Scenic Vietnam Trekking Adventure Trails in Sapa

Finally you made it. Congrats and a warm welcome! On Day 1. You are welcomed at Noi Bai international airport by Origin Travel team and we will be there to receive you, and we are so excited to have you there for starting Scenic trekking adventure trails. We will handle everything for you right from transferring you to downtown, check-in hotel and more. Sure our guide will inform you useful information before arrive this bustling City.

You are free to enjoy and have your own exploration on the first day around Hanoi city and visit one-of-a-kind things of Hanoi Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem Lake, night life in Hanoi, etc.

This is your first day, and your tour trekking Vietnam adventure begins!

The fun starts today! After having breakfast at hotel, you’re going to enjoy and spend your full day for exploring Hanoi history city – the city with more than 1000 years of rich history and culture. You would love to taste authentic “Pho Hanoi” – a great food in Hanoi.

Morning activities:

• Free morning for relax as yourself after a long flight to Vietnam and experience first impression Hanoi city as your own way
• The Temple of Literature – an amazing place where the first university of the country since 12^th Century is situated. This is a unique chance to experience the history of education of Vietnam

Afternoon activities:

• After enjoy Pho Ha Noi that the time for exploring museums. You can choose one of them, such as. Museum of Ethnology, Women Museum, History Museum and Quan Thanh Temple. Ethnology Museum is very popular. Where you can see and get knowledge of 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam and its cultures.
• Love the water puppet show at theater and get an unforgettable experience of Hanoi special culture.
• Enjoying best moments while walking around Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi Old Quarter –getting to know the local life at night, shopping and much more!
• After the city tour day is the time for leaving Hanoi busy to get night train to Lao Cai – Sapa. Spending night on train – AC soft sleeper – coach 4 leave Hanoi at 21.50 pm

Ready for more fun? Today you’re going to arrive in Lao Cai train station and guide and driver would be there to welcome you to travel to Sapa town and guess what? You will have full day trek through the village of H’Mong, Dao, Zay minority groups at Lao Chai & Ta Van. And it’s going to be incredible!

Morning activities:

• Feel free to trek through awesome road along rice terrace fields and passing through the villages with soil and land roads to reach Lao Chai village and continue to Ta Van village.

Afternoon activities:

• Have some fun while meeting and talking to local minority people en route
• Home stay at stilt house of hill tribe family in Ta Van village, get more their culture and customs. Also, you will just love to enjoy their night life and share experience with them
• Finally, have some dinner with the family and taste their local foods. Overnight in village

Morning activities:

• Wake up early and experience the village life
• Now you will leave Ta Van and continue your trek through village and enjoy more Red Dao tribe people at Giang Ta Chai village, have chance to see beautiful waterfall
• Trek along the small paths in the rice fields, come across Muong Hoa River, pass through Suspension Bridge to get more exciting feelings
• Go head and trek to Su Pan Village and enjoy more landscapes before the driver pick up and transfer back Sapa town.

Afternoon activities:

• Free shopping and wander around Sapa town for more experience before come back Lao Cai in the afternoon and take night train for returning Hanoi city. Have overnight on train – AC soft sleeper cabin 4 on Livitrans or similar train.

Morning activities:

Travel out Hanoi city (or other destination in Vietnam) to reach Hai Phong. It takes you around 2 hours to reach Hai Phong city on the highway. Arrive in the wharf at noon time and make the way to get on board luxurious Era Cruise.

Afternoon activities:

• Welcome aboard and greeted with a complimentary drink. Our Crew will conduct a compulsory safety procedures session and then you are free to check into your cabin and freshen up. Take some time to have a look around the vessel or watch the magical landscape go by.
• Next you have a special lunch of fresh seafood and an assortment of appetizing favorites on board. The cruise set sails to Lan Ha Bay and pass through Da Chong where you can see a lighthouse built by the French over 100 years ago.
• After that when the cruise entries through Cua Van area to Lan Ha Bay (as part of Halong Bay), this area is surrounding of a lot extraordinary limestone karst landscapes. Here you start the journey to explore Ba Trai Dao beach, kayaking to immersed in the crystal clear waters of the bay and/or enjoy swimming.
• You return the main boat at 17:00 pm, and cruising to a place for staying overnight
• Happy hour with special drink menu. With program BY ONE GET ONE FREE!!!!

