Day 1: Hanoi Arrival
Arrive at Noi Bai international airport.
Welcomed by our tour guide and car, being transferred to hotel in Hanoi
for check in. Overnight in Hanoi
Day 2: Hanoi – City tour – Lao Cai ( B / L / D )
Breakfast in hotel then transfer to
visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, his house on stilts ,One Pillar pagoda
nearby. Continue with the Temple of Literature – Vietnam’s first
college. Visit Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc Son temple, Tran Quoc pagoda, Quan
Thanh temple. Cyclo ride around the old quarter streets (Electricity car
is optional). Transfer to train station for the night train to Lao Cai.
Overnight on train (A/C soft sleeper cabin).
Note: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays and close for maintenance from October to January yearly
Day 3: Lao Cai – Sapa ( B / L )
You arrive at Lao Cai train station
early in the morning, from where you will be picked up and have a shared
( private upon request )bus transfer to Sapa (35 km – about 1 hour
drive). Check-in at Hotel. In the morning you will have time on your own
to enjoy the view of Fansipan (3.143 m) on the other side of the Sapa
valley – and to explore the market where some of the different ethnic
minority groups come into town to sell their products. In the afternoon
you will meet the guide who will give you brief information about the
following days in the Sapa area. After this you will visit the Cat Cat
village which is home of the Black H’mong people. Stay overnight at
hotel.
Day 4: Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van ( B / L / D )
After breakfast you leave the hotel and
trek to Lao Chai village to visit Black H’mong people.Then you continue
to Ta Van village to visit Zay people. Dinner and stay overnight in a
homestay in Ta Van village.
Trekking distance: 15 km.
Day 5: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Ban Ho ( B / L / D )
Breakfast in Ta Van village. Trekking to
visit Red Dao people at Giang Ta Chai where you also see a waterfall.
Arrive Ban Ho in the afternoon to visit the Tay people. If you get to
Ban Ho in the early afternoon you will have time to go on your own to
swim in a nearby river.Dinner and stay overnight in Ban Ho.
Trekking distance: 15 km.
Day 6: Ban Ho – Sapa ( B )
After breakfast, trek to Su Pan Hill.
Then you will be picked up and transferred back to Sapa town. Check in
hotel. In the afternoon: Free exploration Sa pa town, Sapa market with
all different ethnic groups and their homemade products. Overnight at
Hotel in Sapa.
Day 7: Sapa – Lai Chau ( 178km) ( B / L / D )
This morning the Jeep will take you on a
5 – 6 hour drive to Lai Chau. On the first part you will pass the
beautiful Silver Waterfall Thac Bac and Tram Ton Pass (1900 m) with
views of the Fansipan Mountain Range. Later you pass – and have the
chance to visit – Lao, Lu, Thai, Mangand Black Dao villages. On the way
you will see deep river gorges, high mountains and green rice fields. In
the afternoon you arrive to Lai Chau, one of the hottest places in
Vietnam during the summer months.. Stay overnight in a hotel in Lai
Chau.
Day 8: Lai Chau – Dien Bien Phu (130km) ( B / L / D )
3 – 4 hours drive to Dien Bien Phu along
a road with spectacular views and steep heavily forested hills. Visit
some of the minority villages (Kho Mu, Thai and H’mong) en route. At
noon we arrive at Dien Bien Phu in the flat Muong Thanh Valley. Dien
Bien Phu was the site of the last calamitous battle between the forces
of Ho Chi Minh’s Viet Minh army and the French in 1954. In the afternoon
you will visit the Museum in Dien Bien Phu, which gives you a better
understanding of the history. Stay overnight in a hotel in town.
Day 9: Dien Bien Phu – Son La (180km) ( B / L / D )
Leave Dien Bien Phu and drive 6 – 7
hours to Son La. The scenery is awesome with high mountains, limestone
rocks, gorges, rice fields and small villages. On the way you have the
possibility to visit the Thai people. Stay overnight in a hotel in Son
La.
Day 10: Son La – Mai Chau (180km) ( B / L / D )
Leave the hotel at 08:00 in the morning.
Short trek on the way and visit Thai village. Arrive at aLat village in
Mai chau at 15:00. Homestay in Lat village of Thai people.
Day 11: Mai Chau – Hanoi (165km) ( B )
Leave Mai Chau for Hanoi at 08:00.On the way visit Hoa Binh Hydro-Electric Power. Arrive in Hanoi at 12:30. End of tour Tours Included: - English speaking tour guide (other languages upon your request)
- All accommodation at hotel- twin share basis with daily breakfast , homestays
- Additional meals as indicated in the itinerary: (B-breakfast; L- lunch; D- dinner )
- All A/C private for transportaation as indicated in the program
- Entrance fees and permits during guided time
- Train tickets: Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi ( first class, soft sleeper; A/C 4 berth cabin)
Tours Excluded:
- International air tickets
- Departure airport tax
- Vietnamese visa fee
- Personal insurance
- Expenditure of a personal nature such as drinks, souvenirs and laundry, etc… |
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