HL 05: Hanoi - Halong - Sapa - Tam Coc ( 6 days)

Tour  details: 

Day 1: Hanoi on arrival – Halong Bay ( -/,)
ETA at 8.45am (7.45 local time), at Hanoi, Noi Bai International Airport. Transfer from airport to Cho Dong Xuan or Cho Hon to shop for materials & send to tailor.
Lunch at a local restaurant
After lunch, travel by coach to Ha Long Bay. On the way, visit Bat Trang Pottery Village.
06.00 pm  Check-in hotel & rest. At night, visit Ha Long Bay by night & dinner at seafood restaurant. Overnight at Hotel Halong Spring. Rest & free at leisure.

Day 2: Halong Bay cruise –Hanoi – Sapa (B,/,) night train overnight
Breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Halong pier. Board o boat for a 4hour cruise on the Bay, visit  the beautiful caves and grottos (Thien Cung & Dau go). Seafood lunch is served on boat. After the cruise, the boat will return to  the pier where our diver pick you up to take a trip to Hanoi. One stop one the way. Arrive in Hanoi around 16h00, this is a good time to go shopping in the Old quarter of Hanoi
The car will drive to Ho Tay lake (west lake) to relax on boat with very nice atmosphere and enjoy dinner here before transfering to Vietnam railway station in around 15mins for a night train to Sapa. Overnight on train at soft sleeper  in 4berth-cabin.

Day 3: Sapa mist town (B//)
Arrive at Lao Cai Train station at about 6.30. Having breakfast at local restaurant then  take a 01hour uphill transfer to Sapa Town.  If the rooms are available the clients can check-in early
In the afternoon, take a 2km short trekking to Cat Cat Village, the home of H’mong Ethic. Meeting & talking with locals to learn more about their daily life. Overnight at your hotel in Sapa.
Love market is garthered on Saturday night only.

Day 4: Sapa - Ta Fin Village - Lao Cai (B, /, )
Breakfast at hotel, drive to Tafin village  of Red Dzao ethic. Touring to the village to visit Tafin handicraft shop and explore the daily life of Red Dzao. Here you have a good choices to buy woven and textile brocades, which is made by ethic people. Visit Tafin Cave and small hamlet of Black H'mong people. Return to Sapa and take a transfer to Lao Cai station for night train to Hanoi. Overnight at an AC 4 berth soft sleeper train to Hanoi

Day 5: Hanoi(B//)
Pick up from railway station to hotel, if the the room is available, the client can check in early and relax. In case, still drive to the hotel to leave the belonging there and proceed to a special Noodle shop, pho noodle for a breakfast and then visit Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and his house on stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Temple of Literature,Lunch at restaurant.
Continue to visit Tran Quoc pagoda, Quan Thanh temple, Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple, enjoy water puppet show nearby.
Dinner at Vietnamese retaurant. Overnight at the hotel
 
Day 6: Hanoi departure (B)
06.30 am Breakfast at hotel.
                  Assemble at hotel lobby for check-out.  Transfer to airport.
                  ETD at  9.15am and ETA at LCCT at 13.30