Vietnam Essential Holiday In 12 Days

After breakfast, you are free and then go to Danang airport for the flight to Hanoi.

Upon arrival in Hanoi, you will meet the private guide and driver at the airport and then drive to Sapa for 05 hours on the freeway. Enjoy the beautiful scenery on the way with some stops for coffee and toilet time.

Arrival Sapa, you will check in your hotel and have a rest.

Meal. Breakfast

Stay at a hotel in Sapa

After breakfast, you will meet your private guide and drive from Sapa down to visit beautiful Muong Hoa valley under the root of the Himalaya range. You will go to visit the first village called Y Linh Ho and then to Lao Chai Village. This region is the home of the Hmong community with amazing terraces and discovers the H’Mong life-style, traditional craft Batik items. Then keep walking to the neighborhood Ta Van village, the home of Zay people. You will see the contrast of living in between 2 groups of people H’Mong & Zay people in the same region. Then return to the sapa town for lunch (your account)

Optional. (cost for the ticket from 40 USD /person)

After lunch, you will go up to the Indochina rooftop – Fansipan (1143m high above sea level).

You will take the cable car to the top and enjoy the incredible view from the cable car and the top of the summit.

Enjoy the hike to the peak of Fansipan (the end of the Himalaya range) enjoy some coffee(your account) and return to the cable car and go down to the bus station, return to Sapa. You are free to discover Sapa at night time.

Note: the Fansipan is very accessible from the Sapa town. we recommend you take this trip to the top of the mountain. Please bring warm clothing, the temperature is about from 10-18C on the top and windy.

Meal. Breakfast

Stay at a hotel in Sapa

After breakfast at the hotel at 8.30 am. you will check out and meet the private guide and driver and go to the untouched Ma Tra village with the local Hmong people. You will take a leisure walk down to the Matra Village, visit the local family, interact with the local Hmong people to learn the traditions and customs with your experienced guide, and enjoy the beautiful view of the village. Then get to your car and go to visit the second village called Ta Phin village where the Red Dao people have been settled for years. You will have the chance to discover the different lifestyles of those 02 groups of people in the same region. then return to Sapa for lunch (your account).

After lunch, we will drive back to Hanoi, check in hotel, and have a rest.

8:30 am. our private driver and guide will meet you at the hotel and then go to visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (outside), the Presidential Palace, and Ho Chi Minh‘s house. Then, the One-pillar Pagoda and you will walk through Ngoc Ha village to experience where you can interact with the local people to learn more about the daily lives of Hanoians. then we will go to visit the Temple of Literature built in 1070 and the very first university of Vietnam built in 1076.

Then we will go to the Quan An Ngon at Phan Boi Chau Street to have lunch at the local restaurant, this restaurant is designed according to the street food concept.

After lunch, you will visit Hoa Lo prison (known as Hanoi Hilton) where American prisoners were kept during the Vietnam-U.S. war.

You will go to visit The Ngoc Son temple and take the rickshaw ride in The Hanoi Old Quarter before attending the unique Water puppet performance and returning to the hotel.

Meal. Breakfast

Stay at a hotel in Hanoi

Away from Hanoi city 100kms. Trang An Heritage is the New Heritage site for the Cultural and Historical of Vietnam. Within-river systems and Karst mountain ranges surrounded, creating an amazing view by rock formations (known as Halong Bay on land), discovering Trang An heritage Unesco and Mua Caves and grottoes systems with stalagmites, stalactites above your head while you are riding sampan boat which is a great experience and Must See.

08.00 am. You will meet the private guide and driver and then drive to Ninh Binh and enjoy the beautiful landscapes, flowers, rice fields, fishing, and farming activities along the route. You could sometimes stop for picture opportunities or interact with people you meet.

10.15: Visiting Dinh King and Le King temples in the ancient capital of Vietnam gives you another story of Vietnam after almost 1000 years dominated by the Chinese.

11.30: You will go hiking up the Mua cave for the Best view. The path to Mua cave was imitated as the Great Wall of China. Take a slow walk up to the top for the view it is worth your time with the incredible view (best time to view from the top and picture.

Then we will go to Trang An for lunch. After lunch, we are going to take a Boat excursion to discover the hidden Caves.

08.00: Transfer to Ha Long Bay by private car to Tuan Chau Island in Ha Long City. It takes 3,5 hours to drive with the beautiful scenery along the Red River delta.

12h00: Arrive at Tuan Chau Harbour for a 30-minute break before taking a ferry boat to the Oasis Bay Party Cruise.

13h30-14h45: Check into your cabin and then enjoy a real Vietnamese lunch while the boat begins to cruise majestically through Halong Bay. There is magic or an energy that you feel when cruising through the Bay that is just lovely and amazing. Passing by Stone Dog Islet, Swan Islet, Duck Islet…

15h - 17h00: Spend at least 2 hours kayaking through the tunnel to explore the off-the-beaten-track area of Frog Pond in the fairyland of Halong Bay.