Splendid Insight of Northern Vietnam

Highlights

  • Experience the tranquil Hanoi and discover the local living;
  • Discover the spectacular Halong Bay, one of the seven wonders of the world, on an overnight cruise and take photographs of the majestic scenery and local people;
  • Enjoy the natural beauty of Ninh Binh – a small town in Northern Vietnam offering a unique Vietnamese experience;
  • Visit the best of Sapa, which is on the wish-list of Muslim travelers.

About the Tour

This 9-day Splendid Insight of Northern Vietnam is among the most preferred Muslim tours in Vietnam. The tour itinerary takes visitors to significant highlights of Northern Vietnam including the tranquil Hanoi capital, Ninh Binh with sampan boat trip, Sapa with mountainous trekking and Halong bay with an impressive night cruise. In addition, the tour is also served with the best Halal food in Vietnam. Go with us and you will not be disappointed!

Itinerary

  • Day 1: Hanoi arrival

    Hanoi arrival, you are taken to hotel for check-in. Overnight in Hanoi
    Inclusion: Private car to pick up, hotel

  • Day 2: Hanoi - Halong Bay

    To experience the tranquil Hanoi, you are suggested to wake up early for enjoying Hanoi morning sounds, walking around Hoan Kiem Lake and doing Tai Chi exercise with locals. Your Halong trip will be started after you come back to hotel for freshen up and breakfast.
    After breakfast, you’ll take a 3.5-hour-drive to Halong Bay by shuttle bus, one of the great natural of the world and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Upon arrival, the boat crew will welcome you and transfer you to the junk for check-in and enjoy a cruise around Halong Bay with a delicious local seafood lunch served on board. At the same time, you can behold thousands of limestone islands and grottoes rising from the clear, emerald water.
    After lunch you’ll join some activities on boat to discover the beauty of the bay such as visit a cave, doing kayaking or enjoy swimming in the sea before getting back to the junk for relaxing and dinner. In the evening, you can join night fishing with locals. Overnight on board.
    Inclusion: Shuttle bus, cruise, 3 meals, tour guide, places, entrance tickets

  • Day 3: Halong –Hanoi

    In the morning, your breakfast will be served while floating on the sea to explore the beauty of Halong Bay before disembarking time. Joining some more activities on boat and then checking out cabin. The early lunch will be served before getting back to the main dock and you’ll then be transferred to Hanoi shuttle bus. Upon arrival in Hanoi, our tour guide will take you back to hotel for relaxing. You will have free time for visiting Hanoi Old Quater and try Vietnamese street food by yourself.
    Sleep at hotel in Hanoi.
    Inclusion: Shuttle bus, cruise, breakfast and lunch, tour guide, hotel

  • Day 4: Legendary Hanoi full day city tour

    After having breakfast at the hotel, we start to visit the Hanoi. The first destination will be Hoa Lo Prison Museum. (The prison's displays focus on the sufferings of Vietnamese revolutionaries who were confined (and sometimes executed) here when the French were the masters of Vietnam in the early part of the 20th century.)
    Then, with the next 1-hour cyclo around Hanoi's Old Quarter, you are promised to get a slow-speed view of a maze of labyrinthine streets as the daily life of the locals.
    Try a cup of egg coffee while looking down the streets, viewing the bustling life of the locals at the late afternoon before ending makes this day trip in Hanoi even more unforgettable.
    Then we go for shopping in Vincom Center.
    Inclusion: Private car, breakfast, tour guide, entrance tickets, hotel

  • Day 5: Bus to Sapa – Sapa sightseeing

    Bus will pick you up at around 6-7AM to head to Sapa. Arrival in Sapa, you check in the hotel then having lunch if you order. After that tour guide takes you to visit Cat Cat - Shin Chai villages of Black Hmong people. There, you’ll have a chance to see the hydroelectric power station which be built by the French since twentieth century ago. At here, visitors will be also visiting the Cat Cat waterfall, learning culture; unique customs of the people here with traditional crafts such as weaving, touching carved silver, forged agricultural tools
    Come back hotel for relax and free time from now.
    Inclusion: Shuttle bus,  breakfast, entrance fee, tour guide and hotel

  • Day 6: Sapa full day

    In the morning, after having breakfast, you will take a car from Sa Pa to visit Fansipan, the highest peak of Indochina mountains. It normally takes people one or two days to reach the peak of Fansipan mountain on foot. However, you will take The three-rope cable car system which carry you from the bottom to the highest point of the mountain in 15-20 minutes. Fansipan cable car is kind of a modern three-wire cable in the world, the first time presence in Asia. Distance from the Muong Hoa Valley to the peak is 6,2km long, a total of 35 cabins, passing 6 main pillars, each pillar is away from each other 1 km.
    From there, you can enjoy the scenery and magnificent views to Sapa and  can admire views of Muong Hoa valley and Hoang Lien National Forest from above. also beautiful landscape of Lai Chau province. Then, you will be transferred back to Sapa to have lunch.
    Free time from now and free discovery.
    Inclusion: Tour guide, entrance fee, hotel, car, cable car ticket

  • Day 7: Sapa – Hanoi

    After breakfast, you will explore the Ham Rong Mountain with unspoiled scenery and spectacular. At here, you can visit many kinds of colorful orchid garden from Indochina area. Passing two Heaven Gate, visitors will be arriving in the top of Ham Rong is called Pitch Cloud, and have panoramic view of Sapa.
    In the noon, we get back to hotel for check out. PM: Free time to have lunch or shopping at Sa Pa market.
    In the early afternoon you are prepared all things to come back Hanoi by bus . Arrive in Hanoi at around 9-10PM
    Inclusion: Tour guide, entrance fee, hotel, bus, hotel

  • Day 8: Trang An – Ninh Binh

    8:30 am: Our car and tour guide will transfer you to Trang An and will be there at 11:30pm.
    Then we visit Trang An Scenic Landscape complex nearby which is recognized as an UNESCO World natural heritage, get on a rowing boat (small sampan) traveling along the small river with scenic mountain and green fields landscape.
    **Boat takes you to visit cave complex of Trang An: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou in mystery and wildness, the scenery of mountain and rivers – Halong on land of Ninh Binh.
    Late afternoon, drive back to your hotel in Hanoi.
    **It will take 2.5 hours to explore caves on boat.
    Inclusion: Private car, breakfast, tour guide, entrance tickets, hotel

  • Day 9: Hanoi departure

    Say good bye to you and have a safe flight!
    Inclusion: Breakfast, private car to take you going to airport

Inclusion

  • English speaking tour guide (except guide at pick-up or drop-off at the airport)
  • Arabic available upon request (at surchage)
  • Accommodation mentioned above
  • Entrance Fees tickets
  • Meals, coffee as mentioned in itinerary (local food, not western style)
  • A/C airport transfer and transportation
  • Sightseeing excursions as mentioned in itinerary
  • Mineral water (1 bottle/person/day)

Exclusion

  • Vietnam visa
  • Internal tickets or international tickets
  • Personal expenses
  • Beverage/drinks per meal
  • Tip for drivers and guides
  • Others not clearly mentioned in itinerary

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