AISH AND FRIEND'S PLAN: VIETNAM ITINERARY 9D8N IN NORTHERN PART

Welcome to Ha Noi the capital of Viet Nam.

Get picked up by our driver from the airport.

Check in hotel.

Overnight in Ha Noi.

Enjoy your free day in Hanoi to discover the old quarter

Overnight in Hanoi.

06:00 – 06:30: Our bus and guide will pick you up at your hotel 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 Sapa town and be amazed by the colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, Dzay ethnic people. Then, have lunch with local Vietnamese dishes before the hotel check-in.

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 at hotel in Sapa.

Overnight in Sapa

07:00: Have breakfast at the hotel.

08:30: Start trekking about 6 kms to the Southeast of Sapa along the slopes of Muong Hoa valley to Y Linh Ho village of Black H’mong. After that, we will continue walking about 3 kms to Lao Chai village of the H’mong people. Tourists need to walk through a small tunnel/over a small bridge leading to Muong Hoa valley to get inside the village.

11:30: Arrive at Ta Van village of Dzay minority, which is exhibiting a strong influence from Chinese culture.

12:00: Enjoy lunch then rest at the local restaurant

14:00: Take a bus ride to return to Sapa

14:30: Enjoy your free time in Sapa for refreshment.

15:00 – 15:30: Catch a bus to travel back to Hanoi.

21:00: Arrive in Hanoi.

Overnight in Ha Noi.

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: Having Vietnamese lunch at local restaurant.

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 Mountain, have an amazing panoramic view of Tam Coc from here.

16:30 – 17:00: Finish the trip

Overnight in Tam Coc, Ninh Binh.

Having free morning to explore Tam Coc on your own.

13:00: Bus picks up to return to Ha Noi

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 Ha Noi.

07:45 – 08:15: Get picked up by your tour guide in the Old Quarter

09:30: Let’s visit Ha Thai village, which has been producing lacquerware since the 17th century. We will learn more about the traditional artwork as we are going to meet a lacquer painting artisan who is going to host us at his creative space. Immerse yourself into the space by crafting your own lacquer product following his guidance.

10:50:  Visit Chuong village which has been well-known for the craft of conical hat for over 300 years. We will be hosted at home of a female artisan who has been making hats for more than 30 years. The artisan will cook lunch for us, and if you insist, there will be a small cooking class as you join her making the meal. Home-cooking is a great way to feel the real vibes of local countryside. After having lunch, we are going to express our creativity and artistic talent by painting on our own conical hat Nón Lá, or join/observe the artisan crafting the conical hat.

13:30:  Say goodbye to the artisan, let’s make up our day by visiting Quang Phu Cau, incense village. We are going to walk to the center of the village, visit several ancient houses, interact with local artisans and take a lot of awesome photos at the dyeing yard.

15:00: Have a factory tour at the biggest incense factory in the town. You will have a chance to see how incense is made from scratch by visiting every production section of the factory, as well as learn more about life of manual worker in the countryside.

16:00: Time to go back to the city center.

17:00 ~ 17:30: Get drop off at your hotel in the Old Quarter.

Have breakfast.

Enjoy last morning in Ha Noi city.

Check out hotel.

Driver picks up to the airport

Activities suggested: Visit Dong Xuan whole sales market, Train Street, Giang café and The Note coffee…

Trip ends. See you next time!

Note: Driver picks up 3–3,5 hours before your flight time

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