Day 1: Hanoi Arrival – Hanoi City Tour (D)
On arrival at Hanoi’s NoiBai International airport (Suggested arrival time is around 9 am), you will be greeted by our guide and transferred to downtown. Take Hanoi city tour covering Ba Dinh historical square and Ho Chi Minh mausoleum (outside), Ho Chi Minh house on stilts, One Pillar Pagoda and Temple of Literature (The 1st University of Vietnam). Then visit HoanKiemlake and Ngoc Son temple. Enjoy the water puppet show, which is the number one Vietnamese folk song and Vietnamese cultural show. Dinner at local restaurant.Accommodation at hotel in Ha Noi.
Day 2: Hanoi – Sapa – Ta Van Village (B/L/D)
After your breakfast, depart to Sapa, following NoiBai – Lao Cai highway (about 5 hours’ drive). You will have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful scenery on the both sides of this road. Arrive in Sapa, check in hotel, have lunch at local restaurant.In the afternoon, we walk through terrace rice fields and on local paths to Ta Van village – home to the Giay ethnic minority peoples. Return to Sapa local market for your own shopping. Dinner at local restaurant.Accommodation at hotel in Sapa.
Day3: Sapa – Silver Waterfall – Hanoi (B/L/D)
This morning, you will be transferred uphill to visit the famous Silver Waterfall and then onto Tram Ton, the highest mountain pass in Vietnam at 1,800 m above sea level for enjoying the magnificence of Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range as well as over viewing spectacular landscapes of the whole area, stretching endlessly. Then drive back to Sapa for lunch. After lunch, back to Lao Cai; stop at Vietnam – China Ha Khau border and CocLeu Market for taking photo. Transfer back to Hanoi. Enjoy dinner buffet at local restaurant. In the evening, free time for your own shopping at 36 ancient streets.Accommodation at hotel in Hanoi.
Day 4: Hanoi – Halong Bay Cruise & stay overnight on Board (B/L/D)
Following breakfast, cruise shuttle bus picks you up from your hotel and travel to the spectacular World Heritage site of Halong Bay in the Gulf of Tonkin (approximately four hours). Arrive at your jetty in Halong City towards noon and proceed with check-in formalities. After your welcome onboard, a lunch will be served while cruising towards the bay itself. In the afternoon, enjoy some visits and/or activities (depending on each boat’s itinerary) or just spend some time relaxing on board. Towards the end of the day the boat sets anchor for the night among the karst formations. Dinner is served on board. Overnight aboard on Halong Bay.
Note: 2 days cruise itinerary is subject to change bases on each cruise company, transfer by cruise’s shuttle bus (driver pick-up, there is no tour guide on the bus), English speaking guide is available on board.
Day 5: Halong Bay Cruise – Hanoi – Fly to Ho Chi Minh (B/L/D)
Enjoy your fresh morning in the middle of the bay, the sun rises on Halong in the morning and breakfast is served (brunch on some boats) while the vessels cruises slowly through the magnificent rock formations and back towards port. Disembark and transfer by the cruise shuttle bus back to Hanoi.
Upon arrival in Hanoi, private transfer to the NoiBai airport for the flight to Ho Chi Minh city, where you will be met and transferred to hotel for two-night stay. Accommodation at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
Day 6: Mekong Delta Excursion (B/L/D)
The Mekong’s Vietnamese name, Cuu Long, means Nine Dragons for the nine mouths that terminate the flow of this great river as it, is absorbed by the sea. After breakfast, a two hour drive to My Tho will expose you to the colorful outskirt life as well as picturesque rice fields along the journey. On arrival, take a boat trip on Mekong river that covers areas of My Tho fish-farm and four islands of Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle and Phoenix. Visit Phoenix island, explore Dua Religion relics and manufacture of handicraft made from coconut trees. Continue to Thoi Son island. On arrival, visit