Combo Tour Package Halong - Hanoi - Sapa with 4star Service 4days4nights

Combo Tour Package Halong - Hanoi - Sapa with 4star Service 4days4nights

• The newest premier cruise in Halong Bay and Lan Ha Bay
• Less touristy route which makes you an unforgettable vacation
• Our team is enthusiastic, dynamic, well trained and dedicated
• we serve fresh, delicious meals prepared by our professional chef
• Shorter bus journey only 2 hours
• Our Careful attention to every detail
• we do what we say
On this trek you will explore the beautiful Sapa valley for two days with a one night home stay in Ta Van village, home of the Dzay minority. This trip is a wonderful opportunity to touch base with nature, enjoy the mountain landscape and views, feel revived and mingle with the humorous village residents.

Day 01: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay – Lan Ha Bay (L/D)

08:30 Hotel or private address pick up with our shuttle bus. Short break half way.
12:00 Arrive Got Ferry Terminal, transfer by tender to La Pandora Cruise, and enjoy welcome drinks, receive cruise briefing, safety instructions then check in to your cabin and set sail through Ha Long Bay while having time to admire the magical landscape go by. The Cruise Pass Da Chong Islet, where you can see a lighthouse built by the French over 100 Years Ago.
13:00 A special lunch in Vietnamese cuisine of fresh seafood and an assortment of appetizing favorites are served while sailing through Islets of Con Vit.
15:30 The Cruise sails through Lan Ha Bay. The area is surrounding of extraordinary limestone karsts landscapes. We progress to Ong Cam Area Of Lan Ha Bay- a separate part of Ha Long Bay. This is a quiet tourist paradise in Vietnam, enjoy Kayaking and/or enjoy Swimming in the crystal clear waters of the Bay.
17:30 Back to La Pandora Cruise, drop anchor for staying overnight. Enjoy the complimentary Sunset Party on the sundeck with local wine and fresh fruits.
19:00 Dinner is served in the restaurant. Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served for you by our wonderful onboard catering staff.
21:00 Retire to your cabin or join the fishing excursion, watch a movie, have a drink at the bar, wifi access or play exciting games. Overnight on board.

Day 02: Dark & Bright Cave – Ha Long Bay – Hanoi (light breakfast/ brunch)
06:00 Enjoy sunrise and admire the never ending miraculous scenery of the Bay. Practice an invigorating Tai Chi session on the sundeck.
07:00 Light breakfast, coffee and tea served.
07:45 Visit Dark & Bright Cave and islets by local rowing boats which is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage.
09:15 Back to our La Pandora Cruise, relax before checking out.
10:15 Join cooking demonstration (teaching you how to make our speciality, Spring rolls) on the cruise.
11:00 Lunch is served on board.
12:00 Disembark at the Got Ferry Terminal by tender. Take our shuttle bus to return to Hanoi
15:00 Arrival back at your hotel or home.

Night 2: Hanoi to Lao Cai by the night train 4 berth soft sleeper cabin with AC
At 7:30 pm transfer from your hotel to the Hanoi train station for boarding at 9:15 pm. You will be in shared AC soft sleeper cabins of 4 to travel North to Lao Cai town. The next morning: The train arrives in Lao Cai at about 5:00 am where your Sapa Pathfinder Travel guide will welcome you. Look for the "Sapa Pathfinder Travel" sign when you exit the train station. Then take a morning drive through the clouds by car / van to Sapa (about 1.5 hours). When you arrive in Sapa you will be taken to Fansipan View Hotel for a morning shower & breakfast, then prepare for the trek as detailed below:

Day 3: Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van
After freshening up and having breakfast you are free to take a walk around the charming little town of Sapa. Pay a visit to the fascinating market and or the old cathedral where you can meet and greet some of the local ethnic minority people. The Black H'Mong and Red Zao come into town daily to sell their farming produce and hand made crafts - you will spot them easily in their bright traditional dress.
At 9:30, back at the Sapa Pathfinder office we will set off to begin trekking and exploring the Muong Ho valley.
A 12kms of trekking will see us visit Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai villages. Here we will have lunch with a local family or in a drinking shop by the river, we continue hiking to Ta Van village (here resides the Dzay people) where we settle for the night in a local village family home. This provides a great opportunity to share their customs and home life. Your tour guide and host family will set up a temporary cooking class so you can share a Vietnamese cooking experience!
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are all included
Accommodation: Home stay in Tavan
Homestay in Tavan
You will stay at a local house and share the diner with the family of the Dzay minority people

Day 4: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – SuPan – Sapa
Leaving Ta van village after breakfast, you will head off on an uphill trail, past fascinating terraced rice fields and small pockets of H'Mong housing before walking through a bamboo forest to a picturesque waterfall. Here, we rest briefly and admire the scenery, following this we continue walking for about half and hour to Giang Ta Chai village, home of the Red Zao people- this sits on top of a hill and overlooks the Muong Hoa River. After spending time with the villagers and enjoying their genuine hospitality we will cross the river via a suspension bridge and head upwards again to visit a local handicraft centre where H'Mong and Zao women gather to share their crafts and skills and have a good chat!

A late lunch will be prepared for you near the craft centre and then it is time to relax and become acquainted with the local school children and their teachers. Later, a short drive will return you to Sapa, you are free to shower and enjoy a couple of hours free time in town before transferring down the mountain to Lao Cai station.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are all included
Overnight on the train
Trekking to Ta Van village
The trek lead you through beautifull Sapa landscape and the rice field

Night 4: Lao Cai to Hanoi by 4 berth soft sleeper tourist sharing cabin
At 5:30pm, you will be transferred by a shared bus to Lao Cai station, where you will then take the night train back to Hanoi.