BacHa & Cocly - Special markets & Boat trip

BacHa & Cocly - special markets & boat trip

• Beautiful and colorful Sunday and Tuesday Market of the hill tribal peoples living around Coc Ly Commune and the northern region of Bac Ha District with festival atmosphere. Meeting to hill tribal peoples such as: Flower Hmong, Black Zao, Tay, Nung..., who go to the market in their bast traditional costume not only for shopping but mainly for socializing.


• Magnificient and stunning landscapes of the mountainous region in the far-north and Chay River Massif.

Day 1: Hanoi - Laocai

• 20 : 00 pm - Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi and transfer to Hanoi railway station for boarding the Express Train to Laocai. Overnight in an air-conditioned soft sleeper wooden cabin.

Day 2: (Sunday): Lao Cai – Bac Ha market – Sapa ( B/ L/ D) 

• Picked up at Laocai Railway Station then drive to BacHa market. The beginning of the day on which you visit a big market filled with many different hill - tribe peoples. This is the most colourful market in North Vietnam. At the market, you have chance to enjoy BacHa people's simple but unique kinds of food with special wines made from rice, cassavas, corn and different sorts of fruits such as plumps, apples, peaches... talking to the minorities through the guide's interpretation. Leave the market for the H'mong King's house (King Hoang A Tuong) built by the French colonists and the Chinese in 1920. Return the town for lunch. In the afternoon, spend time visiting BanPho village. Say good bye to BacHa and get back to Sapa. On the way back, drop in to see the Vietnamese and Chinese Harbour Mouth in LaoCai.


• Reach Sapa late in the afternoon.


• Overnight at the hotel in Sapa town


• Three stars hotel standard:  Royal View Sapa hotel


• Address: 34 Cau May St - Sapa - Lao Cai

 
Day 3: (Monday): Sapa – Ban Ho – Sapa ( B/ L/ D)

• Breakfast at the hotel. Start your trip buy take a jeep to Supan village and trek down to Ban Ho village. Have luch at the village then a short walk to visit the village of the Tay ethnic people who have houses on stilts. Back to Sapa.


• Dinner at the local restaurant.


• Overnight at the hotel in Sapa town


• Three stars hotel standard:  Royal View Sapa hotel


• Address: 34 Cau May St - Sapa - Lao Cai

 Day 4: (Tuesday): Sapa – Coc Ly market – Lao Cai ( B/ L/ D )

• Breakfast at the hotel then leave from Sapa early at 7:00 AM for CocLy market, which is situated far from Sapa. Enjoy the peaceful life of 6 different minority peoples (Flower H'mong, Black Dzao, Tay, Dzay, HaNhi and Nung).


• The market is the chance for the minorities to meet and share joy and sorrows after the crops, to exchange one another's experience. Say goodbye to the market and get down onto a boat along Chay river. You are bound to feel great and find yourselves smaller among high rock mountains and to be surprised at white and breathtakingly waterfalls. The Fairy Cave is located deeply in the rocks. Get off the boat to visit a village of the Tay Minority (TrungDo village) by the river.


• After the boat trip, visit a small town – Bao Nhai and then take jeep back to Laocai Station for the night train to Hanoi.


• Overnigh on the A/c soft sleeper cabin. Arrive in Hanoi roughly 4:30 AM.


• The end of tour.

Include:

• Pick ups, transfer & sightseeing as per program by A/c private Russian jeep or minibus


• Full meals as per the tour program (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)


• English speaking guide


• Entrance fees


• Mineral water on bus


• Accommodation based on Twin/double room share


• Train tickets: Hanoi - Laocai - Hanoi (soft sleeper with air-conditioning 4 pax / cabin)

Exclude:

• Travel Insurance


• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program


• Personal expense


• Single supplement (US$42 per person)

Note:

• Advised to take good walking shoes, raincoats, jackets, torch, insect repellent and sunscreen...

Sapa - Catcat - SinChai - Giang TaChai Tour

Sapa - Catcat - SinChai - Giang TaChai tour

• Two days trekking from the centre of spectacular Muong Hoa valley up and down hills you will challenge your feet with hard trekking while enjoying beauty of nature, meeting and making acquaintance to tribal peoples from different ethnic groups to enrich your knowledge with different culture and way of life.

