Best of North Vietnam 10 Days Tour - Private tour - 30% off

Best of North Vietnam 10 Days Tour - Private tour - 30% off

Note: This tour can be customized to meet your own needs.

Departure: on your request

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival - Airport pickup - Drive to Sapa - Overnight in Sapa

Day 2: Trekking to ethnic villages: Lao Chai - Ta Van. Overnight in the village in Sapa

Day 3: Sapa - Drive to Bac Ha Sunday market - Hoang Su Phi - Overnight in Hoang Su Phi

Day 4: Hoang Su Phi - Drive to Ha Giang city - Overnight in Ha Giang

Day 5: Ha Giang - Drive to Dong Van Karst geopark - Overnight in Dong Van

Day 6: Dong Van Hiking - Drive to Meo Vac geopark - Overnight in Meo Vac 

Day 7: Meo Vac - Drive to Ba Be National Park - Overnight in Ba Be lake

Day 8: Ba Be lake - Drive back to Hanoi - Overnight in Hanoi

Day 9: Hanoi - Halong Bay - Overnight on cruise

Day 10: Halong Bay - Hanoi - Departure

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival - Airport pickup - Drive to Sapa - Overnight in Sapa (Meals included: Lunch)

Welcome to Hanoi - Vietnam's capital. Upon arrival, meet your tour guide & driver at the airport for the transfer to Sapa town with a 5-hour journey. You will have a chance to enjoy the beautiful countryside & mountain scenery along the way. Lunch will be arranged on tour. Check in your hotel in Sapa. Overnight in Sapa

Today includes: Lunch, private English speaking tour guide, private car, all entrance fees, 3-star hotel, drinking water.

Today excludes: Breakfast/dinner, personal expenses, other drinks.

Day 2: Trekking to ethnic villages: Lao Chai - Ta Van. Overnight in the village in Sapa (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch/dinner)

Today, after breakfast & checking out at the hotel, meet your guide at 8:30am & start the day trekking through the beautiful Muong Hoa Valley to Y Linh Ho village, home to Black Hmong minorities. If the weather permits, you will enjoy stunning views across the valley with mountains and rice terraces as far as the eye can see. Next on the route is a stop at Lao Chai, an established Hmong minority village which has been inhabited for centuries. Here you will have the opportunity to see the products of this minority at its best with hereditary rice terraces, homes and a vibrant community. Continuing on to Ta Van Village you will visit the Giay minority people. This group traditionally fished for a living and as a result established themselves close to rivers. They have mastered the art of fishing with bamboo sticks, and cook the fish inside bamboo. Nowadays however you are more likely to see the Giay working in fields planting or harvesting rice. Then check in your homestay & enjoy a local dinner. Overnight in the village in Sapa

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch/dinner, private English speaking tour guide, private car, all entrance fees, homestay, drinking water.

Today excludes: Personal expenses, other drinks.

Day 3: Sapa - Drive to Bac Ha Sunday market - Hoang Su Phi - Overnight in Hoang Su Phi (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch/dinner)

Bac Ha Sunday market is the largest market in the region. It is only on Sunday. This is worth a visit to see the local people trading their local products from farm products to livestock like Buffalo, cow, dogs, pigs and chicken…

After breakfast and checkout at your homestay, meet your guide & driver at 7:00am, then enjoy a scenic drive along the Chinese border to Bac Ha market. You will spend most of the morning stroll around Bac Ha Market to hunt some good pictures. This is the biggest hill tribe market in the Northwest of Vietnam alive with the bright colours and extravagant costumes of the local people, especially the Flower H’mong. Together with other minorities, they come from different villages at the surroundings to buy and sell a wide variety of goods and livestock. It is more common to see buffalo, cows, goats, horses and other livestock being traded. After the market, we make our way to Xi Man town for lunch at a local family restaurant. In the afternoon, continue on driving to Hoang Su Phi. Take about 1-hour hike to Ban Luoc village, a Tay ethic village for a homestay night on a stilt house. Stay at homestay with the Tay people. Today local lunch & dinner will be arranged on tour. Overnight in Hoang Su Phi

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch/dinner, private English speaking tour guide, private car, all entrance fees, homestay, drinking water.

Today excludes: Personal expenses, other drinks.

Day 4: Hoang Su Phi - Drive to Ha Giang city - Overnight in Ha Giang (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch)

Hoang Su Phi – home to some of the  most incredible terraced fields in the North Vietnam – gateway from Sapa to Ha Giang. The best terraces lay in between Hoang Su Phi and Xi Man along the main road.

Having simple breakfast and farewell to our host, we trek the scenic dirt trail up and down the rice terraces in Ban Luoc area. This is one of the national rice terrace heritage cores in Hoang Su Phi. The beauty of the landscape is at its best at the harvest season (September and October). Get picked up by our car for transfer to Vinh Quang town for lunch. In the afternoon, enjoy the beautiful drive to Ha Giang City. Stay overnight in Ha Giang City

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch, private English speaking tour guide, private car, all entrance fees, 3-star hotel, drinking water.

Today excludes: Dinner, personal expenses, other drinks.

