Vietnam Tour: Dien Bien Phu Valley Battle
Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D)
Arrival at Noi Bai Airport, Welcome and transfer to hotel by our guides with signboard, check in, relax. This evening, your guide will take you out to sample some of Hanoi’s superb cuisine. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu (B, L, D)
Pick you up at hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight to the former battle field of Dienbienphu. Some 45minutes of fly. On arrival Na San airport, transfer to the hotel for check in. Next will be guided tour to visiting to the war museum, the headquarter of De Castries general, A1 hill and other strongpoint hills are surrounding Dienbienphu valley. Transfer back to your hotel and free time for dinner, overnight at hotel in Dien bien Phu.
Day 3: Dien Bien Phu – Paso village (B, L, D)
After breakfast, check out the hotel and driving some 190km on the mountain road to Paso, a small township. Along the way we will be passed plenty of beautiful minority villages inhabited by Red H’mong, Black Thai, Mang, Black Dao and other ethnic people. Along the roadsides we will be passing through rice paddies, banana plantations among tree-clad limestone hills. Stop over to visit some the minority villages and take some photographs of the local people and scenery. At late afternoon we will be reaching to Paso village, check in a local guesthouse built on stilts.
Day 4: Paso – Sapa town (B, L, D)
From Paso village to Sapa town, the road is started ascending up, more steeply. We will be passing through two passes this morning and of course the highest one in Vietnam, named Hoang Lien Son. We will have to reach to its peak at tram ton about 1900 meter. And also the breathtaking scenery overlooking of binh Lu valley can be seen. Take some memory pictures before driving descending to Sapa town. Home to of the Black H’mong minority people. Free on your own to exploring Sapa town after check in the hotel.
Day 5: Sapa – minority ethnic village (B, L)
Start our guided trekking tour today, but first will transfer by the Russian jeep car to load chai village, about 12km from Sapa town. Our trekking will be from Lao chai to Ta van, this route is considered as one of the most enjoyable trek. We will trek along rice paddy terraces, through lush bamboo forest and local villages inhabited by Zay, Black H’mong or Red Dao ethnic people. On the other sides at Ta van village, our driver and car will be waiting and transfer back to Sapa town for lunch and relax. This afternoon we will drive for Taphin village about 15km from Sapa, where is the inhabitance of Red Dao ethnic people. Red Dao women wear elaborate headgear, usually a triangular-shaped turban and they shave their eyebrows or sometimes the whole forehead. Return back to Sapa, overnight at hotel in Sapa.
Day 6: Sapa – train back Hanoi (B, L)
After breakfast in the Hotel, next is an easy climb up the mountain of dragon’ jaw to visit a beautiful park with rocky formations, many kinds of wild orchid and other flower plants have been collected from the Vietnam’s highest mountain, fansipan (3143m).
Following is lunch in town. This late afternoon we will be transferred by car down to Laocai town, near china-Vietnam border, take a quick visit to the border gate and photographs. Tonight we will be staying overnight on the train.
Day 7: Hanoi city tour (B, L)
Early morning, pick up at train station, transfer to hotel for freshen up and breakfast. Then start city tour with the Ho Chi Minh Complex. This famous site contains the mausoleum of the nation’s founder Ho Chi Minh (Close on Monday, friday & November), the Presidential Palace and the Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts. Close to this complex is the One Pillar Pagoda, whose origins date back to the foundation of city, continues to the Army Museum, nearby Flag Tower Lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon, visit the Temple of Literature, which is well known as the first university of Vietnam, the Restored Sword Lake (Hoan Kiem Lake) and Ngoc Son Temple. Take a cyclo tour around the 36 streets of the Hanoi old quarter to learn more about simple life of Hanoian. Enjoy water puppet show - a remarkable Vietnamese art form that combines traditional music, fireworks, underwater puppeteers, and elaborate puppets floating gracefully over water. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.
Day 8: Hanoi Departure (B)
Breakfast at hotel, free time until transfer to the airport for your departure flight. Say goodbye Vietnam.
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B: Breakfast, L: Lunch; D: Diner