VIETNAM : SAPA-HANOI 4D3N TOUR

 

DAY 1 | MANILA - HANOI - SAPA (B/L/D)

 

• Simply pack your bag for a 3-hour flight to Hanoi – the charming ancient capital.

• Arrive in Hanoi International arrival, please proceed through immigration and customs, and make your way to the exterior arrivals area, using the exit indicated for your flight on the arrival marquee (either exit A1 or A2). Our guide will be waiting here for you holding a pick-up sign then escort you to Hanoi Center for City Orientation. Breakfast at the noodle house to taste the best Hanoian dish, Pho, then drive straight to Sapa. 

• Lunch at Red Dzao Restaurant then check-in to your hotel. In the afternoon, visit Cat Cat Village, home of the Black H’mong ethnic people. The hike through mountains will offer you a wonderful picture of rice paddies, a waterfall, or even water buffaloes grazing leisurely. It also offers a chance to have a glimpse into the daily life of local ethnic people, as well as take part in traditional activities such as weaving fabric and purchasing some traditional souvenirs and handicrafts right from the craftsmen.

• Strolling around Sapa town, visit Sapa Church, a catholic church with a stone belltower considered as the most attractive place for sightseeing in Sapa. Located in the center of the Sapa town, this old church was built in the 20th century by the French colonizers. It is also known as the “Church of Our Lady of the Rosary” and has become a suitable location for the traditional cultural practices of ethnic minority groups there. 

• Dinner at Salmon hotpot then you will spend the night in Sapa.

 

DAY 2 |  SAPA - FANSIPAN MOUNTAIN - HANOI (B/L/D)

 

• Breakfast at the hotel. You will visit Fansipan Mountain with a package of train and cable car.

• You will take a short walk to the station, where you will take a 5-minute train to the cable car station.

• Each cabling can accommodate from 30 to 35 people. Sapa station is in Muong Hoa Valley, thestation is 3,000 meters high and very close to Mount Fansipan. The distance between the two stations is over 1,400 meters. The cable car journey is 15 minutes.

• The journey is not too long, but it is enough for you to admire the beautiful natural landscape at the height of thousands of meters. It is the primitive forest Hoang Lien Son, poetic Muong Hoa, the magnificent Hoang Lien Son Mountain range, etc. The higher you go, the more clouds you see, the temperature will also decrease and the wind can make your cable swing a little, do not fear just a littlechallenge for your courage!

• After visiting, you will be back to Sapa Town for lunch then you will be transferred to Hanoi. Dinner

• then immerse yourself in a unique train track experience. Overnight in Hanoi.

 

DAY 3 | FREE DAY (B/-/-)

 

• Enjoy a delightful breakfast at the hotel and spend the rest of the day at your leisure.

 

DAY 4 | HANOI - INCENSE VILLAGE - NINH BINH - TRANG AN (B/L/-)

 

• You have a day to discover unique Vietnam’s charming capital. The first stop would be Quang Phu Cau incense village. Discover and photograph northern Vietnam‘s most eye-catching craft village.

• Only about an hour by car from Hanoi, the villagers here produce traditional bright red incense, making for stunning imagery at all stages of the process.

• Lunch at a local restaurant. Continue to visit Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex nearby which was recently recognized as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage, and get on a rowing boat (smalL sampan) traveling along the small river with scenic mountain and green fields landscape. The boat takes you to the cave complex of TrangAn: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wilderness, the scenery of mountains and rivers – Ha Long on the land of Ninh Binh.

• Return to Hanoi for shopping in the Old Quarter, Dong Xuan Market, and Hoan Kiem Lake. Then, transfer to the airport for departure.

 

DAY 5 | HANOI - MANILA (-/-/-)

 

• Flight back to Manila.

• Arrival in Manila.