PRADIP'S PLAN: VIET NAM ITINERARY 9D8N IN NORTH & CENTRAL PART

Welcome to Ha Noi – the capital of Viet Nam! Get picked up by our driver from the airport.

Hotel check in! Rest day.

Overnight in Ha Noi

06:20: Our sleeping bus will pick you at the address on Tran Quang Khai street and depart to Sapa following Noi Bai – Lao Cai highway. Along the way, you will have a chance to enjoy the beauty of northwestern mountains, terraced fields sparkling in sunlight or dim in thick fog. Have two short breaks in 30 minutes for each and then continue the trip to Sapa.

13.00 – 13:30: Arrive in Sapa, eat lunch and check in at the hotel.

14:30: You will start hiking to Cat Cat Village which is occupied by the Black H’mong tribe. Here, you can see the hydroelectric power station which was built by the French in the twentieth century. You will experience the tribal way of life of ethnic minorities while enjoying wonderful views of the terraced rice paddy fields and the waterfall in Cat Cat village. Visitors will also understand culture, unique customs, traditional crafts such as weaving, touching carved silver, forged agricultural tools…

Come back to the hotel.

After dinner, you are free to explore the charm of Sapa by night, enjoy roasted corn, baked eggs beside charcoal fire or go shopping. Especially on Saturday night, we highly recommend a stop at the Love Market – one of the unique cultures of ethnic minorities in northwest Vietnam.

Overnight in Sapa

Have breakfast in the hotel.

08:00: Car and tour guide take you to Fansipan Cable Car Station to start the journey to conquer Fansipan with the world’s most modern 3-wire cable car system with a cabin that can accommodate up to 30 visitors. Then continue conquering to the top of Fansipan at 3.143m higher from sea-level, the roof of Indochina.

12:00: Back to Sapa, have lunch and rest.

14:00: Get on the bus and go back to Hanoi.

20:30-21:00: Arrive to Hanoi.

Overnight in Ha Noi

07:30 – 08:00: Our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel. We take you to Ninh Binh province which is far from Hanoi city about 120 km.

09:30: Have a short break for 20 minutes to relax

10:30: The first destination in this trip is visit Hoa Lu ancient capital. This is the first capital of Vietnam. Come to visit Hoa Lu, you will learn about why the capital was moved to Hanoi nowadays. You are impressed on an outstanding architecture when entering temples of King Dinh and King Le, the first and second emperors of ancient Vietnam, built in the 17th century. Try to feel ancient atmospheres in Hoa Lu ancient capital.

11:45: Have buffet lunch in the restaurant with a lot of local foods goat meat, fried rice… Vegetarian food is always available in the buffet lunch.

13:00: Visit Trang An which was recognized by UNESCO as The world Heritage Site in 2014. Trang An has the wonderful tunnel cave system so that Kong’s Movie Group chose this place for New Version of Kong in 2016: “Skull Island”. Boat trip to visit Trang An to see the amazing beauty of this landscape with many caves such as: Sang Cave (Light Cave), Toi Cave (Dark cave), Nau Ruou Cave (Cooking Wine), green river and natural view.

15:30: Get on the bus to go to Mua Cave (Dancing Cave). Walk up almost 500 steps, you can reach to the top of Lying Dragon Moutain, have an amazing panoramic view of Tam Coc from there.

16:30 – 17:00: Get on the bus to return to Hanoi

19:30: Arrive to Hanoi and get drop off at the hotel.

Overnight in Ha Noi

HIGHLIGHTS

+ VISIT HA LONG BAY OVERNIGHT TRIP IN 1 FULL DAY

+ VISIT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAVE IN HA LONG BAY AREA – AMAZING CAVE

+ TREK UP TO TITOV PEAK FOR PANORAMIC VIEW AND PHOTOS

+ 1 WAY TRANSFER ON HIGHWAY TO SAVE UP TIME

+ SWIMMING AT TITOV ISLAND

+ TEA-TIME ON SUNDECK TO ENJOY SUNSET

07:30: Our tour guide will pick up you at the hotel in Ha Noi Old Quarter then depart to Halong Bay by Expressway Transfer.

