MARY'S FINAL PLAN: VIETNAM ITINERARY 7D7N IN NORTHERN PART

Welcome to Ha Noi – the capital city of Viet Nam.

Land at 01:30 am.

Waiting for the morning bus pick up at the airport.

Bus leaving Ha Noi city at 7 am will reach to the airport around 8 am.

Bus arrive to Sapa around 13:00 – 13:30 depends on traffic.

Have a free afternoon in Sapa.

Overnight in Sapa.

Have your breakfast at the hotel.

09:00: Tour guide will come to pick up for the tour. 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…

13.00 – 13:30: Back to Sapa, have lunch.

You have free afternoon for shopping and coffee time.

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 at hotel in Sapa.

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.

13:00 Heading to Ban Mong Alpine Coaster. The coaster descends the mountainside, twisting and turning with the natural contours of the landscape. You’re treated to panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and valleys with each twist and turn.

Finish the day and have free evening.

Overnight in Sapa.

Have breakfast in the hotel. Check out!

09:00: Get on the bus and go back to Hanoi.

15:30: Arrive to Ha Noi.

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 100 kms.

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 Hanoi.

Having breakfast. Spend the last morning in Hanoi to visit Quang Phu Cau incense village

08:30: Driver picks you up at your hotel and head out of Hanoi by car

09:30: Arriving in Quang Phu Cau. By the time we arrive, the villagers have already set out incense to dry in various formations and we’ll get pictures of people working among this sea of red. We will have time to capture a variety of shots of the workers in action.

We also venture further into the village workshops, shooting images of the incense-making process, including bamboo chopping, dipping the sticks in dye, and the creation of incense paste. We’ll take more images of the friendly locals who have worked on producing incense in this village for generations. We leave the village at noon, as the workers are preparing for lunch and head back to Hanoi for lunch.

Starting the trip to explore Hanoi old quarter with your local friend. Visiting Hanoi 36 streets, hidden gems, the places which is only locals know… Check in train street famous place you can’t miss when visiting Hanoi.

Along the trip Jenny will take you to local places to enjoy our Hanoi authentic street foods: She is taking you to Hoan Kiem Lake where you will find the greatest “bánh mì” place in town. After that, you will visit to one of the original egg coffee based in Hanoi from 1946.

The next stop is an ancient cuisine alley where you can try the truly authentic version of “bún chả” and spring rolls – Hanoian specialties.

Later on, you will pass by few interesting streets in the old quarters which are still devoted to their original trades to get to try Hanoian savory pan cake and Vietnamese steamed rice rolls.

Overnight in Ha Noi.

Have breakfast. Check out hotel. Driver picks up to the airport

Trip ends. See you next time!

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

Thank you for travelling with Jenny From The Blog!!!