 

Day 1 : Hanoi - Laocai

• 20: 00 pm - Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi and transfer to Hanoi railway station for boarding the Express Train to Laocai. Overnight in an air-conditioned soft sleeper wooden cabin.

Day 2 : Laocai - Catcat - SinChai (4 hours trekking, 12 km, 2 villages ) ( B/L/D )

• 6:00 am - Arrive at Laocai train station. Welcome by your local guide and driver. Transfer to your hotel. Have breakfast and a shower. Trek around 12 km to visit two villages of the Black H'mong (Catcat and SinChai). Enjoy a picnic lunch by a waterfall and see the hydroelectric power station established by the French. Jeep from Catcat back to Sapa at around 4pm.


• Dinner at a local restaurant.


• Overnight in Sapa


• Three stars hotel standard: Royal View Sapa hotel


• Address: 34 Cau May St - Sapa - Lao Cai

Day 3 : Sapa - Giang TaChai - Sapa ( 5 hours trekking, 17 km, 3 villages ) (B/L/D)

• Breakfast at the hotel. Head for the valley by jeep to visit two villages of the H'mong and the Dzay. Picnic lunch en route or with a local family. Visit the Red Dzao in GiangTaChai village, stopping off to see a picturesque waterfall and suspension bridge. Walk up to the road and take the jeep back to Sapa.


• Dinner at a local restaurant.


• Transfer to Laocai train station for boarding the Express to Hanoi (20:15 - 5:00).


• End of services.

Include:

• Pick ups, transfer & sightseeing as per program by A/c private Russian jeep or minibus


• Train tickets: Hanoi - Laocai - Hanoi (soft sleeper with air-conditioning 4 pax/ cabin)


• Full meals as per the tour program (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)


• English speaking guide


• Accommodation based on two persons share a double/ twin room


• Mineral water on bus


• All Entrance fees

Exclude:

• Travel Insurance


• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program


• Personal expense


• Single supplement (US$21/per person)

Note:

• Advised to take good walking shoes, raincoats, jackets, torch, insect repellent and sunscreen...

Sapa Short tour

Sapa Short tour, Within only 2 days, this journey will bring you a brief understanding of Sapa and its tribal peoples while enjoying its amazing beauty, paying visit most Sapa's wonders as well as to some tribal villages scatering around Muong Hoa Valey which is well-known for its breathtaking scenery

Get started: Hanoi - Laocai

• 20: 00 pm - Pick up at your hotel and transfer to Hanoi railway station to board the express train to Laocai.


• Overnight in an air-conditioned soft sleeper cabin.

Day 1 : Sapa Town -  Silver Waterfall -  Tram Ton Pass (B/L/D)

• Meet your guide and driver upon your arrival at Lao Cai station and an hour transfer uphill the Hoang Lien Son mountains to Sapa. Great views of valleys and terraced rice fields along the way.


• After Breakfast, you will fancy a walk for a brief introduction of this charming town. At the market, where ethnic minority people of different groups wearing their traditional costumes made by themselves comes every day selling local products includes vegetable, bamboo shoot, mushroom, medicinal herbs and souvenirs...you have chance to make friends with them and take their photos. Later you will follow the footsteps uphill to the top of Ham Rong Mountain for over viewing beautiful scenery of the town and surrounding area, paying visit to an orchard garden and a mini museum which tells you a lot about ethnic minority people living in Sa Pa and the northwest region.


• Afternoon, your Sapa guide and driver will pick you up at about 14.00 and then drive up hill to visit the famous Silver Waterfall and then onto Tram Ton, the highest mountain pass in Vietnam at 1,800 m above sea level for enjoying the magnificence of Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range as well as over viewing spectacular landscapes of the whole area.


• Transfer back to Sapa and relax.


• Overnight in Sapa.

