7 Days – Northern Journey – Heritage and Northwest Mountain Beauty

You will arrive Ha Noi city. When you finish clearance procedure, please go out to pillar B.10, our driver will wait there for you with your name on sign. 

You will be warmly welcomed by driver. Then our car will lead you from the airport to your hotel. 

Free time for leisure to enjoy the Old Quarter to enjoy the bustling local life. This bustling area of narrow streets and alleys is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers.

It’s a great place to explore with plenty of photo opportunities all around you.

Have Hanoi Jeep tour / walking street food tour ( Optional)

Option 1: Hanoi Jeep tour

Morning Tour: 08:00 – 12:30 (Lunch included at the end)  

Afternoon Tour: 12:30 – 17:00 (Lunch included at the begin)

Sunset & Night Tour:  17:00- 21:30 (Dinner included at the end)

Duration: 4.5 hours

Itinerary

Hanoi Jeep Tour Team will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter. You will be greeted by our guide and driver at your hotel lobby or our meeting point for safety briefing, we then begin our adventure.

On the first part of our Hanoi Jeep tour, we expose you the REAL HANOI with a day in the life experiences, featured with the parts-unknown of the city with slices of life in the maze of backstreets, tiny alleyways, local homes, schools, random markets and black market, experiencing where & how locals live, work and play. Other travel companies show just you the beautiful and tell you to run away from the bad and the weird of your destinations.

On Hanoi Jeep Tours’ journeys, not only do we show you the good but we also expose the bad and the weird of your destinations as it is what it is. For us, the run-off-the mill tourist sites are only the tip of the iceberg, the majority of your destinations remains hidden in the parts-unknown.

On the second part Hanoi Jeep tour, we pass by & stop at the MUST-SEE places of our beautiful city such as Ho Chi Minh mausoleum-the Mecca of Vietnamese, the 1000 years old Buddhist and Taoist temples of Tran Vu, Temple of Literature, the historical train-street, the enchanting French Quarter, the hustling & bustling Old Quarter, the romantic lakes of Hoan Kiem, West lake, Hanoi Opera House & famous Long Bien bridge etc.

On the third part of Hanoi Jeep tour, we also take you to the peaceful & allure out-skirt villages around West lake and Truc Bach lake to enrich your experiences about the contrast in harmony of life between the city center and her out-skirt as well as you would experience a hidden tranquil of Hanoi, a hectic of Hanoi with thousands of Skyscrapers in the new parts of the city. It is not only ride but a journey that you would learn about Hanoi before, now and then.

On the last part of Hanoi Jeep tour, you will stop at different AUTHENTIC restaurants, eateries and food stalls to savor the tastiest of the tasty dishes of Hanoi including family heirloom & secret recipe dishes, local delicacies and specialties.

Option 2: Walking street food tour

– 11:30 for Lunch option 

– 18:00 for Dinner option 

(Pick-up time will be flexible in 15 minutes)

Joining Hanoi street food tour to learn more about the culture, history in this thousand years old town while filling up on the flavors that made Hanoi one of the world’s best destinations for food-lovers. Our expert guide will show you all the best food stands or local restaurants in The Old Quarter.

We carefully choose very unique and authentic dishes (*) to perform a very special experience we’ve created for you.

Bun Cha (Grilled Pork noodles)

It has been more than 6 years since former US President Barack Obama had bun cha with the late celebrity, his own chef in Huong Lien restaurant at 24 Le Van Huu street, Hanoi.

Banh Cuon (Steamed Rice Pancake)

Banh Mi (Vietnamese Bread)

Pho Bo/Ga (Beef/Chicken Rice Noodle Soup)

Nem Ran (Fried Spring Rolls)

Banh Xeo (Fried Rice Pancake)

Hoa qua dam (Fruit Salad)

Cafe Trung (Egg Coffee), etc

You will really fall in love with egg coffee. Because it will make drool with its strong taste of natural coffee bitterness and the frothy texture of egg yolk mixture.

* Vegetarian food or special requirements are available upon request.

* Pictures might look different from reality.

07h30 – 8h00: Get picked up by our friendly guide then depart for Ninh Binh province.

09h15: Have a short break for 15 – 20 minutes to relax.

10h30: Visit Hoa Lư, ancient capital of Vietnam between 968 and 1010. You have a chance to learn about Vietnamese history in the feudal system under Dinh, Le, and Ly Dynasty.

11h45: Have lunch in the restaurant with a lot of local foods such as goat meat, fish, chicken, fried rice…. Vegetarian foods are always available in the buffet lunch.

