North East Vietnam Discovery Tour 10 days

ITINENARY

DAY 1: HA NOI ARRIVAL (MEALS: NO)

Upon your arrival at Noi Bai International Airport, our driver and guide will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel in the city center. You stay overnight at a hotel in Hanoi

DAY 2: HA NOI CITY TOUR (MEALS: B,L)

You enjoy breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, our driver and guide will pick you up and join Hanoi city tour. Today, you will visit famous tourist attractions in Hanoi including:

Ho Chi Minh Complex: you will visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Presidential Palace, House-on-stilt, One Pillar Pagoda, Uncle Ho’s Fish Pond….You will learn a lot of information about the life and career of President Ho Chi Minh when he was alive.

Temple of Literature: is the first university of Vietnam built in 1070 under the Ly dynasty. Temple of Literature Quoc Tu Giam used to be a school that educated many talents for the Vietnamese nation during the feudal period. Currently, Confucius is worshiped here.

You have lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon: You continue to visit:

Museum of Ethnology: displaying many artifacts of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam. The museum has got indoor and outdoor exhibitions. You will learn a lot of useful information about the history and culture of Vietnam’s ethnic minorities.

Ngoc Son Temple and Hoan Kiem Lake: Known as the heart of Hanoi, attracts many tourists to visit every year because of the rich history and culture of thousands of years of civilization. You will learn a lot of valuable information about the history and culture of Hanoi from the early days to today.

Next, you experience a 45-minute cyclo ride to explore Hanoi’s Old Quarter with its culturally rich streets that are always crowded and busy. You will have the opportunity to take many beautiful photos of the Hanoi Old Quarter.

Then you enjoy the water puppet show at Thang Long theater. The water puppet show is art depicting the simple life and daily activities of farmers in the North of Vietnam. You will have the opportunity to learn many interesting things about Vietnamese culture through this performance.

Our driver and tour guide will take you back to the hotel to check-in and rest. You stay overnight at a hotel in Hanoi.

DAY 3: HA NOI – THAI NGUYEN – BA BE LAKE (MEALS: B,L,D)

You enjoy breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, our driver and guide will take you to visit Ba Be National Park. You will pass by Thai Nguyen – famous for its beautiful tea hills. You will have the opportunity to take beautiful photos here. You have lunch at a local restaurant Then, you continue to visit Ba Be Lake – the largest freshwater mountain lake in Vietnam. You board the boat to explore Ba Be Lake with poetic and majestic scenery. You visit Puong Cave on Ba Be Lake- Puong cave is very amazing for its stalagmites and stalactites. Next, you visit the Dau Dang waterfall with beautiful scenery. After that, you return to the homestay to relax. You enjoy dinner at the homestay with many culinary dishes of the Tay people. You stay overnight at a homestay in Ba Be Lake.

DAY 4: BA BE LAKE – BAN GIOC WATERFALL – CAO BANG (MEALS: B,L,D)

You enjoy breakfast at the homestay. After breakfast, you depart for Cao Bang. Along the way, you will enjoy the majestic scenery of Northeast Vietnam. You visit Ban Gioc waterfall –  one of the most majestic waterfalls in Vietnam bordering with China. The waterfall has a height of 53m. In the distance, the Ban Gioc waterfall looks like a white silk strip pouring down.

Next, you visit Nguom Ngao Cave – a beautiful cave with amazing stalagmites and stalactites. You will visit and conquer this 2,144 square meter cave.

You continue to visit Pac Rang village to learn many interesting things about the life and culture of the Nung people.

You return to Cao Bang city to check-in and rest. You have dinner at a local restaurant. You stay overnight at a hotel in Cao Bang.

DAY 5: CAO BANG – MEO VAC – DONG VAN (MEALS: B,L,D)

You enjoy breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, you depart for Ha Giang. On the way, you will enjoy the majestic scenery of the most beautiful passes in Vietnam. You stop to take pictures at Ma Pi Leng pass.

Next, you visit Lung Cu Flag Tower: it was built to mark the northernmost point in Vietnam. You will climb to the top of the Lung Cu flag tower and enjoy the majestic panoramic view of Ha Giang.

You come to Dong Van, check-in hotel, and relax.

Evening: You enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. After dinner, you are free to explore Dong Van Ancient Town, learn many interesting things about the culture of the locals here. You stay overnight at a hotel in Dong Van.

DAY 6: DONG VAN – YEN MINH – QUAN BA – HA GIANG (MEALS: B,L,D)

You enjoy breakfast at the homestay. After breakfast, you depart for Ha Giang city. On the way, you will enjoy the majestic scenery of Ha Giang, visit the Vuong Palace – a mansion built by King Meo with beautiful unique architecture. You will learn a lot of interesting information about this mansion.

Next, you stop to visit Quan Ba ​​Twin Mountain and Heaven Gate. You will enjoy the beautiful scenery that nature bestows on Ha Giang. You will have the opportunity to take many beautiful photos here.

Arrive in Ha Giang city. You check in the hotel and have dinner at a local restaurant. You stay overnight at a hotel in Ha Giang city.

DAY 7: HA GIANG – HOANG SU PHI (MEALS: B,L,D)

You enjoy breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, you will visit Tien Thang village to enjoy the wild beauty and fresh air of green rice fields. You move to Thon Tha village – home to about 90 families who still keep their traditional lifestyles and house-on-stilts made of wood, bamboo.

You have lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon: You depart for Hoang Su Phi – a famous destination of Ha Giang with many of the most beautiful and majestic terraced fields in Vietnam. You will enjoy and take many beautiful photos of the terraced fields here.

You check in a homestay in Hoang Su Phi and stay overnight here.

DAY 8: DISCOVER HOANG SU PHI (MEALS: B,L,D)

You enjoy breakfast at the homestay. After breakfast, you start to discover Hoang Su Phi. You will trek along the majestic terraced fields. The terraced fields of Hoang Su Phi are recognized as a national heritage of Vietnam. You will walk around the terraced fields and interact with the locals here such as the Tay, the Dao…

You have a picnic lunch at a local family.

Afternoon: you continue to visit terraced fields and villages in Hoang Su Phi area.

In the evening: You have dinner at the homestay and overnight here.

DAY 9: HOANG SU PHI – HA NOI (MEALS: B,L)

You enjoy breakfast at the homestay. After breakfast, you depart for Hanoi. On the way back, you will enjoy the majestic scenery of the Northeast mountains.

In the afternoon: You return to Hanoi to check-in the hotel and rest. You stay overnight at a hotel in Hanoi.

DAY 10: HA NOI DEPARTURE (MEALS: B)

You enjoy breakfast at the hotel and check out. After breakfast, our driver picks you up and departs for the airport to return home. End of services! See you again!