DISCOVER NORTH AND CENTRAL OF VIETNAM 10 DAYS 9 NIGHTS FROM ONLY 568 USD/PERSON

BRIEF ITINERARY

Day 1: HANOI ARRIVAL

Day 2: HANOI - SAPA BY SLEEPING BUS WITH A SHORT TREK TO CATCAT VILLAGE[L/D]

Day 3: FANSIPAN - SAPA - HANOI BY SLEEPING BUS[B/L]

Day 4: HOALU - TAMCOC 1 DAY TRIP BY LIMOUSINE (MAXIMUM 22 PAX)[B/L]

Day 5: HALONG BAY 6 HOUR APOLLO CRUISE - BUFFET LUNCH - LIMOUSINE BUS[B/L]

Day 6: HANOI CITY TOUR FULL DAY (MAXIMUM 17 PAX). FLY TO DANANG[B/L]

Day 7: MARBLE MOUNTAIN - CAMTHANH COCONUT FOREST - HOIAN (Small group tour: maximum 12 pax)[B/D]

Day 8: BANA HILLS FULL DAY TOUR (Small group tour: maximum 12 pax, private tour from 8 pax)[B/L]

Day 9: FULL-DAY: DANANG TO HUE IMPERIAL CITY VIA HAIVAN PASS (SMALL GROUP TOUR: MAXIMUM 12 PAX)[B/L]

Day 10: DANANG DEPARTURE[B]

FULL DETAIL ITINERARY

Day 1: HANOI ARRIVAL

Welcome to Hanoi, the thousand year capital of Vietnam. Our private driver (no guide) will be waiting for you at the airport. Then, our private driver will transfer you to your hotel to check in & relax.

Check in time: 14h00 onwards

Early check in is subject to room avaibility and an extra surchge must be paid upon arrival.

Relax and comfort yourself for the rest of day after long flight.

Lunch and dinner at your own expense.

Overnight at hotel in Hanoi

Day 2: HANOI - SAPA BY SLEEPING BUS WITH A SHORT TREK TO CATCAT VILLAGE[L/D]

Pass By: Cat Cat village, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
6.00-6:20: Pick up at hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter, get on a sleeping bus and depart for Sapa Town.
9.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city and have the first rest stop.
11.00: Second rest stop in Lao Cai before heading to Sapa
13.30: Arrive at Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, and Tay ethnic people. And wait at the bus station for the tour guide and driver to pick you up to the hotel.
• Welcome beverage and itinerary overview
• Enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes and check-in procedures.

Cat Cat Village

14.30: A short walk to the gate of Cat Cat village, which is the home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photos with the bridge and waterfall; then you will walk up hill for the bus to pick you up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon.
The trekking distance is about 2.5km and it lasts for 2 hours.
17.00: Come back to Sapa Town. Have dinner and overnight in a hotel with night activities.
Meals included: Lunch and Dinner

Day 3: FANSIPAN - SAPA - HANOI BY SLEEPING BUS[B/L]

7.00 – 8.30: Have breakfast at the hotel, check out the room.
8:30 After breakfast, our driver will take you to Cable Car Station and then you will spend 20 minutes with cable car to enjoy the spectacular scenery.
Reach the altitute of 2800 meters, you have a good time to see the view and take photos, visit pagoda the spiritual destinations and trek up to 600 steps you will reach the peak of Fansipan – the Roof of Indochina. (Spend about 1,5 hours for hiking and taking photos).
12.00: Come back to Cable Car Station and return to Sapa town

12.30 - 13.30: Have lunch at local restaurant.
13.30 - 14.45: Relax and enjoy yourself, and if you want, take a shower in the hotel's public bathroom.

14.45 - 15.00: Meet all the group members at the hotel to get ready for Hanoi.
15.30: Get on the sleeping bus to go back to Hanoi with two rest stops.
21.30-21.45: Arrive Hanoi, we will drop you back to your hotel. Overnight in Hanoi

Day 4: HOALU - TAMCOC 1 DAY TRIP BY LIMOUSINE (MAXIMUM 22 PAX)[B/L]

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 a buffet lunch in the restaurant with a lot of local foods such as goat meat, fish, chicken, and fried rice …Vegetarian foods are always available in the buffet lunch
13h00: Visit Tam Coc by 1.5-hour bamboo boat. You will be surprised by the charming beauty here with paddy fields, river, water, cloud, sky, and a stunning cave system during the boat trip. All make a masterpiece that the Vietnamese people called “Ha Long Bay on land”
15h00: Continue the tour for 45 mins - cycling around the village to discover the life of the local people.
16h00: Get on the bus to return to Hanoi
18h00: Get dropped off at Hotel in Hanoi

Day 5: HALONG BAY 6 HOUR APOLLO CRUISE - BUFFET LUNCH - LIMOUSINE BUS[B/L]