Day 5: Ha Giang - Drive to Dong Van Karst geopark - Overnight in Dong Van (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch/dinner)

Today, after breakfast & checkout at the hotel, meet your guide & driver this morning to drive up to the remote highland of Ha Giang. The scenery is getting more stunning with high passes and mountains. The typical photo opportunities you can take at Quan Ba pass and Quan Ba Heaven Gate with some steps to a view point atop a hill. Have lunch break at Yen Minh town. The afternoon landscape is amazing, the driver will do his best for you to stop as often as possible for you to admire the scenery and taking photographs on the way as you are traveling thru’ the Karst Geo-park. Dong Van Karst Plateau is unique combination between Geo-heritages and cultural heritages. Up to 80% of the karst formations of Dong Van Plateau are limestone formed by environment conditions and geological development. The scenery is amazing and the local life and the culture of the hill tribes such as the H’mong is something that will be very memorable for your trip. One of the typical stops is the residence of the Vuong family, still called “Palace of Hmong King”. Arrive in Dong Van Town, check in your hotel and relax for the rest of the day. Have dinner and overnight in Dong Van

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch/dinner, private English speaking tour guide, private car, all entrance fees, 3-star hotel, drinking water.

Today excludes: Personal expenses, other drinks.

Day 6: Dong Van Hiking - Drive to Meo Vac geopark - Overnight in Meo Vac (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch/dinner)

This morning, we will embark on a moderate hike to the rocky mountains on backroads which leads us to some hill tribe villages which is situated in between the grey rocks. After the morning hike, we get back to Dong Van town for lunch. In the afternoon, we will drive over the massive Ma Phi Leng Pass to Meo Vac. Have a break on the pass to admire the panorama over the huge abyss which is bottomed by the Nho Que River. Arrive in Meo Vac town, check in the hotel, relax & have dinner. Overnight in Meo Vac

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch/dinner, private English speaking tour guide, private car, all entrance fees, 3-star hotel, drinking water.

Today excludes: Personal expenses, other drinks.

Day 7: Meo Vac - Drive to Ba Be National Park - Overnight in Ba Be lake (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch/dinner)

Today, after breakfast & checkout at the hotel, meet your guide & driver and spend the whole day driving downhill to Ba Be National Park. The topography is changing from the rocky plataeu to soil mountain with green vegetation and forests. We will have lunch on the way at a local food restaurant. Arrive at Ba Be national park, check in your homestay at Ba Be lake. Relax & have dinner. Overnight in Ba Be lake

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch/dinner, private English speaking tour guide, private car, all entrance fees, homestay, drinking water.

Today excludes: Personal expenses, other drinks.

Day 8: Ba Be lake - Drive back to Hanoi - Overnight in Hanoi (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch)

After the breakfast, meet your guide & driver for the transfer to the boat dock and take the motor-boat ride through the emerald green lake of Ba Be and onward to Nang river. The scenery is very green with the rain forest covers the limestone mountain. Visit to Dau Dang small waterfall and then cruise upstream the Nang River through Puong Cave and finish the boat ride at Puoc Lom dock. Get back on you private vehicle and spend the afternoon drive back to Hanoi. Lunch is on the way. Arrive in Hanoi late afternoon, check in your hotel and relax. Overnight in Hanoi

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch, private English speaking tour guide, private car, all entrance fees, private boat trip, 3-star hotel, drinking water.

Today excludes: Dinner, personal expenses, other drinks.

Day 9: Hanoi - Halong Bay - Overnight on cruise (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch/dinner)

Today, after breakfast & checkout at the hotel, meet your guide & driver for the transfer to Halong Bay. Arrive at the harbor on Tuan Chau Island around midday, and board your overnight cruise. Enjoy welcome drinks and listen to a quick briefing on the itinerary and safety information by the cruise manager before lunch is served while you cruise toward Cua Van floating village. Visit the village by row boat or kayak for about an hour, and then return to the boat, where you have about an hour to relax at your leisure on the sundeck, perhaps enjoy a spa service (your own expense), or buy a drink at the bar. Then happy hour begins at the bar with a buy-one-get-one-free special. Next is a 1.5-hour cooking demonstration with traditional Vietnamese food on the sundeck (or in the restaurant in case of inclement weather) before sitting down to your set-menu dinner.  After dinner, enjoy free time for squid fishing at reception or relaxing at the bar. Overnight on cruise

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch/dinner, private English speaking tour guide, private car, Deluxe cabin on 3-star cruise, all entrance fees + activities, drinking water.

Today excludes: Personal expenses, other drinks.

Day 10: Halong Bay - Hanoi - Departure (Meals included: Breakfast/lunch)

In the early morning, begin the day with a Tai Chi demonstration on the sundeck. Tea and coffee are available. Then enjoy a light breakfast in the restaurant before visiting Surprise Cave, considered the most beautiful cave in the bay. When you return to the boat, check out of your cabin and place your baggage in the corridor. Brunch is served in the restaurant while the boat heads back to harbor. When you reach Tuan Chau Marina in the late morning, disembark to end your Halong Bay experience. Meet your guide & driver and drive back to Hanoi airport to take your departure flight home. End of our services. See you next trip!

Today includes: Breakfast/lunch, private English speaking tour guide, private car, all entrance fees + activities, drinking water.

Today excludes: Dinner, personal expenses, other drinks.

All accommodations & Halong Bay overnight cruise

Meals (breakfast/lunch/dinner) as mentioned in the itinerary

Private car

Private English speaking tour guide

All entrance fees, performances & excursions

Drinking water

Travel insurance

Vietnam Visa

Flight tickets

Tipping for tour guide/driver (you may choose to tip if you find the service exceptional but it is not compulsory)

Other drinks, other meals & personal expenses

+ The price above is for a private tour of group from 04 to 06 persons & for 3-star accommodations.

+ For less than 04 persons or more than 06 persons, please contact us to get the best price & offers.

+ For the prices of 4-star or 5-star accommodations, please contact us for more details.

+ Surcharge might be applied for Peak Tourism Season & Public Holidays in Vietnam.