Explore Vietnam Tour & Local Life starts in Hanoi and end in Halong Bay! With 9 day tour in Vietnam, you will have a valuable opportunity to explore all the highlighted sites from Hanoi to the most breathtakingly beautiful mountain villages in the North of Vietnam and gain a deeper understanding about their cultural diversity of other hills tribes. This tour all the highlights of the Vietnam Holiday Packages.
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Hanoi City Tour
Activities: Arriving Hanoi, start cyclo tour around Hanoi Old Quarter. Enjoy the unique traditional performance of art in Vietnam - Water puppet Show and your delicious welcome dinner.
Start your Vietnam Tour 9 Days with your arrival in Hanoi.
Upon your arrival to Noi Bai Airport, after collecting your luggage and completing the visa process, you will receive a warm-hearted welcome from our local tour guide and then we head straight to the center of the city (estimated 1 hour). After that, our guide will be happy to assist you to check-in at your hotel (normal check-in time is 14:00 but in some case, you still able to have a room earlier).
In the afternoon, our tour guide will come to your hotel and pick you up. We start the Cyclo tour around Hanoi Old Quarter to discover the historical and cultural sites in the center, then stop by to enjoy the Water Puppet Show - one of the unique traditional performance arts of Vietnam.
Ending the first day, you will have a delightful welcome dinner prepared in a local restaurant in town and you can feel free to explore the city by yourself. In your free time, you may go shopping in the Old Quarter or just have a cup of coffee. Overnight first night in Hanoi.
Meals: Dinner
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Ethnology Museum, Hanoi City tour
Activities: Visit all of the popular attractions in Hanoi. Discover Hanoi Old Quarter.
Starting the second day of 9 day tour in Vietnam will be the tour in Hanoi, your knowledgeable private tour guide will pick you at your hotel lobby at 08:30 AM. We will spend a full day to visit all of the must-see destinations in Hanoi. Beginning the tour, we will start with the Ho Chi Minh Complex including the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (closed on Monday and Friday and every afternoon), the Ba Dinh Square, the Ho Chi Minh's House on Stilts and the One Pillar Pagoda – a unique architecture and tranquil garden. After that, we will move to Temple of Literature – considered as the first University of Vietnam, a symbol of Confucian Education in Vietnam.
You will have lunch in KOTO Restaurant (Know One, Teach One ) – the Hospitality training restaurant for disadvantaged children.
Continuing our trip, we will have a chance to visit one of the most popular museums in the city such as Vietnam Military History Museum, Fine Arts Museum, Hoa Lo Prison Museum (as known as Hanoi Hilton – nicknamed by U.S pilots during the American war) or the Ethnology Museum which focuses on the 54 officially recognized ethnic groups in Vietnam.
Turning back to the Old Quarter, we will spend your time on exploring the most interesting of 36 streets ( or Hanoi 36 pho Phuong ) which has a history that spans over 2000 years and still keeps its energetic until now. You will walk around all the hidden alley of the street, find out the best street food in Hanoi for example: " Bun Cha ", " Pho Bo", " Banh Mi “, or even a dozen of street hawkers sell exotic fruits or sweet pastry… It is time for you to discover the beauty of this bustling city.
Stop for a beer in Hanoi corner while sitting in a low chair and feel the local atmosphere before walking back to our hotel. You will have dinner by yourselves and stay overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Notes: Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum is usually closed from September to November for annual maintenance. In that case, we will visit outside.
Hang Mua Peak, Ninh Binh
Activities: Visiting Hang Mua Peak and Trang An Grottoes in Ninh Binh.
Get ready for the third day of Vietnam Tour 9 Days, you will have breakfast in the hotel and do the check out before starting our tour. Our tour guide will come to pick you up and drive about 02 hours for the tour from Hanoi downtown to Ninh Binh.
Heading to Hang Mua Peak, one of the highest point views in Ninh Binh with two huge dragon stones on the top, we will climb about 500 steps to see and enjoy a spectacular panoramic view of the countryside and Ngo Dong River. You may have some perfect pictures in these natural surroundings!
