Amazing Adventure North Vietnam 11 Days

Arrival Flight: Guest’s own tickets

A warm greeting awaits at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International airport; your private guide and driver will meet you OUTSIDE the arrivals lounge and transfer you (approximately 45 minutes) to your hotel downtown Hanoi.

Please look for your tour guide who holds up your names on a welcome signboard.

While every effort is made to have your room available upon arrival, check-in time is at 02:00 pm; your room may or may not be ready before this time. Your tour guide will provide additional details regarding your stay, and you will be able to ask any questions you may have.

You'll then have plenty of time to recover from your flight, chill out before joining Hanoi street food and walking tour in the late afternoon.

A culinary adventure takes you to taste sampling street food in the Old Quarter. It’s a great opportunity to try all those weird and wonderful foods you see but just aren’t sure what they are! The local brew is a plus point for this short trip. Find an open seat, do as the locals do: pull up a stool and enjoy a drink while watching the world go by at Bia Hoi Corner. Continue to wander in the old quarter’s narrow streets as your guide points out a range of tasty noodles, bread, and snacks. Don't forget to bring a camera to take some beautiful shots of the local nightlife. The pavement in Vietnam is really a street food haven, not only for walking. End the night with dessert from Hanoi’s best-known ice cream parlor before heading back to your hotel.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Departing from your hotel around 7:30 am - 8:30, head towards Pu Luong. There are 30 minutes for a short break in Luong Son. Visit the local market of the Muong Ethnic Minority to learn about their daily life and customs; enjoy the beautiful scenery of Thung Khe Pass (One of the 10 most beautiful passes in Vietnam). The Pass is also known for its striking weather changes throughout the day, which the locals compare to a day of changing seasons. Arriving at Pu Luong around noon, enjoy a freshly prepared lunch before starting your journey to trek the gorgeous surroundings and ethnic minority tribes. A short walk to visit Black Thai Minorities following the small roads through the terraced rice fields and crossing the stream. The lovely little bungalows, and the local people dressed in unique outfits, always smile and wave to tourists. Simple life here is the highlight of this short trek. Relax at the lodge, a rustic-but-comfortable retreat. You have dinner at the lodge, and drink some local rice wine with the family.  

Overnight in Pu Luong

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Wake up as early as you wish to witness the daily life of the locals before having breakfast. After breakfast at the lodge, go on to explore the other interesting areas of Lu Luong. You trek to follow the small road through the paddy field and sugar cane fields and cross the Hanging Bridges to visit other remote rural villages of Thai Ethnic. Pay a visit to some of the neighbors, and learn more about their life and society. Stop at the giant waterwheels, and ducks farm to learn about agriculture before getting on the Bamboo Raft for a relaxing cruise on Cham stream. After heading back to the lodge, refresh yourself check out, and have lunch. before heading back to Ninh Binh in the late afternoon.

Overnight in Tam Coc

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Start your day with a local breakfast that will be served during your stay. Once you are done, you will be ready for the adventure of the day: Cycling through the fields and villages to reach Mua Cave where to hike up the peak with 500 steps and enjoy the great panorama view from here. On the way back, stop in a local family to discover daily life and culture or share tea with them.  Check out your stay and enjoy your lunch.

In the afternoon, get the boat with a local fisherman and ride in between the karst pics and enjoy the beautiful scenery and peaceful atmosphere. The driver will take you to come back to Hanoi in the late afternoon. And this night is yours. Let’s enjoy Hanoi at night.

Overnight in Hanoi

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Morning
After breakfast, you'll leave busy Hanoi and travel for 7 hours to Ha Giang, which is at the very northern tip of Vietnam. Stop to take pictures when you come across some of the beautiful sights along the way.

On the way to Ha Giang, lunch will be served at a local restaurant, and you'll keep driving.

Afternoon
When you get to Ha Giang in the late afternoon, you will be taken to Thon Tha, a small village in Phuong Do Commune that is less than 10 kilometers from Ha Giang City. It only has about 550 people living there. The whole neighborhood is made up of only 90 traditional stilt houses made out of wood, bamboo, and palm leaves.

After you check into a homestay in Thon Tha Village, use the rest of the day to get your energy back and get ready for your exciting trip. Dinner with the family hosting you.

