7-Day North Vietnam Adventure Tour (Hanoi – Sapa – Halong Bay – Ninh Binh)

07:30: Breakfast at hotel and check out room.

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.

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 17 century. Try to feel ancientatmospheres in Hoa Lu ancient capital.

11:50: 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 or Tam Coc

Option 1: Tam Coc, known as “Halong Bay on the land”, where you will spend 1.5 hours on the boat to explore this area. On this excursion down the Ngo Dong River, you will pass through the beautiful paddy fields, limestone karst formation, and a stunning cave system including Hang Ca, Hang Hai, and Hang Ba caves for a unique experience. 

Option 2: Trang An, a World Heritage Site recognized by UNESCO in 2014. There, you can spend 1.5 hours on the boat ride to enjoy the beauty of this place, which owns a beautiful tunnel cave system and appears in the New Version of Kong in 2016 - “Skull Island”.

Then, Continue the tour with 45 minutes for cycling around the village to discover the life of local people.

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 here.

16:30 – 17:00: Get a limousine back to Hanoi

19:30: Drop you off at Hanoi for free time with dinner by your own

21:00: Check in sleeper bus/train from Hanoi train station, depart to Sapa

06:00: Arrive to Bus/Train station. Then, driver will pick you up to hotel in Sapa for leave your luaggage and have a breakfast

08:30: After breakfast, A car and guide will pick you up to visit Cat Cat Village. A short walking in the Cat Cat village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photo with bridge and waterfall.
11:00: Driver picks you up back to Sapa to visit the Stone Church Sapa
12:00: Enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes

Afternoon: Free time by your own to explore local market in Sapa town.

07:30: Have a breakfast at restaurant

08:00: After breakfast, a driver takes you to Fansipan Station (Cable car ticket by your own) and spends 20 minutes with a cable car to enjoy the spectacular scenery. Reaching the altitude of 2800 meters, you have a good time to see the view and take photos, visit pagoda the spiritual destinations and trek up to 600 steps you will reach the peak of Fansipan - the Roof of Indochina. (Spend about 1,5 hours hiking and taking photos).

11:30: Then, you will be picked up to a restaurant to enjoy lunch and check out the hotel before getting a sleeper bus (at 13:30 pm) for back to Hanoi.
13:30: Check in sleeper bus/limousine, depart to Hanoi.

20:00: Arrive to Hanoi. Overnight at hotel 3-4-5 stars in Hanoi

07:30: Enjoy breakfast at hotel
08:00: Our limousine will meet you at hotel to pick you up, depart to Tuan Chau Harbour
11:30 – 12:00: Embark at Cruise’s waiting lounge - Tuan Chau International Marina harbor, from here a tender boat will take you to the cruise. A refreshing welcome drink is served, and you can check into your cabin

12:30: Set menu lunch is served in the restaurant while you can enjoy the amazing scenery. Cruise amongst the hundreds of islands. You will pass by Duck and Thumb islets to go to Luon cave’s area.

14:30: After 2,5 hours cruising our boat will stop in Luon cave’s area for kayaking. By do kayak or sit on a bamboo boat you can explore the beautiful lagoons and get closer to island.

15:30: You will visit Titop Island. In there you can swim or hiking to the top of Titop Island to have overview of the bay.

17:00 – 18:00: Afternoon tea and fresh spring roll making class

As the sun sets over the bay, we head back to our cruise and relax. Coffee, tea and fruits will be available on sundeck, or you can order your favorite drink while our boat cruising to area for anchor for the night.

Your tour guide will guide you through making fresh spring rolls to eat at the cruise restaurant. Afterwards, you can enjoy the fruits of your labor right away.

19:00: Dinner be served with local seafood and after dinner you may choose to enjoy drink from the bar or top deck, or experience squid fishing before retiring

Overnight at Cruise 4-5-6 stars 

06:00: Warm up your day with a Tai Chi lesson on the sundeck with a breathtaking view as the sun rises on Halong Bay.

07:00: Morning view of beautiful landscape with a cup of coffee or tea. Have breakfast in the fresh air.

08:00 – 09:00: You will visit an impressive Cave of Halong bay – Surprising Cave (Sửng Sốt) with your tour guide, a truly awesome and amazing cave to experience.

09:00 – 09:30: Check out of the cabin and settle bill and our boat begin cruising back to harbor and experience viewing other areas of Halong bay such as Fighting Cocks Island (Symbol of Halong bay), Incense Burner, Stone Dogs Island

10:00: Lunch is served on board during cruising towards the harbor.

11:00: Depart the Cruise and travel by tender boat back to cruise’s waiting lounge where you then board the limousine for your return journey to Hanoi

15:30 – 16:00: The limousine drops you off in Hanoi.

Overnight at hotel 3-4-5 stars in Hanoi

Morning: After breakfast & check out, Driver will pick you up from hotel to Noi Bai International Airport Hanoi. After 40-45 minutes, ready at Airport for the flight back to your country. Say goodbye to Vietnam