Code: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner, G = Guide   

Day 1: Arrival at Hanoi (D, G)

Upon arrival at Noi Bai airport, our guide will greet and accompany you to your hotel. Free time until you?ll be picked up to watch water puppet performance, a traditional art form closely connected with the long-standing spiritual life of the Vietnamese people. You?ll then be driven to a good local restaurant and enjoy a welcome dinner with us. Your overnight stay will be in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi/Cuc Phuong/Hanoi (B, L, G)

After breakfast, you will be picked up at your hotel and driven to Cuc Phuong National Park, the oldest national park of Vietnam. It boasts engaging cultural and wildlife heritage and enchanting scenery. On arrival, you'll be able to wander through a subtropical forest, rich in flora and fauna with thousand-year-old trees and dripping vines, visiting the Prehistory Cave. After lunch at the park centre, our guide will take you to visit the Endangered Primate Rescue Centre. You could take this opportunity to see with your eyes and know more about thousands of different endangered species. Return to Hanoi for overnight accomodation.

Day 3: Hanoi/Ba Be (B, L, D, G)

After breakfast, you will take a six hour drive to Ba Be National Park in the north-east region of Vietnam. The park offers an inviting environment to relax and enjoy nature. It's special limestone landscape, centred on the lake and dotted with small villages of different ethnic groups, creates a charming vista of both human and natural beauty. You'll stop on the way to have lunch at local restaurant. The road will then take you through striking mountain scenery. On arrival, you'll check in your guesthouse in the park centre. The rest day, you can enjoy a sunset and stroll in the crisp forest air before dinner. You?ll spend the night in Ba Be National Park.

Day 4: Ba Be (B, L, D, G)

After a breakfast, you'll embark on the motorboat to cruise around the Ba Be Lake, the centerpiece that highlights the park with its stunning landscape and geological features. It is also is Vietnam?s largest and highest, natural freshwater lake, situated at about 150m above sea level. Enjoy the calm and peaceful asmosphere along the waterway.You will visit Puong Cave and then the Fairy Pond, set in dense forest with many birds. Keep your eyes open for birds, especially kingfishers and small forest species.

In the afternoon, you'll cruise to visit Dau Dang Waterfall that is quite sightworthy and have picnic lunch on the way. You'll take a motorboat again to visit Horse Saddle Mountain. Your tour ends after a short walk to the village of Tay people nearby to enjoy the local Tay culture and hospitality. You'll spend the night in Ba Be. 

Day 5: Ba Be/Hanoi (B, L, G)

You'll be driven to visit weekly market of the minority people near Ba Be National park before returning to Hanoi for overnight stay.

Day 6: Hanoi/Ha Long/Quan Lan (B, L, D, G)

After breakfast, our guide will meet and take you to Ha Long Bay. Enjoy a 3 hour drive with a stopover at Hong Ngoc Embroidery workshop for refreshment and see different kinds of handicrafts skilfully made by disable people.

Upon arrival, you will board a private boat for a 5-hour cruise on Ha Long Bay. Declared as a World Natural Heritage Area by UNESCO, Halong Bay is not only famous for its exceptional scenic beauty but also outstanding geological and geomorphic values. After lunch with fresh seafood, you will visit the Amazing cave and a tranquil beach where you'll be able to swim, and climb hills for an overview of the Bay's remarkable seascape. Our boat will then take you to the Quan Lan, a less touristy island which still retain its hidden charm due to the pristine white sandy beaches.

When you'll dock at Quan Lan, a three wheels motorbike and driver will be waiting to take you to your resort. The remainder of the day will be your own for swimming, sunbathing or just relaxing. Your dinner will be served at the hotel. You'll spend the night on Quan Lan Island.

Day 7 to Day 8: Quan Lan (B, L, D, G)

All day free to lie down on the white sandy beach as you wish. You'll probably consider to cycle to the centre of the island to visit the local market before heading to the snow-white sands of deserted Minh Chau beach, which is hidden away behind sleepy hills covered in a blanket of flowers. You'll spend the night on Quan Lan Island.

Day 9: Quan Lan/Hanoi (B, L, G)

After breakfast, you will ride on the three wheels motorbike returns up the harbour for a four-hour cruise back to Ha Long. You'll have lunch on boat. Our car and driver are awaiting at the harbour to take you back to Hanoi. On the way, you'll have a brief visit at one of the rural village and enjoy the traditional life of the agriculture country. You'll spend the night in Hanoi.

Day 10: Hanoi departure (B)

You'll be free to shop at some of the local market before being driven to the airport for your international departure flight. 

Prices per person in US$:

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Valid until October 31, 2011

Surcharge for peak season of hotels are not inclusive in the prices above.

Prices include:

• Breakfast and accommodation in twin or double room.
• Private boat cruise from Ha Long Bay to Quan Lan
• Speedboat tickets from Quan Lan to Van Don.
• Travel by private, air-conditioned vehicle with an experienced driver.
• Experienced English-speaking tour guide as indicated in the itinerary.
• Entry fees for all sightseeing as mentioned in the programme.
• Lunches and dinners, as specified, in the local restaurants and on the boat in Ha Long Bay.
• Government Taxes.

Price do not include:

• International flight tickets and airport tax.
• Visas.
• Dinners except as specified.
• Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.
• Insurance.

Hotel list for Three Stars standard

• Hanoi: Thang Long Opera Hotel (*** near the old quarter, Innova Superior Room) or similar
• Ba Be: Ba Be National Park Hotel (local standard)
• Quan Lan: ATI Viet My Resort (in the private beach)

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