THE BEST LUXURY IN THE NORTH OF VIETNAM-10 DAYS
(Itinerary: Hanoi –NinhBinh( Tam Coc–Trang An- Mua cave)- Ha Long luxury cruise- Sapa Topas Ecolodge)
Tour code:XSEV 0053- LUXURY & HONEYMOON TOURS
Highlights:
- Touch the soul of Vietnam with visiting these well-known heritage such as: Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Ninh Binh
- Enjoy 2 days 1 night on Ha Long Bay cruise program with a variety of family-oriented outdoor activities like kayaking, swimming, boat rowing, cave visiting, cooking class with Luxury cruise
- Visit one of the most colorful markets in Lao Cai: Bac Ha market, Coc Ly market, Cao Son market, Lung Khau Nhin market, Can Cau market. Trek through the villages of several different ethnic minorities, H’mong people, Red Zao people, & Tay people.
- Special with the best relaxing times at Topas Ecolodge. Topas Ecolodge is a boutique ecolodge situated atop a beautiful hillside deep in the mountains of Hoang Lien National Park, just 45 minutes outside Sapa in northern Vietnam.
Overview
Start and end in Hanoi! With the best in the North of Vietnam, you have a 10 days tour package taking you through Hanoi, NinhBinh,Vietnam and Sapa… Dive in to picturesque Vietnam on this laidback tour of buzzing cities, beautiful bays and lush green countryside. Along the way you’ll witness spectacular sunsets, come face to face with breathtaking architecture and enjoy delectable local cuisine… on 10 days
Tour summary:
- Day 01: Hanoi arrival
- Day 02: Hanoi - NinhBinh - Hoa Lu - Tam Coc (B,L,D)
- Day 03: Trang An cave - Biking at Mua Cave (B,L)
- Day 04: NinhBinh– Hanoi discover the capital of Viet Nam (B,L)
- Day 05: Hanoi-Ha Long Luxury Tour – Overnight on cruise (B,L,D)
- Day 06:Ha Long cruise –Hanoi night train to Sapa (B, L)
- Day 07: Lao Cai- Bac Ha market- Sapa- Topas Ecolodge (B,L,D)
- Day 08: Topas Ecolodge– Lao Chai – Ta Van village (B,L)
- Day 09: Topas Ecolodge free and easy- Limousine bus to Hanoi (B)
- Day 10: Hanoi depart (B)
DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL
Private driver
Arrival in NoiBai airport, you will be picked up then transfer you to your hotel for check-in. Stay overnight in Hotel.
(Check-in time is 14.00 PM, early check-in is not included in itinerary and subject to availability).
Meals: No
Accommodation at a selected hotel in Hanoi
DAY 2: HANOI – HOA LU – TAM COC (B,L,D)
Private driver & guide
Ninh Binh, the best choice for tourists for short time travelling, with dozens of must-see sites and increasingly upgraded services, now draws more and more attention to its tourism activities. This day tour includes religious worship, Climb up to the top of the Mua mountain for panoramic views of Tam Coc, boating, history and excavation learning and an optional choice for who loves biking.
08:30 Tour guide picks you up at suggested places around Hanoi Old Quarter. Depart for NinhBinh province (90km south of Hanoi). Have a break 20 minutes en-route to free your legs. Check in the hotel. Lunch is at the local restaurant
In the afternoon: We take Board the sampan boats (2 people share a boat) in Tam Coc dock to drift down the river among the villages, mountains and lush rice fields. Passing through 3 caves, the first cave is “Hang Ca , the second cave is Hang Hai -Second cave, Third cave is Han Ba” to get a strange feeling visit the temples of King Dinh and King Le. Free and easy in NinhBinh. Enjoy dinner at local homestay. Stay overnight in NinhBinh
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner
Accommodation at a selected hotel in NinhBinh
DAY 3: NINH BINH – TRANG AN - MUA CAVE (B,L)
Private driver & guide
After lunch preparing your bicycle for a bike ride to Hang Mua and the Mua Caves. Then, you’ll climb 486 steps at Hang Mua for panoramic views and photo opportunities before biking back. Free and easy. Dinner is on your own. Stay overnight in NinhBinh
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation at a selected hotel in NinhBinh
DAY 4:NINH BINH - HANOI SHORT SIGHTSEEING ( B,L)
Private driver & guide
Afternoon: Then visit to Vietnam’s first university: the Temple of Literature. Founded in 1076, QuocTuGiam was established within a temple to educate Vietnam’s royalty, mandarins and members of the elite.
