Hanoi – Sapa-Ha Long Bay – Ninh Binh Tour

Discovery Northern Vietnam brings a  great experience from Hanoi – Sapa – Ha Long Bay -Ninh Binh package tour in 7 days 6 nights. It’s so exciting when you could contemplate the nice scenery of Ha Long Bay – world nature heritage and, Ninh Binh Legend land. Besides, you also spend your time visiting many beautiful villages in Sa Pa such as Fansipan Summit, Lao Chai, Ta Van, Ta Phin, Cat Cat, enjoy local herbs as a special way to refresh yourself and take a cable car to visit Fansipan Mountain… In addition, getting knowledge about history, culture and daily life in Ninh Binh Legend – The old capital of Viet Nam is also very interesting.

Itinerary in brief

Day 1: Welcome to Ha Noi. Take the Private Limousine bus to Sapa . O/N in Sapa.

Day 2: Arrive Lao Cai – Sa Pa – Explore minority villages in Sa Pa – Enjoy herbal baths. O/n in Sa Pa

Day 3: Discover Fansipan Mountain at 3,143 metres – Visit Cat Cat Village. O/n in Sa Pa

Day 4: Visit Silver Waterfall – Love Waterfall – Tram Ton pass Heaven Gate – Take a Afternoon bus back Ha Noi.

O/n in Ha Noi

Day 5: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Overnight on Cruise – Share group

Day 6: Discover Halong bay – The Surprising Cave – Back Hanoi. O/n in Ha Noi

Day 7: Ha Noi – Tam Coc – Ninh Binh – Departure

Details itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to Ha Noi. Transfer to Sapa by Private Limousine car.O/N in Sapa

Evening arrival Hanoi – Our Driver waiting and welcome you at Noi Bai International Airport with a welcome sign: “Sapa Trekking Travel” and transfer directly to Sapa via Highway, on the way to Sapa you will have 2 times to stop for a tea break .. arrival Sapa after five and haft hours.

Check in to the hotel and relax.

Overnight in Sapa: Deluxe Mountain View Room at Cat Cat Gallery D’Art Hotel in Sapa

Day 2: Visit Sa Pa – Explore minority villages in Sa Pa – Enjoy herbal bath. O/n in Sa Pa 

Am: Meet your guide and the driver will take you to Sa Pa town. Sa Pa, a highland town around with the covering clouds like a picture make you to have an interesting feeling when you step your foot to get it wonderfully by your eyes. This morning, you will explore Lao Chai Village, following the road down the hill. Views of the Muong Hoa Valley and magnificent surroundings of mountains and rice terrace fields are seen from this road. Along the road, people from many ethnic groups (H’mong, Zay, and Red Dao) likely to be met, and there are stalls along the way that serve tea, fruits, and sweets. Soon after turning off the main road and taking a local path, you will arrive in the Black H’mong village of Lao Chai, where you will experience the daily life of the villagers. After that, we walk from Lao Chai to Ta Van village where the Zay hill tribes live. Here, you trek around the village to get more exploration and to see daily activities of local people. Have lunch at the restaurant.

Pm: This afternoon, you will visit Ta Phin where you can meet Red Dao people (the most colorful people in Sapa). You will walk around Ta Phin village where 2 ethnic groups, Black Hmong and Red Dao minorities, live their own way with no cultural mixture, experience how different they are in many ways by visiting their house and interact with the locals. Next, take your time for a herbal bath. Red Dao people will boil a collection of fresh and dried plants and bark in a water filled giant wok, over a charcoal fire. Then this water will be transferred to a wooden barrel tub and ready for you to come and soak your bones in the Dao traditional bath and wash away your aches, pains, worries and woes all at once in the privacy of a separate bathhouse. Check in your hotel in Sapa. Relax at hotel or walk around the town for more explore… Free to have your own dinner. At night, you can visit Sapa Night Market to see the specific activity feature of this highland.

Overnight in Sapa: Deluxe Mountain View Room at Cat Cat Gallery D’Art Hotel in Sapa

Day 3: Discover Fansipan Mountain at 3,143 metres – Visit Cat Cat Village. O/n in Sa Pa

Am: Have breakfast at hotel. This morning, you will discover Fansipan, the highest peak of Indochina mountains. It normally takes people one or two days to reach the peak of Fansipan mountain on foot. However, you will take The three-rope cable car system which carry you from the bottom to the highest point of the mountain in 15-20 minutes. From there, you can enjoy the scenery and magnificent views to Sapa area and beautiful landscape of Lai Chau province. Then, you will be transferred back to Sapa to have lunch at the restaurant.

