The Best of Northern Package (7Ds) by VietnamOpenTour

Tour Itinerary

Day 01 : Arrive Hanoi (Dinner)

Meeting at Noibai airport. Meet your guide and transfer to hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. Welcome dinner hosted by Vietnam OpenTour. Enjoy water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 02 : Hanoi to Halong Boat Cruise (Breakfast~ Lunch~ Dinner)

We transfer overland to Halong Bay~ northeast of Hanoi and enter into the Red River Delta~ rich with rural beauty and picturesque rice-farming villages. Once reaching Halong Bay~ We board the wooden junk and set sail for a leisure cruise of Halong Bay. Declared a World Heritage Site to protect its beauty~ well cruise through its three-thousand islands and rich rock-formations~ passing by Ga Choi Island~ Dinh Huong Island~ Dog Island~ Sail Island~ and even visit Sung Sot Cave. Lunch served on-board while viewing the islands. Dinner and overnight in Halong Bay on Junk boat.

Day 03 : Halong Bay - Hanoi. (Breakfast~ Lunch)

Keep cruising around the bay. Back to Halong bay harbour. Lunch. Back to Hanoi. Check in hotel. Free time for shopping and dinner. Overnight in Hanoi

Day 04 : Hanoi - Perfume Pagoda - Hanoi (Breakfast~ Lunch)

Depart for the Perfume Pagoda~ which is not just one pagoda but many shrines and sanctuaries built into mountainsides. This famous complex of pagodas is also one of Vietnam great pilgrimage sites. After two and half hour drive through the rich farming land of the Red River Delta~ we arrive at the Perfume Pagoda. Here we enjoy a leisurely boat excursion on the Yen River past the spectacular landscape of flooded rice fields and undulating mountains. After two hour river trip we embark on a rugged walk uphill to explore some of the many pagodas and the sacred grotto of Huong Tich. Back to Hanoi. In the evening~ take the night train to Lao Cai. Overnight on train. (Soft Sleepers)

Day 05 : LaoCai - Sapa (Breakfast~ Lunch~ Dinner)

Arrive in Lao Cai~ transfer to Sapa. A walking tour of Sapa visits the busy market where Red Dao~ Black H"mong and other hill tribes converge from the surrounding countryside to sell their embroidery~ silverware and handicrafts and to buy provisions. In the afternoon visit some of nearby hill tribe villages~ such as Cat Cat or Ta Fin. Overnight in Sapa.

Day 06 : Sapa (Breakfast~ Lunch)

After breakfast you check out and leave your luggage in the hotel~ get ready for the trip. Trek down to Lao Chai village to visit the Tay and Day tribes then keep going along the bottom of the Sapa valley to get to Ta Van village~ which is supposed to be the most beautiful one in the area. Have a picnic lunch on the way.You go back to Sapa by motorbike/jeep. Get yourself fresh with a shower in the hotel"s day room before transfer down to Lao Cai Station for the night train LC2 back to Hanoi.

Day 07 : Hanoi (Breakfast~ Lunch)

A short city tour to : NgocSon temple and HoanKiem Lake; HoChiMinh complex : HoChiMinh museum~ HoChiMinh mausoleum; One pillar pagoda; West Lake and TranQuoc Pagoda. Lunch. At leisure until transfer to Noi Bai Airport for onward flight.

Inclusive services : Transportation~ accommodation (twin sharing)~ entrance fees and guide (except on free days). Soft sleepers air-conditioning train tickets. Meals included as indicated.