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• Day 1: Arrive Hanoi

  No meal included
  

  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide.
  ▪️ Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is a city of lakes, shaded streets and verdant public parks. Come to Hanoi, you will have a chance to explore the rich cultural heritage with the Old Quarter, prominent delicious Vietnamese cuisine as well as other interesting spots.
  ▪️ Upon arrival at Noi Bai Airport, Viet Prestige’s driver (no guide) will welcome tourists and transfer to local hotel for relaxing after a long flight.
  ▪️ Overnight in Hanoi
• Day 2: Hanoi City Tour - Lao Cai

  Breakfast, lunch, dinner included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee, night train to Lao Cai.
  ▪️ Start to explore Hanoi at 9:00 AM, tourist will see the most notable landmark of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (close on Mon. and Fri.). This imposing marble and granite monument was built towards the Ba Dinh Square.
  ▪️ You will visit follow the footpath to the One Pillar Pagoda rising from the center of a square lotus pond, ascending on a single pillar and resembling a blossoming lotus flower.
  ▪️ In the afternoon visit the fascinating Ethnology Museum (closed Mondays), which is both a research centre and a public museum exhibiting the ethnic groups of Vietnam. Lunch at local restaurant.
  ▪️ After that visitors will visit Hanoi Old Quarter also known as the ‘36 streets’. Take a walking tour through charming Hang Be Market and around Hoan Kiem Lake. This bustling area of narrow streets and alleys is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers. It's a great place to explore with plenty of photo opportunities.
  ▪️ Finish the day with a Water Puppet show. This is a uniquely northern Vietnamese art form depicting scenes from rural life and episodes of national history.
  ▪️ Your adventure trip to Sapa begins with an overnight train from Vietnam's capital city to the border town of Lao Cai.
  ▪️ Overnight on train on King Express or similar train.

  
  
  

• Day 3: Lao Cai - Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van

  Breakfast, lunch, dinner included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee
  ▪️ The train arrives at Lao Cai train station, a private minivan will transfer visitor to Sapa. Sight-seeing through window car the changes of landscapes from plat plains to mountainous jungle.
  ▪️ After breakfast at a local restaurant, then visitors start to to the Southeast of Sapa along the side of Muong Hoa valley to Y Linh Ho village of the Black H’mong, continue 2km of trekking on down to Lao Chai village of the H’mong.
  ▪️ Lunch at a local family, and then walk through terraced rice fields to Ta Van village of the Dzay minority people where we stay for the night. Delight in cultural performances and discover the customs of local ethnic minorities. Here you have the opportunity to share cultural experiences with the families that live in the area.
  ▪️ Overnight in Sapa.

  
  
  

• Day 4: Fansipan Mountain - Cat Cat Village

  Breakfast, lunch, dinner included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.
  ▪️ After breakfast at hotel, you will start to visit Fansipan.
  ▪️ The highlight of today’s trip is conquering Fansipan Mountain, which is known romantically as the roof of Indochina by modern cable car system in Sapa. This is the world’s longest and highest cable car.
  ▪️ With the height of 3,154 meters above the sea level, Fansipan the highest peak in Vietnam and Indochina Peninsula. From the top, you and your children will admire the mesmerizing views of the sea of clouds mixed with forested slopes.
  ▪️ Enjoy the scenery and magnificent landscapes of Muong Hoa Valley – the biggest valley in Sapa, Hoang Lien National Forest while being on the cable.
  ▪️ In the afternoon, you will take a walking tour to the hill tribe villages of Cat Cat, home to the H’mong hill tribes minority peoples. Enjoy the breathtaking view during 2km walkway in Cat Cat village, explore the Ancient Rose Garden, Thuy Dien waterfall, delight in cultural performances and discover the customs of local ethnic minorities. Here you have the opportunity to share cultural experiences with the families that live in the area.
  ▪️ Overnight in Sapa.

  
  
  

• Day 5: Sapa - Sunday Bac Ha market - Ha Giang

  Breakfast, lunch, dinner included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.
  ▪️ After having breakfast at local hotel and check-out to transfer to Bac Ha market.
  ▪️ Take time to explore the Bac Ha market-one of the biggest market on Sapa and open on Sunday only. It’s not only the trading center but it’s also the place for couples, friends and relatives. At this market everything on sales: Pig, dog, cat, horses… so it make this market hotter on Sunday. The market showcases the rich cultural diversity of the region with local ethnic minorities proudly dress their most colourful costumes and head to the market to exchange goods or sell self-made souvenirs
  ▪️ Experience local food and drinks like Thang Co (made from buffalo and horse meat), a typical dish of the highlanders; Pho Ga (noodles with chicken soup); BBQ beef, thick green rice cake and corn wine.
  ▪️ Let’s take a trekking to Hoang A Tuong Palace – the palace of Meo’s King. This is the perfect combination of Chinese and French architectural style with a two-story structure.
  ▪️ In the afternoon, transfer to Ha Giang city via Xin Man and Hoang Su Phi, both of them are very famous for hundreds years old terraced rice paddy fields.
  ▪️ Overnight in Ha Giang.