Day 2 :  Explore Muong Hoa Valley - Night train to Hanoi (B/L/D)

• Today you will spend the whole day exploring the spectacular Muong Hoa. A Jeep will take us out of the town, following the only road built on the side of a mountain range, looking down the valley, over viewing magnificent landscapes composed of high mountains, deep valleys, and stream of water winding, waterfalls and terraced rice paddies...Many time, leaving the main road, you will visit tribal villages such as Ta Van of the Zay, Su Pan of the Black H'mong, Giang Ta Chai of the Red Zao...there are chances for meeting and contacting locals at home and at works.


• Arriving back to Sapa in the afternoon, take a shower and then transfer down hill to Lao Cai station for taking the night train to Hanoi.


• Overnight in an air-conditioned soft sleeper cabin.


• End of your Sapa short tour.

Include:

• Train tickets King Express/Livitrans train Hanoi - Lao Cai - Hanoi, soft sleeper, wooden cabin with A/C.


• All meals as mentioned in the tour program ( B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)


• All entrance fees


• Hotel pick up and transfer as tour program


• English speaking tour guide/ French Guide


• Accommodation (1 night at three stars hotel: Paradise Sapa hotel, Bamboo Sapa hotel, Royal View hotel...)

Exclude:

• Travel insurance


• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program


• Single supplement


• Personal expense

Sapa Explorer and Remote Cao Son Market Tour

Get started: (Monday) Hanoi - Laocai

• 20: 00 pm - Pick up at your hotel and transfer to Hanoi railway station to board the express train to Laocai. Overnight in an air-conditioned soft sleeper cabin.

Day 1 (Tuesday) Lao Cai - Cao Son  Market (B/L/D)

• Upon arrival to Lao Cai station early morning, you will meet your local tour guide and driver and enjoy breakfast in a restaurant nearby. Freshen up and heading along the road to Muong Khuong district which weaves its way up and down hills of the tea plantation and pine trees. It gets wilder and greener with thick forest and small tribal villages scattering isolated on slopes of the mountains as you get close to Cao Son Commune. You will enjoy much of the scenery which is marvelous and changes very fast after every bend. Arriving in Cao Son almost at noon, checking in the Lodge where you will stay overnight, take a rest or wandering around breathing fresh air.


• Afternoon is for walking to explore tribal villages nearby for a discovery of tribal culture, custom and self subsidiary way of life of different ethnic minorities. Overnight at Cao Son Eco Lodge.

Day 2 (Wednesday) Cao Son Market -Sapa (B/L/D)

• Today is the market day in Cao Son and you will spend the whole morning to take part in this weekly event. The village seems to wake up after a week staying peacefully. People from different tribal groups such as H'mong, Zao, Nung, Pa Di, Tu Di...wearing their traditional costumes converge to the market place on foot, motorcycles and horses. Many comes from remote villages, near the border and have to start their journey even from midnight. Joining the market, you will soon get the feeling of local, cheerful faces every where. Commodities for sale at the market is rich, from home produces such as fruit, vegetable, chili, ginger, smelled medicinal herbs, mushroom, bamboo shoot, corn wine, local handicraft, animals includes pigs, chicken, dogs, cats... to farming tools as hoes, plough shares, spades, knives...


• You are leaving the market and Cao Son after Lunch for a drive to Lao Cai and then uphill to Sapa through a scenic region. Arriving in Sapa at your hotel in the afternoon and the rest of the day is set free for you to wander around charming Sapa town. Overnight in Sapa.

Day 3 (Thursday) Sapa Tribal Village walk to Ma Tra & Ta Phin (B/L/D)

• Lying on the south of Sa Pa town, this vast valley composes of 3 chambers surrounded by high mountains with thick forest at the top and terraced rice paddies from lower slopes stretching to the bottom. It is home to the Black H'mong and the Red Zao ethnic minority who live in wooden houses scattering here and there.


• Starting from Sa Pa with your guide, you will follow a trail running through fruit and orchard gardens, lush pine forests to a Black Hmong ethnic minority village named Matra, isolated away from the civilization. Chickens, water buffalos, pot - belly pigs and piggy everywhere, some locals will be happy to invite us to their home which offers chances to see their dwellings, weavings on belly looms to makes traditional costumes out of hemp fiber...Our path weaves itself up and down hills, through valleys with terraced rice fields which create spectacular landscapes. After picnic Lunch, we get to Ta Phin Commune where the Black H'mong and the Red Zao live together. It is very interesting to realize culture assimilation: Which can be mixed, which can not! At the end of the footpath, our Jeep is waiting for us for the return journey to Sapa.