After visiting Hang Mua peak, you will have lunch in the local restaurant then we will take a sampan boat to visit Trang An Grottoes. This place was chosen to shoot the very famous monster movies franchise - King Kong “ Skul Island ". With 02 hours and a half, you will have a chance to explore all of the splendid caves including Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave… and many series of natural limestone hills. By the end of the day, we will return to Ninh Binh City and stay overnight in our hotel. Your dinner will be served at the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Notes: Please prepare the umbrella or hat as the No shelter boat today.
Trekking in Cuc Phuong National Park
Activities: Trekking in Cuc Phuong National park, visit the Endangered Primate Rescue & Turtle Centre. Take a motor-boat to Kenh Ga and transfer back to Hanoi.
After having breakfast in the hotel, you will check out and take an estimated 01-hour drive to Cuc Phuong National Park. Upon your arrival at the park, we will visit the Endangered Primate Rescue Center. This is a non-profit organization first established in 1993 to rehabilitation, research and protecting the endangered primates which were rescued from smuggling or hunting. You will have an opportunity to learn more about the daily life of staffs here and see how they take care of the animals.
Next, we will go to the center of Cuc Phuong Park by car. Starting 02 hours trekking into the National Park, our tour guide will show you the outstanding sightseeing of Nature as well as fauna and flora and wildlife heritage here. You will have a chance to visit a Thousand Year Old Tree. Then we will come back to the center of Park for lunchtime.
After having lunch, we will take the transfer to Ninh Binh City and on the way, we will do the motor-boat trip in Kenh Ga Floating Village. This is one of the most rural areas in the Red River Delta. Go along the river, you will see both sides of the river the stunning countryside landscapes with the traditional local life and well-known friendly people.
Finish the tour; we will turn back to Hanoi center at around 18:00. Evening time will be your leisure activities. Overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Sapa Trekking tour
Activities: Take the transfer from Hanoi to Sapa, Do the Sapa trekking to Ma Tra village.
Welcome to the fourth day 9 day tour in Vietnam by having breakfast in your hotel. You will be picked up by our tour guide and driver at 07:30 for the transfer from the city center to the stunning Sapa – one of the most breathtakingly beautiful mountain villages in the north of Vietnam. It takes approximately 5 hours on the highway. On the halfway, you will have a short break.
Arrive at Sapa around 13:00, you will do check-in at the hotel and we will have lunch at the local restaurant there. Take a rest then get ready for the Sapa trekking trip from Sapa town to Ma Tra Village. This village is one of a few one having the silent terrace valley and less commercial track in Sapa. It consists about 50 homes living here and most of the locals are the H’Mong tribe Minority. It is the time for you to learn about their local living life, you will meet and interact with people here and to see how they can survive by using their craft like silver carving, brocade fabric weaving or even their corn paddies to sell on the main street for foreigners and other minority groups in here. Sapa trekking is one of the most interesting activities in Sapa for learning more the local culture and daily life.
Turning back to the hotel in Sapa by car and have dinner on your own.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Sapa tours
Activities: Free morning in Sapa. Enjoy light Sapa trekking in the afternoon from Lao Chai to Ta Van Village and stay overnight in homestay in Tavan Village.
You will have a free morning in Sapa. After breakfast, you may wander around Sapa town to see the Catholic Church ( Stone Church ) or make the most of your free time to visit Dragon Jaw Mountain for the photos. This mountain has a gorgeous orchid garden and European style botanical garden where you can see a variety of colorful flowers and plants. This absolutely will blow your mind.
Come back to your hotel and do the check- out at noontime then you will have lunch by yourself.
In the afternoon around 14:00, our knowledgeable tour guide and driver will pick you up for the transfer to Lao Chai and Ta Van Villages - the home to Zay hill tribes. Here, besides enjoying the wonderful view of the terraced rice paddy are cultivated surrounding the local‘s home. Talking with them to understand more about the growing process of rice.
Spending about 2 to 03 hours trekking, we will check in a homestay in Ta Van Village. You will have an opportunity to watch their daily life, listen their sharing about how they could earn their living in the extreme landscape and learn more about their cultural diversity and other hills tribes living nearby while helping them to prepare dinner. We will enjoy dinner with the local people. Stay overnight in the homestay in Tavan Village.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Fansipan Peak
Activities: Free day by yourself then heading back to Hanoi by private car.