  
  
  

• Day 6: Ha Giang – Quan Ba – Yen Minh – Dong Van

  Breakfast, lunch dinner included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.
  ▪️ On the sixth day of this tour, Viet Prestige Travel’s driver and guide will escort your family through stunning views of rice terraces, mountains, hills and valleys to Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark. Consisting of four districts Meo Vac, Dong Van, Yen Minh, and Quan Ba, this site is a unique combination between Geoheritages and cultural heritages.
  ▪️ Swing by Quan Ba Heaven Gate (Fairy Mountain or Twin Mountain). This land is home to Tay, Mong, and Dzao; therefore, it embraces a rich treasury of folk cultures with countless poems, folk tunes, fairy tales and legends.
  ▪️ Next, visitors will hike to Truc Son Village of Dzao ethnic minority group and Nam Dam village of Dzay ethnic minority group to experience the local life.
  ▪️ The next stop is Yen Minh Pine Forest – the second Dalat of Northern Vietnam. The green pine forest, the blue sky and the purple flowers on the cliff mix together to create a spectacular picture of nature.
  ▪️ Arrival to Dong Van at the end of the afternoon, stroll through the alleys of this old district with houses of Chinese architecture older than a hundred years. Here is the home of several ethnic minority groups: the Hmong, Dzao, Lolo and La Chi.
  ▪️ Have dinner and overnight in a local homestay.

  
  
  

• Day 7: Dong Van - Meo Vac

  Breakfast, lunch, dinner included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.
  ▪️ Morning visit to Dong Van Market - a very typical and authentic market to make friends with H’mong, Dzao, Lo Lo, Cao Lan locals. You can buy traditional bags and costumes for your childrens.
  ▪️ Pay a visit to approximately one-hundred-year-old palace of Vuong Duc Chinh – a powerful and wealthy King of H’mong people. Located in a beautiful valley of Sa Phin Commune, this spectacular palace was a perfect blend of traditional H’mong and Chinese architectural style.
  ▪️ Pass by Ma Pi Leng pass (nicknamed as the happiness road) on the way from Dong Van to Meo Vac. This is one of the four legendary passes in Northern Vietnam. After climbing 15 – 20 kilometers to the top of the pass, your family will capture a picturesque landscape of small curves Nho Que River through the majestic mountains.
  ▪️ Spend one hour on boat exploring poetic Nho Que River and visiting some remote ethnic village near China border.
  ▪️ When arriving to Meo Vac, go trekking to Lo Lo ethnic group villages or village with Chinese houses to observe their daily life.
  ▪️ Overnight in Meo Vac homestay.

  
  
  

• Day 8: Meo Vac - Ba Be national park

  Breakfast, lunch, dinner included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.
  ▪️ After breakfast, tourist continue snaking through the mountains, cross the river and have a lunch in a village of Bao Lac – the village of Black Lolo hill tribe.
  ▪️ At the end of afternoon, arrival at Ba Be National Park. It’s centered on a vast lake surrounded by chalky karsts and thick. 

  ▪️ Overnight in a homestay near Ba Be Lake.

  
  
  

• Day 9: Ba Be Lake

  Breakfast, lunch, dinner included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.
  ▪️ Enjoy breakfast at homestay.
  ▪️ Board a motorboat to cruise on Ba Be Lake (the largest freshwater lake in Vietnam) and along Nang River. Located in an exceptional national park for its rich nature, the lake extends over 500 ha and has an average depth of 20 meters.
  ▪️ Discover Puong Cave where you can admire the stalactites and stalagmites that are created through the river erosion. Moreover, this is also a home to thousands of bats.
  ▪️ After disembarking, go cycling with kids around Coc Toc village to experience the local life of Tay ethnic minority group. They house was built in traditional Tay fashion on stilts. They are very nice, friendly and hospitable to visitors.
  ▪️ Enjoy the dinner with Tay’s specialties such as grilled fish, hanged pork, shrimp dish, smoked sausage and corn wine.
  ▪️ Overnight in Tay’s homestay.

  
  
  

• Day 10: Ba Be - Hanoi

  Breakfast, lunch included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.
  ▪️ Visitor having breakfast at local hotel then check out.
  ▪️ Before leaving Ba Be for Hanoi, driver will drive you to Hua Ma Cave, where you can wandering through thousands of stalagmites and stalactites.
  ▪️ Reaching Hanoi in the end of afternoon. Your family can spend the rest of the day on relaxing or joining night market around Hanoi Old Quarters.
  ▪️ Overnight in Hanoi.

  
  
  

• Day 11: Hanoi - Departure

  Breakfast included
  Included: Accommodation, ground transportation, guide, entrance fee.
  ▪️ Your family is free to relax in Hanoi before transferring to Noi Bai International Airport for a flight back to your country.
  Thank you for choosing Viet Prestige Travel as your companion in this trip!