HANOI MAI CHAU NINH BINH
DAY 1: WELCOME TO HANOI
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Meal provided: No
Welcome to Vietnam.
Upon arrival at Hanoi Airport, obtain your visa and clear Immigration and Customs.
After collecting your baggage, exit the airport to meet outside a local tour guide and driver.
Settle in and enjoy the rest of day at leisure. Stay overnight in Hanoi
DAY 2: HANOI – MAI CHAU
Meal provided: Lunch, Dinner
Picked up by our tour guide and driver from your hotel lobby. Travel to Mai Chau, a small town nestled in the midst of a lust valley surrounded by emerald-green rice fields.
Along the way you can relax and enjoy the views of the amazingly scenic landscape, littered with pagodas and rural villages. We’ll stop for a quick visit to a Muong tribal community, before continuing on through Thung Khe Pass, where you’ll get to enjoy the most spectacular views of Mai Chau Valley.
After lunch in Mai Chau, it’s time to get off the tourist track and start our trek along the Song Ma River. As you walk, you’ll be constantly surrounded by rice terraces and small villages, letting you truly discover the natural beauty of the valley, and also giving you the chance to experience the culture of the White Thai people, who live in the region.
You’ll stop in one of these Thai villages for a home-cooked meal with a local family and an overnight stay in their home. There will also be live dance and music performances for you to enjoy in the evening.
Stay overnight in Mai Chau
DAY 3: MAI CHAU – HANOI
Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After a simple breakfast with your host family, we will drive you to the village of Son La.
En route we’ll make several stops at various villages inhabited by H’mong, Thai, Muong and Dzao people, as well as an orchard and tea plantation on the Moc Chau Plateau, famous as the powerhouse of Vietnamese tea production. The total drive to Son La from Mai Chau will be about 200 kilometres, and we’ll arrive just in time for a late lunch.
After lunch and some rest, we continue along the winding mountain roads through North Vietnam’s stunning countryside.
On arrival in Hanoi, you will check-in to your hotel and spend the rest of the day at your leisure.
Stay overnight stay in Hanoi
DAY 4: HANOI – NINH BINH
Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch
Get picked up by our tour guide and bus at your hotel and then depart for Bai Dinh pagoda and Trang an eco-tourism attraction area (120kms south of Hanoi).
Arrive in Buddha Sanctuary place of Bai Dinh Pagoda, the biggest one in Vietnam with 500 Arhan statues. You can see a biggest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam with 10 meters in height, 100 tons in weight. Tour guide also gives you an introduction of beliefs and religions in Vietnam.
Have lunch in a local restaurant with some special dishes such as goat meat, pork storage vessel…
Leave for Trang An eco-tourism attraction. You will be amazed by neglected area while having boat trip through cave chains: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Sinh Cave…experiencing mysterious views of the so-called “Ha Long Bay in land”.
Keep going to visit Mua Cave (Dancing Cave). The place attracts visitors with its many interesting stories. Climb 500 stone steps, here you can see all the way to Tam Coc, enjoy a stunning panoramic view of the countryside and Ngo Dong river.
Stay overnight in Ninh Binh
DAY 5: NINH BINH – HANOI
Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch
This morning, after the chilling breakfast, start your fun bicycle ride to Tam Coc. You cycle on paved roads, through rice fields and local agricultural villages. Most of the bicycle ride is on a peaceful inter-communal routes where the traffic is not too busy. Then, enjoy hours of excursion by small boat along the Ngo Dong River, beginning at the village of Van Lam and proceeding through a scenic landscape dominated by rice fields and karst towers. The route includes floating through Tam Coc – the three natural grottos (Hang Ca, Hang Hai, and Hang Ba), the largest of which is 125m long with its ceiling about 2m high above the water. The boats are typically rowed by one or two local women who also sell embroidered goods.
Have a Lunch at a local restaurant with the local specialilties and transfer to Pu Luong.
One glance at the Pu Luong Nature Reserve and you’ll see why the ethnic Thai people made this enchanting valley their home long ago.
Free and take a leisure time in Puluong for the rest day.
Stay overnight in Hanoi.
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DAY 6: HANOI DEPARTURE
Meal provided: Breakfast
Morning after breakfast, time would be free at your own until we transfer you to the airport for your departure flight. End of tour.
The Cost is per person
- Gold Package – Very best = $499/pax
- Silver Package – Good = $399/pax
- Bronze Package – ok = $299/pax
- Custom Package – Create your own
This price included:
- 3 meals per day
- A clean hotel room
- A New and clean car/van
- Exhibit door or entrance tickets
- Travel and document fees within the country
- Ticket for boat riding
- A tour guide
The followings are not included:
- Drinks – beer, alcohol, and other soft drinks
- A phone and phone calls
- Laundry
- Hotel – Two people per room. If you need a single room, you may pay for it
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