Overnight in Thon Tha Village

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Morning

After breakfast, the local guide will meet you at your homestay where you will start your Ha Giang trip. You will be driven over a series of breathtaking passes that offer jaw-droppingly incredible vistas until you reach the mountain hamlet of Tam Son, where you will have lunch waiting for you.

Afternoon

Visit the Sa Phin Valley in the Lung Phin Commune en route. You will visit local workshops that specialize in flax embroidery, weaving, and dying. It has formed a closed chain from self-supply of raw materials to production and consumption and provided employment for 95 Sa Phin village residents. In addition, you will have the opportunity to tour the Hmong King Palace, which previously belonged to the "King of the H'mong Tribe" and was built by French and Chinese architects, resulting in an unusual blend of styles. The palace gained a bad reputation for having been used in the past to hide opium and firearms, but it was demolished in the 1950s. By late afternoon, we will get to Dong Van where we will stay the night. After dinner, feel free to explore the town in your own time and have some rest after a long day of driving but much worth it.

Overnight in Dong Van

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Morning
Depending on the day, we may have the opportunity to visit the Dong Van market after breakfast. Each week, the day of the market shifts backward by one day. This is one of the most distinctive marketplaces in the Arctic. Once a week, ethnic minority buyers and sellers from the surrounding hills, including the Hmong, Tay, Nung, and Hoa, converge to Dong Van for commerce.

The following section of road will be the most breathtaking in all of Vietnam. Every single kilometer is defined by enormous peaks, canyons, and lush green valleys. When we reach the Nho Que River, we will board a boat and sail down the river to Tu San Canyon, the deepest canyon in Vietnam and Southeast Asia with a depth of 800 meters, a length of 1.7 kilometers, and a cliff slope of 70 to 90 degrees. After descending into Meo Vac Valley for lunch, we continue our journey.

Afternoon
Reach Bao Lac Village. Check into your Tay Village homestay. A homestay with a breathtaking panorama of fields and mountains. Enjoy dinner at the homestay and a restful night's sleep to regain your strength for tomorrow's exciting activities.

Overnight at the homestay

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Morning

Have breakfast at your homestay and then drive to Ban Gioc Waterfall by automobile. The majority of our guests consider this day to be the tour's highlight. Several stops will be made along the route for hunting photographs. Lunch will be supplied at a nearby restaurant.

Afternoon
Visit the Ban Gioc waterfall. The waterfall is thirty meters in height. It is divided into three falls by rocks and trees, and the crashing sound of the water on the cliffs is audible from kilometers away. The scenery at Ban Gioc Waterfall is characterized by the lyrical, tranquil beauty of water, forest, and cloud region, combined with the village ambiance of mountain-dwelling ethnic minorities. We'll spend a considerable amount of time here, allowing you to explore, take photos, and take a bamboo canoe so near to the waterfall that the water hits your face!
The next stop is Nguom Ngao Cave, which is home to awe-inspiring rock formations shaped by millennia of erosion. After exploring the cave, we proceed along a scenic route to your accommodation.

Overnight in homestay in Bao Lac, Cao Bang

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Check out of your stay after enjoying the light breakfast and get ready for the morning drive to Bac Son Valley in Lang Son province. There are some stops on the way for you to take photographs whenever you want. You have lunch in a stilt house in Quynh Son village of the ethnic Tay people. A short walk tour to visit the village and hike up to the top of the telephone station mountain for stunning scenery over the valley. This is a great point for those who love photographing. After a great day in Bac Son, the driver takes you to Lang Son overnight. Check in your homestay and dinner.

Overnight in Lang Son

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Get up early and breathe the fresh air. Let’s walk a few rounds if you want to learn about the morning of local life here. After you are full of breakfast, it takes 3,5 hours to transfer from there to Halong Bay. Get on the daily boat from Tuan Chau harbor and boating to explore Halong Bay. The lunch will be served on the boat while through the rocks which exist since long back like hundreds of years back. You will be coming across beautiful scenarios. There are many exciting activities for you to join like hiking on Titov island, kayaking, and caving. The boat comes back to the harbor in the late afternoon. Then, the drive takes you back to Hanoi city.

Overnight in Hanoi

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Start your day with a tasty breakfast at your hotel.

Free time to do some shopping and explore around before departing to the airport.

And this is how the tour ends!

The tour may be over, but the memories you have collected during these last 7 days will stay in your mind for the rest of your life. This is what we want to offer you: a tour that brings you memories that last a lifetime and make you smile each time you think of them!