Wonderful Nature in The North of Vietnam 8 days 7 nights

Brief itinerary:
Day 1: Hanoi arrival
Day 2: Hanoi City Tour
Day 3: Hanoi - Halong Bay Tours
Day 4: Ha Long Bay Tour – Hanoi - Sapa
Day 5: Sapa trekking
Day 6: Sapa - Hanoi
Day 7: Arrival Hanoi - Perfume Pagoda full day trip
Day 8: Hanoi – Hoa Lu – Tam Coc
Day 9: Hanoi Departure
 
Detail itinerary:
 
Day 1: Hanoi arrival
Our tour guide & driver will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel.
Welcome dinner at a traditional restaurant.
Evening highlight will be a Water Puppet Performance – the unique form of Vietnamese art derived from wet rice civilization of South East Asia.
Meal: Welcome Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
 
Day 2: Hanoi city tour
08:30am: guide and driver pick you up at hotel, we will enjoy almost highlights in Hanoi: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum/Museum, His House on Stilt, One Pillar Pagoda, Tran Quoc pagoda, West Lake, Temple of Literature continue to visit Hanoi Hilton prison and Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple – Symbol of Hanoi. Walking around in the Old Quarter to enjoy atmosphere of Hanoian
Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
 
Day 3: Hanoi - Ha Long bay
08:00am: Our guide will meet you at your hotel and transfer to Halong. Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmlands and Red River delta. You will have a chance to take photos. The distance from Hanoi to Halong bay is approximately 3 ½ hours. Arrive to Halong Bay at noon. Embark on Halong Junk, check in registration. Boat crew will greet you special seafood lunch while boat cruising around the bay to visit Dinh Huong Island, Ga Choi Island, Dog Island, Sail Island, Sung Sot cave and enjoy sunset. Have dinner on board with Vietnamese wine and overnight on boat.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: On Boat
 
Day 4: Ha Long Bay – Hanoi - Sapa
After breakfast, you can relax on deck to enjoy the beauty of the bay, boat passing the most beauty of karsts islets like Man’s head island, Tortoise Island, visit Luon cave by small bamboo boat, Bai Tu Long bay.
Have lunch on the boat while cruise returns to Halong wharf for transfer back to Hanoi.
Arrival back at your hotel approximately 16:30/17:00.
Free at leisure till transfer to Ha Noi Train Station to get the night train to Lao Cai.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: On Deluxe Train
 
Day 5: Sapa Trekking Tour
Our guide meets you at the Lao Cai train station, and drive up to Sa Pa. Arriving in Sa Pa mid-morning, you check in to the hotel, have breakfast and short rest. After lunch, our guide takes you to visit two Black H’mong villages (Cat Cat Village) and a waterfall. There, you will have a chance to see the hydroelectric power station built by the French. After that, it’s back to Sa Pa town.
In the evening, you’re free to do as you wish. You can explore the town of Sa Pa.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa
 
Day 6: Sapa Tour - Night Train to Hanoi
After breakfast, our guide takes you to villages populated by H’mong and Dzay peoples, respectively called Lao Chai and Ta Van. You’ll have lunch either with an ethnic minority family or on the way back to Lao Cai to catch a night train back to Ha Noi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: On Deluxe Train
 
Day 7: Hanoi – Perfume Pagoda - Hanoi
Arrival in Hanoi station early morning around 5am, hotel is prepared for shower and breakfast.
The Perfume Pagoda is a vast complex of Buddhist temples and shrines built into the limestone Huong Tich Mountains. It is the site of a religious festival which draws large numbers of pilgrims from across Vietnam. The centre of this complex is the Perfume Temple, also known as Chua Trong (Inner Temple), located in Huong Tich Cave.
Depart at 08:00am, 02 hours drive to Perfume Pagoda (75km). Enjoy a 1.30 hours boat trip on Yen (Swallow Bird) stream and visit Trinh temple. Then 2 hours climbing up the mountain to visit pagoda inside Grotto Huong Tich, the most beautiful cave, where people often come to pray for health, luck ... etc. After lunch, visit ThienTru Pagoda and scenery of Holiest in the country. Take another 1.30 hours boat trip back to the Wharf.
Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
 
Day 8: Hanoi – Hoa Lu – Trang An - Hanoi
*08:00: car and guide pick you up at the hotel.  About 10h30 arrive at Hoa Lu Ancient Capital. In Hoa Lu there are now 2 temples have been built on the ground of the old royal palace, one is dedicated to King Dinh Tien Hoang, the other is to King Le Dai Hanh. The visit offers a chance to know more about part of feudal dynasties and historical periods in Vietnamese history.
*Have lunch at local restaurant with local food.
*After lunch, take the amazing boat trip to visit Trang An grottoes which is a gathering of 31 valleys, 50 cross-water caves, and home to 600 kinds of flora and over 200 kinds of fauna, many of them in the Red Book of Vietnam. While rowing through Trang An grotto in the quiet, fresh air of the highlands, with only the sound of birds and the oars stirring the clear water and surrounded by magnificent forested mountains upon which graze white goats, visitors enjoy a heaven on earth.
*16h00: Leave Trang An and drive back to Hanoi. Finish unforgettable full day trip at your hotel in Hanoi!
Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
 
Day 9: Hanoi departure
Free at leisure till transfer to the airport for flight back your home sweet home.
Meal: Breakfast

RATE:  This rates are quoted in US$ per person

Categories	From 1st Jan to 31st Dec 2016
	2 pax	4 pax	6 -8 pax	SS
Superior 3*	649	612	477	252
Deluxe 4*	862	825	690	465
Luxury 5*	1029	992	857	632
Child from 4 – 10 years old	75%

Trip includes:
·         Hotel accommodation at preferred hotel with daily breakfast or similar, base on twin sharing
·         Private transfer from the airport to/from hotel with driver, toll fee and fuel
·         Private air-condition transportation (except Halong)
·         Greeting and Meeting at the airport
·         24/7 golf hotline staffed by knowledgeable English speaking service personnel
·         All taxes and service charges.
·         Admission fees and permits where applicable
·         Boat trip on Halong Bay
·         English speaking guide. Other languages can be arranged upon request
·         All meals as mentioned in the program
·         Mineral water & towel
·         Returns train tickets in 04 berths cabinet, A/C, Wooden inside, Soft sleeper
 
Trip excludes:
·         Others meals & drinks
·         Personal expenses such as shopping; telephone, laundry and bar bills etc.
·         Tips and gratuities
·         All other service not made on the written form