6D5N Vietnam: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay – Sapa by Train (May-Sep’18)

  6D5N HANOI – HA LONG BAY – SAPA (BY TRAIN)

Day 1: HA NOI – ARRIVAL 

Pick up at Noi Bai airport (no guide, with driver only) & transfer to hotel for check-in (check-in time: after 14:00). 
Free at leisure.  
Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 2: HANOI – SIC TOUR TO HA LONG BAY (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Breakfast at hotel.
+ 08:00 – 08:30: Pick up at your hotel and depart for Ha Long city.
+ 12:30 – On arrival at the pier, you will board your Imperial Cruise and you are warmly welcomed by a professional and friendly crew. Check into the cabin.
+ 13:00 – Enjoy specially prepared lunch while cruising through most beautiful parts of the magical Bay with thousands of amazing limestone islands emerging from the emerald water. Sailing with Imperial Cruise in very tranquil route, exploring the exotic beauty of the legendary Bay, a feeling in paradise will come to you. Imperial Cruise brings our valued customers to the most tranquil parts of the Bay where you can’t find any boat there, cruising zigzag through hundreds of islands.
+ 15:30 – Discover the magical beauty of nature by kayaking along side limestone cliffs stretching vertically over pure blue water in the tranquil bay.
+ 16:30 – Swimming time, this is great chance to relax in the water.
+ 18:00 – Join the sunset party on the sundeck in the warm and romantic atmosphere, making friends with other members in the group, enjoy fresh local fruit, listening soft, light music.
+ 19:00 – Enjoy the special dinner cooked by our professional chef.
+ 20:30 – The moment you choose your own way to relax after dinner, listening to music, singing karaoke, relaxing on the sundeck, squid fishing available for entertainment during the night time.
Overnight on the cruise.

Day 3: HA LONG BAY – BACK TO HA NOI – NIGHT TRAIN TO SAPA (Breakfast, Lunch)

+ 06:00 – You can wake up early for taking beautiful photos of the sunrise.
+ 07:00 – Enjoy your breakfast, coffee, tea, fruits.
+ 08:00 – Visit Surprising Cave – the most beautiful one in Ha Long Bay.
+ 09:00 – Back to Imperial Cruise for check-out. Keep cruising towards Ha Long bay, passing by hundreds of islands and islets with different shapes depending on your imagination.
+ 10:00 – Cooking class opened right on the cruise.
+ 11:00 – Farewell Lunch served on the cruise before you arrive at the harbor.
+ 12:30 – Get on the bus to Hanoi.
+ 17:00 – Arrive in Hanoi. Leave your luggage at the meeting point & you can freely walk around the city for your own dinner when waiting for being transferred to train station for night train to Sapa.
Overnight on train (04 berth cabin).

Day 4: LAO CAI – SAPA (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

AM: Arrive in Lao Cai, pick up at Lao Cai Station then transfer to Sapa. You will have breakfast in the hotel and some time for R& R, check in at 12h00.
After lunch, trek to Cat Cat and Sin Chai villages of Black H"Mong tribe. Enjoy the waterfall in Cat Cat and beautiful scenery along the way. Back to hotel. Dinner and enjoy the night in Sapa town.
Overnight in Sapa.

Day 5: SAPA – LAO CHAI – TA VAN – LAO CAI (Breakfast, Lunch)

Breakfast at hotel.
You check out and leave your luggage in the hotel, get ready for the trip. Trek down to Lao Chai village to visit the Tay and Day tribes then keep going along the bottom of the Sapa valley to get to Ta Van village, which is supposed to be the most beautiful one in the area. Have a picnic lunch on the way. You go back to Sapa.  Transfer down to Lao Cai Station for the night train LC2 back to Hanoi.
Overnight on train (04 berth cabin).

Day 6: HANOI– DEPARTURE (Breakfast)

Arrive at the train station at around 05:10. Pick up at train station & transfer for breakfast at 3* hotel.
Proceed to airport for departure flight

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TRAIN SCHEDULE:

LOCATION	HANOI – LAO CAI		LAO CAI – HANOI
Train Name / Time	Depart	Arrive	Depart	Arrive
King Express Train	22:00	06:20	21:05	05:22

For using 04 berth cabin for 01 pax only on the night train @ SGD 239/Pax/2-way
For using 04 berth cabin for 02 pax only on the night train @ SGD 84/Pax/2-way
For using 04 berth cabin for 03 pax only on the night train @ SGD 34/Pax/2-way

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6D5N ACCOMMODATION:

HOTEL CLASS	HANOI	HA LONG	SAPA
A	Nikko 5*	Standard Classic Imperial Junk	Sapa Highland  Hotel 4*
	(Deluxe room)	(Superior Cabin)	(Superior room)
B	Lan Vien 4* / La Casa 4*	Standard Classic Imperial Junk	Holiday Hotel 3*
	(Superior room)	(Superior Cabin)	(ROH room)
C	May De Ville old quarter 4* / Mon Regency 4*	Standard Classic Imperial Junk	Holiday Hotel 3*
	(ROH room)	(Superior Cabin)	(ROH)
D	First Eden 3* / L'Heritage Hanoi Hotel 3*	Standard Classic Imperial Junk	Holiday Hotel 3*
	(ROH room) / (Superior room)	(Superior Cabin)	(ROH room)
E	Luminous Viet 3*	Standard Classic Imperial Junk	Holiday Hotel 3*
	(ROH room)	(Superior Cabin)	(ROH room)

 

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SURCHARGES:

Transfers for 1 pax traveling alone