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This fourteen-day programme includes Hanoi, Mai Chau Valley, Cat Ba Island, Ho Chi Minh City, Nam Cat Tien National Park and Mekong Delta. It's not a simple adventure tour with physical activities but you will have chance to experience nature, wildlife, daily life of local people and local culture.

As you’ll be travelling tailor-made, you can transform this sample tour into your dream holiday. Just ask us to make any changes, and you’ll have a revised itinerary with 24 hours – no limit to the number of changes, and no charge for making the amendments!

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (D)
Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you will be met and driven to your hotel for check in. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi (B/L)
You will have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you’ll call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.
Day 3: Hanoi – Mai Chau Homestay (B/L/D)
In the morning, you will depart from your hotel by private vehicle to Mai Chau village. Your lunch will be served in a local house. After lunch, you’ll drive to the Ma River for a 30 minute boat ride, get off the boat and walk through Chieng Village of the Thai ethnic minority people. Back to Mai Chau for dinner and overnight in the stilt house with the friendly Thai ethnic minority peole.

Day 4: Mai Chau – Hanoi (B/L)
After breakfast at the homestay, you will head out for two hours of easy cycling through the verdant rice paddies and local villages to experience their daily life. Make your way back to the homestay for lunch before driving back to Hanoi. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

Day 5: Hanoi – Hai Phong – Cat Ba Rock Climbing (B/L)
After breakfast, you will drive to Hai Phong City where you will take a hydrofoil to Cat Ba Island where you will meet your certified climbing guide and ride a motorbike along the Cat Ba Island coast-line to the climbing area in “Butterfly Valley”. After orientation, do at least 2 top-rope climbs with the help of your guide. Your lunch will be at a local house in the Valley before returning to the town for overnight.

Day 6: Cat Ba Rock Climbing (B/L/D)
After breakfast at the hotel, you will cruise out the the rock climbing area in Lan Ha Bay. Do 2 top-rope climbs or more. Cruise over to unihabited beach to enjoy another climbing adventure. Lunch will be served on boat. In the late afternoon, you will return to the town for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Cat Ba - Hanoi (B/L)
Morning will be free to relax on the beach. In the afternoon, you will take the hydrofoil back to Hai Phong. Our car will wait you there to drive you back to Hanoi. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

Day 8: Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
In the morning, you will fly to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, you’ll be picked up and depart for a city tour. You will visit the History Museum, the Museum of War Remnants, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Centre Post Office and the huge Ben Thanh market, one of the liveliest areas of Ho Chi Minh City. After lunch, you will visit China town, Binh Tay market and Thien Hau Pagoda. You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City – Tay Ninh – Cu Chi (B/L)
A morning drive will take you to Tay Ninh to visit the temple of Cao Dai and attend the fantastic mid-day ceremony. After lunch, you will visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City – Nam Cat Tien National Park (B/L/D)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will leave to Nam Cat Tien National Park. Arriving at Dong Nai river, take a boat across the river and have lunch at the canteen in the park centre. After one hour of relaxing, you’ll drive 9 km in a Jeep and then hike for three kilometres through the rainforest to Crocodile Lake - you may see some of the typical wild fauna en-route. You will be able to watch the wildlife around the lake in the evening when the wild animals come to the lake to drink. From your hide, you’re likely to see monkeys, deer and other small mammals, and with a good pair of binoculars, there’s a good chance of spotting less familiar fauna, such as the Siamese crocodiles after which the lake is named. When darkness falls, you will row quietly on the lake with a large flashlight to see some of the nocturnal visitors to the lake and listen to the sounds of the forest. You will stay in the park guesthouse in the Crocodile Lake area.
Day 11: Nam Cat Tien National Park (B/L/D)
If you can manage a pre-dawn visit to the lake, you will have another opportunity to spy on the park’s wildlife. If you’d prefer just ‘normal’ early, your row on the lake will be mainly to watch the park’s feathered inhabitants. You’ll then hike back to the main road and drive seven kilometres westwards for another one-kilometre hike along the forest trail to the giant Ficus Tree which covers over two hectares. Fortified by a canteen lunch, a cruise down Dong Nai River on a motor boat takes you to Ta Lai village to visit the farms and houses of S’Tieng and Chau Ma ethnic minorities. In the evening, take a jeep along the main road with a large flashlight to see some kinds of mammals. You will stay overnight in the guesthouse.

