A SPECIAL WOMEN JOURNEY TO VIET NAM
Package 12days/11nights
Itinerary in brief:
Day 1: Arrive Ha noi
Day 2: Ha Noi City tour
Day 3: Ha Noi – Ha Long Kayak
Day 4: Ha Long – Ha Noi _ Lao Cai.
Day 5: Lao Cai – Sapa
Day 6: Sapa – Tam Duong
Day 7: Tam Duong – Lao Cai – Ha Noi
Day 8: Ha Noi – Hue
Day 9: Hue City
Day 10: Hue – Hoi An
Day 11: Hoi An
Day 12: Depart Ho Chi Minh
Itinerary detail:
Day 1: Arriver Ha Noi 
(D)
Greeting at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Free at your leisure to discover the 1000 year old Old Quarter in the heart of Ha Noi until a special welcome dinner. Stay overnight in Ha Noi.
Biking distance: 16 km
Day 2: Ha Noi City tour (B,L)
City tour of Ha Noi with visits to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, his old still house, the One Pillar Pagoda and the Temple of the Literature “Viet Nam First University”. Visit charming Hoan kiem Lake and ngoc Son Temple. Testing your bike to prepare for the trip. Enjoy a delightful water puppet show – an art unique to Viet Nam, dating back to the 12th century. Dinner will be free on your own with our providing restaurant list and tips. Stay overnight your hotel.
Biking distance:
100% bus support
Day 3: Ha Noi – Ha Long Kayak (B,L,D)
Leave Ha Noi at 8:30 am. Board the private junk at ha Long wharf about noon. Have a welcome drink and lunch on board. The Cruise will take you by exotic islets jutting out of the sea, shaped like dogs, incense urns, sails and fighting cocks, naturally forced as the seawater erodes the Limestone Mountains. Arrive at Surprise Cave and explore by the Kayak. Paddle to Luon Cave, a nature tunnel that thrusts through the foot of the mountain and leads to an exotic lagoon surrounded by mountains covered in dense jungle. A delicious seafood dinner aboard and an optional night paddle. Overnight on board, lulled to sleep by the tranquility of your surroundings.
Day 4: Ha Long – Ha Noi _ Lao Cai (B,L)
After breakfast, continue your cruise through even more spectacular seascapes. Explore more of the area in your kayak. Sit and enjoy a quiet moment at sea. Photograph the fishing village a floating houses. Then back to the harbor. Back to Ha Noi. Free on your own our providing list of recommended delicious reasonable restaurant selected by company Viet Nam culinaryexpert. Free for dinner. Overnight on train to Lao Cai.
Day 5: Lao Cai – Sapa (B,L)
Upon arrival in Lao Cai, the Chiness border, around 06:00 am, drive to Sapa, a popular French resort in the early 20th century. Check in to hotel. Visit colorful Sapa market where different hill tripes sell handmade products. After lunch, have biking to Lao Chai, Ta Van, Giang Ta Chai villages in the amazing valley of the Zay and the Black H’Mong people, Zed Dao people. Back to Sapa town, have diner on your own and overnight in Sapa town.
Biking distance: Approx 40 km
Difficulty: Moderate/ Challenging.
100% bus support
Day 6: Sapa – Tam Duong (B,L,D)
After breakfast, start biking up the mountain road and over the Tram Ton Pass and down to the town of Binh Lu to visit an interesting peoples market. Continue riding along the valley to Tam Duong. Check in the Phuong Thanh 
hotel, fresh en up and relax and lunch before visiting the town very vibrant and colorful minorities which attracts H’Mong dressed in colorful skirts and plaid head dress, Black & Lan Ten Dzao and Nung People. Diner and overnight Muong Thanh hotel.
Biking distance: Approx 60 km
Difficulty: Moderate/ Challenging.
100% bus support
Day 7: Tam Duong – Lao Cai – Ha Noi (B,L,D)
After breakfast , ride along local roads and trails, through beautiful corn field and rice terraces to the villages of Black Dzao and Lu people, then down to Ban Hon village and back to Tam Duong for Lunch and drive back to Lao Cai. Overnight on train to Ha Noi.
