Day 1: Arrival in Hanoi - Meet at the airport and transfer to the hotel in the center. Free at leisure. (No guide today)

Day 2 : Hanoi - City tour in Hanoi, visiting Ho Chi Minh's house on stilt, One Pillar Pagoda - one of the few structures remaining from the original foundation of the city, then have a walk to visit Tran Quoc pagoda - the most ancient pagoda in Hanoi. After that transfer to visit  Hoan Kiem Lake & Ngoc Son temple, the Old Quarter, of which another name is “36 streets”. Take the night train to Lao Cai. (Meals included: breakfast, lunch)

Day 3: Lao Cai / Sapa - Early morning arrival in Lao Cai. You will be taken from Lao Cai railway station to Sapa. After breakfast visit Ham Rong mountain, viewing beautiful scenery of the town and surrounding area. Lunch at a restaurant. Late afternoon free to discover Sapa town. Night at hotel in Sapa. (Meals included: lunch)

Day 4: Soft trek to Lao Chai / Ta Van villages - Breakfast at hotel. The car will take you from your hotel to Lao Chai village (Black H’Mong tribe), looking down the valley, viewing magnificent landscapes of high mountains, deep valleys, waterfalls and terraced rice paddies… Have a walk around Lao Chai village, learn more about the daily life here, and then have a 2km trek from Lao Chai to Ta Van village (Dzay tribe). After lunch at the village you will be picked up and taken to Sapa. Late afternoon drive back to Lao Cai for the night train back to Hanoi . (Meals included: breakfast, lunch)

Day 5: Hanoi / Halong / Hanoi (group tour) - Arrive in Hanoi at early morning. Pick up and transfer to your hotel to refresh (no room this morning). 8:00AM: Departure from your hotel and drive through the countryside to Halong Bay (170 km). Arrive in Halong at noon. After lunch at a restaurant get on boat . Take four hour cruise on the Bay, seeing thousands of limestone islands and go inside one  beautiful cave on the bay (Thien Cung cave). Return to Hanoi, arriving in the evening. (Meals included: lunch)

Day 6: Departure -Free time before the transfer to Tan Son Nhat Airport for your departure flight.(Meals included: breakfast - No guide today)

Services included:
Accommodation at standard hotel (2*) - twin/double sharing
Entrance fees.
Train tickets  Hanoi / Lao Cai / Hanoi
Meals as mentioned.
English speaking guide.
Private car (except Hanoi / Halong / Hanoi)
Shuttle bus Hanoi / Halong / Hanoi
Shuttle boat

Services excluded:
Personal expense and other service not mentioned in the itinerary

NOTE: The tour price is better for the group of more than 2 people and is not valid during Vietnam Holidays (New Year 2018; Vietnam Tet Holiday from Feb 14 to Feb 22 - according the Lunar calendar; Liberty Day of Apr 30; the May Day and the National Day of Sep 2)

Please contact us if you want to make any changes to the itinerary.

This trip provides us to explore the magnificent Halong Bay within only one day from Hanoi. Here you can relax on the tanning deck, swim in the clear waters and enjoy 4 hour cruising in the bay and visit one of the most beautiful caves. The trip allows us to safe our time and still visits the most stunning area of Halong Bay.

At 08:00 AM, we will be met by your private tour guide at the lobby of hotel; then we all transfer to Halong Bay, Quang Ninh province. Driving along the Red River Delta with outskirt of Hanoi; Bac Ninh province, the home-land of “Quan Ho folk song” which is one of the World Culture Heritage of Vietnam; Hai Duong province where we will have a short stop for relax at around 10:00 or 10:30. Keeping on driving to Quang Ninh province we can see the land of coal, the land of sea...

We arrive at Bai Chay wharf at midday, welcome by crew team and we start enjoying 4 hour boat trip. A delicious seafood lunch will be served when we are completely relax on boat. We are both having seafood and seeing the wonderful sightseeing outside. Our lunch time ends is the time we walk into the Thien Cung cave (Heaven Palace cave) and to see thousands of stalactites and stalagmites colored by hundreds of neon lights. After 1 hour stay in the “Heaven Palace”, we are back to the boat for cruising along the World Nature Heritage part to see the Incense Bowl islet, Cock fighting islets Sail islet, Turtle island….If weather permitting, we can enjoy our great time with swimming and floating on the tranquil bay.

At 04:00 PM, we finish our boat trip and back to our vehicle for transferring to Hanoi. At around 7 P.M we will be back to Hanoi. Trip ends.

Note:
Day packs
Shorts would be suggested
Sunglasses, sun lotion, towel and swimsuits
If required, special food needs should be requested before the trip.

Tour Inclusions:
Private transportation (car or van ) with air-condition
English speaking guide (other languages up on request)
Fresh seafood lunch on boat
Entrance fees & sightseeing tickets
4 hour private boat trip
1 bottle of water/person

Tour Exclusions:
Drinks
Gratuities
Personal expenses.

Price:  165 USD per person (For group from 2 people)

If you are interested in this tour. Please feel free to contact me at: [email protected]
My cell phone number: +84 9774 94774
Skype/Yahoo messenger: tourguidehanoi1

You also could see more other tours at my websites:

http://www.tourguidehanoi.com
http://www.vietnamprivateguide.info

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This trip provides us to explore the magnificent Halong Bay Day Tour Cruise within only one day trip from Hanoi. Here you can relax on the tanning deck, swim in the clear waters and enjoy 4 hours cruising in the bay and visit one of the most beautiful caves. The trip allows us to safe our time and still visits the most stunning area of Halong Bay.