08:00: Hotel or private address pick up with our shuttle bus. Short break half way. 12:00: Arrive Ha Long Bay, transfer by tender to the cruise, and enjoy welcome drinks. Check in your cabin and enjoy a real Vietnamese lunch while beginning your sail through the fairy land of Ha Long Bay, passing by Stone Dog islet, Incense Burner islet, Fighting Cocks, Swan islet, and Duck islet… 15:00: Drop anchor to explore Sung Sot Cave (Surprising Cave). 16:00: Enjoy kayaking and swimming or relaxing on the cruise. 18:00: Enjoy the complimentary sunset party on the sundeck with wine and fresh fruits. 19:00: Dinner is served in the restaurant.

07:30: Breakfast will be served while we start our cruise to a local Pearl Farm. 08:30: After that cruise stop in Titop Island and Visit the local Pearl Farm. 09:30: Checking out your cabin and relax on board while our cruise is slowly sailing on the bay. 10:00: Join cooking class demonstration (teaching you how to make our specialty, Spring rolls) on board. 10:45: Lunch is served on board (or at a local restaurant). 11:45: Disembark at the harbor, Ha Long city. Take our shuttle bus to return to Hanoi.

Within only 2 days, this journey will bring you a brief understanding of Sapa and its tribal peoples while enjoying its fascinating scenery, paying visit to Sapa town and 3 tribal villages of Black H’mong and Zay peoples which is well-known for its breathtaking scenery. You will spend 2 nights on the train in 4 bed cabin with air-conditioning and 1 night in a standard hotel in Sapa. Tour price includes • Transfer from Lao Cai station to Sapa and back in shared mini bus with air-con • Return overnight train basing on first class 4 berth shared cabin with air-con • Accommodation: 1 night in basic hotel in Sapa Town. • All meals as mentioned on above itinerary. • Sightseeing fee, tax and services charge. • Local English speaking tour guide. Tour price excludes • Meals not indicated on the itinerary. • Drinks and Personal expenses.

Picked up at Lao Cai Station upon your early arrival for over an hour drive uphill in a shared mini van to Sapa. After freshen up and Breakfast in a local restaurant you will enjoy a walk around this charming town, paying visit to Sapa market and the old cathedral where you can meet a lot of local ethnic minority peoples such as Black H’mong and Red Zao wearing their traditional colorful dresses selling their farming and gathering products and handicrafts for souvenir. Check in your hotel, having Lunch and noon Break before departing for a walk to Cat Cat village locating near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Spectacular scenery of mountains and terraced rice paddies changes after every corner as you walk downhill. Getting through Cat Cat village of the H’mong, you will pay visiting to some local homes, witnessing their daily life activities and experiencing their hospitability. Continue walking down to the valley bottom, having a break at a stunning waterfall where the French built a hydraulic power station, you will walk uphill and make a loop around the valley and get back to Sapa. The rest of the afternoon and evening is at your leisure. • Accommodation: Overnight at 3* Sapa Hotel

Sapa Panorama Hotel (Khách Sạn Toàn Cảnh Sapa) is a new and highly popular hotel in Sapa Vietnam, It is ideally situated in the peaceful centre area of Sapa, just below the famous Victoria Sapa Hotel and 100 meters from Sapa Church. It offers fabulous views of both Sapa town and the spectacular nearby Fansipan mountain range. The location allows you to easily explore and enjoy the fascinating small town of Sapa, while at the same time soak up and immerse yourself in the beauty and culture of the local minority people and their traditions. It is also the perfect base for the many amazing treks available in the area. The hotel is excellent value for money with all the comforts and services of an international standard hotel, including 35 king size double, twin, triple and VIP rooms. It has already become renowned for its deluxe Vietnamese breakfast buffet and along with the hotels' Cau May Restaurant , which offers authentic Vietnamese and European lunches and an A la carte menu for dinner, guests can be assured of great meals in a wonderful environment. For those guests seeking just to relax or meet with friends there is the Panoramic Café ; which a-joins the restaurant.. Sapa Panorama Hotel was designed and built by its General Manager, who has a strong passion for offering the best of hospitality. He has years of experience in the industry, both in Vietnam and in Europe, and has brought on board amazing staff who are all widely trained and experienced in all aspects of the hotel. The results? Sapa Panorama hotel will offer you not only the comforts of a wonderful hotel in a great location but also a chance to experience the warmth, friendship and efficiency of a hotel with staff ready to help you with any of your daily requests or requirements. All this equals a wonderful holiday with great memories. Sapa Panorama Hotel General Manager and the Team are looking forward to welcoming you! Panorama Hotel & Travel also run by Sapa Pathfinder Travel, we design and operate personalised Sapa Tour Package and the surrounding area such as Bac Ha, Mu Cang Chai, Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Hoa Binh, Ninh Binh, Ha Noi, Ha Long, Cao Bang, Ha Giang... for the independent travelers from throughout the world. We have strong, established relationships with all cooperators of the destinations that we operate. We are one of the best agencies in Sapa to have skilled adventure travel specialists, designing tailor-made adventures for individual and corporate clients. The quality of our adventure programs is assured. All our adventure guides work directly for us and all equipment belongs to Sapa Pathfinder Travel. We organise the best home stay tours in Sapa to visit the remote hill tribe villages.

Explore 3 Minority Villages - Afternoon bus 4pm from Sapa to Hanoi ( B,L,D) Leaving your hotel after Breakfast, you will walk along the main road heading south for about an hour before turning right to a foot path down hill to Muong Hoa Valley. This part offers spectacular scenery of the highest part of Hoang Lien Son mountain range and in a nice day, Fansipan Peak can be seen. Crossing the river by a suspension bridge you will challenge your feet uphill to Y Linh Ho village. Here you will pay visiting to some H’mong families, watching them doing their daily works. After picnic Lunch, the trail continues up and down hill for about 2 hours as you reach to Lao Chai, a large village of the H’mong. Picnic Lunch and then following the river bank to Ta Van of the Zay people. Paying visiting to local homes, village schools… you will enjoy much your cultural discovery of local ethnic peoples as well as breathtaking scenery of the Muong Hoa Valley. Pick up and transfer back to Sapa in the afternoon, take a shower and then transfer down hill to the Bus station for returning back to Hanoi

10:00 Arriving at Hoa Lu Ancient Capital 10:15 Visiting King Dinh and King Le’s temples. 11:30 Arriving in Tam Coc Wharf. 11:45 Having buffet lunch with Vietnamese Cuisine.

13:00 Getting on Sampan boats through caves and visiting countryside landscape 15:00 Back to Tam Coc Wharf to chill out. 15:15 Biking on country road around village 16:00 Getting on shuttle bus to go back to Hanoi 18:30 Saying goodbye to you at your hotel. Trip ends