Hanoi - Sapa - Ha Giang: Mountains and Rice Fields 9 Day 8 Nights

You'll have breakfast at your hotel. Then, you will have a little free time for relaxing or, if you wish, visiting Fansipan Peak By Cable Car on your own. Come back to the hotel for checking out

At noon time, we'll have lunch in the local restaurant

After lunch we'll transfer to to Hoang Su Phi from Sapa, following the road from Nghia Do - Viet Quang - Bac Quang - Thong Nguyen to Hoang Su Phi (In case of the Bac Ha - Xin Man - Thong Nguyenroad being better, we'll take this route). Overnight in Hoang Su Phi.

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast and lunch; all entrance fees

Once breakfast is finished, you'll take a short stroll over to the village and obseve it's stunning views, as Hoang Su Phi comes first in any list of natural beauty in this area of mountains and terraced fields. Check out and continue your journey from Hoang Su Phi to Tam Son (Quan Ba), where you can see twin mountains rising between the mountain ranges and rice field terraces

Lunch will be managed on the way at a local restaurant. Arrive & overnight in Quan Ba.

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast and lunch; all entrance fees

Once breakfast is finished you'll leve for Yen Minh - Dong Van. We'll stop for photos by the roadside with views of the pine forests, from time to time. Lunch will be served on the way

Upon arriving at Dong Van, we will head up to the Northern Most Point of Vietnam – Lung Cu (Cột cờ Lũng Cú) and border village of Lo Lo Chai People. The flag pole of Lung Cu is an important landmark marking the border division between China and Vietnam. We'll go back to Dong Van Ancient Town and have a chance to visit Vuong King's Palace (Vuong Chi Sinh - Hmong's King), a beautiful and unique piece of architecture of the uplands that has been classified as a relic by the Vietnamese Government since 1993. You will have to climb up a series of stone steps sandwiched  between old pine trees leading to the mansion’s entrance, a small wooden gate set in a round stone wall, of which there are many stories regarding the golden period of Vuong King.

Return to your hotel in Dong Van. 

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast and lunch; all entrance fees

After our first meal of the day, it's time for checking-out and heading and off to the little communities of Yen Minh, visiting many beautiful places, like vast pine forests, on the way. Pho Cao and Sung La Village in Dong Van Stone Plateau will impress us with their lovely grey colored stone hill tribe ethnic houses, made by mixed stubble and mud. These Vietnamese villages have been placed in the background of many famous Vietnamese films.

You'll also have the chance to admire the imposing Ma Pi Leng Pass and the poetic Nho Que River – a beautiful river, like a silky ribbon fluttering in fog - a naturally romantic landscape

Arrive in Meo Vac Town which is inhabited by different ethnic minorities including the H’mong, the Kinh, Tay, Dzao… Most ethnic groups have maintained their culture  which remains untouched by the outside world. Overnight in Meo Vac

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast and lunch; all entrance fees

It's time to continue with our trip, once breakfast is completed and we've checked out of the hotel.

Today, you will spend almost of your time traveling by car with some stops on the way for photos and lunch in a roadside restaurant

Also, if we are lucky at the weekend, we may havea a chance to attend one of the local monthly markets such as Sung Tra, Son Vi, Tat Ngan, Nam Ban, Xin Cai, Thuong Phung Markets... etc (Upon your request, we will confirm if you'll have the opportunity to visit one of these typical markets)

Arrive at the hotel. Check in & free at leisure

In the evening, we will have a farewell dinner before saying goodbye tomorrow in Hanoi

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast, lunch adn dinner; all entrance fees

After breakfast, driving back to Hanoi. Have our last lunch on the way. 

Arrive in Hanoi in the late afternoon. End of the tour.

Includes: Transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast and lunch