VIETNAM MANDARIN ROAD – HANOI SAPA

Tour code:
Tour duration:  15 Days  14 Nights
Tour route: Hanoi - Sa Pa - Bac Ha - Ha Long - Cat Ba - Da Nang - Hoi An - Hue - Saigon - Mekong Delta - Tay Ninh - Cu Chi Tunnels - Saigon

Tour start : Ha Noi  (Noi Bai Airport), Finish: Ho Chi Minh  (Tan Son  Nhat  Airport)
Tour operates: Upon request
Tour type: Private tour
Transportation: Private transfer, night train, regional flights, cruises

TOUR IN BRIEF

Day 1: HANOI ARRIVAL
Day 2: HANOI – SAPA
Day 3: SAPA
Day 4: SAPA – BAC HA Market
Day 5: BAC HA – HANOI
Day 6: HANOI – HALONG
Day 7: HALONG BAY – CATBA
Day 8: CATBA – HANOI
Day 9: HANOI – DANANG – HOIAN
Day 10: HOI AN – HUE
Day 11: 11 HUE
Day 12: HUE – SAIGON
Day 13: SAIGON – CAI BE – VINH LONG –SAIGON
Day 14: SAIGON – CUCHI – TAYNINH – SAIGON
Day 15: SAIGON - Departure

Tour Itinerary: VIETNAM TOUR/VIETNAM MANDARIN ROAD : Hanoi - Sa Pa - Bac Ha - Ha Long - Cat Ba - Da Nang - Hoi An - Hue - Saigon - Mekong Delta - Tay Ninh - Cu Chi Tunnels - Saigon

Day 1: HANOI IN (-/-/-)

Welcome at Noi Bai Airport by your guide, transfer to hotel for check in. Transfer for a short Hanoi city tour: Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the One Pillar Pagoda.  cyclo tour in the old quarter includingto the 36 streets. Night  in Ha Noi.

Day 2: HANOI – SAPA (B/-/-)

An early morning start to drive along the Red River to Sapa. The roads are bumpy sometimes but various scenic landscapes changing from the delta area to the Tonkinese Alps make for an interesting journey. Arrival in Sapa in late afternoon. Check-in hotel.  Night in Sapa.

Day 3: SAPA (B/-/-)

Breakfast in hotel. Today we have enough time to explore some of nearby hill tribe villages and visit the busy market of Sapa where the Red Dao, Black Hmong,Tay, Xa Pho ethnic minority people converge from the surrounding valleys and hillsides to sell their goods and buy provision .  Night in Sapa.

Day 4: SAPA – BAC HA Market (B/-/-)

Breakfast in hotel. Bac Ha Market, it’s only the weekend market which attracts a wide variety of ethnic minority groups including the Variegated Hmong, Dao, Phu La, La Chi, Tay. The experience of this congregation is colorful and unique.
Night in Bac Ha

Day 5: BAC HA – HANOI (B/-/-)

Early morning, transfer back to Hanoi as we leave Bac Ha. Along the way you can make stops as you please, to stretch you legs, take photographs. Evening: Water puppets show. Night  in Ha Noi.

Day 6: HANOI – HALONG (B/-/-)

Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to Visit the Temple of Litterature, Ngoc Son Temple,  drive to Ha Long Bay with stopover at Dong Trieu Pottery village. Arrival in Ha Long.  Check-in hotel. Night in Halong

Day 7: HALONG BAY – CATBA (B/L/-)

Breakfast in hotel. Embarking on a cruise to visit Ha Long Bay, listed as a World Heritage Area by Unesco. Seafood lunch on board. Boat cruise to visit Surprises Caves, Dau Go, pass on Tuan Chau island…Continue to Cat Ba, we have free time to relax on a beach. Night in Cat Ba

Day 8: CATBA – HANOI (B/-/-)

Breakfast in hotel. A short transfer takes us to the National Park of Cat Ba, we set off on a half-day exploring Vietnam\'s unique offshore park. The afternoon we board a hydrofoil to Hai Phong and drive back to Hanoi. Night in Ha Noi.

Day 9: HANOI – DANANG – HOIAN (B/-/-)VNC14

Breakfast in hotel. Taking morning flight to Danang. Welcome at Da Nang airport by your guide, Transfer to Hoi An. Visit of Hoi An, the ancient Town with its low tiled houses of Chinese appearance, Japanese covered bridge, brightly painted temples and pagodas make it one of Vietnam\'s most delightful places. Night in Hoi An.

Day 10: HOI AN – HUE (B/-/-)

Breakfast in hotel. Upon leaving Hoi An, we drive to Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. A stop on Hai Van Pass will offer you panorama views of mountains, the sea and villages. On our journey we make stops at Marble Mountains and Cham Museum. Night in Hue.

Day 11: HUE (B/-/-)VNC15

Breakfast in hotel. Morning boat trip on Perfume River to visit Thien Mu pagoda and Royal Tomb of Minh Mang. Then continue by car to visit the Royal Mausoleum of Tu Duc . Afternoon, visit Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945 and experience the local people life in Dong Ba market. Night in Hue.

Day 12: HUE – SAIGON (B/-/-)

Morning flight to Saigon. Welcome at Tan Son Nhat airport by your guide. Transfer to hotel and check-in. Saigon City tour includes the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Post Office, a lacquer ware factory, and the Chinatown with Binh Tay Market and Thien Hau Pagoda. Night in Saigon.

Day 13: SAIGON – CAI BE – VINH LONG –SAIGON (B/L/-

Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to Vinh Long. Stop and take a boat trip in Cai Be. Along narrow waterways through the lush vegetation to an orchard garden where we visit local homes at Binh Hoa Phuoc island as well as enjoy a lunch in a bonsai garden. Drive back to Saigon. Night in Saigon

Day 14: SAIGON – CUCHI – TAYNINH – SAIGON (B/-/-)

Breakfast in hotel. Depart for Cu Chi and visit an incredible underground tunnel network constructed  by Viet Cong during the war.  Transfer to Tay Ninh, the head quarter of Cao  Dai region founded on 1926. Caodaism is a combination of the Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity and Buddhism. Return  to Saigon. Night in Saigon

Day 15: SAIGON Departure (B/-/-)

Breakfast in hotel. Free time until transfer to Tan Son Nhat Airport for departure flight (check out hotel before 12h00).

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