| Day 01: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Catba Island
After breakfast at the Sofitel Metropole Hotel, your tour guide will pick you up for the 3 hour trip to Halong City. The Metropole Hotel will store any luggage that you don’t want to take with you to Halong Bay. In Halong City you will board a private boat for your voyage through Halong Bay. Your boat trip is very scenic as the captain navigates the boat through the emerald waters of the bay that is dotted with thousands of small islands. Lunch is served on the boat and will consist of the fresh catch of the day and vegetarian dishes. On your way to Cat Ba Island you will stop at the Hang Sung Sot cave, one of the most popular caves, which consists of three vast and beautiful chambers. Arriving in Cat Ba Island, you will check in to the newest resort on the island, the Cat Ba Sunrise Resort, nestled in a cove, with a complete view of the bay. You can take a stroll through Cat Ba town, until it is time to have dinner at the resort restaurant .
Day 02: Catba Island Discovery
After breakfast you will visit the Cat Ba Island National Park. The park is the home of many different types of mammals, and numerous species of birds and plants. Lunch will be at the park, picnic style. In the afternoo you will take a boat ride around the island, back to Cat Ba Town. Dinner will be at the fashionable Green Mango Restaurant.
Day 03: Catba - Hanoi
When you have finished breakfast at the Sunrise Resort, you will begin your return trip to Hanoi. You will leave Cat Ba Island from the other end of the island at Phu Long port from where you will take the ferry to Cat Hai Island, and from there the ferry  to Haiphong, the most important port city in northern Vietnam. In Haiphong you will have lunch at the roof top restaurant of the Huu Nghi Hotel. After lunch you will be given a quick city tour, before returning to Hanoi and the Sofitel Plaza Hotel on Westlake.
Day 04: Hanoi – Night train to Sapa
This day is pretty much free for you to explore Hanoi until about 8 PM when you are picked up and taken to the Hanoi Train station, where you will board the comfortable, air conditioned Victoria Carriage for your overnight trip to Lao Cai. The Sofitel Plaza Hotel will store your extra luggage.
Day 05: Sapa – Hilltribe Discovery
Arrive in Lao Cai at about 6 AM, where you are welcomed by the friendly staff of the Victoria Sapa Hotel, who will take you on an exiting journey up a curvy road, surrounded by steep mountains and terraced rice fields, to the Victoria Sapa Hotel for a buffet breakfast. Relax and enjoy the hotel facilities in the morning. In the afternoon the Victoria Sapa Hotel van will drive you to Tavan Village, where you will see the H’mong and Dzao minority people, and observe their culture and customs. In the evening the Victoria Sapa restaurant is waiting to serve you dinner from a four-course menu.
Day 06: Sapa – Night train back to Hanoi
You have a free morning in Sapa to explore the town and shop for souvenirs that are handcrafted by the minority tribes. Or visit Cat Cat Valley, the Orchid Garden, and the Thac Bac 50 meter water fall. Or just relax at the indoor swimming pool at the hotel. Lunch is on your own. Later in the afternoon you will taken to Lao Cai train statio n for the overnight train to Hanoi. Dinner is served in the Victoria Carriage Restaurant car.
Day 07: Hanoi Departure
You arrive at the Hanoi train station early in the morning. The Victoria Express Train staff, will let you sleep until about 6:30 AM. You will depart the train by 7 AM. For those that are departing Hanoi by air that morning we will transport you to Noi Bai airport.
This is the end of this tour, and we gladly will help and assist you with any additional arrangements or hotel reservations.
Tour cost:
$1098 per person, price till 31 December 2010
Single Room Supplement: $560
Tour prices are based on double occupancy, with the superior sleeping compartment(sleeps four) on the Victoria Express Train. It is $40 extra, per person, for the deluxe sleeping compartment (sleeps two)
Halong Bay Only:
For those that are short on time and can not do the full Halong Bay/Sapa trip, you can depart the tour in Hanoi on the morning of March 31 after visiting Halong Bay and Cat Ba Island.
Tour Cost: $695, double occupancy
Single Room Supplement: $295
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Summary
Cambodia
boasts a rich culture with its many ancient temples and impressive
natural scenery, such as the empty beaches, mighty rivers and the
remote forests. Travel to Cambodia will always be high on anybody's
travel list as it offers the fabulous temples of Angkor Wat, long
considered one of the greatest human achievements of ancient architecture
and sculpture.
Laos
is laid-back, exotic, beautifull and welcoming, almost half of this
mountainous country is still covered in forest. Travellers find
that this peaceful Buddhist land reminds them of an Asia from times
long past.
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