Biking distance: Approx 30 km
Difficulty: Moderate/ Challenging.
100% bus support
Day 8: Ha Noi – Hue (B)
The train arrives in Ha Noi in early morning. Here is the chance for you to see a very different Ha Noi with quiet streets. Early check in hotel for rest and shower. Free on your own until visit market and learn about ingredients that make fabulous and fresh Vietnamese cuisine, followed by a cooking class and demonstration in a Vietnamese family house, enjoy lunch with the food you have made. Free on your own in the afternoon. Take a night train to Hue depart at 19:00. overnight on train.
Day 9: Hue City (B,L)
Arrive in Hue at 08:30 am, meet your guide and transfer to your hotel. Begin cycling exploration of the an ancient Imperial Capital of Viet Nam, cycling along the Perfume River and through the high walled Imperial Citadel to Thiem Mu Pagoda, Vietnamese most important Buddhist pagoda, over looking the river. After lunch, Cycle through Hue’s scenic countryside to the elaborate Tu Duc and Khai Dinh Royal Tombs. Accommodation in Hue.
Biking distance: Approx 50 km
Difficulty: Moderate/ Challenging.
100% bus support
Day 10: Hue – Hoi An (B)
Morning cycling for about two and halfhours along a quiet waterfront road from Hue to Vinh Hien River take the ferry over thu Tu Hien astuary and on to Highway 1. Stop for refreshments overlooking lovely Lang Co beach. Then a challenging climbs up to the dramatic Hai Van – Pass in the Clouds. After the descent from Hai Van Pass, board the van for transfer over to Hoi An. Check into your hotel, freshen up and have dinner reservations at a romantic river-front restaurant. Accommodation in Hoi An.
Biking distance: Approx 80 km
Difficulty: Moderate/ Challenging.
100% bus support
Day 11: Hoi An 
(B)
Morning City tour on foot of culture- rich Hoi An, an Ancient Japanese, Chinese and European porting trade. Unlike the rest of Viet Nam, much of Hoi An’s rare wooden architecture remains in this delightful small town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Discover why Hoi An is typically a favorite stop for travelers. Traditional lunch of Cao Lau, a specialty of Hoi An. Afternoon cycling on rural roads passing through local villages to nearby Marble Moutains. Climb into Marble Moutains beautiful grottoes and visit pagodas overlooking the sea. Continue cycling to China Beach to relax and have a swim. Return to Hoi Anfor dinner. Stay overnight in your hotel.
Biking distance: Approx 50 km
Difficulty: Moderate/ Challenging.
100% bus support
Day 12: Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh (B)
After breakfast, free at your leisure until taking midday train to Ho Chi Minh. Overnight on the train.
Includes:
- Experienced English Speaking Guide throughout
- 01 Air – Conditioned vehicle for transfers and back up as per itinerary
- Train Ticket Ha Noi – Lao Cai , Ha Noi – Hue and Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh.
- Jeep for support for biking day in Sapa.
- Kayak in Ha Long
- Local bike hire and helmet ( Trek 4500 mountain bike front suspension )
- Meal as mentioned in the itinerary ( B- L – D)
- Healthy snack, fresh local fruits and soft drink for biking days.
- Bottled drinking water for biking days.
- All sightseeing entrance fee where required in the itinerary.
- Accommodation in hotel (TWN/ DBL share room). Please se our choices at the selected hotel portion.
- Simple first aid kit.
- International flight reconfirmation.
Excludes:
- International Flight to / from Viet Nam and international airport departure tax.
- Vietnamese Visa. Please assure that you have visa before departure.
- Travel insurance. We highly recommend purchasing travel insurance from home
- Personal expenditure (telephone, launch dry, shopping...)
- Tips for guide, driver, porters.
- Beverage and alcoholic drinks.
- Any other service not clearly mentioned on the itinerary and trip inclusive portion.
