Hanoi – Sapa And Fansipan Mount

Meal provided: No meal

Welcome to Vietnam.

Upon arrival at Noi Bai International Airport, obtain your visa and clear Immigration and Customs.

After collecting your baggage, exit the airport to meet outside our tour guide and driver. He/she will be holding a signboard with your names on it.

From the airport, you will be privately transferred to your lovely hotel. After a short rest, transfer to the center and enjoy a visit to West Lake and Tran Quoc pagoda, the oldest pagoda in the city, originally constructed in the sixth century during the reign of Emperor Ly Nam De, thus giving it an age of 1,400 years. Our next stop is Quan Thanh Temple which was established during the reign of Emperor Ly Thai To and was dedicated to Tran Vu, Deity of the North in Taoism, whose symbols of power are the serpent and turtle. It is one of the Four Sacred Temples that were built in four directions to protect the capital from malevolent spirits.

Back to the Old Quarter, stroll through Colonial Hanoi, seeing the Hanoi Opera House and other local sights then enjoy a cyclo tour around the Hanoi’s Old Quarter, a network of narrow alleys and shop houses also known as “The 36 Streets”. This is a wonderful place to watch the local life, and peruse items from fabrics to crafts to exotic medicines.

Return to your hotel. Settle in and enjoy the rest of day at leisure.

Stay overnight in Hanoi.

Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch

Start a new day by visiting Ho Chi Minh Complex, an important place of pilgrimage. A traffic-free area of botanical gardens, monuments, memorials and pagodas, it’s usually crowded with groups of all ages, from all over the nation, who has come to pay their respects. Within the complex you can visit Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum, Ba Dinh Square, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House, Ho Chi Minh Museum

Closed by, the famous One Pillar Pagoda which is built of wood on a single stone pillar 1.25 m in diameter. It is designed to resemble a lotus blossom, which is a Buddhist symbol of purity, since a lotus blossoms in a muddy pond.

After that, continue to visit the Temple of Literature (Vietnamese name is Quoc Tu Giam) – The Vietnam’s first University, which was built in 1070 in honor of Confucius, his followers and Chu Van An, a moral figure in Vietnamese education.

Have lunch at a local restaurant before being transferred to Sapa by sharing limo (5.5 hrs driving)

Dropped off at your hotel.

Stay overnight in Sapa.

Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, visit Cat Cat Village remaining unique customs and practices that are lots in other villages. Visitors to Cat Cat have an opportunity to admire a lively and colorful picture. That is the image of young women sitting by looms with colorful pieces of brocade decorated with designs of flowers and birds. When these pieces of brocade are finished, they are dyed and embroidered with beautiful designs. A noteworthy is that H’Mong women use plants and leaves to dye these brocade fabrics. And then they roll around and smooth section of wood covered with wax on fabrics to polish them, making their colors durable. In addition to the brocade weaving craft, many residents in Cat Cat are good at manipulating gold and silver jewelry. Their products are fairly sophisticated, especially jewelry for women.

Have lunch at a local restaurant before transferred to the Sapa Cable Station for very amazing trip to Indochina’s Rooftop – Mount Fanxipan by cable car. This is particularly interesting in these northern mountains of the country, where travelers seek the rice terraces and traditional arts of a minority peoples. Cultivating the land to an altitude of around 2,200 meters are the ethnic minorities the lowland Vietnamese generically call ‘Meo’ – savages – and above them looms the bulk of Hua Xi Pan: “giant protruding rock”. You can challenge yourself when hiking 600 stone stairs more to reach the rocky peak of The Roof of Indochina. Below you spread the foothills of the Himalayas, blanketed with rainforest and the first tendrils of fog.

Return to your hotel.

Stay overnight in Sapa.

Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch

This morning travel on road down the valley from Sapa about 07 kilometers to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai. It is a nice ride in itself with great views of the lush terraces. In this village which you will have a welcome feeling at any house of the hospitable people there. You can interact them, learn about their culture and customs.

From there, you will just follow the valley for a few miles to the next town of Ta Van. Along the way, you will walk through terraced rice fields and among some picturesque villages, and experience a bit of rural life. Ta Van is a village of Giay people, who look more like the traditional Viet living the Red delta.  As you walk through different hill tribe villages (Hmong and Dao people), it's helpful to have a guide to explain customs or practices to you and perhaps translate. You're sure to see other tourists on the trail (which puts many people off), but this is a good example of the many great treks in the area.

Have lunch at a local restaurant then return to your hotel for check-out.

15:00-15:30: Picked up by sharing limousine for the return to Hanoi (5.5 hrs driving).

Around 21:00: Arrive at your hotel.

Stay overnight in Hanoi.

Meal provided: Breakfast

Free time until your drop-off time at Hanoi airport for your flight back home. Have a safe and sound flight. We do look forward to seeing you again!

End of tour.