Northern Vietnam discovery – Hanoi & Sapa

📅 Day 1: Arrival in Hanoi – Hotel rest

01:45 – Arrival at Noi Bai International Airport
After immigration and luggage collection (around 03:00), meet driver at arrival hall.
Transfer to hotel in Hanoi city center for rest.
Early check-in included so guests can sleep after the overnight flight.
🛌 Overnight in Hanoi

📅 Day 2: Hanoi city tour – Overnight train to Sapa (Breakfast / Lunch)

Breakfast at hotel.
Morning – Hanoi City Highlights
• Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum complex (outside view)
• One Pillar Pagoda
• Temple of Literature – Vietnam’s first university
Lunch at local restaurant.
Afternoon
• Hoan Kiem Lake & Ngoc Son Temple
• Old Quarter walking tour
• Optional cyclo ride through the Old Quarter streets
Return to hotel to freshen up and pack.
Evening
Transfer to Hanoi Railway Station.
Board overnight tourist train to Lao Cai (4-berth soft sleeper cabin, air-conditioned).
🛌 Overnight on train

📅 Day 3: Sapa trekking tour - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van (Breakfast / Lunch)

Morning
Breakfast at hotel.
08:00 - 08:30: Our tour guide will come to your hotel in Sapa to pick you up
09:15: We start trekking on small trails down the Muong Hoa Valley toward Lao Chai village of Black H’mong ethnic people. Here we will discover their daily life and how they make traditional clothes, handicraft, indigo...We will visit the biggest valley which provides the best view for golden rice terraced fields in Vietnam. After Lao Chai we walk to Ta Van village of Giay people. It is a small group of ethnic people in Vietnam with a rich culture and beautiful houses located on rice paddy fields.

Lao Chai & Ta Van Villages, about 8 km from Sapa town, where black H’mong and Dzay people are living, it is also the beginning of the valley which is called Muong Hoa. From a high point of the main road, great view of the whole villages open wide to offer the marvelous panorama views, backed by high mountains and facing the river. Here you will enjoy the fresh air, see terraced fields and stream, discover and visit some of Black H’mong families. You will have a welcome feeling at any house of the hospitable people there. You can interact them, learn about their culture and customs. Then we take you back to sapa town and drop you at the hotel.
Evening – Free at leisure
Optional: Herbal bath experience of the Red Dao people (extra cost)
🛌 Overnight in Sapa

📅 Day 4: Cat Cat – Return to Hanoi (Breakfast)

Breakfast at hotel and check out.
09:00 – Visit Cat Cat Village
• Traditional H’mong village
• Waterfall, old French-built hydro station
• Local handicraft stalls
• Scenic valley views
Return to Sapa town.
12:00 – Lunch at local restaurant.
14:00 – 15:00 – Board VIP Sleeper Bus back to Hanoi.
20:00 – 21:00 – Arrival in Hanoi.
Private car picks up and transfers to Noi Bai Airport.
22:30 – Arrive airport, check-in for flight PR596.
01:45 – Flight departs Hanoi for Manila.