Pm: This afternoon, you will visit Cat Cat Village with beautiful landscapes and more experiences of tribe people here with black H’mong people family and discover their real life. You will walk down to the waterfall and Hydrogen power station built by French. You can have a chance to enjoy for more understanding of their cultures. Back your hotel. Free to relax at hotel or walk around the town for more explore. You can visit stone church which is located in the heart of Sapa town built by the French from the early 20th century or enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountain and the valleys surrounding. Free to have your own dinner. At night, you can visit Sapa Night Market to see the specific activity feature of this highland.

Overnight in Sapa: Deluxe Mountain View Room at Cat Cat Gallery D’Art Hotel in Sapa

Day 4: Sapa Visit Silver Waterfall – Love Waterfall – Tram Ton pass ( Heaven Gate) – Take a Private Limousine car Ha Noi. O/n in Ha Noi

Am: Have breakfast at hotel. This morning at 8:00 am Meet with your guide at your hotel and drive about 30 minutes to Silver Waterfall (best seen in the rainy season from May to November), take a short walk to the waterfall where great views are offered of the surrounding mountains and lush forests of the Hoang Lien National Park. Along the way your guide will explain about this special part of Sa Pa, where many tree species are grown such as plum and peach trees. Continue by car 10 minutes up to Heaven’s Gate, from here you can see Fansipan Mountain, the roof of Indochina’ at the height of 3143 meters above sea level. where great views are offered of the surrounding mountains and lush forests of the Hoang Lien National Park. From there you will trek 30 minutes through forest. Along the way you have many chances to see wild flowers. Trekking along the stream you will arrive the Love Waterfall . It is the best place for relax in Sa Pa then return Tram Ton and drive back to Sa Pa.

Have lunch at the local restaurant in town.

Pm: 14h to 14:30 – The Limousine car pick you up from your hotel in Sapa then transfer to Hanoi .Arrive Hanoi around 9.00pm check in to the hotel and then free to have your own dinner in the Hanoi Old Quarter.

And then walk around Old Quarter and experience the daily life of local people or go shopping at Dong Xuan Market to enjoy the purchase of local people here. Overnight at hotel.

Overnight in Hanoi: Deluxe Room at the hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter

Day 5: Hanoi – Halong Bay– Bai Tu Long Bay – Cong Do – Cap La Island – Tra San.( Share group )

Am: Have breakfast at hotel. At 07:30 am, then check out the hotel and leave some of your luggage at the hotel if you want, The next two day we will visit the  untouched Bai Tu Long Bay on the  Cruise, this is is ideal for you to discover the natural beauty and local life in a limited time schedule, you will get to visit a cave, go kayaking and visit a floating village. This trip takes you deep into natural wonder and experience a memorable night in the majestic bay. The route is off the beaten track and our staffs are keen on taking care of customer’s request, it is quite potential to be your highlight trip in Vietnam.

8.00 – 8.30: Our bus & guide will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi and start your trip to explore the most amazing bay in the North of Vietnam. On the way, we will have a quick stop in the middle of the way to rest.

11.40: Arrive at our waiting lounge at Ha Long international cruise port, you will have a bit of time to relax. Wait for our captain to finish the registration and transfer by tender to our boat.

12.35: Enjoy a welcome drink and spend a couple of minutes briefing about safety on the boat and activities included then we check in our cabin.

13.00: Delicious Vietnamese set menu will be served while leisurely cruising further into Bai Tu Long Bay.

15.00: Arrive in the kayaking area – that is Cap La Island. Enjoy kayaking through the karst
and breathtaking nature, swimming and relaxing.

17.30: Get back to the boat and enjoy our Sunset party while our cruise sailing to the overnight anchorage. Attend a Vietnamese cooking demonstration. You can quickly learn a simple but delicious Vietnamese dish that Gordon Ramsey (a 2 Michelin Star Chef) used to guide – Nem Cuon or challenge yourself in fruit and vegetable carving.

19.00: Sumptuous set dinner on board.

20.30: Free time to challenge yourself in Vietnamese puzzle games, or gathers your
group/family for a board game; try your luck with squid fishing or simply have a cocktail and
enjoy the quiet night on the bay.

Overnight in Hanoi: Deluxe Room at the hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter

Day 6: Bai Tu Long Bay – Thien Canh Son Cave – International Port – Hanoi

06:30: Sunrise Tai-chi section on sundeck or catch a morning view of the stunning bay’s landscape with a cup of tea or coffee.

07.00: Breakfast will be served in Western style, familiar to you to fulfill your strength and ready for another exploring day.

08.00: Explore the well-hidden Thien Canh Son Cave.

09.00: Upon return to the boat you will have about 30 minutes to freshen up and finish packing.

10.00: Enjoy a traditional Vietnamese lunch on the boat.

