Essential North tour

Description

Tour type: private - easy

Class: deluxe

Duration: 9 days
Arrival/ Departure: Hanoi / Hanoi.
Price: from US$535/pax
Meals planned: B: breakfast; L: Lunch; D: Dinner
Group Size: on request (2 - 15 pax)

Highlights: 1000 year-old Hanoi, Sapa town and markets, Halong Bay - World Heritage, etc.

Itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival - Hello Vietnam (D)

Day 2: Hanoi - City tour of the 1000-year-old capital (B, L)

Day 3: Sapa Town and villages of colorful minorities (B, L)

Day 4: Trek back to Sapa (B, L, D)

Day 5:Sapa - night train back to Hanoi (B, L, D)

Day 6: Hanoi - World Heritage of Halong Bay (B, L, D)

Day 7: Halong Bay - Hanoi (B, L or brunch)

Day 8: Hanoi free and easy (B)

Day 9: Hanoi departure (B)

Note*: This is a typical tour made by Tuan Linh Travel. In any case, please contact us for details in accordance with your departure date or customized itinerary.

DETAILED ITINERARY

Welcome to Vietnam! Or "Xin chao” in Vietnamese.
Transfer of 45 min to your hotel in Hanoi, (if it is still early then we can venture out for some culture shock on a short walking tour in the Old Quarter of Hanoi - this is the way to get familiar with the people and the culture).
Welcome dinner and Water puppet show at night. Have dinner. Overnight in Hanoi.

Leave at 8 am, on the three wheels of a cyclo you will be guided through Hanoi history and culture & people and to some other sights. This tour draws to: the Ho Chi Minh complex (Ho Chi Mausoleum, Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh's House-on-stilts, One-pillar Pagoda), Temple of Literature, one of the Museums (Ethnology, Fine Art, Army, Women, History...) with lunch at restaurant then back to the Old Quarter for some more exploration.
Alternative places to visit in Hanoi city tour day: Fine Arts Museum, History Museum, Military Museum, Saint Joseph Cathedral, Women Museum, Hoa Lo (Old prison for American POWs).
Night train at 9.30 to Sapa.

Arrive Lao Cai Station in the early morning. Jeep ride to Sapa for sightseeing en route. Arriving Sapa, take breakfast then leave for wonderful trek (5 - 6 hrs) along the rice terraces, through the forest and crossing streams. Stops to visit the H'Mong and Dzao villages (picnic lunch). Check in and home stay at the Dzao in Ta Phin village and dinner and sleep in their traditional house.

Breakfast and leave the village for trekking (3hrs) another way up hill to the main road then jeep back to Sapa, check in hotel with lunch served in Sapa. After the long trek, the afternoon is free to discover the town at your own taste.

Your morning free in town of Sapa, to go walking around, visit more villages nearby or to go shopping. Jeep ride at 4 p.m. to Lao Cai Train Station and take night train back to Hanoi. Arrive Hanoi in the next morning.

Arrival from Sapa in the early morning. Take a mini van Halong City then boat cruise straight to the Bay with fresh seafood lunch served on the Bay, cruise along the wonderful Bay in the afternoon with cave visit and swimming, dinner and sleep on boat (under thousands of stars).

Visitors often wake up at 6 a.m. for the sunrise, offering great photos as it is rising up from the ocean and through the peaks of the limestone islands. Breakfast is served on boat. Cruise back to Halong City and lunch on board before driving back to Hanoi.

A free day to relax and look and taste around with time for shopping, exploring and packing before flying home tomorrow. Overnight in Hanoi.

Saying Goodbye Hanoi, we will bring you to the airport for your flight home.

Quotation

Category	Net rate in US$/person in party of			Sgl Sup
	2 - 3 pax	4 - 5 pax	6 pax up
Superior	670	590	535	245
First class	780	700	645	380
Deluxe	975	895	840	535
Luxury	Contact us at mail@tuanlinhtravel.com for price

Note*: rates are not applied on New Year, National Holidays, festivals..

Services

Inclusion:

• Twin-shared rooms at your selected hotels. Home stay with clean blanket, mosquito-net, pillow.

• Meals as mentioned the program.

• Land transfer by private A/C vehicle for whole trip.

• Luxurious Junk in Halong Bay.

• Train ticket from Hanoi to Lao Cai (A/C soft sleeper).

• English or French speaking guides. Other languages are available upon request.

• Admission fees for all sightseeing places.

See details of services we provide in our tours

Exclusion:

• Personal expenses (laundry, phone calls etc.).

• Drinks.

• Tips and gratuities.

• Services not mentioned above.

Packing list: Passport, towels, toiletries, flash light, change of clothes, sun block, sun glasses, sun hat, insect repellent, proper hiking shoes and rain coat.

Accommodation

Category	Cities	Hotels	Class	Room Type
Superior	Hanoi	Luxor Hotel, Hanoi Daisy Hotel	3*	Standard
	Sapa	Holiday View hotel	3*	Standard
	Halong cruise	Huong Hai Junk, Bai Tho Junk	3*	Deluxe
First class	Hanoi	Sunway Hotel, Flower Garden Hotel	4*	Superior
	Sapa	Chau Long Hotel	3*	Deluxe (New)
	Halong cruise	Victory Cruise	4*	Superior
Deluxe	Hanoi	Horizon Hotel, Daewoo Hotel	5*	ROH
	Sapa	Victoria Resort	4*	Superior
	Halong cruise	Indochina Sails	4*	Superior
Luxury	Hanoi	Sofitel Metropole Hotel	5*	Opera Room
	Sapa	Victoria Resort	4*	Superior
	Halong cruise	Jasmine Junk	5*	Premium

Note*:

• Hotels and/or room type would be changed on your requests with surcharge/discount (if any).

• Similar hotels will be selected  in case pointed ones are full.