13h00: Visit Trang An which was recognized by UNESCO as A World Heritage Site in 2014. Trang An has a wonderful tunnel cave system so Kong’s Movie Group chose this place for the New Version of Kong in 2016 – “Skull Island”. With 2 hours for the boat trip, you will be persuaded by the beauty here.

15h00: Continue the tour for 45 mins – cycling around the village to discover the life of the local people.

15h45: Get back to the bus then leave for Mua Cave (Dancing Cave). Walk up almost 500 steps, you can reach the top of Lying Dragon Mountain & have an amazing panoramic view of Tam Coc from here.

17h00: Get on the bus to return to Hanoi.

19h30: Get dropped off at Hotel in Hanoi.

8: 30 – 8: 45 Pick up at your hotels in Hanoi Old Quarter. Then transfer to Tuan Chau wharf on the new highway 

10: 30 – 11: 00 Stopover for refreshment at Pearl store, pearl breeding place about 20 minutes. 

11: 30 – 12: 00 Arrive at Tuan Chau harbour. 

12: 30 – 13: 00 Transfer to Cruises. Check in your cabin. 

13: 30 Enjoy a nice buffet lunch at our restaurant while the cruise goes ahead to Halong Bay. 

15: 00 – 16: 45 Continue to explore Halong by visiting Pearl Farm village. Here, you can witness the process of making pearl, buy products from pure pearl, participate in kayaking, a must-try sport activity in Halong. After that, visit Titov Island. Here, you will have time to climb up to the peak of Titov Island, admire the beautiful panorama view of Halong Bay or swim, take pictures, play on the sea.

18: 00 Enjoy Sun Set party with fruits and snacks on Sky Bar. Option: Happy Hour (Buy 2 get 1 free). Massage service is available. 

18: 30 Join cooking demonstration: How to make Vietnamese spring rolls – traditional Vietnamese food. 

19: 30 Enjoy European set-menu dinner on the restaurant on-board. 

21: 00 Join the Squid Fishing activity. Free time on the boat.

6: 30 Practice Tai Chi class. Tea and coffee are served. 

6: 45 – 7: 30 Light breakfast is served. 

7: 30 Visit Sung Sot cave.

09: 30 Check – out time on the board. 

09: 45 – 10: 30 Enjoy buffet brunch while the cruise transfer to the Tuan Chau Wharf. 

10: 45 – 11: 00 Disembark to Tuan Chau Wharf.

12: 00 – 15: 00 Return to Ha Noi. Drop off at our office, you could take a shower here before getting overnight on cabin bus at 22:00.

4-5AM: Arrive in Sapa town. You can stay on the bus till 6AM or There are some coffee shops so you can take a rest around.

6 – 6h30 AM: Our local guides will come to ask for your name and pick you up at the bus stop where you were dropped off. Our guide takes you to a restaurant to have breakfast with the group. 

9AM- 12AM: Trekking along the local and less crowded way with mountains, fields, streams, visiting Sa Seng Village, the untouched village by the tourists, to see their local daily life in the field, like feeding buffalo, horse, pig…, and their plant fields of Corn or Tea. You also pass a Waterfall where you can take pictures or swim here if the weather is not too cold.

12AM- 1PM: Lunch in a local restaurant in the Green Valley.

1PM- 5PM: We will walk further to other parts of the mountain, where you can run on the field, hike up to the hill, enjoy swimming in our little waterfall, pass through streams, see the Grandfather making the ear Ring by himself. Totally first day you will trek for about 13-16 km.

Arrive the homestay, you have a chance to meet the local families, play with kids, take photos of the beautiful view of the mountain in front of our homestay.

Enjoy cooking with the Family.

7PM: Dinner and enjoy happy hour with the whole group with games and “happy water” (our local guiders will offer you a lot of local wine and it is called “happy water”).

7:30 AM. You will have home-cooked breakfast provided by Mao’s family.

8:30 AM. Finish breakfast, we will start trekking into different fields which lead to our mysterious Bamboo Forest.

11:00 AM. Take your shoes off, we will go to the field.

It is the most fun and interesting part as you feel like a Farmer to go directly to the soil, feel the earth, smell the rice, and touch the leaves.

You will pass through Su Pan village, see the local life like Schools, Church, Traditional Houses.

12:30 PM. Have lunch in a local restaurant, enjoy the mountain view with rice fields in the restaurant.

Finish the Discovery Day in the Bus Office or your hotel in Sapa town .

14:00: Get on cabin bus back to Hanoi, drop off at the bus station at around 20:00

Breakfast is served at hotel.

Our driver will come to your hotel before your flight 3 hours, then he will take you to the airport. 

Fly back.

Have a safe flight!