In the afternoon: Continue to visit the Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda on West lake (One of the oldest in Vietnam) and then Ly Thai To monument.
Walk to visit HoanKiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple, The Huc Bridge, Thap But (Pen Tower. You will continue waking tour around the Old Quarter, Dinner is on your own. Stay overnight in Hanoi
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation : at a selected hotel in Hanoi
DAY 5: HANOI – PARADISE CRUISE LUXURY (B,L,D)
• Limousine Shuttles bus & Tour guide on cruise
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel
08.00: Leave Hanoi – Transfer to Ha Long Bay by Shuttle Bus pick up from Hotel. Hanoi-Ha Long Bay-Hanoi.
11.30 Arrive at Tuan Chau Island
11.45 – 12.00: Transfer to cruise ship
12.00: Welcome Cocktail – cruise briefing, safety instructions, check-in cabins
12.15: Depart to Ha Long Bay – cruise and program commence
13.00 – 14.30: Asian Lunch Buffet
14.30: Arrive at Surprise Cave (Hang Sung Sot) – explore most famous grotto
15.45: Transfer to cruise ship.
16.30: Arrive at Cua Van Fishing Village – experience life of local people
17.15: Continue cruise through Ha Long Bay
18.00: Arrive at Dong Tien (Fairy Cave) Area – swimming or kayaking, stay overnight
19.00 – 20.30: Asian Dinner Buffet
21.00 – 23.00: Happy Hour and Music – enjoy ‘Buy One – Get Two Drinks’
21.00: Evening Activities – enjoy Movie Night, Board Games or Beauty Spa services
23.00: Program ends – Sleep Well!
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch , Dinner
Accommodation : Overnight on Ha Long cruise
DAY 6: TRA SAN – THIEN CANH SON CAVE – HON GAI HARBOR - HANOI - NIGHT TRAIN TO SAPA (B,L)
• Limousine shuttles bus & Tour guide on cruise
06.00: Tai Chi session on Sundeck
06.00 – 08.00: Morning Activities – swimming or kayaking, beauty spa services.
07.00 – 08.30: International Breakfast Buffet.
08.30: Continue cruise through Ha Long Bay.
09.00: Check-out cabins and settle bills.
10.30: Arrive at Tuan Chau Island.
10.45: Transfer from cruise ship – Check out.
11.30: Cruise and program ends & Cruise check-out. Rejoin car drive back to Hanoi around 15:30PM
Check in hotel & free time to go sightseeing in the Old Quarter until pick up and transfer to railway station.
21:00: We will stay at Hanoi Railway Station to transfer to Lao Cai. Overnight on the train.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Accommodation : On Train – Soft berth in sharing cabin with AC
- Our tour guide will not accompany during the train trip
- Private compartments on request at surcharge.
