|||| Day 1. Hanoi city – Arrival <NO GUIDE>
Welcome to Vietnam!
Upon arrival at Noi Bai Airport, meet our Asian Moonlight Travel’s local tour guide and we transfer to the city center.
Check in and relax.
Overnight in Hanoi.
Meals Included: Not included
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi city (check in time at hotel is from 14.00; early check in subjects to hotel’s availability)
|||| Day 2. Hanoi city tour (B/L)
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
8.00- 8.30AM: Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City.
08.45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake. It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.
09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world.
Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…
Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.
Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed at least 2 months (15thJune -15thAugust) for the annual maintaining but still can take picture Mausoleum and visit around that area.
11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam
Special Note : we will visit Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays
12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with 8 delicious dishes.
14.00-14.15 : Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century.
15.15: Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the "Hanoi Hilton”.
~16.15 -16.30: Tour finishes. Back to hotel.
Overnight in Hanoi city.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi city
|||| Hanoi – Sapa – Cat Cat village (B/L/D)
Breakfast is served at your hotel or you can take away it.
~6:00 – 6:30AM: Picking up from hotel in the old quarter or bus station, get on sleeping bus and depart to Sapa.
7:30 – 11:45: Following the Highway to Lao Cai city with the comfort break.
11:45 – 13.00 : Bus on the mountain road approaching to Sapa Town. On the way you can see beautiful view, the valley with terraces field.
13:00: Arrive Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People.
- Welcome drink and itinerary briefing
- Enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes, check-in procedures
14:30: A short walking to Cat Cat village which is 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, trekking down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station, short time for photo with bridge and the waterfall then you will trekking up hill to get back to Sapa with very beautiful scenery in the late afternoon. Driver pick up back to Sapa
Trekking distance is about 2.5 kms and it lasts for 2 hours
16.30: Come back to Sapa Town.
Have dinner at local restaurant.
Overnight in Sapa.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa
|||| Day 4. Sapa – Cable car to Fansipan peak – Back to Hanoi city (B/L)
~8:00AM: After breakfast in hotel, driver & tour guide take you to Cable Car Station and spend 20 minutes with cable car to enjoy the spectacular scenery.
9:00: Reach the altitute of 2800 meters, you have a good time to see the view and take photos, visit pagoda the spiritual destinations and trek up to 600 steps you will reach the peak of Fansipan - the Roof of Indochina. (Spend about 1,5 hours for hiking and taking photos).
11:30: Coming back to Cable Car Station and return to Sapa town.
12:00 – 13:00: Back to hotel , check out and have lunch, time at leisure on your own.
13:30: Meet all group members at hotel to get ready bus station for back Hanoi.
14:00: Get on bus to go back to Hanoi with two comfort breaks.
~20:30 – 21:00: We say goodbye to you at bus stop or your hotel in Old quarter.
Overnight in Hanoi city.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
|||| Day 5. Hanoi – Ninh Binh – Hoa Lu cycling - Mua cave - Trang An sampan boat tour (B/L)
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
07:00 – 07:45AM - Our guide will meet you at your hotel/stay and start 110km modern Bus-journey through verdant landscape of country side. Short-brake en route.
10:30 – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17th Century.
11:30 Leisure cycling on rural roads alongside the extensive canal network and through small villages with back drop of a maze of limestone mountains
12:00 – Enjoy the lunch at local restaurant with the great local cuisines.
13:30 – Leave for the Trang An Grottoes, an out-standing natural beauty of majestic limestone massif at 20 square kilometer rise dramatically out from rice paddy fields. Deep into the linked chains of towering mountain are pristine places of mystical valleys, numerous fresh water ponds, and jungle.
Embark on a traditional sampan gently roweddown the exquisite river through numerous caves: Lam Cave, Vang Cave, Dai Cave, Thanh Truot Cave,...and Cao Sơn Temple, Suoi Tien Temple, Vu Lam Temple…
15:30 – Arrive Mua Cave and start an amazing trek up to the top of Ngoa Long mountain for watching the spectacular rice valley with specious view of the nature.
16:30 – Return to our bus and then come back to Ha Noi
18:30 – Drop you off at your hotel/stay.
Overnight in Hanoi.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
|||| Day 6. Hanoi - Halong – Lan Ha Bay (B/L/D)
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
After breakfast, check out hotel and we depart to Halong (NO GUIDE ON BUS)
Sample itinerary for V’spirit cruise
11:45 – 12:00 Welcome to V’Spirit Cruises lounge at Tuan Chau International Harbor and complete check-in procedures.
12:00 Transfer to V’Spirit Cruises by a tender boat.
12:30 Embark V’Spirit Cruises, and enjoy a welcome drink while listening to cruise briefing and safety introductions.
13:00 Have lunch at The Dawn Restaurant while cruising from Ha Long Bay to Lan Ha Bay.
15:00 Explore Bright cave on a traditional rowing bamboo boat with locals.
17:00 Join a cooking demonstration to get to know Vietnamese cuisine and create your own special flavors
17:30 – 18:30 Enjoy a Sunset party with some complimentary while waiting for twilight over limestone islands. Take the chance of HAPPY HOUR to have your favorite drinks
19:00 Dinner at the restaurant. Fine dining setting with degustation expedience will create your memorable moments.
21:00 Enjoy starry night on the bay from the top deck with your favorite drink and have fun with board games. You can also try your luck with squid fishing.
Overnight on cruise.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Overnight on cruise
|||| Day 7. Halong - Hanoi city – Free time (B/L)
6:30 Start a day with a Tai Chi session, enjoy the fresh air and watch the sunrise on the bay.
7:00 Have a light breakfast on board.
7:30 Explore the Tra Bau area by kayaking, get closer to the rocky islands and admire the stunning nature of the bay. You have chance to kayak pass by a hidden temple of the fishing villagers if weather permits.
8:00 It’s time for swimming and water activities, immersed in the green water of the Bay with floats.
9:00 Return to the cruise, check-out.
9:30 Enjoy brunch at the restaurant while cruising back to Tuan Chau port.
11:00-11:30 Disembark at Tuan Chau Marina and we transfer to your hotel for check in and relax. <NO GUIDE ON BUS>
Dinner is on your own cost.
Overnight in Hanoi city.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch or Brunch on cruise
Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi city
|||| Day 8. Hanoi city – Departure (B) <NO GUIDE>
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
Today you are free at leisure until time to transfer to the airport for a departure flight without a local expert guide. End of services! We thank you for choosing our services!
Meals Included: Breakfast
Accommodation: Check out time at hotel is before 12.00PM
THANK YOU FOR TRAVELLING WITH ASIAN MOONLIGHT TRAVEL'S TEAM!
Tour Inclusion:
- Transportation with A/C as program
- Bus Ticket Hanoi - Sapa - Hanoi with modern facilities (tour guide are not avaiable on the bus)
- Return ticket of Cable Car Sapa - Fansipan – Sapa
- Local English speaking guide as tour program
- Sharing cruise trip in Halong – Lan Ha Bay (1 night on cruise)
- Accommodation with daily breakfast
- Meals as stated in the itinerary
- All sightseeing tickets as program
- Tissues and water on coach
- Boat trip as per tour (if any)
Tour Exclusion:
- Personal expenses, tips and gratuities (suggest 3 - 5 USD/pax/day for tour guide and driver)
- International flight tickets
- Travel insurance, personal insurance (highly recommend)
- Beverage
- Other meals
- Vietnam visa fee (if any)
- Other services not mentioned above
- International flights & departure taxes (if any)
- Peak season or public holidays surcharge (if any)
