SIC6-HN7D: Hanoi - Ha Long - Huong (Perfume) pagoda - Sapa 7 days/ 6 nights

For this trip 7days/ 6 nights we will start off in Hanoi, you"ll have an educational and participative experience that will show you the rich history, deep culture and emerging prosperity of today"s Vietnam. After exploring and shopping the bustling, tree lined boulevards of Hanoi, you"ll soon be escaping on a relaxing cruise or sea kayaking trip in World Heritage Halong Bay. The thousands of limestone karsts and the emerald waters of the bay truly make it a mystical and romantic escape, and you"ll soon see why it"s a place of legends. You"ll still be raving about the beauty of Halong with your fellow travelers as you board the night train to Lao Cai, embarking on your journey into the stunning northern mountains. Sapa boasts some of the most stunning scenery and diverse culture found anywhere in South East Asia. This tour you have chance to visit "Huong" Pagoda with mysterious atmosphere, streams flow windingly through limestone mountains and many beautiful caves make your tour the most impressive one.

Brief itinerary & tour map

Day 01: Arrive in Hanoi, airport greetings, transfer to hotel. O/N in Ha Noi

Day 02: Transfer to Halong Bay, cruise through its the most beautiful islands and caves: Thien Cung & Dau Go caves; Ga Choi , Dinh Huong, Dog islands. O/N on Cruise

Day 03: Keep cruising around Halong Bay, back to Ha Noi. O/N in Ha Noi.

Day 04: Depart for the Perfume Pagoda, enjoy a leisurely boat excursion on the Yen River and the sacred grotto of Huong Tich, back to Hanoi, O/N on train.
Day 05: Arrive in Lao Cai, transfer to Sapa, visits the busy market and village of Red Dao & Black H’mong. O/N at hotel in Sapa
Day 06: Sapa trekking, get night train back to HANOI. O/N on train
Day 07: Arrive Hanoi, joining a short Ha Noi city tour. At leisure until transfer to Noi Bai Airport.

Detail tour program

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, we'll 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.

Tour price(Group tour - joining tour - seat-in-coach tour - daily guaranteed departure. The itinerary may be changed to fit in joining tour)

Price per pax (adult) in US Dollars - Currency converter

Seat-in-coach tours: To join with other people on available daily tours. These tours are fixed itinerary and departure time. It is possible to join in even your group of only 1 or 2 people. Customer do not to find other people to form the group. It is our company duty to gather the tourists for each tour. For these tours, you have to share the coach, boat and tour guide with other tourists who come from different nationalities. The number of people of this group is normally less than 20 persons.

Tour price (Private tour)

Private tour: To do the tour privately. The tour is not fixed, it is possible to be customized for your group. All service is reserved for your group only. You do not have to share the bus, boat, tour guide with other tourists. One exception, if you stay at the boat in Halong bay - it is like the hotel in Halong - you still have to share the boat with other people.

Rates are inclusive of:

• Hotel accommodation based on twin or triple share with daily breakfast (incl: services charges, room taxes and baggage handling)
• Meals as specified in the itinerary
• All transfers and transportation
• Soft sleepers air-conditioning train tickets
• English- speaking guide (other languages are available upon request).
• Sightseeing as specified including entrance fees

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