the hotel to rest, have dinner by yourself and walk around the night of Hanoi Old Quarter.
You can enjoy the water puppet show – a traditional art performance coming from the agriculture activities in North Vietnam.
The nights of Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday: More programs go to the Museum of Ethnology.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: Add a program to Bat Trang Pottery Village – the ancient village to make pottery products.
Stay overnight in Hanoi.
Morning:
8:00 am, we pick up at the hotel and follow the Noi Bai – Lao Cai highway to drive to Sapa – a lovely city in the mountain in Northwest Vietnam.
On the way, you will watch the beautiful scenery on this road. Around 12:00 – 1:00 pm, we reach Sapa.
We have lunch and check in the hotel to get a short break.
Afternoon:
We start a journey to discover Ham Rong with a magnificent landscape. You will visit the Indochina orchid garden with all kinds of colorful orchids, magnificent Thach Lam dragon head.
Passing Troi 1 & 2 gate, you will reach the highest place of Ham Rong. That is San May (Cloud Yard)- the intersection of heaven and earth, where you can see a panoramic view of Sapa.
Then go back to the hotel to rest, and have dinner. You are free to explore Sapa town at night.
Overnight in Sapa.
Morning:
After breakfast, you start the journey to discover Cat Cat village – the village of H’mong people, to learn about the unique culture and customs of the local people here.
Then, we come back to the Sapa to have lunch.
Afternoon:
You are free to go shopping in the Sapa market.
After that, the car will pick you up to go back to Hanoi. We will get to the hotel in Hanoi city center.
We will try to choose a hotel in the Old Quarter. If no rooms are available, we will book a beautiful hotel out of the old city.
You will take a rest and explore Hanoi at night by yourself.
Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.
Morning:
After having breakfast, check out the hotel. The driver (without a guide) will pick you up to drive to Ha Long Bay. This bay owns thousands of islands, creating an incredible landscape in the sea.
When coming to Ha Long Bay, you get on the boat to check in and have lunch.
Afternoon:
The cruise takes you to visit o visit Sung Sot Cave, a wide and the most charming cave of Ha Long Bay, where countless miraculous stalactites make you wonder at the shimmering beauty of them.
After discovering Su Sot Cave, we go back to the ship. The cruise will move around the bays to see amazing views.
Halong is so wonderful when the sunset comes over this place. You can feel the romantic and poetic views while on the boat in the sea.
At night:
After dinner, you will relax or joining to go catching squid – this is an optional tour.
Overnight on cruise in Halong bay.
Morning:
It is exciting to welcome an early peaceful morning in the tranquil atmosphere of Halong Bay.
If you like to train exercise Tai Chi with the group, you will get up earlier.
Then, have breakfast, and the boat will move around the bay to visit the fishing village and go pass plenty of beautiful islands.
You can take time to relax on the boat if you do not want to explore attractions out of the ship.
At noon, the boat will take you back to the boat station to end the cruise ship.
Afternoon:
After lunch, the car (without a guide) will pick you up to visit a few attractions in Halong Bay:
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm: The car with a driver will drive you back to Hanoi.
Check in the hotel and spend overnight in Hanoi City.
Morning:
8:00 am, we will depart for Ninh Binh where has a lot of beautiful landscapes. From Hanoi to Ninh Binh is around two hours to drive.
To Ninh Binh, you visit Bai Dinh pagoda with the tallest and heaviest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam. The pagoda has the largest bronze Tam The statues and the most Arhat statues in Vietnam.
You return to the restaurant for lunch with the local food of goat meat.
Afternoon:
You continue to visit Trang An tourist area, get on the boat to explore the wild beauty like Ha Long Bay on land with countless caves by small boats.
You will see a lot of mountains and temples on both sides of the river of Trang An tourist area. This time is a good chance to take pictures, so prepare your camera full of battery.
Then, you get on the car back to Hanoi.
The 6-day-5-night tour from Hanoi will end. We hope we can travel with you to other destinations in Vietnam.
Price per person base on 4-star hotels:
| 2-3 guests | 990USD/guest. Book this now! |
| 4-6 guests | 890USD/guest. Send an enquiry! |
| from 7 guests | 790USD/guest. Send an enquiry! |
At least, there are 2 adults booked to start the tour.
For children price:
under 5 years old: Free of charge, you take care of them,
from 5 – 8 years old (under 1.2m): 85% of price,
from 9 years old: 100% of price.