10:30: Have a short break for 20 minutes to relax.

12:00: Arrive to Tuan Chau Harbor. We will take you on 6 hours journey via 2 day-sleeper boat cruise route which renowned for its striking, passages uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes while having buffet lunch on boat.

14:00: You will visit Surprising Cave or Amazing Cave to see a lot of stalagmites with different shapes of sea lives.

15:00: Visit Titov Island with sandy beach to the towering limestone mountain with excellent backdrop of Halong bay and climb up Titov Peak for a panoramic view of the bay like paradise.

16:00: Then do kayaking or bamboo boat in Luon Cave to discover the beautiful Lagoon.

17:00 – 17:30: Cruising back to Tuan Chau harbor. There are a lot of time for enjoying sunset party with Red Wine, Tea, Cakes, sunbathing on upper deck with music and enjoying great fun of group touring fellows among world iconic natural scenery.

18:00 – 18:30: We get on bus to back Hanoi by Expressway, have a short break for 20-30 minutes.

21:00 – 21:30: Arrive at the hotel in Ha Noi Old Quarter.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Welcome to Da Nang city – the biggest city in Center of Viet Nam.

Get picked up by our local driver.

Transfer to your hotel in Da Nang.

Check in hotel. Have a rest!

Overnight in Da Nang.

07:30 – 08:00: Our Minivan and a tour guide pick you up at the hotel lobby.

Reach Ba Na Hills via Cable Car. Spend your time on the most modern Cable Car in Southeast Asia, visit Dream Stream Cable car Station and see the panorama of Quang Nam – Danang City on high.

After finishing the first cable car, you will visit The Golden Bridge which has the most exotic structure and also the world’s most prominent pedestrian bridges highlighted by the British Guard newspaper, France wine cellar, Le Jardin D’amourn (consists of 9 gardens), Linh Ung pagoda. Continue the 2nd Cable Car to visit the French Village, enjoy Street Music, watch Art’s statue, Campanile, Nine Floor Goddess Shrine, Tombstone Temple, Watch Carnival Performance Show, Square Du Dome…Challenge the most popular adventure ride. Slide of Tube Car…

Lunch at Restaurant (Buffet). Take the Lava Train from Sun Kingdom to many new attractions for check-in such as Helios waterfall, Time Gate, and The Moon Kingdom …Join in Fantasy Park by Walking in Fairy Forest, discovering Dinosaur Park, playing 5D wild west, enjoying 4D death race ride, watch 3D mega 360 degrees, ride on Journey into the underground, enter Jurassic Park, challenge Freefall Tower and participate in an adventure in Horror House and over 90 free games.

15:00: Return to the Cable Car for leaving Ba Na Hills

16:45 – 17:45: Our Minivan brings you back to your hotel.

Overnight in Da Nang.

07:00: Check out hotel. Driver picks up to Hoi An. Leave your luggage here and waiting at the hotel.

08:00: Local guide picks up at the hotel. Go to market with our chef (about 30 minutes). We will have a chance to see and experience the noise as well as directly contact sellers. In addition to this, we will show the ingredients for use in our lesson.

Transfer to Cam Thanh village by car or boat on the way, you can explore the beautiful views of the Vietnamese countryside and see the water and coconut trees growing together. Enjoy your time with basket boat rowing through the coconut jungle forest

12:00: Enjoy a welcome drink and take a rest at our restaurant, then join the cooking class. Our chef will teach you how to cook some local food. After the lesson, enjoy what you have cooked.

13:30: Return to hotel in Hoi An. Check in hotel.

Overnight in Hoi An

Have breakfast.

Enjoy last morning in Hoi An.

Check out hotel.

Driver picks up to Danang airport.

Trip ends. See you next time!

Note: Driver picks up 3,5 hours before your domestic flight!

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