12 Days In The Land Of Dragon

After breakfast you will take an in-depth tour of the most interesting sites in Hanoi. The tour includes the visits to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum – The old residence of Ho Chi Minh – One Pillar Pagoda – Ethnological Museum – Temple of Literature – time for breaks and food or drinks (at your own expenses) – Ngoc Son Temple – take an in-depth walking tour of Hanoi Old Quarter for an overview of the local life and businesses & visit Dong Xuan market

Early rise – breakfast - take a drive on a countryside road through the paddy fields to Ha Long Bay, one of New Seven Natural Wonders. Upon arrival at the harbor, you will board a traditional boat – set sail through the limestone islands – have a nice seafood lunch – take a sampan ride to visit a traditional fishing village – return to the boat and attend a short cooking class – time to rest on the upper deck at sunset – enjoy a delicious dinner. The rest of the day is your leisure. Why not play cards, try your luck at fishing, watch movies or simply enjoy some drinks and chat with your friends at the bar on board.

Up early – top deck – Tai Chi - light breakfast – disembark for an easy exploration of the cave close by – return to your boat - check out your cabins – enjoy a nice brunch while sailing back to land. The vehicle is waiting for your transferback hotel in Hanoi.

You will arrive Hanoi around 15:30. Time is your to explore the city and have dinner on your own.

In the evening, you will transfer to Hanoi train station for night train to Lao Cai. Stay overnight on train.

Arrival Lao Cai station in the early morning, you will meet our local guide and transfer to Sapa town for simple breakfast.

After breakfast, you will transfer towards the Silver Waterfall. After a short time to take picture of the waterfall, we continue our drive to the Heaven Gate of Tram Ton which can be considered as the highest peak of roads in Vietnam. Enjoy the marvellous views of Fansipan from the Gate, the highest peak of Indochina.

Then we start our walking trip by going downhill a dirt trail, through bamboo forest of Hoang Lien National Park. Your lunch will be served at a nice spot nearby a river.

After lunch, we continue our trek to Sin Chai village, where Community Based Tourism in Sapa takes place. Then we visit the village, inhabited by the Black Hmong people, one of the largest group ethnic minorities in Sapa area. In the late afternoon, we will be picked up by our car for the journey back to your hotel in Sapa.

Today you visit the local market where hill tribes from the neighbors come to offer their spices, silverware and other crafts for sale, we descend in the afternoon back to Lao Cai and continue transfer back Hanoi

Arrival Hanoi in the evening, check in hotel.

Have breakfast box and transfer to the airport for a short flight to Hue.

At Hue airport you will be picked up by your English-speaking guide for a city tour through this romantic and former capital, which was heavily destroyed during the Vietnam War. You will visit this beautiful city with many bridges, lakes and canals. You will visit the great citadel, Kinh Thang, the forbidden Purple City, the Ngo Mon Gate, the cannons of the 9 gods and the Thai Hoa palace, which is the most important government building in the imperial city. Then you take a boat trip on the Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda. You also transfer to visit Minh Mang tomb. Stay overnight in Hue.

At Hue airport you will be picked up by your English-speaking guide for a city tour through this romantic and former capital, which was heavily destroyed during the Vietnam War. You will visit this beautiful city with many bridges, lakes and canals.

8h30: Pick up the guests at their hotel and start biking to Thanh Toan Village where the famous “Thanh Toan Tile Roofed Bridge” is located. On the way, you can’t help surprising to catch the images of the bustling morning local market, the green rice fields, majestic family temples as well as the daily life of local people crossing the zigzag path of the village.

10h00: Arrive at Thanh Toan Tile roofed Bridge – a truly unique ancient bridge in Vietnam, and visit Agricultural Museum with a wide variety of agricultural tools exhibited to explain the details of Vietnamese life and culture.

10h15: Row the boat with the villager on Nhu Y River to enjoy spectacular sceneries and explore how they catch the fish by using some old tools such as fishing trap, casting net, etc. After observing, you can join hand with them to catch your own fish.

Get back to our “Eco Home” where you can see around the vegetable garden with many kinds grown by local farmer such as: Malabar spinach, gourd, fiber melon, winter melon, fig…

12h00: Join cooking class to learn the traditional ways of preparing and cooking Hue special such as fig salad with shrimp and meat and spring roll. After the lesson, enjoy what you have just cooked and some other local dishes

13h30 – 14h00: Ride back to the city. End of your Eco trip to Thanh Toan village.

The rest of day is yours.

After breakfast, depart from Hue to Hoi An with your English-speaking guide. You drive along the spectacular Hai Van Pas, also called the cloud pass, as the road winds through the coastal mountains and passes terrifying precipices. During this ride you also cross the former border between North and South Vietnam. Along the way you will be able to enjoy beautiful views and you will visit the "Marble Mountains", a rock formation full of sacred caves with Buddhist statues, the Cham Sculpture Museum in Danang.

Hoi An is one of the main attractions of Central Vietnam, located in a picturesque place on the banks of the Thu Bon River. Here you will find a mix of Chinese, Japanese, French and Vietnamese architectural styles, usually combined in one home: Chinese roof tiles, French balconies and shutters, Japanese beams and a Vietnamese living layout.

Hoi An considered by many to be the coziest city in Vietnam, it is a picturesque town along the coast. The center consists of a maze of small streets and alleys, and in the evening it is festively lit. You can get a massage in various places in Hoi An, especially a foot massage is recommended, or take a facial. Hoi An's 'beauticians' sometimes just solicit their clients from the street, they simply approach you and offer you some kind of treatment in their small shop. That is then a tent separated by cloths in a large bazaar. The ladies have a very special technique to pluck your eyebrows (or upper lip). They use a thin, sharp thread with which they manage to remove every unwanted hair with a very fast gesture. Definitely a very nice experience. And you don't have to leave it for the price either: it only costs a few dollars.

In Hoi An there are also plenty of restaurants where you can eat well.

This morning you will take a city walk through the old quarter , the west and the Japanese quarter accompanied by an English-speaking guide. You will visit the Japanese covered bridge, the Chinese community hall Chaozhou or Hainan, the Phung Hung house, the Tan Ky house with its antique furniture and the history museum. Some popular must-sees in Hoi An city center include Quan Cong Temple, Cantonese Assembly Hall, Phung Hung House, Tan Ky House and Japanese Bridge. You are free for the rest of the day.

Have breakfast at hotel. Today you will explore:

Visit a morning market in Hoi An and marvel at the seasonal fruits, noodles, spices, vegetables, meats and fish you will find. You meet sellers and get tips on how to negotiate.

Transfer to port, Hoi An and take a basket boat (2 clients + 1 rider/basket boat). You will ride along Coconut florest around 40 - 45 minutes: Experience the daily fishing activity of the local fishermen, try to cast the net with their assistant, watch the performance of artisans's "swing back and forth", listen and sing songs,… Make a landfall. Free by yourselves take a photo, fishing,… Back to port and get on land.

You will transfer back hotel for refreshment.

At 3:00pm, our guide will pick you up with the car through the local countryside we arrive at Tra Que Village

Experience half day to be in the farmer house you will have the opportunity to interact with local farmers and learn about all the ingredients to be used in daily cooking life.

It's now time to try are hands at making the village specialty named “Tam Huu” spring rolls - using the local herbs and vegetables we have just picked or Xeo Cake ( Banh Xeo). We then sit down and enjoy a lovely local meal.

Finish the tour, you will get the car back hotel in center. Stay overnight in Hoian.