Day 7 of Vietnam Tour 9 Days will be the last day in Sapa, your breakfast will be prepared in our homestay then you will have a free time in the village this morning.
One of the highly recommended activities to visit in your free time is the Fanxipan Peak – the highest mountain in Vietnam and considered as “The Roof of Indochina”. You can pay for tickets for the cable car and start an adventure to enjoy the scenery as well take some photos.
We will check out the homestay in Tavan Village and then go back to the town for lunch. Depart from Sapa to Hanoi City Center for another 05-hour drive and stay overnight in Hanoi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Notes: Please discuss with our guide and the driver and guide will support you for the (tickets paid on your own).
Halong Bay Cruise Tour
Activities: Explore one of the New 7 Wonders of the World – Halong Bay. Enjoy cruising among its island and visit one of the most stunning caves in Halong.
Halong Bay will be the most highlighted part of your 9 day tour in Vietnam.
After breakfast in the hotel, you will be transferred from the busy city of Hanoi to Halong Bay Overnight Cruise. Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at 08:00 then start our journey through 3.5 hours (approximately around 165 km one-way drive). Along the way, you will pass through various Northern Vietnamese villages and towns. This is an opportunity for you to view the outstanding landscape of the Red River Delta countryside and you may take photos of the splendid rice-paddy fields on the way. We will have a short break for about 30 minutes in the midway.
Upon your arrival at Tuan Chau Harbor, you will check in Halong Bay Overnight Cruise. After a briefing of some general information about the trip, your delightful lunch will be served on the cruise (we will have different options if you are vegetarian or if you have any special requests). While cruising, you will see the stunning scenery with thousands of limestone mountains and islands. Take a rest before joining the interesting onboard activities (subject to each boat's itinerary) like kayaking, sampan boat rowing, swimming or cooking demonstration by the cruise chef or enjoy the icy-cold cocktail in happy hour on the sundeck. Your delicious and tasty dinner meal will be served on the cruise. After that, please feel free to participate in squid fishing activity or watch movies related to Halong Bay. Stay overnight on Halong Bay Overnight Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Kayaking in Halong Bay
Activities: Depart with last memories of Halong Bay Overnight Cruise and depart straight to Airport for your flight home.
One unique experience that you could have if you stay on Halong Bay Overnight Cruise is doing the Tai-chi early in the morning. Tai-chi is the healthy morning exercise of locals which brings people a long lasting life and positive attitude. After warming up by morning exercise, you will have breakfast then do kayaking to Hang Luon ( Luon Cave )- a majestic cave which is inaccessible by the larger boats. It would be the unforgettable experience for you. You will have lunch then disembark at Tuan Chau Harbor for ending your Halong Bay Overnight Cruise Trip. Our guide and driver will be waiting for you there then take you directly to Noi Bai Airport to catch your flight back home or your next destinations. End of 9 day tour in Vietnam. See you again!
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Notes: The itinerary for Halong Bay trip may change slightly depending on the cruise we stay.
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Encompassing a mix of French colonial and Asian accents, Classy Holiday Hotel-49 Lan Ong offers free Wi-Fi access. Guests can also enjoy an international buffet at the Yen restaurant or simply relax in the hotel's bar. The hotel is located just a 10-minute drive from Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum - the largest memorial in Vietnam, and a 45-minute drive to Noi Bai International Airport. Air-conditioned rooms feature fully carpeted floors, a flat-screen TV and private bathroom with shower facilities. Equipped with a business center and meeting facilities, Classy Holiday Hotel-49 Lan Ong also offers airport shuttle services with a surcharge. Staff at the 24-hour front desk assists guests with transport rentals, as well as laundry and ironing services.
Tirant hotel is located in center of Hanoi, near many famous and beautiful landscapes of the capital. From the hotel, guess can walk along the streets to visit Hoan Kiem Lake, Hang Ngang, Hang Dao streets or Dong Xuan night market, even Temple of Literature. In addition, staying here, guests are served with modern facilities such as Wi-Fi in public areas, babysitting, business center, car park, safety deposit boxes. Moreover, guests will feel as staying at home with room services as refrigerator, bathtub, internet access – wireless, coffee/tea market, non smoking room. You journey will be more interesting when you can take your pets; and you ease to take your kids to the pool for swimming and playing. You can relax in outdoor pool and fitness center. Tirant hotel will bring you the best services.
