8 - Day Vietnam Package Tour : HANOI – SAPA - HA GIANG - BAN GIOC - BA BE

Upon arrival at Noi Bai airport, our guide and driver will meet you at the airport and transfer to your hotel in city center.

In the afternoon, you’ll join food tour and discover every corners of the Hanoi Old Quarter. You’ll enjoy amazing local food including:

Banh Cuon: Vietnamese steamed rice rolls

Bun Cha: rice noodles with barbecue pork.

Hoa Qua Dam: fruit beams - one of the most popular cooling dishes for young people on hot summer days. In the sweltering weather, enjoying a cup of sweet, refreshing, and cool beams of fruit is a wonderful thing that everyone loves.

Egg – coffee: a Vietnamese drink traditionally prepared with egg yolks, sugar, condensed milk and robusta coffee

Finnally, we are heading to Ta Hien street. It’s known as “ beer corner of the Hanoi Old Quarter”. Our guide’ll take you back your hotel. Overnight in Hanoi.

After your breakfast, our tour guide and driver pick you up and drive to Sapa.

Upon your arrival, have lunch at a local restaurant. Check in and rest before we take a short drive to Cat Cat village of the Black H'mong minority where we walk down to explore their everyday life and relax at Cat Cat waterfall. Back to your hotel and at leisure. Overnight in Sapa.

After breakfast, our driver and tour guide will take you to Y Linh Ho village where we trek down to the bridge and it is time to trek up and down to Lao Chai village. Both are villages of the Black H’Mong minorities. This trekking route is not hard and enables you to take great photos of the terraced fields as well as visit some of the local families to learn about their life and culture, etc.

After lunch in a local restaurant, we head to Ta Van village of the Day minorities. After that, we drive to Ha Giang. Overnight in Ha Giang.

After breakfast, we continue to drive to Quan Ba Heaven Gate. You will have a great chance to walk up the top on hill to enjoy the stunning view of Quan Ba town, take the photo of Co Tien Double mountain. We then continue to Nam Dam village in Quan Ba. The charming village is nestled peacefully in a valley surrounded by karst mountains, holds inside it preserved traditional customs, habits and culture from ancient times which is appealing to tourists. Walk around the village, enjoy beautiful view of the village with the high mountains and the lovely terraced fields, houses of earthen walls gleamed in the sun.

Have dinner with the local host.

Overnight at homestay

After breakfast, we will drive via Yen Minh pass where you enjoy and fall in love with fabulous view of limestone mountain and valley, stop at Pho Cao pass (Tham Ma pass) to take the photo of Happiness road before drive to visit Lung Cam culture village to visit the home filming “ Story of Pao”, the film which won four Golden Kite Prizes (the Oscars of Vietnam).

We then continue to The King Palace of Hmong people which is one of the few sites in Ha Giang travelers can visit for magnificent architecture and historical values.

After lunch, drive to visit the Lung Cu national flag tower and the north pole of Vietnam.

Head to Dong Van for overnight in a hotel.

This is a long day to drive back to Hanoi so we have early breakfast, check out and we start our trip at 06:30am to visit Ma Pi Leng pass, inlcuding a visit to the "Happiess Road Museum" and take a short walk to the top of amazing Ma Pi Leng pass

We continue to drive on the "Happiness road and stop where you want for photos.

Nestled between the mountain of northeast of Vietnam, Nho Que River winding like green thread shimmering north from heaven. The length of 192 km, the river engraved name on 46 km across the strip of land in Vietnam, and flows through the rocky sloping limestone mountain of the global geological park system Dong Van stone. The Nho Que river carries a beautiful turquoise blue color. That shines through the bright green patches of the forest almost all seasons of the year (except the rain season from Apr till Sep).

Take "XeOm - Motorbike" to get to the boat wharf.

After 1 hour for boat trip along the river and visit Tu San alley, we will take “xeom” to get back the car and drive to Cao Bang. Overnight in Cao Bang.

DONG VAN – MA PI LENG PASS – NHO QUE RIVER BOAT TRIP – CAO BANG (MEALS: B,L,D)

After breakfast, we drive to Ban Gioc waterfall. You’ll have a chance to enjoy the most picturesque and beautiful landscapes of Cao Bang where Vietnamese photographers come for great pictures and you will also meet local Tay and Nung ethnic minorities to learn about their culture and life. Arrive at Ban Gioc, we visit the waterfall. After that, we are heading to visit Nguom Ngao Cave - which was formed about 300 million years ago. According to Tay language, Nguom Ngao means the cave of tigers. Legend has it that, the sound of the stream inside the cave likes the growl of tigers, so the local people named the cave as Nguom Ngao.

Lunch is served at local restaurant. After that, we are heading to Bac Kan. Check in hotel. Overnight in Bac Kan.

After breakfast, we enjoy the boat trip in 3 hours (or 5 hours if you request). This is a spectacular boat trip on the lake. We stroll along the riverfront, visit some lovely villages and hike the upper reaches of the lake, in an area marked by massive limestone cliffs and mountains. The boat will come to Puong Cave where you can explore the stalactites and stalagmites which are a result of the erosion of the river on the karst as well as looking out for the bat colony several thousand strong.

Lunch is served at local restaurant. After lunch, we are heading back to Noi Bai International Airport. Our driver & tour-guide say goodbye to you! End of services!