Day
1: Ha Noi Arrival (B)
Arrive at NoiBai Airport. Meeting with guide and transfer
to the hotel. Welcome dinner featured with Vietnamese
specialty. Overnight in hotel.
Day 2: Ha Noi - Ba Be Lake (B)
AM.: Depart for BaBe Lake, an mountain area, which
is nearly 200 km far from Hanoi. Arrive on midday.
PM: Visit BaBe area : Nang river, grottos, waterfall.
Overnight at ethnic village, namely PacNgoi, where
visitors can get to know about Tay People. Enjoy daily
meals of ethnic minorities. Overnight in guest's house
Day 3 : Trekking from Ba Be to Tay's villages(B)
AM 7-hour hard trekking to visit Tay's village accompanied
by local guide. Take away lunch will be arranged.
It takes 5-hour walk to the village - spend time with
ethnic people. Overnight in the village of ethnic
people.
Day 4: Trekking back to Ba Be Lake - Leave for
TuyenQuang(B)
Walking back Babe lake. Free time on this day for
leisure, taking picture…
PM :Depart to Tuyen Quang, an old headquarter of Viet
Nam Revolution. Lunch on the way. Overnight in Tuyen
Quang.
Day 5 : Tuyen Quang - PingVillage - Ha Giang (B)
AM : Depart to Ha Giang town in 4 hour. Transfer direct
to PingVillage. One of the the most beautiful village
in Hagiang province. Return to HaGiang.
Freetime. Your own way to have dinner. Overnight in
Ha Giang hotel.
Day 6: Ha Giang - Dong Van (B)
Depart in the early morning to visit the wonderful
world of ethnic minorities people. Going on the moutain
with many impressive sceneries and visiting many basically
ethnic villages and colourful weekly markets. Lunch
at Quang Ba town. Overnight in Dong Van guest house.
( there is a sunday market in DongVan town )
Day 7: Dong Van - MeoVac - Vi Xuyen
(B)
Turn back to Ha Giang from Dong Van. Continually to
discover some cheerful and colourful ethnic Markets
on the way. Lunch at Yen Ninh town. Enjoy ThanhHa
resort hot stream. Visit Hmong villages and Trang
village near ThanhHa Resort. Overnight in Thanhha
Resort.
Day 8: HaGiang - PhoRang - Bac Ha (B)
Am : Leave for BacHa via YenBinh, Tuyen Quang province.
This day is a hard travelling by car but there will
be beautiful scenery on route. Bacha, hill tribe people
from far and wide make the weekly journey to trade
goods at the busy Sunday market, their heavily embroidered
clothing and distinctive headdress adding color and
vibrancy. Overnight at Saomai hotel.
Day 9 : CanCau market - BacHa (B) (
on Saturday only )
Visit CanCau Market - an outstanding feature of ethnic
people in the North. Or visit BacHa market which is
organized weekly only in Sunday. 2 hour trekking to
discover villages of ethnic minorities (SanDiu, HaNhi,
Xa ...) that remain natural and unspoiled by tourists.
Buying souvenir from ethnic people. Short walk to
discover some surrounding villages (4-6 hours) with
local guide.Overnight in Saomai Hotel.
Day 10 : BacHa - SaPa(B) (
on Sunday only )
AM: Visit
Bacha market on Sunday morning. Then transfer to Sapa.
Trekking
to the H'mong and Red Dao villages of Ta Phin hamlet,
we are introduced to a different way of life as we
enjoy the genuine hospitality of these hill tribe
people. A truly satisfying day filled with insight
and the unspoilt beauty of nature. Overnight in Sapa.
Day 11: Sapa - Laochai - TaVan (B)
Enjoy the overall pictures of the villages among terraces.
Visit the H'mong living in wooden and bamboo houses.
Transfer by jeep and trekking to Tavan village to
visit the Dzay minority.
T ake the road to GiangTaChai village of the Red Dzao
minority via the paths between terraces and through
bamboo forests. Visit silver waterfall and suspension
Rattan Bridge, visit the people in the village and
then cross MuongHoa River up to the mountain to visit
the last village of the trek - Supan village of the
H'mong. Get back to Sapa by jeep. On the way back,
enjoy visiting the ancient stone circle where stones
are decorated with ancient carvings. Check in hotel
in Sapa.
Day 12: Sapa -
Than Uyen (B)
As we traverse Tram Ton Pass, the highest mountain
pass in Viet Nam, we are afforded magnificent views
and experience a dramatic change of climate. Overnight
at guesthouse in ThanUyen.
Day
13 : ThanUyen - MucangChai - YenBai (B)
Am: continue
to YenBai. Stop over in MucangChai. Sometimes steep
and often rugged, the road through the valley is both
breathtaking and dramatic. Hugging rice terraced mountainsides
and fording turbulent rivers, our travels today are
visually spectacular. Enjoy sightseeing on the route.
Stop over at YenBai. Overnight at Hotel in Hanoi.
Day
14 : YenBai - ThacBa lake - Hanoi (B)
Am
: Take a boat trip to ThacBa hydro-electric reservoir
in YenBai. Enjoy sightseeing and stop for soft trekking
before returning to Hanoi.
Pm : 17h00 Arrive
Hanoi. Overnight at Hotel in Hanoi.
Day 15: Ha Noi departure.(B)
Am
: Free time for shopping .
Pm
: Transfer to airport to leave Hanoi
End of Northern Tour. |