Movenpick Hotel lies in the heart of Hanoi’s central business district, 40-minute drive away from Noi Bai International Airport. Movenpick Hotel possesses a distinctive French architecture style with 154 well-appointed rooms and suites offering cable channels. Deluxe Mangosteen restaurant serves buffet of international dishes. A continental breakfast is offered at Lounge 83 along with pastries, light refreshments and a selection of wine. For well-being, head to Kinetic Gym and Wellness Studio. Free parking, currency exchanges and car rental are also available to meet the demand of both business and leisure travelers. The hotel is the base from which to explore nearby attractions in the timeless city of Hanoi.
The Ninh Binh Legend Hotel stands tall in the heart of Ninh Binh city, soaring like the surrounding limestone mountains that are so emblematic of this beautiful province. Just a 5-minute walk to the city centre, 10-minute taxi ride to Trang An and a 15-minute drive to Hoa Lu and Tam Coc places the Ninh Binh Legend Hotel perfectly between the convenience of the city and the beauty of nature.Inside the 4-star hotel, you will find tastefully decorated rooms with an emphasis on comfort and practicality. In warm decoration, you will feel at home on the comfortable double beds, with all the amenities necessary to make your trip to Ninh Binh a leisurely and productive one. Large windows allow for natural light and splendid views of Ninh Binh’s perfect mountain scenery throughout.For your dining and recreation, the Ninh Binh Legend Hotel has you covered with two restaurants, two bars and a swimming pool, all looking out onto gorgeous scenery and granting a beautiful sense of freedom in one of Vietnam’s most beautiful provinces.
The award-winning Emeralda Resort is the peak of excellence for accommodation options in Ninh Binh, one of Vietnam’s most naturally blessed lands. This resort focuses totally on your relaxation, and to that end, abounds with lush tropical gardens sitting below skyscraping, forested mountains that are emblematic of Ninh Binh province. Along the quaint wooden walkways of the Emeralda Resort Ninh Binh, you will pass beautiful greenery between our individual rooms, detached and with a private balcony or terrace for your ultimate serene retreat. In the gorgeously appointed rooms, you will find plenty of space amid rustic decoration, housing extremely comfortable beds and seating areas flecked with many modern amenities. Around the Emeralda Resort, you will find a wealth of attractive facilities to enhance your experience of the world-beating nature surrounding it. The two outdoor and one indoor swimming pools offer open vistas of Ninh Binh’s majestic nature, while contemplative spaces like the Emeralda Spa and Wine Bar offer tranquility and class. Our two restaurants introduce you to Vietnam’s exquisite food, picked and imported from the finest regions around the country for your pleasure.
The extensive and gorgeous exterior of the Sapa Legend Hotel & Spa suggests just some of the opulence and comfort to be found within. This immaculately adorned hotel has grand marble and burnished wood running throughout, extending to the many rooms spanning four accommodation options. Along with warm decoration, each room is fitted with comfortable bedding, modern amenities such as air conditioning and TV, large windows and a very well appointed bathroom, ensuring an extremely pleasant stay in beautiful Sapa.In further pursuit of this aim, our restaurant and café encapsulate a luxurious atmosphere for your enjoyment of international and Vietnamese food and beverages. In addition, the Legend Spa provides an excellent means of relaxation and a space for tranquility in the bustling town. With one of the most central locations in all of Sapa town, you will find travelling around the area to be of the utmost ease and cafes and restaurants just beyond arms’ reach. Just to the left of the front doorstep is Sapa Lake and community garden, with Sapa Park just 300m away and Ham Rong Mountain 400m beyond that.