DAY 7: LAO CAI- CAN CAU /BAC HA MARKET- SAPA – TOPAS ECOLODGE (B,L)
Private driver & guide
05h15 you will arrive at the last arrival station – Lao Cai station. Picked up and drive up to Bac Ha market– a colorful market of the local hill tribes
08h30 you will arriveBac Ha, independently attend the market that known as the most colorful ethnic market of all Northwest Vietnam. It is a fusion of many different hill tribes inhabiting around Bac Ha mountain district and here you can easily distinguish them by their different colorful costume dressing
Attend the market, you will find out not only typical traditional costume but also the way of bartering trade existing in daily life of the Tay, the Dzay, the Red Dzao, the Black H’mong…
After lunch, Transfer you direct to Topas Ecolodge for relax. Dinner is on your own. Stay overnight in Topas Ecolodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation : at a selected hotel in Sapa
DAY 8: TOPAS ECOLODGE - LAO CHAI - TA VAN VILLAGE ( B,L)
Private driver & guide
We move to Lao Chai Village where gathering the place of Dzao people. Although being far only 7 kilometers from the noisy and gaudy Sapa, Lao Chai is really tranquil and peaceful. It seems to be a very different world with the traditional customs and culture of minority groups amongst the growing of the neighbors. At the end of the day, we take easy trekking to Ta Van Village. Stepping in a pathway with rice-terraces covered around two sides of the road; you will feel clearly one of the most classic panoramas of West-South Vietnam. You will have an opportunity to meet Giay people, explore their cultural identities and experience a night time as a minority. Lunch is at the local home and then transfer back to Sapa, Free and easy at resort. Dinner is on your own. Stay overnight in Sapa
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation : at a selected hotel in Sapa
DAY 9: TOPAS ECOLODGE FREE AND EASY- LIMOUSINE BUS TO HANOI ( B)
• Limousine Shuttles bus
Free and relax in Sapa until pick up and transfer to Hanoi by Limousine bus. Lunch and dinner are on your own. Stay overnight to Hanoi
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation : at a selected hotel in Hanoi
DAY 10: HANOI DEPARTURE (B)
Private driver
Free morning. Then driver will take you to the airport for flight to your home. Saying goodbye to Vietnam &Xuan Son Travel see you again.
Since this can be private or group tour, the price per person varies and depends on many aspects, such as your group size, the hotel ratings and your departure date. If you want to get a custom price quote for this tour, please fill out the online inquiry form and give you as much information as possible about your trip. Your online travel consultants will be at your service and help you make the most of your travel time and dollars!
1/ The weather & our latest advice on the weather
Light clothes regardless of the season in the south but for the visit of temples and pagodas, make sure you have a top with sleeves (shoulders must be covered) and bottoms going at least up to the knee. From November to March it can get pretty cold in the North, make sure to have warm clothes for mornings and evenings.
Northern Vietnam:
- Dec – Feb: 10°C to 25°C, mostly dry, grey.
- March: 15°C to 30°C, season change, dry.
- April – June: 25°C to 35°C, some heavy showers.
- Sept – Oct: 25°C to 35°C, clear weather, occasional showers.
Note: from 5°C to 10°C less in the mountains; make sure you have warm clothes.
The best time to visit Sapa is March and May or from mid-September to early December.
- In April and May, the ethnic people grow rice on terraced fields. …
- In September and October when autumn ends, tourists can feel prosperity all over the area as rice in all terraced fields is ripe and turn to yellow color.
2/ Visa
- To go to Vietnam you must have a valid passport valid at least 6 months after the date of return.
- The Government of Vietnam promulgates the Resolution on Vietnamese Entry Visa Waiver for Citizens of Five European Countries: UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. This exemption is applied for a maximum period of 15 days regardless of passport categories and purpose of entry into Vietnam, and is valid until June 30, 2021.
- For any stay lasting more than 15 days, or for a multiple entry stay in a period of less than 15 days, a visa is required. A period of 30 days is required after the last exit from Vietnam in order to once again benefit from the visa waiver measure for a stay not exceeding 15 days.
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3/ International flight
- Our offer does not include international flights between your country and Vietnam for two reasons:
- International flights from your country are more expensive if purchased in Vietnam. It is therefore more beneficial for you to buy them from a ticketing agency in your country.