Evening activities:

• Join cooking demonstration is a great way to learn how to prepare Vietnamese delicious cuisines. Enjoy special Signature Dinner in restaurant on board.
• The rest is your free time to relax with an exotic cocktail or whatever takes your fancy. The bar has a wide range or wines, beers and liquors for choice to enjoy the bay in the evening.
• You can order a Spa service or take any activities on boat cruise such as watching documentary movies, squid fishing or simply relax on sundeck under the cover of a star filled sky.

Morning activities:

• Enjoy a sunrise on Lan Ha Bay. Have a Tai Chi lesson on the top deck. Have a morning cup of tea, coffee or juice on board for morning and watch the never ending miraculous scenery unfold before you.
• Light breakfast will be served in our restaurant (pastries, tea, coffee)
• Then you will visit Dark & Bright cave and islets by local rowing boats which is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage. Back to our main board afterwards.
• Check out of your cabin as we draw closer to the mainland. After a final early brunch and a last goodbye from our crew at 11:30. Get on the tender and head back to the wharf at noon time

Afternoon activities:

• Our luxury bus driver welcomes you at the wharf and transfers you return Hanoi city. And spend the night in Hanoi.

Morning activities:

In the morning leave Hanoi to the west of Hanoi. We stop at Ha Dong Town to visit Van Phuc traditional silk, which is famous for silk weaving in the North of Vietnam. Where you have an opportunity to see how local people here made silk by tradition and simple way. Pass through lush rice field scenery, mountain curving road, the spectacular valley scenery.

Afternoon activities:

We will be arrive at Mai Chau at noon time. Check in and have lunch at local host. Mai Chau offers you a voyage to feel fresh air and good climate of a peaceful village of Poom Coong and Lac village to experience the wonderful valley. You will also see animals like buffaloes, pigs, cats, goats… freely around. Enjoy the sunset on the village to catch special minutes at the countryside.

A warm hospitality and delicious dinner with the local family to experience real life with minority people and enjoy their traditional Thai’s dance.

Morning activities:

Awake early to enjoy the fresh air of the countryside and mountain village with lively sounds. Then enjoy breakfast with family before say goodbye to them. After that leave Mai Chau for Xa Linh where the homestay of H’mong people. More trek and walk around the village to see local people with daily life, real life of villagers as well as spectacular scenery in the village.

Afternoon activities:

After visit the village of Xa Linh we drive back to Hanoi. Also we will have lunch at local restaurant. En route return you have chance to visit Hoa Binh the hydroelectricity and see the beautiful scenery of Red River Delta. Now take a next step to leave Hoa Binh for Hue city which famous for tranquil atmosphere.

Morning activities:

After breakfast at hotel, you start the Hue tour by cyclo trip to visit Thien Mu pagoda – the oldest one in Hue city to learn clearly the starting of Hue Imperial City for the last Dynasty in Vietnam.

Next you continue cyclo riding to visit the Citadel – the Royal Palace of Nguyen Kings with several constructions of Flag Tower, Five Phoenix Tower, Thai Hoa Palace, Mieu Temple, Nine Urns Dynasties, etc. Have lunch at restaurant.

Afternoon activities:

Afternoon is the time for continuing to discover Royal Mausoleum of Nguyen’s Kings. You will visit two in six beautiful mausoleums in Hue city.

Khai Dinh mausoleum gives the chance to discover the architecture of combination Oriental and Western.

Minh Mang mausoleum gives you Oriental architecture back through harmony in between natural landscapes and construction. It is a very quiet and beautiful website to see and unwind. Back Hue city centre and finish tour at hotel. Free dinner as your very own account.

Evening activities:

This evening is the free time to wander through the city and the Perfume River to enjoy the calm setting. Trang Tien Bridge is colorful lights on weekends. Overnight at hotel.

Morning activities:

Say good bye Hue City at 8:00 am. Our driver and tour guide pick up you at hotel then move you to Bach Ma National Park about 60km to the South of Hue City. Traveling along the National Highway 1A and pass through the beautiful scenery of rice fields, mountain scenery and bamboo ridges, Cau Hai lagoon.

