| Tour code: | LMB.13 |
| Trip: | NINH BINH - HALONG BAY - HALONG PARK - SAPA - FANSIPAN |
| Duration: | 5 days 4 nights |
| Schedule: | Daily |
| Vehicle: | Car - Ô tô |
| Departure location: | NINH BINH |
DAY 1: HANOI - NINH BINH - HANOI ( - / LUNCH / - )
07h00-07h30: We pick you up at your hotel, departure for Bai Dinh - Trang An, enjoying the beautiful sceneries of the rural areas on the way.
10h30: Arrival Bai Dinh Pagoda, the guide takes you to visit Bai Dinh Pagoda - the biggest pagoda in Vietnam with 500 La Han statues, biggest pagoda in Vietnam with 500 La Han statues, biggest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam with 10 meters in height, 100 tons in weight. You will visit Bai Dinh pagoda.
12h30: Have lunch in a local restaurant with some local special dishes such as goat meat with elderberry, pork storage vessel before we visit Trang An.
14h00: Depart to visit Trang An Eco-Tourism attraction, there is beautiful scenery landscape, you will boarding a small boat to visit Trang An, you will see majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious yet inviting caves, as well as countryside sights, like peaceful streams, rice paddies and deserted green fields. Take a boat trip to visit cave complexes: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wildness, see scenery of mountain and rivers Ha Long on land of Ninh Binh.
16h30: Getting on the car back to Hanoi. The Ninh Binh tour finishes at Hanoi around 19h30.
19h00: Return to Hanoi. Check in at the hotel to rest. Have dinner at your own expense to explore Hanoi Old Quarter cuisine at night. In the evening, you are free to walk and explore the Old Quarter at night. Overnight in Hanoi.
08h00-08h30: Picking up from the hotel (in Hanoi Old Quarter area) and departing for Halong, stop over for a rest on the way.
11h30-12h00: Arrive HaLong Harbor, welcome aboard, and safety briefing. The cruise will take you on a 5 hour journey via 2 day-sleeper boat cruise route which renowned for its striking, passages uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes, including Cock Fighting and Thumb, while enjoy Vietnamese mouth-watering lunch on boat.
13h45-14h00: Arrive Bo Hon archipelago, you will visit Surprising Cave to see a lot of stalagmites and stalactites with different shapes of sea lives, then go kayaking or bamboo boat in Luon Cave to discover the beautiful lagoon. Visit Titov Island with sandy beach adjacent to the towering limestone mountain with excellent backdrop of the Bay and climb up Titov Peak for a panoramic view of the bay like paradise.
16h30: Return the Cruise back toward the Harbor. There is a lot of time for sunbathing on the upper deck with music, enjoy great fun of group touring fellows among world iconic natural scenery.
17h30-18h00: Disembark for a bus ride to your hotel in Halong, short break on the way.
19h00: Dinner. Evening free to explore Night Market, Food Street... Overnight in Ha Long.
07h00: Breakfast at the hotel. After that, you are free to play at the complex of Ha Long Park with many attractive amusement parks (note: tickets to the parks are self-sufficient):
11h00: Lunch at your own expense.
11h30: Check out of the hotel. And then get on the bus back to Hanoi.
17h00: The tour in Halong ends, You arrive in Hanoi. Check in at the hotel to rest. Have dinner at your own expense to explore Hanoi Old Quarter cuisine at night. In the evening, you are free to walk and explore the Old Quarter at night. Overnight in Hanoi.
06.20: Our sleeping bus will pick you at the Hanoi Old quarter and depart to Sapa following Noi Bai - Lao Cai highway. Along the way, you will have a chance to enjoy the beauty of northwestern mountains, terraced fields sparkling in sunlight or dim in thick fog. Have two short-breaks in 30 minutes for each and then continue the trip to Sapa.
13.00-13.30: Arrive in Sapa, eat lunch and check in at the hotel.
14.30: You will start hiking to Cat Cat Village which is occupied by the Black H’mong tribe. Here, you can see the hydroelectric power station which was built by the French in the twentieth century. You will experience the tribal way of life of ethnic minorities while enjoying wonderful views of the terraced rice paddy fields and the waterfall in Cat Cat village. Visitors will also understand culture, unique customs, traditional crafts such as weaving, touching carved silver, forged agricultural tools... Come back to the hotel.