• Overnight in Sapa.

Day 4 (Friday) Visit Lao Chai & Ta Van Village (B/L)

• Today morning, you will explore the spectacular Muong Hoa. A Jeep will take us out of the town, following the only road built on the side of a mountain range, looking down the valley, over viewing magnificent landscapes composed of high mountains, deep valleys, and stream of water winding, waterfalls and terraced rice paddies...walking trail can be seen clearly from the road winding up and down hills on the other side of Muong Hoa River to connect village to villages...


• Our suggested walk starts from Lao Chai village of the H'mong along the river to Ta Van, the Zay village. Our Jeep will pick us up at Ta Van Bridge and drive back to Sa Pa at noon.


• Afternoon is at your leisure for wandering Sa Pa town and market until late afternoon transfer to Lao Cai station for taking the night train to Hanoi.


• Overnight in an air-conditioned soft sleeper cabin.


• End of  your Sapa Explorer and Remote Cao Son Market Tour

Include:

• Train tickets King Express/Livitrans train Hanoi- Lao Cai- Hanoi, soft sleeper, wooden cabin with A/C.


• All meals as mentioned in the tour program ( B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)


• All entrance fees


• Hotel pick up and transfer as tour program


• English speaking tour guide/ French Guide


• Accommodation (1Night in Cao son Lodge, 2 nights at three stars hotel: Paradise Sapa hotel, Bamboo Sapa hotel, Royal View hotel...)

Exclude:

• Travel Insurance


• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program


• Single supplement


• Personal expense

Note:

• Departure: Every Monday evening from Hanoi

Joining Ha Noi city tour 5 days

Hanoi, capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, a city of lakes and the center of Vietnamese culture. This Hanoi stopover tour is designed for those who are on a business or pleasure trip to the charming capital of Vietnam. This specially-tailored package provides an overview of the major tourist attractions in Hanoi as well as an orientation tour for visitors to get accustomed to Vietnamese culture in the first few days after their arrival in Vietnam.

Day 1: Ha Noi city & arrival

• Arrive at Noi Bai international airport, pick up and transfer to your hotel in the city center.


• Overnight at your proposed hotel in Ha Noi

Day 2: Ha noi city tour (B/L/_)

• Breakfast at the hotel. 8h00 – 8h30 AM, We will pick you up at your hotel, we take you to Tran Quoc pagoda and then Ho Chi Minh complex with Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, his simple stilt house where he lived and worked and the museum dedicated to his memory. A short drive to The Temple of Literature – the first university in Vietnam dating back to the 11th century to admire the beautiful construction and learn about Royal court and vietnamese talents. Have lunch in the local restaurant. Short time to relax before driving ahead to Vietnam Museum of Ethnology where you can get over view information about ethnicgroups overview information about ethnic groups over Vietnam through the well organized display both in indoor and outdoor exhibition. Back to down town for refreshment by Hoan Kiem lake with Ngoc Son temple.


• Cycling around the old Quarter.


• Tour ends in your hotel.


• Dinner on guest’s account.


• Overnight at your proposed hotel in Ha Noi

Day 3: Ha Noi – Ha Long (B/L/D)

• 08h00: Pick up from your hotel in Hanoi. Drive to Halong City through the paddy fields in the Red River Delta.


• 10h00: Stopover on the way for a refreshment break


• 12h00: Arrive at Tuan Chau wharf – Break and photography time


• 12h30: Board Glory Cruises for departure. Welcome drink will be served


• 13h00: Lunch is served while cruising through the bay


• 15h30: Visit exciting Cua Van fishing village. The village is free of busy roads and streets, electric lights, houses and high rise buildings. Instead, there are only herds of little boats and rafts. You will have the chance to discover the traditional culture and customs of the fishermen.