- The payment and booking conditions for international flights are strict while it is difficult for us, a local agency, to apply the same conditions to you (full payment before travel). Since international financial transactions give rise to significant bank charges, you will be led to pay unnecessary surcharges.
4/ Which language?
- The official and most widely spread language is Vietnamese.
- English is spoken in all touristic areas.
5/ Cancellation Policy:
- More than 30 days before arrival: no cancellation charge will be done (Client’s non-refundable deposit will be forfeited)
- 14-29 days before arrival: 10% of the cost of the tour is forfeited
- 10-13 days before arrival: 40% of the cost of the tour is forfeited
- Within 10 days before arrival: 100 % of the cost of the tour is forfeited
6/ What to Bring
- Sun Glasses, Sun Block, Wide Brim Hat, Insect Repellent, Swimming Suits
- Warm Clothes (in winter from November to April)
- Original Passport
LIST OF OUR HOTELS:
The hotels offered by Xuan Son Travel classified from 02 to 05 stars at international standard, comfortable with all the required services.
- Homestay/local homestay: we have developed fair tourism, through contacts with the local population, the possibility of sleeping with locals and sharing their daily lives. The conditions of these accommodations that we offer you are well assured and with the best possible conditions
- Standard Category: 2 stars. The rooms are decent, clean, equipped with bathroom, satellite TV and air conditioning.
- Superior Category 3 stars. The rooms are generally spacious and the services and facilities are more numerous.
- Deluxe category: 4 stars. The rooms are luxurious and spacious, with a wide choice of quality services have swimming pool, spa, Jacuzzi
Luxury Category: 5 stars. Hotels with excellent comfort and a wide range of excellent services. Swimming pool, spa, Jacuzzi…)
| CITIES /AREAS | HOME STAY | HOTEL-STANDARD | HOTELS-SUPERIOR | HOTEL-DELUXE | HOTELS- LUXURY |
| HANOI | …. | …. | …. | La Siesta Classic Premium or similar | Sofitel Legend Metropole / L’Opera/ Movempick Hotel |
| CRUISE | …. | …. | …. | …. | Paradise cruise/Dragon Legend cruise/Heritage/Dynasty/Orchird/ Genesis cruise…… |
| NINH BINH | …. | …. | …. | Vissai Ninh Binh/ The reed hotel or similar | Emeralda resort or similar |
| SAPA | …. | …. | …. | Amazing/Bamboo Sapa hotel/ Pistachio..or similar | Silk path Grand resort/ Topas Ecolodge or similar |
TRAVEL PRICE: THE BEST LUXURY IN THE NORTH OF VIETNAM-10 DAYS
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Excluding international flights
Inclusion
- The English speaking guide as guided time
- Accommodation based on double/twin sharing with daily breakfast
- 2days 1 night on Ha Long Bay Junk (sharing cruise, not private)
- Limousine shuttle bus 2 ways
- Meals as indicated (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)
- Boat trip in NinhBinh ( Tam Coc/ Trang An)
- All transfers with the air-conditioned private vehicle
- Mineral water & cool towels on car during the trip.
- Government taxes & service charge
Exclusion
- International Flight tickets from/to your Home
- Early check in/ late check out
- Meals, drinks & beverage not indicated
- Vietnam visa stamp fee (about 25$/pax) & personal travel insurance
- Personal expenses such as Telephone and Laundry bills
Tips and gratuities
Customize this tour
This tour is designed with balanced activities and pace. If you want to customize it, you may always change its itinerary and accommodations according to your needs.
Contact us
- +84 914374251
- xuansontravel@yahoo.com.vn
My name is Nicky, English & French speaking advisor at Xuan Son Travel. I have been the specialist in tailor-made trips to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia for 18years. I love the charm of the small streets of Hanoi as well as the charm of the countryside, with magical landscapes, warm and smiling inhabitants in all regions of Vietnam. As a Travel Consultant, I put it at your disposal and will assure you that your wishes and desires are perfectly suited to your trip to Asia.