8.15-8.30: Get picked up at the hotel in Hanoi Old Quater

Our journey follows Hanoi – Haiphong- Tuan Chau Highway (about a 3 hours drive)

12:00: Arrive at Tuan Chau Harbor, get on cruise with our crew’s warly welcome

Enjoy welcome drink then start the excursion to discover the beauty of the world heritage site

12:30: Enjoy a special lunch with more than 30 dishes on the boat .While having lunch, the boat will passing by the beautiful scenery on both sides with thousands of limestone such as Fighting Chicken and Incense Buner Islets – 2 symbols of Halong Bay

14.00: Arrive at Bo Hon Island, and you will visit Sung Sot Cave – the most beautiful cave with a lot of stalagmites and stalactites

14.45: Do kayaking or bamboo boat through Luon Cave to discover the beautiful lagoon.

15.15: Visit TiTop Island with its sandy beach. You can go swimming here or trek up to the top of the island for sightseeing all of Halong bay

16.00: Back to the boat for the sunset party (with wine, tea, fruits, and biscuits) meanwhile the boat is cruising back to the harbor

17.45: Arrive back at the harbor. Get on limousine bus and return to Hanoi

20:30: Get dropped off at the hotel.

Day 6: HANOI CITY TOUR FULL DAY (MAXIMUM 17 PAX). FLY TO DANANG[B/L]

8.00- 8.30: Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City

08.45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda which built in the 6th century located on Golden Fish IsLand in West Lake

09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world

• Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas…
• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.
• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed at least 2 months (15thJune -15thAugust) for the annual maintaining but still can take picture Mausoleum and visit around that area

11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam

Special Note : we will visit Women Museum instead of Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays

12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine

with 8 delicious dishes.

14.00-14.15 : Continue to visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century

15.15: Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the "Hanoi Hilton

16.15 -16.30: Tour finishes. Back to hotel.

Our driver will wait for you at your hotel and transfer you to the airport for your flight to Danang.

Welcome to Danang. our driver will transfer you to your hotel to check in and relax after a long day. Overnight in Danang.

Day 7: MARBLE MOUNTAIN - CAMTHANH COCONUT FOREST - HOIAN (Small group tour: maximum 12 pax)[B/D]

You are free to relax or discover Danang city or go swimming on the nice beach of Danang. Have lunch by your own

13:00 Our guide will pick you up at hotels in Da Nang and depart the journey with first sightseeing Ngu Hanh Son mountain known as Marble mountain. Visiting the Non Nuoc Village at the foot of Marble Mountains. The village is famous for stone sculptures and handicrafts. Here you can admire many works of art made from stone and marble by the local artists. Up to mountain, you will keep your soul in the peaceful scenery at the temples here, and be jaw-dropping in front of the mysterious but equally impressive caves.

15:30 Continue heading to Coconut Forest in Cam Thanh, Hoi An. Visiting Coconut Forest first (about 5km from the southeast of the Hoi An Old Town) - the place is poetic with green pure water and eco-system of coconut trees in the forest. You will experience basket boat riding around the coconut forest, learn about the daily life of Vietnamese fishermen, local people’s life. While enjoying the basket boat ride, you will join some activities with boatman. Watching magical basket boat riding showed by boatman, experiencing an equally fun basket boat race and seeing how traditionally throwing fishing net, which will bring you a lot of wonderful experiences.

17:00 Move to Hoi An ancient town, a well-known walking town which is one of the major trading centers in Southeast Asia during the 16th century due to the early western trader occupation period. Visiting Hoi An, you will have chance to admire high cultural values, traditional customs, lifestyle and ancient culinary of Hoi An people.

In the town, you will have a chance to have a flashback of a truly 16th century town of Viet Nam. We will walk around and visit the ancient houses, ancient assembly halls, bridges, temple. Specially, Hoi An town is very attractive with lanterns on streets in the evening, so you seem to put yourself into the ancient architecture and the shimmer of lanterns in the evening. Also you will have free to time to visit Hoi An night market.

19:00 having yummy local dishes for dinner meal at restaurant in Hoi An.

20:00-20:30 saying goodbye to Hoi An Town and our transport will get back Danang city.

21:00-21:30 Return to your hotel in Danang

Day 8: BANA HILLS FULL DAY TOUR (Small group tour: maximum 12 pax, private tour from 8 pax)[B/L]

07:30 – 08:00 | Hotel Pick-up

• Pick-up from your hotel in Da Nang city center. Depart for Ba Na Hills, often celebrated as the "Second Da Lat" of Central Vietnam due to its cool climate and lush scenery.

09:30 | Cable Car Experience

• Arrive at the foot of Ba Na Hills. Board the modern cable car system—holder of four World Guinness Records—and soar above pristine forests and waterfall valleys.

10:00 | Golden Bridge, Flower Gardens & Linh Ung Pagoda

• Golden Bridge: Walk along the silk-like golden pathway held by majestic giant stone hands at an elevation of 1,400 meters.

