HANOI - DIENBIEN - SAPA - HANOI (8days/7nights) -
7/19/2008
Day 1: Arrive in HANOI
Meet at Noi Bai International Airport. Drive to Hanoi (40 km/40 min). Have a dinner, go for a walk and enjoy Ha Noi at night by yourself. Overnight in Ha Noi.
Day 2: HANOI – MAI CHAU (B)
Pick up at hotel at about 8:00 am. Drive to Mai chau (150 km). Visit Muong minority village in Hoa binh. Lunch en route. Then, continue going on to Mai Chau. Evening: enjoy pipe-rice-wine and folk dance performance of the local people. Dinner and night on stilted-house in Thai minority village.
Day 3: MAI CHAU – SON LA (B)
Breakfast. Trek around the villages, then drive to Son La (180 km) with stops on the way for taking pictures. Lunch en route. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 4: SON LA – DIEN BIEN (B)
Leave Son la for Dien bien. Lunch in Dien bien. PM: Visit Dien bien phu battle field, Army museum, villages of ethnic groups. Dinner and night at the hotel.
Day 5: DIEN BIEN – LAI CHAU (B)
Drive on to Lai Chau, passing the highest mountain pass in Vietnam. Today we will have a chance to visit one of the most colorful hill tribe markets, where there are many different ethnic minority people joining in. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 6: LAI CHAU – SAPA (B)
Transfer from Lai chau to Sapa (180 km) with sightseeing stops along the road. Lunch en route. PM: visit Ham Rong mountain, trekking to minority villages, walking to Cat cat minority village of H’mong ethnic group, and trek towards beautiful valleys. Enjoy romantic pictures of mountains, water falls, terrace fields... Overnight at the hotel in Sapa. Visit the "night market" of the hill tribes.
Day 7: SAPA – HANOI (B)
Free all day to trek and visit in Sapa. PM: Return to Lao Cai to go back Ha Noi. Relax on bus. Arrive in Ha Noi at about 10.00 pm (300 km).
Day 8: HA NOI Out (B)
All day is at leisure in Ha Noi. Transfer to Noi Bai International Airport. Departure.
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