18h30: Having dinner. After dinner, you are free to explore the charm of Sapa by night, enjoy roasted corn, baked eggs beside charcoal fire or go shopping. Especially on Saturday night, we highly recommend a stop at the Love Market - one of the unique cultures of ethnic minorities in northwest Vietnam. Overnight at a hotel in Sapa.
07.00: Eat breakfast in the hotel.
08.00: Car and tour guide take you to Fansipan Cable Car Station to start the journey to conquer Fansipan with the world's most modern 3-wire cable car system with a cabin that can accommodate up to 30 visitors. Then continue conquering to the top of Fansipan at 3.143m higher from sea-level, the roof of Indochina.
11.30: Back to Sapa, eat lunch and rest.
13.00: Get on the bus and go back to Hanoi.
19.30: Arrive Hanoi. Tour ends. See you again!
● Means of transportation:
o Shuttle bus with A/C transferring
o Cabin sleeping bus transferring route: Hanoi - Sapa - Hanoi (with surcharge for solo
travelers)
● 04 nights at an accommodation hotel, 02 persons in a room. In case there are an odd number of
tourists, there will be a room having 3 persons if accepted. If not, an additional fee of 50% price of a
hotel room will be charged
o 02 nights at 2-3 star hotel in Hanoi (breakfast included)
o 01 night at 3 star hotel in Ha Long (breakfast buffet)
o 01 night at 3 star hotel in Sapa (breakfast buffet)
● 06 main meals according to the program's standards. Breakfasts according to hotel standards
● Sightseeing boat for visiting Ha Long Bay with 3-star standard according to route 2
● Local English speaking guides (enthusiastic, experienced) serve in each phase of route
● Entrance fees according to program (single time; not include cable car return ticket)
● A bottle of water a day served on the bus
● VAT invoice
● Single room surcharge (on request or going solo)
● Dinners in Hanoi for the purpose of letting you freely explore Hanoi's cuisine at night
● Tram car ticket in Bai Dinh pagoda in Ninh Binh: 150.000 VND/pax/2 time
● Fansipan round trip cable car ticket
● Beverages in meals
● Excursions outside the program and other personal expenses
● Tip for driver and tour guide: COMPULSORY, at least 3$/passenger/day
Children policy (Please read carefully to fully understand the standard price for children):
● Children aged 1-4 years old receive free service; only the car seat fee will be charged. (According to
the new regulations on the maximum number of people per type of vehicle under the Road Traffic
Law.). Specifically for tours in Ha Long Bay: Since children are also counted towards the weight
limit on the tour boat, children who are eligible for free entry will be charged an additional fee as
follows: 200,000 VND/child for the Otis-Premium boat.
Note: Parents are responsible for any other incidental expenses. Two adults are only allowed to be
accompanied by one child (aged 1-4 years); from the second child onwards, 75% of the tour price
will be charged. If one adult is accompanied by one child (aged 1-4 years), that child must also pay
75% of the adult's tour price (with the same standards as a 75% adult child).
● 5 to 9 year-old children will be charged 75% of the tour fee (they will have their own seats in our car
and their own meals, but they have to share the hotel room with their parents)
● From 10-year-old children are considered as adults
Important note: With any age, if the child is taller than 120cm must be charged 100% price as an adult for
the tickets of sightseeing boat in HaLong or cable car in Sapa
Notice
● You have to bring your Passport
● You should bring any type of medicine for preventing insects and common diseases
● Tour guide can rearrange the schedule, but all places stay the same
● If you are a vegetarian, you can bring your own food to suit your taste (if necessary)
● If you register for the tour from April to November every year, you should bring light and airy
clothes.
Customer responsibilities:
● Customers are responsible for your illness and chronic diseases (cardiovascular disease, blood
pressure, diabetes, osteoarthritis ...), congenital diseases, latent diseases, HIV AIDS, mental and neurological
disorders , pregnant women ... are diseases that are not covered by the insurance. When necessary, you must
write your own commitment to your health when participating in the tour. The tour organizer is not
responsible for the cases you do not report the illness, untruthful declaration as well as cases outside the
coverage of travel in the tour.
● Customers must preserve their property in all circumstances and at all locations during the trip. The
tour organizer is not responsible for any lost money, identification, airline tickets, personal belongings and
other property of the customer during the trip