North Viet Nam 7 days tour: Ha Noi - Sapa - Ha Long

overview

Day 1: Arrival in Ha Noi
Day 2: Ha Noi City tour
Day 3: Ha Noi - Sapa
Day 4: Sapa - Villages
Day 5: Sapa - Ha Noi
Day 6: Ha Noi - Ha Long bay
Day 7: Ha Long bay - Ha Noi
Day 8: Please contact if you want a longer trip

Itinerary
DAY 1: ARRIVAL HA NOI
You will get picked up by the driver when you just arrive at the airport then transfer to hotel for check in, your free time.
* Over night in Ha Noi.
Extra options: You can do 1 / 2 day city tour or walking street food tour or something else.

DAY 2: HA NOI CITY TOUR ( B / L )
Today, you will spend a full day to visit all the main sights in the city to know more about the history, culture and daily life of Vietnamese people as well as Ha Noi. You will visit
Ho Chi Minh's complex, consisting of Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, One pillar pagoda. This is where the president Ho Chi Minh worked and lived from 1954 to 1969.
Temple of Literature, it is a complex between a confucious temple and a royal school, built in the 1070s. This temple is considered the first university of Viet Nam.
You will have lunch at a restaurant as menu or on your request.
Hoa Lo prison, known as Ha Noi Hilton which built by the French for the Vietnames politcal prisoners during the French's rule in Indochina. Later on, the prison was used by the North Vietnam for the American prisoners during the Vietnam war.
Museum of Ethnology, the most interesting museum in Ha Noi, telling about the culture and daily life of 54 Ethnic groups in Vietnam from the past to nowadays through the objects are displayed.
The Train street, an unique selfie center in Ha Noi.
The tour ends at around 4.30 Pm. Dropping you off at your prefer location.
* Over night in Ha Noi
Extra options: You can do walking street food tour, a rickshaw tour or watch pupet show in the late afternoon.

DAY 3: HA NOI - SAPA ( B / L )
Morning, you will leave Ha Noi for Sapa, it takes about 5.5 hours drive to Sapa. Upon arrival in Sapa, you will have lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon, you will visit Lao Chai and Ta Van village by car, you will walk about 4 km through the villages and rice terraces, visit the local families to know about their culture and life.
Back to Sapa by car and your free time.
* Over night in Sapa

DAY 4: SAPA - VILLAGES ( B / L )
Today, you will spend the whole day to do trekking to Ban Khoang - Ta Giang Phinh village where the Black H'mong and Red Dzao live and very beautiful rice terraces along the way to these village. You will visit the local families to know how people live and make the handicrafts.
Lunch is anywhere in the village
Back to Sapa in the afternoon, free time.
* Over night in Sapa
Other options: You can visit other villages instead of Ban Khoang - Ta Giang Phinh village, you can choose a shorter trip, it depends on your health status.

DAY 5: SAPA - FANXIPAN PEAK - HA NOI ( B / L )
After breakfast at your hotel, the guide and driver will come to take you to Fanxipan Mountain. You will take the cable car to get up to the top where is considered as the Roof of Indochina Peninsula at the hight of 3.143 meter above the sea level. You look down the valley from the cable car, you will see a beautiful panoramic view of Sapa, the cable car takes you going through the cloud, you are then above the cloud. just amazing..!
It takes about 3 hours in total, then you will head back to Sapa for lunch servered at a local restaurant.
After lunch, you will back to the car and head back to Ha Noi, dropping you off at your hotel in the late afternoon.
* Over night in Ha Noi
Notes: There are 3 different options to go to Sapa from Ha Noi
Option 1: To Sapa by private car for the whole trip like the itinerary above
Option 2: To Sapa by the night train, or 1 way by the night train, 1 way by bus / car
Option 3: To Sapa both way by Limousine bus, sharing with others, and use private car and tour in Sapa.
The best is, please contact me for more details.

DAY 6: HA NOI - HA LONG BAY ( B / L / D )
Today, you will visit Ha Long bay, following activities and over night on cruise ship, depending you which cruise ship you want to stay. Meals and activities are on the cruise.
* Over night on cruise

DAY 7: HA LONG BAY - HA NOI ( B / L )
Today, you will continue following the activities on cruise ship until you get off at around 11.30. You will meet your guide and driver to head back to Ha Noi, it takes about 2.5 hours drive via the Express way.
* Over night in Ha Noi
Notes: There are two options for Ha Long bay cruise, you either go and back from Ha Long bay by private car or by shared bus with others.
The description above is presented briefly, please contact me for more details about the tour and itinerary, don't hesitate to ask me any question.

Price for land tour in USD: Per person ( Private tour )

Group of	2	3	4	5	6
Price / Per person

Cheaper per person for a family with kids.

Inclusion:
- Pick up at the airport
- Private tour, private car and tour guide during trip
- Activities as mentioned
- Meals as mentioned
- 02 bottle waters each per day.
Exclusion:
- Accomodation
- Ha Long cruise
- Air fares
- Extra options
- Tip for services
Please contact for more details, I will send you all options.
Thank you very much for booking this tour with me.