• 16h30: Enjoy kayaking or swimming (if the weather permits).


• 17h00: Back on board and continue cruising to Drum Cave (Hang Trong) to dock.


• 19h00: Dinner is served.


• 21h00: Take some leisure time to enjoy chatting at the bar or enjoy some night fishing.


• Relax and spend a romantic night on Glory Cruise. Deluxe cabin

Day 4: Ha Long – Hanoi (Brunch)

• 07.00: Coffee and tea will be served


• 08.00: Continue cruising


• 08h15: Visit splendid Sung Sot Cave


• 09h00: Check out and  enjoy a fantastic cruise on the bay, passing Dinh Huong Island, fishing villages, Ga Choi Island, Dog Island and Sail Island.


• 09.30: Buffet brunch (breakfast/lunch) while cruising back through Halong Bay to the pier


• 11h30: Arrive at the pier. Time to say good bye  to the crew.


• 12.00: Return from Halong to Hanoi.


• 14h00: Stop over in Dong Trieu town tovisit a ceramics workshop.


• 16.00: Arrive in Hanoi.


• Dinner on guest’s account.


• Overnight at your proposed hotel in Ha Noi

Day 5: Ha Noi departure (B)

• Breakfast at the hotel. Free until transfer to Noi Bai airport for your next destination.

 

Inclusion:

• Private car for airport pick up and drop off


• Share cruise in Ha Long Bay (Glory Cruise, Golden Lotus cruise, Phoenix cruise)


• Kayaking paddles


• Pick up and drop off at the hotel on daily tours.


• Group tour on the A/c bus, English speaking tour guide, entrance fee, boat trips.


• Meals as indicated in the program (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)


• Hotel accommodation based on two persons share a double/ twin room (Hoa Binh Palace hotel, The Church hotel, Imperial hotel)


• Approved invitation letter for Vietnamese visa

 

Exclusion:

• International flight to/from Vietnam


• International airport tax


• Vietnamese entry visa


• Travel insurance


• Personal expenses


• Single supplement (US$120/person)


• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program

Note:

• Private tour is available on request. We highly recommend you do private tour for more privacy as well as more convenience.

Northern Vietnam Highlight tour 7 days

Northern Vietnam Highlight tour 7 days. The trip starts from Ha Noi, explore the Old Quarter, traveling on night sleeping berth train to Sapa. Visit Bac Ha market which takes place every Sunday is famous for the originality and authenticity that the traders still preserve.  Trekking downhill to Y Linh Ho and Muong Hoa Valley through rice paddies and small hamlets to learn the life of hill tribes here. End your trip on Ha Long Bay.

Itinerary:

Day 1 : Ha Noi city & arrival 

Arrive at Noi Bai airport. Welcome by your local guide and driver. Transfer to your hotel.  Overnight at your proposed hotel in Ha Noi

Day 2: Ha Noi city tour  - Lao Cai (B/L/_)

Breakfast at the hotel. At 8.30am, pick up at your hotel for visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts and the One Pillar Pagoda , Continue to the Temple of Literature, Vietnam's first university. You will also visit the famous prison that American POWs sarcastically dubbed the “Hanoi Hilton” during the Vietnam War. Take a relaxing walk along Thanh Nien street next to the famous West Lake. Visit Dong Xuan market and enjoy traditional food Cha Ca La Vong a Ha Noi specialty. Riding on a rickshaw  around 36 streets in the Old Quarter. You will have many chance to see local product handmade as well as doing shopping. Enjoy water puppet show in the late afternoon. Transfer to the train station for boarding the express train to Lao Cai (21:50 - 06:30). Overnight in an air-conditioned soft sleeper cabin.