On coming Bach Ma National Park Center, you’ve the summary of the park in the centre before before summit of the mountain for a distance of 20km. Upon arrival the summit you may visit Hai Vong Dai by hiking. It’s wonderful view from here, where you can view panorama of Lang Co Beach, Lagoon Cau Hai with spectacular views. On trendy day the summit is covered by cloud like a paradise. In Bach Ma you’ve opportunity to see flower garden with various types.

Afternoon Activities:

After have lunch at restaurant Have lunch at restaurant. Then continue trekking and walking throughout the forest on route to achieve Five Lake. Where you can swim on pure water of those romantic pools. The felling much different from town. Travel to Bach Ma National Park and Five Lake the climate is cool that make visitor interest and enjoy. Then trekking ahead to visit Do Quyen waterfall where has the exact same name flower at the flow below the waterfall that makes Bach Ma attractive. After that trek down and up ~700 steps like silver water running from the autumn like silver water running from the elevation. It’s a must see in Bach Ma National Park.

Then walk back to main road where our driver meeting point. For transferring you back to Hue or you may continue your tour Hoi An. Our day trip will be finish around 6:00pm.

Morning activities:

• Free morning for relax as yourself and experience first impression Hoi An city as your own way

Afternoon activities:

At 15.30 pm greet our tour guide in a meeting point and then start your cycling trip to have your exploration throughout the countrysides of Hoian. You cycle on the backstreets and countryside road with passing via beautiful rice fields, vegetable fields and traditional villages. The route will give you the wonderful chance to enjoy the real life, rural scenery and the peaceful atmosphere. Here is also the great opportunity to meet the local people and see their daily life on their works and habits.

Next you will take a boat trip on Thu Bon River and have a cruise trip to an island to get more enjoyment. Enjoy a BBQ dinner aside a river bank and watch the daily river life. Here is also the chance for seeing local fishermen on their fishing net collection late afternoon on the river work.

Late afternoon you are on the boat sail through Thu Bon River for return Hoian ancient town. More chance to enjoy the sunset on the river. Our tour guide will drop you back your hotel. Overnight in Hoi An.

A combination of Cu Chi Tunnel and Ho Chi Minh City brings you and family a great day. When visiting both historical and entertainment sites to get more this active and the busiest city of Vietnam. Especially underground network that takes you back Vietnam War.

Morning activities:

• Take morning flight from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city. Then have full day visiting this city and Cu Chi Tunnel
• Travel from Ho Chi Minh City and on distance of 70km to reach Cu Chi District. Where you have chance to visit Cu Chi Tunnel – the home of 10,000 people in several years
• It took about 25 years to build this underground city where including living rooms, kitchens, hospitals, etc. and it was great way for Viet Cong to move around the countryside without realizing by American

Afternoon activities:

• Visit with different historical sites including The Reunification Palace – the former President Palace of South Vietnam in 19^th Century, War Remnant Museum where you can experience more of Vietnam War by seeing countless artifacts, photographs, pictures
• Stopover at Notre Dame Catholic, Old Post office which has the French Colonial Style
• Learn how to bargain when you go shopping at Ben Thanh market for more discoveries of local people purchasing activities and buy some souvenir gifts if you have time. The tour will end at 17.00 pm at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

Optionals:

• You can choose to have additional visiting to Ho Chi Minh city with Independent Palace, Museums, Bitexco Tower, etc.
• Or you can choose full day to Mekong Delta for discover exciting at floating market or rowing boat through small canal in My Tho and Ben Tre.

Your last day! And a great experience! After having a long tour in Vietnam you will have some free time to walk around Ho Chi Minh city to get more experience or just relax at hotel before the driver drops you off the airport for taking flight departure Ho Chi Minh.

Wow! This was pretty exciting, right? It’s time to say goodbye. And we are sure that you will have an amazing trip with Origin Travel and we do hope to see you again in the future. You are incredible, and we are so glad to be a part of your Vietnam vacation! Once again, we really thank you for choosing us!