Day 12: Nam Cat Tien National Park – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
In the early morning, you will cycle to the nearby Ben Ngu area. After wandering around the massive trees, dripping vines, and visiting the rapids (water level permitting) it will be time for lunch in the canteen and your return to Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 13: Ho Chi Minh City – Vinh Long – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
After escaping from Ho Chi Minh City’s urban sprawl, you will travel to Vinh Long. There, you’ll cruise on the Mekong River, visit Cai Be floating market, fruit orchards, a traditional family-run brick kiln, and drop in to look at some traditional cottage industries - a workshop making the huge coffins unique to the Mekong is particularly interesting. In the afternoon, you’ll return to Ho Chi Minh City where you will spend the night.

Day 14: Ho Chi Minh City Departure (B)
After breakfast, you will be free until your driver arrives to take you to Tan Son Nhat airport for your departure flight.
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For this tour, you’ll have a good chance to explore the beauty of the off –beaten northwest of our country, both nature and culture. This is home to numerous of ethnic minority people, an idea place for trekking and homestay. The tour includes Nghia Lo, Than Uyen, Sapa and a short relaxing cruise in Ha Long Bay, the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’ landscape. Ha Long Bay is in the Northeast, of course, but no where else in the north offers such good beach relaxing!

The tour is designed with 11 days only. But if you can extend your time and want to explore further this beaufitul area, please let us know. We will satisfy you with a customised tour within 24 hours.

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival
Enter Vietnam at Noi Bai airport, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a performance of traditional Water Puppetry and a “Welcome” dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese dishes. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi Orientation (B/L)
You’ll have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you’ll call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. Your afternoon will finish with a cyclo ride around the shopping area of Hanoi including Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and bustling Old Quarter. You’ll spend the night in Hanoi.
Day 3: Hanoi – Nghia Lo (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, you’ll depart through the Red River Delta into the mountains of Yen Bai province and on to Nghia Lo. This is home to numerous ethnic minorities including Thai, Nung, H’mong, La Ha and Ma people. Your overnight will be at at guesthouse.

Day 4: Nghia Lo – Than Uyen (B)
After breakfast, you’ll eplore local market in Nghia Lo, a good chance to shop for local handicrafts. Today's drive is along an exciting stretch of road which climbs over the mountain pass to Mu Cang Chai past H'mong, La Ha and Dzao hill tribe communities. At the bottom of the valley is the town of Than Uyen. You’ll spend the night at a guest house.

Day 5: Than Uyen – Sapa - Homestay (B/L/D)
The road follows the Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range and winds through tea plantations and rice terraces as it hugs the Nam Ma River. This stunning valley is dotted with Tay , Dzao and H'mong hill tribe villages. Over the 1900 meter Tram Ton Pass to Sa Pa located in the breathtaking Hoang Lien Son Mountains . After lunch, a 3-hour trek to Ta Van village for a home stay and savoury food with your Dzay hosts.

Day 6: Homestay in Sapa (B/L/D)
Trek along irce terraces, through a lush bamboo forest and past local villages. Stop to enjoy a picnic lunch. After lunch, trek to Ban Ho for an insightful night with your Tay hosts, where you'll sleep in the cozy loft complete with comfy mattress and a mosquito net.

Day 7: Sapa – Overnight train back to Hanoi (B/L)
Short trek to the dirt road for the jeep ride back to Sa Pa. Explore the town or go shopping in the market for local produce. In the late afternoon, you’ll drive to the Lao Cai railway station for an overnight train back to Hanoi.

Day 8: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay (B/L/D)
Arriving in Hanoi at 5am in the morning, you’ll be picked up to your hotel for breakfast and re-freshment.
You’ll then leave Hanoi to Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone “karst” landscap. You arrive at Ha Long City at around noon and then be transferred by tender to your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you’ll be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape. Your overnight will be aboard.
Day 9: Ha Long Bay Kayaking (B/L/D)
After breakfast, you’ll be transferred by a tender to the kayaking area. This is the most untouched place of the bay. There, you can enjoy swimming on virgin beaches, paddling to visit the sea level caves or floating villages. Lunch will be served on a small boat. In late afternoon, you’ll return to the mother boat for dinner and overnight.

Day 10: Ha Long – Hanoi (Brunch)
Your morning start with Meditation and Yoga Section on the sundeck and enjoying the sunrise. Your boat will then depart to Surprising Cave (Sung Sot) followed by an international breakfast set menu or buffet just before docking around noon and leaving for Hanoi. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.

