Welcome by the tour guide upon your arrival at the airport, and transfer by private car to the hotel

In the afternoon, try cyclo for 1 hour to discover:

• From the colonial district with its charming architecture, to the avenues lined with greenery
• Hoan Kiem Lake and its legend and Ngoc Son
• From the maze of streets teeming with small shops in the heart of the famous and fascinating “old quarter of the 36 corporations” and its famous silk street (Hang Gai)

Depending on your wish, the evening entertainment will be scheduled either on the 1st day of your arrival or on a following day to be chosen with your guide, depending on the timing of the days in Hanoi

• Water puppet show
• Welcome dinner with our host
• Overnight in hotel

Hanoi - Duong Lam - Nghia Lo: 200 km - 5h

Departure early for Nghia Lo through the famous 32 Road, one of the most beautiful roads of Vietnam along the Red River:

• Along the way, stop at Duong Lam ancient village, which retains most of the characteristics of a typical Vietnamese village: a village gate, banyan trees, a wharf, a communal yard, pagodas, temples, a well, and rice fields. Take a visit to Mong Phu Village built with laterite stone and rammed earth dwellings
• Have a typical Vietnamese lunch in an ancient house with a local family
• En route, stop to visit a tea plantation and discover the cultivation techniques and tea making
• Arrive in Nghia Lo in the afternoon. Visit a local market in Nghia Lo
• Overnight in homestay

Nghia Lo - Mu Cang Chai: 80 km - 2h30

Transfer by road through many beautiful landscapes to Khau Pha Pass where you can admire the beautiful view of Tu Le valley. This valley offers you the breathtaking rice terraces that attract thousands of photographers and artists. The rice terraces are especially amazing in harvesting periods when the whole area is turned into yellow (note: the harvest period is from August to September)

The road leading to the Nga Ba Kim village is inhabited by Hmong minority and continues through the most beautiful rice terraces, classified as Vietnam national heritage, of the H'mong villages: La Pán Tan, Cu Nha and Ze Xu Phinh

Overnight in homestay

Mu Cang Chai - Than Uyen - Lao Cai: 185 km - 5h

• After having breakfast, we will depart from Mu Cang Chai to Than Uyen, through many beautiful landscapes
• Stop at the O Quy Ho Pass, known as the longest pass in Vietnam, for some delightful photo opportunities
• Visit the village inhabited by Thai, who are famous for their traditional stilt house surrounded by rice terraces stretching along the picturesque valleys
• Trek to the village of Lu minority where you may encounter the villagers while they are weaving their cloth
• Very pretty scenery on this road which goes up towards Lao Cai
• Overnight in hotel

Lao Cai - Bac Ha: 75 km - 2h

Your guide will welcome and transfer you to Bac Ha by private car:

• Visit the colorful and vibrant Bac Ha Market awaits your presence, where you will meet many ethnicities: Flower H’mong, Black Dao, Tay, Giay, Ha Nhi and Nung
• Admire the colonial H’mong King Palace that was built by the French a century ago
• In the afternoon, visit Ban Pho village and meet the Flower H’mong inhabitants
• Continue to engage with local people and familiarize yourself with your homestay
• Dinner included
• Overnight in homestay

• In the morning, departure by car for the village of Ta Van Chu where our day of hiking begins. This village is home to around fifty families of the H’Mong minority ethnic group dressed in colorful costumes
• On the road, meet Mong women wearing dresses decorated with colorful embroidery
• After a few hours of walking, we reach a summit which offers us a beautiful panoramic view of the surrounding area. Several stops are planned to enjoy the grandiose landscapes

Picnic lunch

Dinner included

Overnight in homestay

• After breakfast, we say goodbye to the inhabitants of the village to continue the walk
• This morning we will cross a small river and a pine forest, a village populated by colorful Phu-La, a village populated by Dao, before arriving at the top of a high hill from where we will have a panoramic view of the region before reaching the Thai Giang Pho village of the Phu La ethnic groups. Picnic lunch
• In the afternoon, visit a small hamlet of Dao and a populous village of Phu-La, where we stop to visit their houses and learn about their way of life, before returning to Bac Ha

Dinner included

Overnight in homestay

Bac Ha - Ha Giang - Pan Hou: 215 km - 6h

• Breakfast at the locals’ home
• Free time to discover the daily life of the ethnic groups in the surrounding area. This allows you to take more beautiful photos
• Lunch in a local restaurant before leaving Bac Ha to return to Hoang Su Phi. Short stop to fully enjoy the grandiose landscapes. Very good mountain road with panoramic views of the valleys. The landscapes are extraordinary: rice terraces, rivers, mountains, valleys
• Arrival at Pan Hou village
• Overnight in hotel