Day 3: Lao Cai – Bac Ha market – Sapa ( B/ L/ _) Sunday

Meeting your local tour guide and driver upon arrival. Drive to BacHa market. The beginning of the day on which you visit a big market filled with many different hill-tribe peoples. This is the most colourful market in North Vietnam. At the market, you have chance to enjoy BacHa people's simple but unique kinds of food with special wines made from rice, cassavas, corn and different sorts of fruits such as plumps, apples, peaches... talking to the minorities through the guide's interpretation. Leave the market for the H'mong King's house (King Hoang A Tuong) built by the French colonists and the Chinese in 1920. Return the town for lunch. In the afternoon, spend time visiting BanPho village. Say good bye to BacHa and get back to Sapa. On the way back, drop in to see the Vietnamese and Chinese Harbour Mouth in LaoCai. Reach Sapa late in the afternoon. Dinner on guest’s account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Sapa

Day 4: Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van – Lao Cai ( B / L / _ )

Breakfast at the hotel. At 8.00am, start trekking downhill to Y Linh Ho and Muong Hoa Valley through rice paddies and small hamlets to learn the life of hill tribes here. Communication exchange with local people in Lao Chai village then continuing walking through villages and rice terraced fields to Ta Van village settled by Dzay ethnic. Have picnic lunch on the way then keep going to the bottom of Sapa valley which is supposed to be the most beautiful one in the area.

At 18.30, transfer to Lao Cai for the night train to Ha Noi (20.45– 05.45). Overnight in an air-conditioned soft sleeper cabin.

Day 5 : return Ha Noi – Ha Long ( B / L / D )

Arrive to the train station, pick up and transfer to a mini hotel for taking a rest hand having breakfast until 8.00am, leave for Ha Long Bay through the Red River Delta. Arrive at Paloma office, Halong City. Tranfer by tender to the Paloma Cruise – enjoy welcome drink. Receive cruise briefing and check in to cabins and begin cruise. Lunch – delicious Vietnamese set menu ( Massage service is available beginning after lunch  and thoughout the cruise. Heads to Bai Tu Long Bay passing the towns of Hon Gai and Cam Pha, Oan Lagoon, Mat Quy (Monster Head) and Am Tich (Teapot) Islets and Vung Vieng fishing village. Visit the fishing village by local rowing boat (01 hour) then return to the vessel for free time at your leisure or join one of the following optional activities:

Kayak into the village or swim near the boat;

Optional onboard activities: Sunbathing, traditional massage, etc;

Trip by tender to an isolated pristine beach for swimming, etc.

Paloma cruises through the Bay to its overnight anchorage near Hang Trong.

Happy Hour (sunset party)& Vietnamese cooking demonstration on the boat

Sumptuous Seafood Set-dinner onboard.

Retire to your cabin or join the squid fishing, watching movie, game. Overnight aboard Paloma Cruise.

Day 6 : Ha long – Ha Noi ( B / L/D)

Start your day with Tai Chi on the Sundeck while complimentary tea & coffee are served.

Paloma weighs anchor to cruise through the Bay passing beautiful spots like Trong (Drum), Trinh Nu (Virgin) and Me Cung Caves, Coc Ngoi (Toad) Islet, etc

Explore the Surprise Cave (Sung Sot)

Return to Paloma cruise

Check out the cabin.Western menu is served onboard. The vessel cruises leisurely back to harbor.

Disembark at Paloma office, Halong City. Tea & coffee will be served.

At 16.00. Return to Ha Noi. Dinner on guest’s account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Ha Noi.

Day 7: Ha Noi & departure (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Free until transfer to the airport. End service.

 

Hotel grade	Cost in US$ per person
	1 pax	2 pax	3 – 4 pax	5 – 8 pax	9 – 11pax	Single supplement
Two stars	712	534	486	444	426	129
Three stars	732	554	506	464	446	149
Four stars	777	599	550	509	490	194

 

Tour price includes: 

Private car for pick up, transfer & sightseeing as per program

Express train ticket Ha Noi – Lao Cai – Ha Noi (4 pax /cabin)

Shuttle bus transfer Ha Noi- Ha Long – Ha Noi

Share cruise in Ha Long Bay

Kayaking paddles

Cold mineral water on car (2 bottles/ pax/ day)

English speaking tour guide

All entrance fees

Water puppet show, rickshaw

Hotel accommodation based on two people share a double/ twin room

Meals as indicated in the tour program (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)

 

Tour price excludes:

International flight to/from Vietnam

International airport tax

Vietnamese entry visa

Travel insurance

Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program

Personal expenses.