The glorious, skyscraping peaks of Sapa’s many mountains contain a majesty only matched in architectural equivalence by the Amazing Hotel Sapa. This 4-star hotel in beautiful Sapa town is located with one eye towards the mountains and steeped rice paddies, and another eye towards the bustling town. Our many mountain-view rooms offer perfect luxury accommodation, with contemporary amenities and comfortable furnishings, all placed to enhance your enjoyment of the stunning views around you. You will find a local flavour amongst the hill-tribe textiles employed in our rooms, but enjoy the convenience of modernity through sleek bathrooms with elaborate showers.Just a few minutes’ walk from Ham Rong Mountain and Gardens, Notre Dame Cathedral and central Sapa Lake, the Amazing Hotel Sapa is perfectly located for your total convenience. Restaurants and shops abound around the hotel, giving you the perfect chance to prepare for your hike or a fantastic excuse to relax after it.Aside from 81 stylish guest rooms and suites, the Amazing Hotel Sapa boasts a heated indoor swimming pool, beauty and spa services, fitness centre, an elegant restaurant and an exquisite bar, offering uninterrupted views of one of Vietnam’s greatest natural assets.
Set outside of the general bustle of Sapa town, Pao’s Sapa Leisure Hotel takes up an advantageous position atop the Muong Hoa Valley, offering stunning views to one of Vietnam’s most majestic natural scenes. Throughout our range of rooms, we ensure that your view of Sapa’s forest-clad limestone mountains, as well as the golden rice paddies that descend through the valley, is at the forefront of each well-appointed room’s design.From the Deluxe Room to Sapa’s most luxurious offering, Red Dao Suite, you will find comfortable furnishings in a modern room, with a focus through the wall-length windows and universal balconies to the scenery outside. 223 rooms in Pao’s Sapa Leisure Hotel are some of the most comfortable accommodation options throughout the town, and here you can discover the Sapa that suits you, through TVs, working desks, large bathrooms and palatial seating arrangements.The convenience of Sapa town lies just under 2km away and contains attractions such as Sapa Lake, Ham Rong Mountain and Notre Dame Cathedral. Stock up for your trek here before returning to Pao’s Sapa Leisure Hotel to ease into Sapa’s most magisterial accommodation.
V'Spirit Cruise is one of the most luxury cruise in Halong Bay and Lan Ha Bay. V'Spirit Cruise with 18 cabins and all cruises with balcony will offer travellers with the best experience when you visit Halong Bay.The concept of V'Spirit Cruise is combined between classic style of a junk cruise and a modern cruise with luxury facility. The V'Spirit Cruise looks like a junk boat but it is a steel cruise with luxury facility to offer a good experience but safety and travellers can experience a luxury trip to Halong Bay.With unique itinerary, V'Spirit Halong Bay will bring the best trip for travellers who wish to experience the best of Halong Bay from cave visiting, kayaking, swimming, sampan boat, beach swimming to cycling on island.There are 2 day and 3 day itinerary for travellers to choose when you visit Halong Bay. Enjoy your trip in Halong Bay with V'Spirit Cruise and you will not regret of choosing this cruise.
V'Spirit Cruise is one of the most luxury cruise in Halong Bay and Lan Ha Bay. V'Spirit Cruise with 18 cabins and all cruises with balcony will offer travellers with the best experience when you visit Halong Bay.The concept of V'Spirit Cruise is combined between classic style of a junk cruise and a modern cruise with luxury facility. The V'Spirit Cruise looks like a junk boat but it is a steel cruise with luxury facility to offer a good experience but safety and travellers can experience a luxury trip to Halong Bay.With unique itinerary, V'Spirit Halong Bay will bring the best trip for travellers who wish to experience the best of Halong Bay from cave visiting, kayaking, swimming, sampan boat, beach swimming to cycling on island.There are 2 day and 3 day itinerary for travellers to choose when you visit Halong Bay. Enjoy your trip in Halong Bay with V'Spirit Cruise and you will not regret of choosing this cruise.
Hermes Cruises Halong Bay is one of the newest cruises in Halong Bay and Lan Ha Bay with 18 luxury cabins. The unique design with private balconies in all the cabins gives you a panoramic view through a crystal glass window. Everything will be opened in front of your eyes.Being one of the most luxury cruises in Halong Bay, all the cruise cabins are luxury and their bathroom equipped with 5-star amenities will satisfy all passengers on the cruise.Hermes Cruise has a unique route in Lan Ha Bay where is touristy like Halong Bay central so guests on the cruise can enjoy more on the trip. Hermes Cruise is a luxury cruise in Lan Ha Bay and Halong Bay with friendly staffs and delicious meal will be the best choice for you to add to your Vietnam Tour Package or the North of Vietnam Holiday.
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