• Before your day hike have breakfast at the restaurant in Pan Hou village. (If you got up early, enjoy the gardens of the eco lodge designed by its Tay gardeners for a while)
• You leave with your local guide at 9 a.m. to discover the neighboring mountain by crossing its tropical forests, then its rice terraces
• After three hours of walking, you stop in a Red Dao village for lunch. Out of necessity, the latter sculpted the mountain and tamed its waterways to cultivate rice, the staple food here too. These difficult adjustments allowed them to live in the heights and, what's more, to offer you unique landscapes to contemplate. The cooler climate and abundance of water also contribute to the growth of lush tea trees
• Overnight in homestay

• After your breakfast with your hosts, you resume your trek through the cassava fields, forests and tea plantations towards the valley
• After about three hours of walking, you enjoy a lunch break at the village of Nam Nghi, a Dao Rouge village
• After lunch, you continue your climb up the mountain through the tea plantations towards the summit. You will arrive at the end of the afternoon at the home of a Hmong family with whom you will have dinner and spend the night
• Overnight in homestay

• You will be able to enjoy the morning peace of the high mountains and the conviviality of the family who gather around the hearth
• After breakfast with your hosts, you continue your walk through bamboo forests and rice terraces to the Yen Son valley where red Yaos also live. One of the village families will welcome you for lunch
• You will then leave along the river to reach Pan Hou Village in the middle of the afternoon
• Overnight in hotel

Pan Hou - Hanoi: 280 km - 6h

• After breakfast, return to Hanoi by private car
• Free time for rest after the days of hiking
• Overnight in hotel

Hanoi - Halong Bay: 170 km - 3h

Day 1 Program: Hon Gai Harbor - Bai Tu Long Bay - Cong Do

Welcome late morning with a welcome drink

Installation in private cabins

Presentation of the crew by the captain

Start of the cruise while enjoying lunch

Lunch served in the dining room or on the outside deck, excellent menu composed of sophisticated dishes cooked with talent,

You will admire this magnificent landscape which surprises at every moment. These islands with surprising shapes that we enjoy making look like animals, jade-colored water, an enchanting setting that we never tire of

Deckchairs are at your disposal to admire the spectacle passing before your eyes

• Cruise to Cap La and Tra San
• Small kayak navigation near the fishing village of Cap La and Tra San
• Swimming in the jade-colored waters of the Gulf of Tonkin

Dinner: Tasty seafood, excellent menu composed of sophisticated dishes cooked with talent, elaborate decoration of the dishes, and attentive service by qualified staff

• Lunch and dinner on board included
• Overnight on cruise

Day 2 Program: Cap La - Cong Dam - Thien Canh Son Cave

Under the early morning sun, in an enchanting setting and in astonishing calm, you will have breakfast

• Cruise to Cong Dam while discovering the geological values ​​of Bai Tu Long Bay. Kayak navigation

BBQ lunch on the beach. A tasty and exceptional moment, in absolute calm, and on a beach reserved for you alone. Your table will be set on the beach, and you will taste the seafood grilled in front of you on a BBQ

• Discovery of the Cong Do sector
• Cruise to Hon Co Island
• Visit Thien Canh Son Cave

Cruise back to Cape La

Dinner: Tasty seafood, excellent menu composed of sophisticated dishes cooked with talent, elaborate decoration of the dishes, and attentive service by qualified staff

• Lunch and dinner on board included
• Overnight on cruise

Halong Bay - Hanoi: 170 km - 3h

Day 3 Program: Cap La - Vung Vieng Fishing Village - Hon Gai

Under the early morning sun, in an enchanting setting and in astonishing calm, you will have breakfast

• Visit the fishing village of Vung Vieng

The à la carte lunch served on board the junk will end this magnificent cruise

The entire crew will come to greet you and thank you when arriving at the port at 11 a.m. The driver will wait for you at the port. Return to Hanoi

• On the way, visit the pottery village of Phu Lang, one of the three oldest pottery centers in the Red River Delta. It is especially famous because its potters and ceramists still use traditional techniques
• On the way, visit the But Thap pagoda, with its very characteristic architecture, and which is one of the most famous pagodas in Vietnam
• Lunch on board included
• Overnight in hotel

Depending on your centers of interest and the timing, you manage with your guide the choice of these visits and the order in which you wish to do them!

• The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
• The One Pillar Pagoda
• Quan Thanh Temple & Tran Quoc Pagoda
• Visiting Dong Xuan Market
• Visiting the Women’s Museum
• The visit to the Ethnography Museum, the result of Franco-Vietnamese cooperation, is marvelous
• The street of the train: surprising... houses glued to each other and crossed by a railway line and the inhabitants who live on the rails
• A workshop for making lacquer, the specialty of Vietnam. You will have the explanations of the different stages, the inlay of mother-of-pearl, eggshells, etc...

Transfer by private car to the airport for the departure flight