Meal provided: No meal, lunch

Welcome to Hanoi – the capital city of Vietnam

Upon arrival in Hanoi and greeted by our private tour guide, driver will transfer to your hotel for check-in. Check-in time is at 2pm.   Free time to relax and to visit Hanoi by Night.

Stay overnight in Hanoi.

Accommodation：5☆ Pan Pacific Hotel or similar.

Meal provided: Breakfast, Dinner

After breakfast, depart to Ha Giang Province from Hanoi.  On the way, there are scenic stops to take photo of corn fields, tea plantation.  Taste local authentic foods (pay on your own).  Arrive in Ha Giang and visit Ha Thanh village, resident of Tay ethnic group. The village has about 100 stilt-houses clustered in the foothills. Each stilt house is like a small museum showcasing one family or clan.  To be welcomed warmly by the owner, have tea drink, relax and chat with the host of the house to learn about their culture and tradition.  Experience and explore the peaceful surroundings, landscape and the daily life of Tay people. Stay overnight in Ha Giang

Accommodation：4☆ Phoenix Hotel or similar.

Meal provided: Breakfast, Dinner

After breakfast, check out hotel.  Depart along the first spectacular road, which leads to Dong Van, a series of long passes and deep valleys. Then, cross a landscape of pine forest and arrive at the astonishing King of the H’mong’s Palace, a fortress built by a local chief allied with the French against the Vietminh, Vuong Chin Duc, and evacuated in 1950
(King’s descendants now live in France and Canada).

Scenic stop at Quan Ba Twin Mountain for capturing the beauty of landscape. Enjoy the beauty of Dong Van Rocky highland, one of the UNESCO’s heritages in Vietnam.  Taste local authentic foods (pay on your own).

Explore Dong Van Old Quarter, before making the trek up to Pu Lo fortress which was built in 1890 and evacuated in 1945.  Stay overnight in Dong Van

Accommodation：3☆ Hoa Cuong Hotel or similar.

Meal provided: Breakfast,  Dinner

After breakfast, check out hotel.  Depart and get on boat to  along Nho Que River.  Continue through loops of the mountains, cross the river.  En route enjoy spectacular views of the entire region before cruising to the top of Ma Pi Leng Pass, through a gigantic maze of limestone peaks, stone forests, and canyons before descending into the valley of Meo Vac.  Taste local authentic foods (pay on your own).

Arrive in the village of Bao Lac, and take the mountain road Bao Lac – Cao Bang province.   Before  arriving Cao Bang, experience one of amazing secrets:  a gorgeous small road looping through the mountains to the Tay village of Cho Ra and then down to the Tay village of Bo Lu.

Stay overnight in Cao Bang.

Accommodation：4.5☆ Muong Thanh Hotel or similar.

Meal provided: Breakfast, Dinner

After breakfast, continue the tour program and enjoy a scenic in insightful day trip north of Cao Bang through unique landscapes of limestone karts formations soar from the verdant rice paddies of the surrounding farms of local ethnic minorities. Along the way, you’ll see Tay, Hmong and Dzao ethnic minority groups. Explore the beautiful Ban Gioc waterfall on the Chinese border. This picturesque, cascading waterfall is 53 meters high and has an impressive span of 300 meters.  Taste local authentic foods (pay on your own).

Heading back to Cao Bang, explore the 144-meter Nguom Ngao Cave to discover its brilliant stalactites.  And stop at Pac Rang village to learn more about the daily life of Nung people.

Return to Cao Bang city. Stay overnight in Cao Bang.

Accommodation：4.5☆ Muong Thanh Hotel or similar.

Meal provided: Breakfast, Dinner

After breakfast. Check out hotel.  Depart to Ba Be.   Upon arrival, visit Bo Lu Quay and board a boat trip around Ba Be Lake. Relax on board and view wildlife spotting or swim in the cool, clean lake waters.   Floating along the Nang River, experience more sceneries of the surrounding karsts decorated with patches of wild vegetation and inhabited by all sorts of interesting animals.  Look out for the rainbow of butterflies that flit across the sky or listen to the gentle song of the many species of birds in the park.  The boat stops at the Puong Cave where there are the stalactites and stalagmites which are a result of the erosion of the river on the karst with the bat colony.   Taste local authentic foods (pay on your own).

Stay overnight in Ba Be Lake.

Accommodation：4☆ Ba Be Lakeside Bungalow or similar.

Meal provided: Breakfast, Dinner.

After breakfast. Check out hotel.  Depart and return to visit Hoan Kiem Lake,  the One Pillar Pagoda,  the Temple of Literature (Vietnamese name is Quoc Tu Giam) – The Vietnam’s first University, which was built in 1070 in honor of Confucius, his followers and Chu Van An, a moral figure in Vietnamese education.   Lunch with local authentic foods (pay on your own).

Then, visit Ngoc Son Temple which is located at the northern end of Sword Lake. From the shore, walking on the Welcoming Morning Sunlight Bridge leads to the island. Admire buildings of the temple, including the Pen Tower, the ink-slab, the Moon Contemplation Pavilion and the Pavilion against Waves, all of which have symbolic meaning. Free for shopping at Hanoi Old Quarter where any demands for buying variable cheap and beautiful goods and handicraft

Check in hotel. Stay overnight in Hanoi.

Hotel: 5☆ Pan Pacific Hotel or similar.

Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, check out hotel.  Depart to Ninh Binh Province on 1.5 hour drive. On arrival, visit the Trang An Landscape Complex (Unesco World Heritage Site)
Hoa Lu Ancient Capital: the first capital of Vietnam in the 10th Century chosen by Emperor Le because it is surrounded by sharply rising karst mountains, making it easy to defend. The main attractions are two temples, the Dinh Temple and the Le Temple.

Tam Coc – Three Caves: consists of three natural caves — Hang Ca, Hang Hai, and Hang Ba.  Board small boats and cruise along the river through rice fields and limestone karsts, through the caves. The area is nicknamed “the inland Ha Long Bay”.

Bich Dong Pagoda: a pagoda complex, built in 1428. It is situated on nearby Ngu Nhac Mountain, and consists of three separate pagodas: Hạ, Trung, and Thuong Pagodas, in ascending order.

Overnight in Ninh Binh
Hotel: 4.5☆ Hidden Charm Ninh Binh Hotel or similar.

Meal provided: Breakfast

After breakfast, check out hotel.  Transfer to Noi Ba Airport for domestic or international flight.

Tour program ends.