Day 11: Hanoi departure (B)
You’ll be free for the remainder of the day until being transferred to Noi Bai airport for your departure flight.
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This twelve-day tour will bring to you to the highest point of Vietnam of Fansipan. You will have chance to challenge yourself with a three-day trekking to the summit 3143m above sea-level. The tour includes Hanoi, Sapa – Fansipan and Nha Trang. Nha Trang is one of the places owns the most beaufitul beaches in Vietnam.

As you wil travel tailore-made, so please do not hesitate to let us know the destinations or the activities you like or dislike. We will revise the tour programme until you completely satisfy!

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (D)
Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you will be met and driven to your hotel for check in. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi – Overnight train to Lao Cai (B/L)
You will have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you’ll call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. In the evening, your driver will come to pick up you up to the railway station for your overnight train to Lao Cai. You will spend the night on the train.
Day 3: Lao Cai - Sapa - Fansipan (B/L/D)
Arriving at Lao Cai railway station early in the morning, you will be picked up by your guide to Sapa for breakfast and then be tranferred to Tram Ton Heaven’s Gate. You’ll start the first day climbing through a decense forest in Hoang Lien Son National Park. Pitch camp at an altitude of 2200m. The dinner wil be prepared by the cook around a camp fire while the nocturnal sounds of the forest provide an exotic soundtrack in the background. Your overnight will be at the basecamp.

Day 4: Fansipan (B/L/D)
After breakfast, you will start the final ascent arriving at the summit 3143m above sea-level. From this, the highest point in Vietnam, there is stunning views to China in the north, and to Laos in the west. There is time for a well-earned rest before descending back down to Base Camp for the night. You will spend the night at the base camp.

Day 5: Fansipan - Sapa (B/L)
Enjoy morning coffee and the sounds of nature as the porters break down the camp and leave in advance back to Sapa. Trekking down across well-known terrain always goes more quickly and arrival time back in Sapa should be in the late afternoon via Sin Chai village. You will spend overnight in Sapa.

Day 6: Sapa – Overnight train back to Hanoi (B/L)
You will be free today in Sapa to explore the town by yourself until the late afternoon. Our driver will take you back the Lao Cai railway station for an overnight train back to Hanoi. Your overnight will be on the train.

Day 7: Hanoi – Nha Trang (B/L)
Arriving in Hanoi at 5am, you’ll be met and transferred your hotel for breakfast and re-freshment. You’ll then drive to the airport for a morning flight to Nha Trang. You will be free in the remainder of the day to relax on the beach. Your overnight will be in Nha Trang.

Day 8: Nha Trang Cycling (B/L)
In the morning, you will pick up a bike to cycle across the countryside around Nha Trang City stopping off at several villages, a working brick kiln and a good example of typical 19th century Vietnamese architecture en-route. You’ll meet local people, find out about their rural lifestyle and see how they earn a living. Your journey will take you across the rice fields where the farmers work with the water buffalos, and visit hamlets producing: rice paper, conical hats, woven rice-stalk mats, charcoal stoves. You lunch will be at a riverside restaurant. You’ll spend overnight in Nha Trang.

Day 9: Nha Trang – Whale Island (B/L/D)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up by the Whale island Resort minibus to drive to Ninh Hoa where you will board a speed boat to spend 02 days in the Whale Island.
Day 10 – day 11: Whale Island (B/L/D)
Whale Island, at the extreme north of the bay, offers very safe beach diving to 15m. More advanced diving includes wall diving to 40m, coral gardens at 15m, and racing drift dives. Whales and sharks are occasional visitors. For diving, we suggest you to book directly with the PADI 5-star Rainbow Diving Centre. They’re a high quality diving centre in Vietnam.

Day 12: Whale Island – Ho Chi Minh City Departure (B)
You will return to Nha Trang in the morning to catch a flight to Ho Chi Minh City in a good time to connect to your departure flight.
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This twelve-day tour includes Hanoi, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ha Long Bay and Sapa. It combines a range of physical activities in our northern part. But it is much more than just activities as you'll experience our varied lifestyle and culture. You'll encounter many of the colourful ethnic minority people living in the northwest of Vietnam.

Don’t forget that we’re tailor-made specialists. All you need to do is tell us what you want, and we’ll make the necessary modifications. There’s no fee for making changes, and no limit on the number you make!

