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Day 1: Hanoi
Receive by your guide on arrival at the airport in Hanoi. Transfer to
your hotel by road. Pre-trip meeting with your guide. Free to explore
the city. Enjoy famous Water Puppet performance. Welcome dinner in a
restaurant. Overnight in hotel. (Dinner)
Day 2: Hanoi City tour
After breakfast, visit Ho Chi Minh museum, the president palace and
Temple of Literature. Lunch in a restaurant. After lunch, explore the 36
streets of Old Quarters in a cyclo. Dinner in a restaurant in Ha Noi.
Overnight in train cabin to Lao Cai station. (Breakfast)
Day 3: Sapa Town
Transfer to Sapa Town by road. Free day to explore Sapa town and make
preparations for the mountain bike trip. In the afternoon, pre-trip
meeting with the guide about the route for biking trip. Dinner in Sapa.
(Breakfast)
Day 4: Sapa – Heaven Gate – Binh Lu – Tam Duong
Transfer to Tram Ton Pass by road. Enjoy beautiful landscapes in the
mountainous areas in the North of Vietnam while paddling to Binh Lu
town. Lunch in Binh Lu Town. After lunch, continue to Tam Duong town.
Enjoy dinner in the town. Overnight in a hotel in Tam Duong Town.
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 5: Tam Duong – Pa So - Sapa
After breakfast, start to Pa So, a very small town in Lai Chau province.
Lunch in Pa So. After lunch, transfer back to Sapa by road. You can
challenge yourself by cycling up the last 5km to the top of Tram Ton
Pass. Dinner in Sapa. Overnight in a hotel. (Breakfast and lunch)
Day 6: Sapa – Fanxipan
Transfer to Tram Ton Pass by road. Trek through rain forests to a height
of 2200 meters for our base camp. Overnight in the base camp.
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 7: Summit of Fanxipan
Climb to the top of Fanxipan Mountain. Standing on the top, we get a
bird's eye view of Sapa, Lai Chau province and Binh Lu town. Lunch at
the summit. After lunch, start for the base camp. Overnight in the base
camp. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 8: Fanxipan - Sapa
After clearing the camp, start heading back to Sapa. Trek to Xin Chai
village of Black Mong people. Transfer back to Sapa by road. Lunch in a
restaurant in Sapa. After lunch, relax your legs over coffee. Dinner in
Sapa. Overnight in a hotel. (Breakfast)
Day 9: Sapa Town
Free day to explore Sapa town. Transfer to Lao Cai Station by road for
the overnight train back to Hanoi. (Breakfast)
Day 10: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay
Transfer to Ha Long City by road. Board a Chinese Junk. Cruise around
the bay. Enjoy fresh seafood lunch on board. Visit Sung Sot cave in the
afternoon. Paddle through calm waters of the Bay. Seafood dinner on the
boat. Overnight on board. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 11: Ha Long Bay
After breakfast, cruise to Lan Ha Bay. Paddle through tranquil waters
on the Bay. Seafood lunch on the boat. In the afternoon, cruise to Ba
Trai Dao for kayaking. Dinner on board the boat. Overnight on the boat.
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 12: Ha Long Bay - Hanoi
Wakes up to a peaceful morning on the Bay. After breakfast, cruise to Ba
Ham for kayaking. Cruise back to Ha Long City. Disembark on Ha Long
City. Lunch in a restaurant in Ha Long City. Transfer back to Hanoi by
road. Farewell dinner in a restaurant in Hanoi. Overnight in hotel.
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 13: Airport
Transfer to Noi Bai airport by road for the flight back home. Trip
concludes.(Breakfast) |