DAY 1: Hanoi Arrival – Night train to Lao Cai– Private airport transfer
Warmly welcome upon your arrival in Hanoi. Sinh Cafe Travel's driver will meet you at the airport for a transfer to your hotel/ our office (58 Hang Be street, HoanKiem district) in the city center. Enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure.
20:00 Our guide will pick up you at your hotel lobby/ our office and transfer to train station, take overnight train toLao Cai.
DAY 2: Lao Cai – Sa Pa – Cat Cat Village (B,L,D)– Group tour
Arrive in Lao Cai Train Station at around 05.00. Then take an one hour bus ride uphill to the beautiful town of Sapa. The ride gives you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces that make Sapa famous with travelers.
Have breakfast and freshen up upon arrival to Sapa town. Then take a morning walking tour of Sa Pa to visit a local market where Red Dao, Black H’mong and other ethnic minority people gather from the surrounding villages to sell and buy embroideries, silver wares and handicrafts...
In the afternoon, take a walk down to the South-west of Sapa to visit Cat Cat Village of the Black H’mong, one of the more well-known ethnic village of Sapa. Relax at the foot of the stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam.
Get transferred back to Sapa town and have free time until dinner.
Overnight at 4-star hotel in Sapa
DAY 3: Sa Pa - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Lao Cai - Hanoi (B,L)– Group tour
In the morning, have breakfast at the hotel.
Depart for Lao Chai Village of Black H'mong minority, start trekking and exploring the village. Continue on foot to Ta Van Village of Giay minority then back to Sapa by car. On the way, don'y forget to admire the sight of a range of huge mountain looms dimply in the veil of smog on one side and rice terraces on the other side.
3:00 PM Limousine bus pick up from hotel and tranfer back to Hanoi
9:30 PM arrive your hotel in Hanoi.
Have dinner by your own fee
Overnight at 4-star hotel in Hanoi
DAY 4: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay (B,L,D)– Group tour
Have breakfast at hotel
Around 9.00 depart for Halong Bay.
Upon arrival at the wharf in Ha Long you will be welcomed by the staff on board. Lunch is served while cruising slowly into the bay.
After lunch, time for enjoying a panoramic view of the bay, swimming or kayaking on a quiet beach or sunbathing on the sundeck.
Late afternoon, back on board your cruise, enjoy the glorious sunset while dinner is being served and relax in the seasonal swimming pool, or enjoy your time in our golf course
Have BBQ dinner with fresh food menu outside of swimming pool area
After dinner, reward yourself with a large selection of cocktails at panoramic bar with seasonal pool view, at wine and cigars cella, or take one of our onboard activities: games, movies and squid fishing… or relaxing with massage services
Stay overnight on Stellar of the Sea - 5-star cruise.
DAY 5: Halong Bay – Hanoi (B,L)– Group tour
Start a new day doing tai-chi exercises on the sundeck. You will have an opportunity to view the sunrise over the bay.
Local breakfast is served
After breakfast, we will visit Dark & Bright cave
Take your option either exploring the cave yourself on kayak or comfortably on local bamboo boat rowed by the locals.
Get back on board.
10:00 Check out cabin.
Joining cooking class
Have International buffet lunch while cruising back to the mainland.
12.00 Arrive at the wharf. Disembark. Transfer to Hanoi by bus.
Around 15.00 arrive in Hanoi.
Drop off at hotel.
Have dinner by your own fee
Overnight at 4-star hotel in Ha Noi
DAY 6: Ha Noi– Hoa Lu – Tam Coc (B,L)– Group tour
Have breakfast at hotel
7.15-7.30: MEET BY OUR GUIDE WITH CHAUFFEUR-DRIVEN LIMOUSNE
You will be met by our guide and a chauffeur-driven limousine at your hotel. Start 2.5 hours road journey to NinhBinh Province via expressway (120km).
10.15: ROWED-BOAT RIDE TAM COC WITHOUT TOURIST CROWDED
Embark on a rowed boat, gently gliding on exquisite Ngo Dong River amid dramatic natural sceneries of a maze of jungle-clad Limestone Mountains raised majestically out of flooded –rice paddy fields.
The highlights are secret passages of stalagmite caves so-called Hang Ca, Hang Hai, and Hang Ba leaded into hidden valleys and opening up views of one stupendous vista after another.
The tranquility - except the soundtrack of the mirrored water lapping against the
oar as if stepping back in time to another world.
SAVOUR A MOUTH-WATERING LUNCH IN 4-STARS RESTAURANT
Here, mouth-watering Vietnamese dishes are served and perfectly accompanied by flawless attentive service and drinks while the verdant landscape of rice fields are always in view through expended window.
13.30: VISIT DINH & LE KING TEMPLES IN HOA LU
After lunch, drive to Hoa Lu to visit Dinh& Le King temples. The 2 main sanctuaries are dedicated to the Dinh and Le dynasty dated back in 11th century and also is historical significance of NinhBinh province. We meet the people to live a part of interesting history of the past.
14.45: CYCLING OFF THE BEATEN TRACK IN TRANG AN ANCIENT LAND
Drive to the ancient land of TrangAn, the recently listed for world heritage site. Famed for endless stunning vista of abundant valleys, extensive canal network, and the magical backdrop of rugged karsts Limestone Mountains dotted with red-roof local houses. And indigenous people here have maintained their traditional way of life from beyond centuries.
After a basic instruction by our expert guide on how to cycling safely at your comfort, we take a 5km bicycle ride off the beaten track through gorgeous sceneries on village roads and encounter buffaloes, ducks and goats on the way
16.00:SAVOUR SUNSET AFTERNOON TEA
At sunset, we end our excursion with a magical afternoon tea, served by our white-gloves chauffeur, admire sunset over magnificent mountains before embarking on another comfortable limousine road trip back Hanoi.
19.00: ARRIVE IN HANOI
Drop off at your hotel
Have dinner by your own fee
Overnight at 4-star hotel in Ha Noi
DAY 7 : Ha Noi city tour (B,L)– Group tour
Have breakfast at hotel
8.00 - 8.30: Sinhcafe Travel's guide pick up from your hotel take you to visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of the beloved national hero, Uncle Ho – and President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house where he lived off and on from 1958 to 1969.
9.30: You’ll visit the One Pillar Pagoda, which is actually a group of structures that collectively make up a pagoda built over the water in the middle of a square lake.
After that, you’ll have a chance to explore the Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shore of west lake. From there, it’s onto the Temple of literature, which was Viet nam’s first university and is dedicated to Confucius.
12.30: You have lunch at the restaurant in the Old Quarter. Afterwards, you’ll visit HoanKiem Lake - the heart and soul of Hanoi.
OPTION 1: TUE, THU, SAT, SUNDAY
You’ ll stop in at Ethnology Museum.This superb museum showcases the depth of Vietnamese cultural diversity with an astounding collection of 15,000 artifacts gathered from throughout Vietnam. Maps, displays and dioramas are labelled in Vietnamese, French and English.Displays portray a typical village market, the making of comical hats and a Tay shamanic ceremony; videos show the real thing. You can also check out a traditional Black Thai house reconstructed in the museum. There's also a centre for research and conservation where scientists from all over the world study traditional Vietnamese cultures.
OPTION 2: MONDAY, WED, FRI
Depart for Bat Trang ceramic village which is about 20 km away from Ha Noi, this is pottery village with a half- milleary historic development.
15.30 - 16.00: Take the car come back your hotel.
Tour ends
