Tour: GROUP TOUR NORTH VIETNAM 9DAYS 8 NIGHTS

Feeling your own heart and soul in a trip of 9 days 8 nights with sharing services as group tour in North Vietnam. With proper spending on time and budget for an attractive voyage you do!

GROUP TOUR NORTH VIETNAM 

 9DAYS 8 NIGHTS

(Destinations:

 Hanoi - Halong - Catba -Ninhbinh- Hanoi-Sapa-Hanoi

      Feeling your own heart and soul in a trip of 9 days 8 nights with sharing services as group tour in North Vietnam. With proper spending on time and budget for an attractive voyage you do !
 
DAY 1: HANOI  ARRIVAL – CHECK IN HOTEL  (No Meals)
      Depending on your flight time, we will arrange you the services. Normally, day 1 is free and overnight in Hanoi Old Quarter hotel.
Overnight in hotel
 
DAY 2: HANOI – HALONG WITH 3 STAR CRUISE (L/D)
08:00 – 08h30 Pick-up at hotel and start the scenic, 3.5 hour drive to Halong Bay. On the way to Halong, we have 20 minute of relaxed time.
12:30 Embark on Halong harbor and prepare to get on boat
13:30: Savor a delectable vietnamese traditional lunch whilst enjoying the bay
15:30 Kayak among the hidden areas of the bay, around the Luon Cave area in around 40 minute
16:30 Back to boat
16:30 Cruise to Soi Sim Island. Go swimming and relaxing at titop island
17:30 Return to the main boat for a shower. Relax or snap photos as the sun starts to set
19:00 Dinner is served. Socialize with other guests, fishing  for squid, or just lazing around. Overnight on boat.

DAY 3: HA LONG BAY - LAN HA BAY - CAT BA ISLAND (B/L/D)
07:00 Enjoy a new day with complimentary tea and coffee served. Have breakfast on board
09:00 Visit a Pearl farm, see the real pearl products and understand process of pearl making in Ha Long.
11:00 Change onto a Day-boat going Lan Ha Bay.Visit Monkey Island with endangered wild monkeys.
13:00 Stop at Viet Hai harbor. Enjoy 5km cycling ride through wonderful jungle to Viet Hai village. Short trek inside Cat Ba National Park. Do cycling 5 km back to the harbor again. Enjoy lunch on board in Lan Ha bay.
16:00 Arrive Beo harbor for a bus drive to Cat Ba town. Here you choose one of these options:
 Opt 1) Stay overnight in Bungalow or in 3 star hotel (Hung Long Harbor/Sea Pearl hotel).
 Opt 2) Stay overnight in Cat Ba beach Resort, Bungalow Nam Cat, Bangalow Monky island.
 Opt 3) Stay overnight in 4 star hotel in Cat Ba town (Cat Ba Sunrise Resort)19:00 Have dinner in hotel restaurant and free time at night to discover Cat Ba town.
 
DAY 4: CAT BA ISLAND - HA LONG BAY - HANOI (B/L)
07:00 Enjoy spectacular view of the morning landscape of Cat Ba town while having breakfast
08:00 Check out hotel. Bus takes you to harbor and get on the transfer boat to Ha Long Bay again.
- Change onto the boat. Relax and photograph wonderful pictures of Ha Long on the way back.
11:00 Have lunch on Junk while cruising back harbor and leave Dragon Gold Cruise,
- Start bus dive back to Hanoi. Have a rest half-way to free your legs.
17:30 Drop you off at your hotel. Tour ends. 

DAY 5: HANOI – BAI DINH – TRANG AN – HANOI 
     The Trang An landscape complex in northern Ninh Binh province has been recognized as Unesco World Heritage, at 04 P.M on June 23 at the 38th session of the UNESCO Heritage Committee.Located east of Ninh Binh province and covering almost 2000 hectares, Trang An eco-tourism complex is divided into 5 sections: a specially preserved area – Hoa Lu ancient citadel, a central area, a natural area of grottoes and caves, a tourist service area, and a holy mountain of Bai Dinh area. The total 47 historical vestiges, hidden caves and grottoes in limestone karst geomorphology, valleys, rivers and streams all together create a fanciful landscape. With hundreds of big and small statutes, numerous categories of architectural works, Bai Dinh – Trang An combined complex is one of the biggest in Vietnam and has become a must–see place for almost travelers these days.
07:40 Tour guide picks you up at suggested places around Hanoi Old Quarter.
- Depart for Bai Dinh pagoda and Trang An eco-tourism site . Have short break en-route to free your legs.
- Arrive in Buddha Sanctuary place of Bai Dinh Pagoda, the biggest one in Vietnam.

-Have lunch in a restaurant with local special dishes including goat meat.

- Leave for Trang An eco-tourism attraction. You will be amazed by neglected area while having a boat trip through cave chains: Sang cave, Toi cave, Ba Giot cave, Sinh cave…experiencing mysterious views of the so-called “Ha Long Bay in land”.

-Back in Hanoi, get dropped off at your morning address. Tour ends.
 