• Le Jardin D’Amour: Stroll through vibrant, meticulously designed French flower gardens.

• Linh Ung Pagoda: Pay respect at the tranquil pagoda featuring the iconic 27-meter Shakyamuni Buddha statue set on a 6-meter lotus base.

• Continue upward to explore the majestic French Village, Lunar Castle, Belfry, and Linh Tu Temple.

12:00 | Buffet Lunch

• Take a break and enjoy a rich International Buffet Lunch featuring a diverse selection of local and global cuisines at a top-rated mountain-top restaurant.

13:00 | Entertainment at Fantasy Park

• Spend the afternoon having fun at Fantasy Park—one of Asia's premier indoor amusement parks.

• Enjoy popular attractions, including:

  • Thrilling rides (Alpine Coaster, Drop Tower, Fire Race)

  • Fairy Forest & Dinosaur Park

  • Interactive 3D, 4D, and 5D cinema experiences

15:00 – 15:30 | Descent by Cable Car

• Regather at the cable car station for the scenic journey back down the mountain.

16:00 – 16:15 | Return Departure

• Board the vehicle and depart back toward Da Nang city center.

17:00 – 17:30 | Hotel Drop-off

• Drop-off at your hotel. Overnight in Danang

USEFUL INFORMATION & TRAVEL TIPS

• Seasonal Weather (October – December): The mountain climate can be cool, misty, and rainy during these months. Please bring warm clothing, a light jacket, and a rain poncho or umbrella.

• Buffet Lunch Note: Due to cooler mountain temperatures in winter, outdoor air may cool open food dishes quickly. Freshly cooked hot station options are always available.

• Customization: Optional tour packages without lunch are available upon request (guests may purchase meals independently at local mountain cafes/restaurants).

Day 9: FULL-DAY: DANANG TO HUE IMPERIAL CITY VIA HAIVAN PASS (SMALL GROUP TOUR: MAXIMUM 12 PAX)[B/L]

MORNING: SCENIC DRIVE, HAIVAN PASS & KHAIDINH TOMB

• 07:30 AM: Pick up at your hotel in Danang city center and depart for Hue Imperial City (~102 km north of Danang).

• Scenic Stops En Route:

  • Haivan Pass (Ocean Cloud Pass): Stop at the famous 21 km mountain pass offering dramatic views of coastal landscapes and mountain peaks.

  • Langco Bay: Rest stop and photo opportunity overlooking the pristine white sandy beach and turquoise waters of Langco.

• 10:30 AM: Arrive in Hue and visit Khaidinh Tomb, renowned for its unique blend of traditional Eastern art and Western architecture.

• 12:00 PM: Savor a delicious lunch featuring authentic Hue-style culinary specialties at a local restaurant.

AFTERNOON: HUE IMPERIAL CITY, THIENMU PAGODA & RETURN

• 01:00 PM: Explore Hue Citadel (Imperial City)—the royal palace complex of 13 Nguyen Kings:

  • Visit iconic structures including Ngomon Gate, Thaihoa Palace, the Royal Library, and the Nine Dynastic Urns.

• 02:30 PM: Visit Thienmu Pagoda, the historic 7-story octagonal pagoda overlooking the Perfume River and an iconic symbol of Hue.

• 03:30 PM: Depart Hue and begin the return journey back to Danang.

EVENING: HOTEL DROP-OFF

• 06:00 PM – 06:30 PM: Arrive back in Danang and drop off at your hotel. Overnight in Danang

NOTES: From October to December, the weather in Da Nang is often cold and rainy. Please prepare appropriate clothing to stay warm during the tour, as well as raincoats. In case of heavy rain, the bus will not travel over the Hai Van Pass or stop there, but will go through the tunnel directly to Hue.

Day 10: DANANG DEPARTURE[B]

Breakfast at Hotel: Enjoy breakfast at your hotel. Free at leisure.

• Check-out Notice: Hotel check-out time is BEFORE 12:00 PM (NOON). If you have a late afternoon or evening departure flight and wish to keep your room past 12:00 PM, you must pay extra for late check out. Otherwise, you must return your room key before 12:00 PM and leave your luggage at the reception counter until your scheduled airport transfer.

• Airport Transfer: Your private driver (no guide) will pick you up from the hotel lobby at the scheduled time for your flight home.

• End of Services.

ADULT PRICE IN USD/PERSON:

Travel period : 01 Oct 2026 - 30 Apr 2027 & 01 Oct 2027 - 30 Apr 2028

Travel period : 01 May 2027 - 30 Sep 2027

CHILDREN PRICE: 

* 1 - 3: Free of charge (sharing bed, seats on bus with parents, if any cost comes from the child, parents must pay for it)

* 4 - 5: 75% of adult price (sharing bed with parents, seperate seat on bus)

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