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (D)
Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you will be met and driven to your hotel for check in. You will have time to relax before we present you with Vietnam daily life in the past and now with one or two hour cylo tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Old Quarter of Hanoi. You will then enjoy a Water Puppet Show and a welcome dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisines. You will spend the night in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi (B/L)
You will have the whole day to explore Vietnam’s capital city. Your guide will take you to the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century, and a popular attraction, as is Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked, and the museum dedicated to his memory. After lunch, you’ll call in at the serene Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest in Hanoi and the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam’s 54 distinct ethnic groups. Your overnight will be in Hanoi.
Day 3: Hanoi – Cuc Phuong National Park (B/L/D)
In the morning, you will depart from your hotel by private vehicle to Cuc Phuong National Park. You will visit the Endangered Prime Rescue Centre to learn about the importatn work being done to help protect the endangered species of the park. You’ll have lunch at the restaurant in the park centre before trekking through the subtropical forest, rich in flora and fauna with thousand-year-old trees and dripping vines and visiting the Prehistory Cave. Your overnight will be at the guesthouse in the park.

Day 4: Cuc Phuong National Park – Tam Coc – Hoa Lu - Hanoi (B/L)
After breakfast, you will head to Hoa Lu, the former capital of Vietnam and the famous ancient temples of Emperor Le and Emperor Dinh. After lunch at local restaurant, you’ll drive to Sunny Wharf, a small dock, for a sampan boat journey in the heart of “Ha Long Bay Inland”. There you’ll row along a gentle river between paddy fields and through the caves. On the way back, you’ll disembark for a pleasant stroll through the rural sceneray to Thai Vi temple. Return to Hanoi in late afternoon for overnight. Your overnight stay will be in Hanoi.

Day 5: Hanoi – Ha Long (B/L/D)
After breakfast, you will leave Hanoi to Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone “karst” landscap. You arrive at Ha Long City at around noon and then be transferred by tender to your boat, a wooden junk built from the model of the old Vietnamese court vessels with sails, a wide transom and rectangular superstructure, that will take you first to the busy World Heritage area and then to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Weather permitting, you will be able to swim, fish, climb a hill for an overview of the Bay’s remarkable seascape. Your overnight will be aboard.

Day 6: Ha Long Sea Kayaking (B/L/D)
After breakfast, you will be transferred by a tender to the kayaking area. This is the most untouched place of the bay. There, you can enjoy swimming on virgin beaches, paddling to visit the sea level caves or floating villages. Lunch will be served on a small boat. In late afternoon, you will return to the mother boat for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Ha Long Bay – Hanoi – Overnight train to Sapa (Brunch)
Your morning start with Meditation and Yoga Section on the sundeck and enjoying the sunrise. Your boat will then depart to Surprising Cave (Sung Sot) followed by an international breakfast set menu or buffet just before docking around noon and leaving for Hanoi. You should arrive in the afternoon. In the evening, you will be picked up to the railway station for an overnight train to Sapa.

Day 8: Lao Cai – Local Market - Sapa (B/L)
Arriving at Lao Cai Railway station early in the morning, you will be met and taken by a private car to a local restaurant for breakfast and then explore one of the colourful markets in Sapa or nearby Bac Ha. In afternoon, you will drive to Sapa for overnight. The schedule of the local markets as below: Tuesday: Coc Ly Market Wednesday: Cao Son Market Thursday: Lung Khau Nhin Market. Saturday: Can Cau Market Sunday: Muong Hum or Bac Ha Market
Day 9: Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van (B/L/D)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will start trekking down to the Golden Stream Valley. Stop on the way for a pinic lunch and then continue to Ta Van village to visit Dzay minority people for a unique homestay experience. Your dinner and overnight will be at the homestay.

Day 10: Ta Van – Ban Ho (B/L/D)
After breakfast at homestay, you will have a full day of trekking along local paths. The trekking route offers some challenge as you balance on the rice terraces and a small trail on the steep mountainside. The vegetation is dense as the trail leads up to a peaceful village perched on the Hoang Lien mountainside. Head downhill and relax by a local stream for a picnic lunch. In the afternoon, trek about 1.5 hours uphill before descending down to the quaint Tay hill tribe village of Ban Ho. After checking into the home stay, your guide will lead you to La Vie waterfall for a fresh shower. Your dinner and overnight will be at homestay.

Day 11: Ban Ho – Sapa – Lao Cai – Overnight train back to Hanoi (B/L/D)
After breakfast, you will trek to the main road where your car are waiting to pick you up to Sapa. You will be free to explore Sapa town and its centre market. In the evening, you will be tranferred to Lao Cai for overnight train back to Hanoi.

Day 12: Hanoi Departure (B)
You will arrive in Hanoi at around 5am in the morning. Our car will drive to your hotel for breakfast and re-freshment. You’ll be free for the remainder of the day until being transferred to Noi Bai airport for your departure flight.
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