10.30: Back to the harbor.

11.00: Disembark at Ha Long cruise port.

11.30: Our bus will take you back to Hanoi.

You arrive at hotel in Ha Noi about 16:00 pm. Check in hotel. Free to have your own dinner. At night you are free to walk around Hoan Kiem Lake, go shopping in the Old Quarter (36 streets) and experience the daily life of local people here.

Overnight in Hanoi: Deluxe Room at the hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter

Day 7: Ha Noi -Tam Coc – Ninh Binh – Departure.

On the southern doorstep of Hanoi lies a province of wild greenery, offering the verdant lungs of the capital and the perfect short break from its hustle and bustle. This Tam Coc Hoa Lu Private Day Tour takes you out of the noise into the altogether more serene Ninh Binh province, where traffic is replaced by open roads and tightly packed buildings give way to open fields of the gently swaying rice crop. Not only does this Hanoi Day Trip offer the ultimate peace, but also the chance to dive into a unique blend of nature and history. At Tam Coc village, we find brilliant mountains stretching skyward from the banks of its river and plateaus of rice extending from its cycle-friendly roads. In Hoa Lu, we stroll around the ancient capital of Vietnam for 42 years, with its architecture and proud history still very much intact. With professional assistance from us, as well as our guide and driver, your Tam Coc and Hoa Lu private trip will be one of comfort, history, and unending beauty.

Sapa Trekking Guide & Driver will meet you in your hotel lobby and introduce themselves. Jump into the car waiting outside and the driver will take us just over 100km south of Hanoi. We pass scenes of the ancient Red River Delta as we drive, noting instances of farmers tilling the rice paddies in front of a backdrop of forested mountain ranges.

10:30: After arriving in Tam Coc, we go straight to the center of the village, where we find the head of the Ngo Dong River. We climb into one of the wooden rowboats here and begin our journey along the placid canal, relaxing into the seat as some of Ninh Binh’s most attractive scenery passes us by.

We skim between imposing mountain ranges flanking the river’s edge, where goats are often seen scaling the rock faces. Below this, we see Tam Coc’s famous rice paddies, growing directly beneath the mountains and flitting between green and gold hues throughout the year. Our local rowers will row with their feet as we pass underneath wet caves, which offer rippled ceilings of rock punctured with stalactites, all before the perfect cave exit, which frames the natural background in a wonderful, prehistoric scene.

Pass our third and final cave, we do a U-turn and head back to Tam Coc along the other side of the river.

13:30: Once back in the village, we head to a nearby restaurant for lunch, where you can enjoy some of the specialties of Ninh Binh and northern Vietnam as a whole.

14:00: After this, we climb onto bicycles and take a cycling tour of Tam Coc, pedaling down quaint village paths free of traffic. We cycle past small shops and restaurants before emerging in a clearing, where rice paddies stretch onward to the feet of limestone mountains and individual towers of karst rock jut out of a sea of green rice plants.

15:00: We finish your Tam Coc and Hoa Lu private day tour at our second destination; the ancient capital of Vietnam for 42 years. Hoa Lu still features a lot of the prestige of an ancient capital, with outstanding architecture on display across a moat, a bridge, and a grand gate standing in typical Vietnamese fashion.

We will take a walk around the fabulous enclave, which once belonged to two separate emperors between 968AD and 1010AD. We can see the legacies of these emperors at the two temples, dedicated to preserving the memories of King Dinh and King Le, who ruled from here before the capital was moved to Hanoi. The guide will explain the colorful history of Hoa Lu, as well as that of Dai Co Viet, the official name of the country under the rules of kings Dinh and Le.

16:00: After this, we return to the center of Tam Coc to find our bus and head back to Hanoi along the greenery-bordered highway.

Then, you will be transferred to   Noi Bai International Airport for taking flight to back home. Goodbye, thank you & see you again!

What’s included:

• Transportation
• Local English speaking guide
• Meals: 7 breakfasts; 6 lunches and 1 dinner:
• All entrance fees at mentioned sites in the tour itinerary
• Hotel with good location, comfortable and well-equipped rooms
• Train ticket,Limousine bus ticket
• Additional services: Cyclo, Herbal Bath, Cable car, Shared Cruise, Shared Boat in Ha Long, Kayak, Hotel for shower

What’s excluded: 

• Tips for tour guide and driver
• Insurance
• Personal expenses

Notes:

• These prices are for private tours except Ha Long Bay tour
• Hotel and Cruise: Twin/Double shared room
• Belongings to bring: Sun-glasses, hat, swim suit, towels, sun cream, raincoat or umbrella, good shoes & camera, thick sweater or jacket (if you travel in winter from December to February).