Detail Itinerary
Day 01: Arrival Hanoi
Arrival
in Hanoi. Welcome from the Lotussia Travel guide and transfer to your
hotel. Free time to rest and get acquainted with the town. Welcome
diner. Hanoi by night with a cyclo-pousse tour. Night at the hotel.
Diner included.
Day 02: Hanoi – Vu Linh
Morning
departure for the province of Yen Bai. After around 60 km, superb road
snaking between majestic lime peaks and the rice fields. Arrival in Vu
Linh for lunch with our Dao friends in their magnificent stilted house
with an exclusive view of the lake. Swimming, strolling around… One
savors that magnificent site. Diner and night in our friends’ lake
house, a diner during which you will discover what Lotussia Travel
means.Breakfast, lunch, and diner included.
Day 03: Vu Linh
Breakfast
alongside the lake, then boat ride on the lake covered with hundreds of
small islands shaped like upside-down bowls. Small tour of the local
market before lunch. In the afternoon, walking, bicycling, cooking
class, fishing, swimming, or, why not, learning how to row with your
feet. Diner and night in our friends’ lake house. Breakfast, lunch, and
diner included.
Day 04: Vu Linh – Pan Hou
En
route for Hoang Su Phi on a very beautiful countryside road. Arrival at
the Tay ethnic tribe’s village of Pan Hou and check in our eco-lodge.
Trekking, massage, herbal bath, etc. up to you to decide! Night in the
eco-lodge bungalows. Breakfast, lunch and diner included.
Day 05: Pan Hou
Trekking
day in the surrounding mountains, from terraced rice fields to Tay
villages. Night in eco-lodge bungalows. Breakfast, lunch, and diner
included.
Day 06: Pan Hou – Ha Giang
After
breakfast, visit of the local market, meeting place of all the region’s
mountain tribes. Road to Ha Giang Province, at the border with China,
famous for its wild preserved scenery. Night at the hotel. Breakfast and
lunch included.
Day 07: Ha Giang – Meo Vac
Today,
we drive on one of the most beautiful roads in Vietnam. Breathtaking
scenery, end-of-the world atmosphere. Mountain slope road overlooking
magnificent terraced rice fields, followed by a forest of lime peaks
where Nature seems to have become insane and petrified for eternity in
its delirium. Night at the hotel. Breakfast and lunch included.
Day 08: Meo Vac – Bao Lac
Discovery
of Dong Van extraordinary weekly market Dong Van (Sunday). Mountain
trekking to some villages. Night and diner in a Lolo home. Breakfast and
lunch included.
Day 09: Bao Lac – Ba Be
We
cross the Lolo territory on a winding, wild, gorgeous to reach the one
of the San Chi, H’Mong, and Dao, and arrive in the afternoon among the
Black Tay, on Ba Be Lake, encircled by an extraordinary jungle. Night
along side the lake in a stilted local home. Breakfast, lunch and diner
included.
Day 10: Ba Be
We
start our day of discovery of that magnificent national park with a
boat ride to the Dau Dang Waterfalls. Lunch at Mr. Hien, a highly
colorful man and a cook reputed in the entire region. Then trekking in
the surrounding mountains covered with jungle and inhabited by Tay,
H’mong, and Dzao. Diner and night in our friends’ lake house. Breakfast,
lunch, and diner included.
Day 11: Ba Be – Hanoi
Small
tour of the local market, then, road to Hanoi. Lunch on the way and
visit of the Thai Nguyen Ethnographic Museum. Early evening arrival.
Breakfast and lunch included.
Day 12 : Hanoi – Halong Bay Cruise
Morning
departure to Halong Bay. Infinite rice fields and the daily life of the
Red River hamlets enlighten our trip before our arrival at the bay
around twelve noon. Checking on our junk boat for a fairy tale cruise on
the jade checkerboard. Sumptuous seafood on board. Night in a boat
private cabin. Breakfast, lunch and diner included.
Day 13: Halong Bay – Trang An
Breakfast
in the middle of the City of Lime Palaces enrobed in a morning mist. We
continue our cruise of the mirrored waters. Return to the pier around
11AM, road to the fabulous site of Trang An via Thai Binh and Nam Dinh.
In the province of Thai Binh, we visit a Keo pagoda, the imposing
wooden architecture of which emerges in the middle of a magnificent
village. End-of-the-afternoon arrival. Night at the hotel. Breakfast and
lunch included.
Day 14: Trang An – Hanoi
We
board a small sampan to explore the recently discovered site of Trang
An, an “Halong Bay on the Ground”. Instead of the emerald green waters
of the bay, it is the green of the rice fields which dominates. One of
those sites where Nature seems to have become insane and petrified for
eternity in its delirium. Boat ride amidst the lime rocks. Visit of Bai
Dinh Pagoda in the village of Van Long. Stroll on an ox cart. Return to
Hanoi to discover the pagodas disseminated in the countryside. Then boat
discovery of the Kenh Ga floating village. Night at the hotel.
Breakfast included.
Day 15: Visit of Hanoi
Thorough
discovery of the capital of Vietnam. We start with the Small Lake or
“Lake of the Reconstituted Sword of the Giant Turtle”; then, visit of
the Temple of Literature, Tran Quoc Pagoda, and Quan Thanh Temple. In
the afternoon, visit of the extraordinary Museum of Ethnography. Hanoi
by night in a cyclo-pousse. Night at the hotel. Breakfast included.
Day 16: Hanoi Departure
Free
time until your transfer to the airport. Take advantage for the last
time of Hanoi’s atmosphere, its small street shops, a good little soup,
and goodbye Hanoi!
Breakfast included.
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