Itinerary
- Day 1
Hanoi
- Start point
- Hanoi, Vietnam (Your hotel/stay in the Old Quarter Area or our office at no.24 Au Trieu Street, Hang Trong Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam)
Optional Activities
- Hanoi Walking Street Food Tour to experience Vietnamese local cuisine
- Day 2
Hanoi
- Meals
- Breakfast (Hotel breakfast), Lunch (Vietnamese cuisine with 8 delicious dishes at tour restaurant)
Included Activities
- Visit Ho Chi Minh complex including viewing embalmed body and Ho Chi Minh garden with 2 houses where he lived and worked 1954-1969
- Visit One Pillar Pagoda
- Visit Lacquer Paintings workshop - the biggest center in Hanoi
- Visit Temple of Literature - first university in Vietnam in feudal system
- Visit Tran Quoc Pagoda - oldest pagoda in Hanoi built in 6th century with oldest Bodhi Tree in Vietnam
- Visit Ngoc Son Temple on Hoan Kiem Lake
- Lunch with 8 Vietnamese dishes
Optional Activities
- Option 1: Bat Trang ceramics and pottery village (available Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays)
- Option 2: Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (available Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays)
Landmarks Ho Chi Minh Complex One Pillar Pagoda Temple of Literature Tran Quoc Pagoda Ngoc Son Temple Bat Trang Ceramics and Pottery Village Vietnam Museum of Ethnology - Day 3
Hanoi to Halong Bay
- Meals
- Lunch (Special lunch with Vietnamese traditional dishes while cruising in Halong Bay), Dinner (Dinner overlooking bay with sea view window in night romantic bay)
Included Activities
- Shuttle bus transfer from Hanoi hotel to Halong Bay
- Welcome drinks and welcome sunset party on cruise
- Cooking class - how to make fresh noodle rolls
- Lunch with Vietnamese traditional dishes while cruising
- Visit Sung Sot Cave (Surprising Cave)
- Visit Titop Island with viewpoint and optional swimming
- Dinner overlooking bay with sea view
- Evening activities: Squid Fishing, Singing Karaoke, Puzzle games
Landmarks Halong Bay Sung Sot Cave Titop Island Tuan Chau Harbor 
- Day 4
Halong Bay to Hanoi
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast with tea or coffee while viewing bay landscape), Lunch (Lunch while cruising back to Tuan Chau Harbour)
Included Activities
- Sunrise viewing on sundeck
- Breakfast with morning tea or coffee while viewing bay landscape
- Visit Pearl farm to see pearl farming and retrieval processes
- Kayaking to explore Halong Bay
- Lunch while cruising back to Tuan Chau Harbour
- Shuttle bus return to Hanoi
Landmarks Halong Bay 
- Day 5
Hanoi
Optional Activities
- Explore local traditional authentic beauties of Hanoi during free time
- Day 6
Lao Cai to Sapa
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast at hotel), Lunch (Picnic lunch at Lao Chai village), Dinner (Dinner at local homestay)
Included Activities
- Van ride from Lao Cai to Sapa (1 hour uphill journey with views of rice terraces)
- Breakfast at hotel
- Trekking 5km along mountain trail to Y Linh Ho village - Black Hmong tribe settlement
- Visit to native houses to discover Black Hmong culture and traditional handicraft making from hemp and indigo
- Walk to Muong Hoa River with rest and optional swimming
- Trek uphill to Lao Chai village
- Picnic lunch at Lao Chai village
- Visit Day and Red Dzao tribes of Tavan village in Muong Hoa valley
- Dinner at local homestay
Landmarks Y Linh Ho Village Lao Chai Village Tavan Village Muong Hoa River Sapa 
- Day 7
Sapa
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast at homestay), Lunch (Picnic lunch during trek), Dinner (Dinner in Sapa)
Included Activities
- Breakfast at homestay
- Trekking 8km towards Red Dzao village of Giang Ta Chai
- Trekking through bamboo forest
- Visit to waterfall, rattan bridge, and stream with rest and swimming
- Picnic lunch during trek
- Trekking uphill 2km to Hau Thao village
- Car transfer from Hau Thao village to Sapa town
- Dinner
- Transfer to Lao Cai train station
Optional Activities
- Explore Sapa town during free time
- Explore Sapa Market during free time
Landmarks Giang Ta Chai Village Hau Thao Village Sapa Market - Day 8
Hanoi
- End point
- Hanoi, Vietnam (Your hotel/stay in the Old Quarter Area or our office at no.24 Au Trieu Street, Hang Trong Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam)
Optional Activities
- Relax after trip during free time
- Explore Hanoi during free time
