Arrive at Noi Bai Airport, you are picked up by our driver at airport and transfer to your hotel in Hanoi. Check in and rest before you start a half day exploring Hanoi. With our tour guide, enjoy a ride on electric car in the Old Quarter, following with a Water puppet show (45minutes) at the end of the day. Dinner in local restaurant.  Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 2  :  Hanoi City tour /Laocai    (Overnight on train)     (B,L,D)

Breakfast in the hotel. You will start a day visiting Hanoi City with Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum, Ho Chi Minh Stilt House and One Pillar Pagoda. Continue to Visit Quan Thanh Temple and Tran Quoc Pagoda – one of the oldest pagoda in Hanoi. Lunch in local restaurant. Visit Temple of Literature – Vietnam’s first university, now becomes a quite get-away place in the middle of vibrant Hanoi. Continue to Ethnology Museum – one of the best museum in the country with real demonstrations of all the tribes cultures. Dinner in local restaurant before transferring to Hanoi Train station for a night train to Lao Cai. Overnight on 4 berth soft sleeper sharing cabin.

Please note check out time today is 12:00, you can leave all your luggage at the hotel.  

Day 3 :    Lao Cai / Sapa / Cat Cat - Sin Chai               (B,L)

Around 6am, Get pick up early by our car & driver to Sapa. Have breakfast in local restaurant and you may walk around the main street of Sapa town. Around 9.00, a walk down to Cat Cat village (4km) where the Black H’Mong is located. The view is rewarding on a clear day down to Muong Hoa valley. On the way you will pass through a lot of locals’ houses and rice terraces. Back to hotel around noon by car. Overnight in the hotel

Early check in upon on availability

Day 4 : Sapa / Lao Chai – Ta Van / Sapa / Lao Cai / Hanoi (B, L) 
Breakfast at hotel. Take your time and around 9.30-10.00, we will go for a longer walk and further out of Sapa Town. A 6km walk to Y Linh Ho, follow the paths to Lao Chai Village – which is only 2km away. Continue to Ta Van village of the Dzay people and have lunch at local family/restaurant. Get back to Sapa by car around 3pm. Free in town until 5pm, you will get picked up to transfer back to Lao Cai train station for night train to Hanoi. You can have a dinner on your own at one of the restaurants around Lao Cai Station. Overnight on night train.

Day 5 :    Hanoi arrival