Ha Long Bay Adventure
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English speaking Tour guide
3 lunches + 2 dinners + 2 breakfasts
Double/ twin – sharing room at Imperial Air-condition Boat then one night at hotel/resort. Includes:
Transport, boat trip.
Welcome to the destination in northwest Vietnam, gateway to an alternative world of mysterious minority cultures and luscious landscapes. At a height of merely one,500 meters, Sa Pa was once a hill resort of French administrators in the event the summer heat became unbearable. The roads are bumpy sometimes but various scenic landscapes changing from your delta area towards the Tonkinese Alps - where Montagnard hill tribes have lived since way back when will alllow for an interesting journey. An morning start to drive down the Red River to Sa Pa. SAPA Now Sapa is recognized as The Queen with the Mountains, Sapa sits regally overlooking an attractive valley, lofty mountains towering on the town on all sides.
After a short transfer takes us to the national park of Cat Ba, we set off on a half-day exploring Vietnam's unique offshore park. The afternoon we board a hydrofoil to Hai Phong and drive to Hanoi.
Option 2: Coc Ly Market on Tuesday
About 35km from Bac Ha, Coc Ly Market can be a colorful Tuesday market in a tour to catba mountainous area where ethnic people gather to buy and sell goods, dine and drink, or simply wander to take pleasure from the ambience of the montagnard market by the Chay River.
In a special afternoon, we go to the Ethnology museum. Later on, We follow it with a visit to the Temple of Literature, which can be well known because first university of Vietnam and the History Museum having an excellent number of artifacts illustrating the Vietnamese history. Enjoy your time and effort to learn about 54 ethics in Vietnam. If time permits we enjoy a short cyclo ride with the bustling old quarter streets named after the specific goods once offered on the market at these places. Close to this complex is the One Pillar Pagoda, whose origins go back to the foundation Hanoi. In front of this lake is the famous water puppet theatre - the standard unique Vietnamese art where we're going to see an excellent performance. Today we commence our sightseeing of Hanoi with all the Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing the mausoleum with the nation's founder Ho Chi Minh, the Presidential Palace and the Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts. CYCLO tour to catba - his comment is here, IN HANOIWe also look at the old quarters as well as the peaceful lake of Hoan Kiem with its sacred temple.
Day 9: HUE - DANANG - HOIAN
Hoi AnAfter breakfast at hotel, transfer to visit Tu Duc Royal Mausoleum. The scenic 4-hour drive via Hai Van Pass offers spectacular views of mountains, the sea, idyllic beaches and villages (we can choose the shorter way by driving over the tunnel). Then transfer to Hoian. Visit to Cham Museum & Marble Mountains with its beautiful grottoes and temples before arriving in Hoian.
Check into your cabin and begin cruising throughout the bay to determine the amazing karsts with different formations: Lion, Tea Pot, Toad, Dau Nguoi (Human Head) islet, then stop for a walk through the Sung Sot cave "Amazing Cave". Enjoy a wonderful sunset dinner in your beautiful restaurant before retiring towards the comfort of your cabin. Get on Imperial Junk boat and enjoy a welcome drink and lunch of savory local sea food. Leave Ha Noi at 8:15 am for Ha Long City by a modern bus. There will probably be plenty of time for swimming and sunbathing (If weather permitted) as soon as the boat anchors with a clean calm sea. HALONG IMPERIAL JUNK - 3 DAYS 2 NIGHTs
(3 Days / 2 Nights)
Day 1: HALONG IMPERIAL JUNK: Hanoi – Halong Bay Cruise Package( -/L/D)
DSC_9359Pick up at the hotel. Dinner and overnight in Imperial Junk Boat.
m, get on the boat by bus and cruise returning to Ha Long City. On the way, you have some minutes for swimming with a quiet and clean sea. After lunch, resume Ha Noi and arrive in Ha Noi at 16. Arrive in Ha Long City at 11.
Day 6: HALONG BAY - CATBA ISLAND
06h00: Arrive at Hanoi Railways Station, transfer to restaurant for leisure and breakfast. Dragon descending towards the sea? On arrival, we attempt a cruise to check out Ha Long Bay, listed being a World Heritage Area of outstanding natural splendor. During the boat trip, fresh seafood lunch prepared and served on board. Bay has 1,969 limestone islets rising through the sea, some of them containing beautiful grottoes. Arrival in Cat Ba, we now have free time to wind down on a beach
O/N in Cat Ba Continue transferring to Halong Bay.
Cruise about the bay, visit Sung Sot cave, probably the most spacious and beautiful cave of Halong bay. Do kayaking through Luon cave. 12h00 AM: Arrive Halong bay, get on the Junk, your lunch are usually in the restaurant on the Junk.
Day 2: HALONG IMPERIAL JUNK: Ha Long Bay Cruise Trip – Cat Ba Island – VietHai ( B/L/D)
A. Cycle back to the boat and BBQ lunch on a white sandy beach. Relaxing and swimming and spectacularly you might have time to visit CatDua beach (Monkey Island) and Lan Ha Lagoon. Restaurant in Imperial JunkPossible options :
Opt 1: Stay at Sunflower 1 Hotel in Catba town
Opt 2: Stay at Holiday View Hotel in Catba town
Opt 3: Stay at Bungalow in Cat Ba Island
Opt 4: Stay 2 nights about the boat PM: Kayaking around Lan Ha Bay with packed with exploration. Cycle from Viet Hai primitive forest, trek over the forest up to the Navy Peak where you are overwhelmed by the advantage of Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba National Park. After that, start cruising toward Cat Ba Island. Stop at Van Gia village and transfer to an alternative boat on your cruising to Viet Hai village which belongs to Cat Ba National Park.