DAY 6: HANOI – SAPA – LAO CHAI – TAVAN – GIANG TA CHAI (B/L/D)
     Explore and experience Sapa by road via the new Noibai highway, length 245km. This new road shortens the travel time from Hanoi to Sapa. Moreover, you will have chance to admire the beautiful scenery as you travel the longest highway in Vietnam before you enjoy yourself in Sapa – the fog city. We are always looking to provide fresh, new and exciting tours, that include prompt, reliable and considerate service. Booking with APT Travel to experience the interesting scenery, atmosphere and unique culture of Lao cai  - Sapa, in our new tour program.
6:30 – 7:00 Tour guide pick you up at your hotel, departure to Lao Cai city.Travelling on new Highway Noi Bai, It will take around 5 hours.
12:30. Arrival in Sapa town, enjoy lunch in a local restaurant.
13:00: Bus will take you to the gate of Lao chai village start trekking to Ta Van and Giang Ta Chai village, exploring the local ethnic minorities life, admire the spectacular natural scenery with the terraced rice fields. Journey will stop at Giang Ta Chai village.
17:00 Come back to Sapa Town, having dinner and overnigh in Shotel. End of the first day.

DAY 7: CAT CAT VILLAGE – HANOI CITY (B/L)   
7:00   Have breakfast at hotel.
9:00  Trekking from hotel to Exploring Cat Cat  village of H’mong – It is named Cat Cat Village, you have a chance to visit a waterfall and the hydroelectric power station built by the French, learning about the culture, customs and unique people here with traditional crafts such as weaving, carved silver, hand forged agricultural tools.
12:30 Enjoy a meal at a local restaurant in Sapa Town.
15:00 Driver take you back to Hanoi.
21:00 End of tour at Hotel 
 

DAY 8: HANOI CITY TOUR (L/D) 
        Considered charming colonial city, tourists would find Hanoi very typical feature of oriental city alive with its tree-lined boulevards and lakes and its blend of French, Chinese and Vietnamese architecture. Hanoi is the jewel of Asia. A cyclo trip will bring you to charming "36 streets and 36 wares" of the fascinating Old Quarter.
8:30 Start the trip with Tran Quoc pagoda, a Buddhist relic and national heritage lying on the West Lake.        
- Visit Ho Chi Minh’s complex, the final resting place of Viet Nam’s greatest father; his house-on-stil and One pillar pagoda – modeled after a lotus flower, a symbol of Hanoi.
11:00 Visit Temples of Literature constructed in 1070 - dedicated to Confucius, sages and talented scholars. It is the most famous temple in Hanoi, also functioning as Vietnam's first university.

-Have a rest and enjoy lunch in a local restaurant in Hanoi Old Quarter – tasting vietnamese tradional food. 

15:00 Visit the legendary Hoan Kiem lake and Ngoc Son Temple dedicated to a former general commander Tran Hung Dao for his struggle against Mongolians. 16:00 Arrive back in your hotel. Tour ends. After having private dinner, overnight in Halong old quarterlhotel.
 

DAY 9: HANOI – BACK  HOME (B/-/-

(if you join the tour by Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday: you will visit Bat Trang Ceramic village. If you join by Tuesday Thursday/ Saturday/ Sunday: you will visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum)

-Breakfast at the hotel then free and easy. 

-Wait until our driver come and pick you to the airport 

-Trip ends
 

SPECIAL NOTES:

- Abreviation: B = Breakfast;  L = Lunch;  D = Dinner

-Single supplement in cabin/room on cruise or hotel: Pay extra 850,000 VND / 1 night on cruise and 600,000 VND/ 1 night for hotel room (upon your request)

-Itinerary is subject to change without prior notice due to bad weather or local authority order...

-Bring your passport with valid visa (compulsory), insect repellent, hat, swimsuits, cash
 

CHILDREN POLICY:

-Under 5 years old: Free of charge, sharing room with parents

-From 5 up to 9 years old: charge 75% (sharing cabin with parents)

-From 10 years old up: Charge as the adult price.
 

INCLUSION

-Hotel in Hanoi (4 nights at 3 start hotel standard), Sapa hotel (1 night at 3 star hotel standard) * In case, you book hotel rooms yourselve on social media (Booking.com/ Agoda.com..) at Hanoi for night 1st, 4th , 5th, 7th, 8th. The price will be minus equal 3,000,000 vnd/ 1 pax in contract price

- Airport picking up and dropping off by bus (depending on the guest number)

- Pick up and drop off at pointing places by air-conditioned bus

- Professional English speaking guide.

- Activities: go sightseeing, kayaking, swimming, trekking…indicated as itineraries.          

- Entrance fees and sight-seeing fees.

- Meals as indicated.

- Overnight cruise
 

EXCLUSION

- Drinks, travelinsurance.                                                             

- Tips and others not clearly mentioned above.

PRICE FOR PACKAGE GROUP  /  Unit: USD / 1 pax (Quotation: 1US$ = 22,300,000 vnd)

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