PRIVATE 7 DAY 6 NIGHT NORTHERN VIETNAM TRIP

Depending on your flight schedule, our driver picks you up at the airport then takes you to your hotel.

Take a 3-hour guided walk through Hanoi's old quarter with a local guide. Get an insight into the traditions of Vietnam’s food culture.

Stop at a local restaurant to try banh my (a Vietnamese sandwich) and watch as skilled chefs demonstrate how this tasty dish is created. Next, enjoy phở  or bún chả (grilled pork with vermicelli), which are Vietnam’s most famous dish.               

Other food specialties you’ll sample include crab rolls, pillow cakes, fried rice balls, and fresh rolls – served with a dish of raw vegetables and a special sauce.

Taste che (sweet soup) and the famous Vietnamese egg coffee. 

After or during the food tour (depending on the train’s schedule), we will take a cab to the train street and enjoy a drink here while waiting for the train going through. If you are lucky, we might see the train!

Overnight at Hanoi

8:00: Our tour guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter for the transfer to Ninh Binh.

10:30: Arrive in Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam from years 968 to 1010. Then you will visit the Temple of King Dinh and King Le and learn more about Vietnamese history under the Dinh, Le, and Ly Dynasties.

11:00: It is time for lunch to enjoy local specialties. The vegetarian option is also available.

13:30:  Continue your trip to Trang An, a World Heritage Site recognized by UNESCO in 2014. While you’re there you can spend 2 hours on the boat ride to enjoy the beauty of this place, which owns a wonderful tunnel cave system and appears in the New Version of Kong in 2016 – “Skull Island”.

15:30: Your next destination is Mua Cave, also known as the “Great Wall of China” in Vietnam. From the foot of the mountain, you can climb 500 steps to reach the mountain's peak from where you can enjoy the fantastic view of the city and Tam Coc below.

16:30: Time to get back to Hanoi.

18:30: Get dropped off at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter

Overnight at Hanoi

6:30-7:10: Pick up at hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter by a limousine van

9.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city and have the first rest stop.

11.00: Second rest stop in Lao Cai before heading to Sapa

12.30: Arrive at Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, and Tay ethnic people. 

Enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes and check-in procedures.

14.30: A short walk to the gate of Cat Cat village, which is the 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 photos with the bridge and waterfall; then you will walk up hill for the bus to pick you up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon.

The trekking distance is about 4m and it lasts for 3 hours.

17.00: Come back to Sapa Town. Have dinner and overnight in a hotel.

Overnight at Sapa 

7.00 – 8.30: Have breakfast at the hotel, check out the room, and prepare a light pack for trekking. (Large luggage is kept in the hotel.)

8.30: Start hiking through Y Linh Ho, then trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain. After that, head to Ta Van village - home of the Dzay ethnic people.

The trekking distance is about 9km and it lasts for 5 hours

12.30 - 13:00: Have lunch at the village.

13.15: The bus arrives at Ta Van Bridge and transports you to Sapa. Then you will be transfer to the meeting point of the cabin bus

14.00 - 14.15: Get on the van to go back to Hanoi with two rest stops. 

20.30 Arrive Hanoi, and go back to your hotel by yourself. 

Overnight at Hanoi

08:15 – 08:45: Hotel or private address pick up with our shuttle bus. Short break half way.11:45 – 12:00: Arriving Tuan Chau marina, transferred by tender of La Pandora cruises. 

12:45 – 13:00: Welcome aboard the cruise. Refresh with our welcome drink. Meet the captain, crew in the cruise briefing, safety instruction. 

13:00 – 13:15: A special lunch in Vietnamese cuisine of fresh seafood and an assortment of appetizing favorites are served while sailing through Islets of Con Vit. 16:00: The Cruise sails through Lan Ha Bay. The area is surrounding of extraordinary limestone karsts landscapes. We progress to Ong Cam Area of Lan Ha Bay- a separate part of Ha Long Bay. This is a quiet tourist paradise in Vietnam, enjoy kayaking and/or enjoy swimming in the crystal-clear waters of the Bay.17:30: Back to La Pandora Cruise, drop anchor for staying overnight. Enjoy cooking demonstration (teaching you how to make our speciality, Spring rolls) and the complimentary Sunset Party on the sundeck with local wine and fresh fruit.

19:00: Dinner is served in the restaurant. Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served for you by our wonderful onboard catering staff. After dinner, retiring to your cabin or join the fishing excursion, watch a movie, have a drink at the bar, wifi access or play exciting games.

Overnight on board.

06:00: Enjoy sunrise and admire the never-ending miraculous scenery of the Bay. Practice an invigorating Tai Chi session on the sundeck.06:30: Light breakfast, coffee and tea served. 07:00: Visit Dark & Bright Cave and islets by local rowing boats which is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage. 09:15: Back to our La Pandora Cruise, relax before checking out. 10:00: Lunch is served on board.12:00: Disembark at the Tuan Chau marina by tender. Take our shuttle bus to return to Hanoi 15:00 – 15:30: Arrival back at your hotel or home.

Overnight at Hanoi

Our driver comes and picks you up at your hotel then brings you to the airport for your flight back home.