Depart: Daily
At 20:00 pickup from your hotel in Hanoi or from Vietnamtravelrates office. Transfer to railway station for a night train at 21:15 to Sapa (Soft sleeper with A/C).

Day 1: Arrival: Hanoi - Lao Cai (D)
On your arrival, our guide and driver will meet you at the Noi Bai Airport and transfer to your hotel in Hanoi for check in. If time permitted, we'll have a short sightseeing tour around Hanoi Old Quarter of 36 streets, visit Ngoc Son Temple, Prison Museum and Hoan Kiem Lake. You are then attend the Water Puppets show. Enjoy welcome dinner at local restaurant before our guide and driver take you to Hanoi railway station for the night train to Lao Cai station. Overnight on the train.

Day 2: Sapa - Catcat - Sinchai Village (B/ L/D)
You will arrive at Lao Cai at about 6.30. Short car trip to Sapa of about 40km from Lao Cai. Check in a hotel in Sapa. Relax or optional visit in the morning. In the afternoon, 2 hours trekking to visit Catcat village, home of a Black H’mong hill tribe, which is just 7 km from Sapa town. Overnight in Sapa

Day 3: Sapa - Lao Chai - Tavan village (B/ L/D)
In the morning, taking a Jeep trip to Lao Chai - Ta Van village, Home of Dzay and Black Mong hill tribes. While trekking around the village, meeting and talking with local hill tribes to learn more about their daily life, customs and traditional habits.Vietnamtravelrates' tour guide will help you to translate. Return to Lao Cai station for train back to Hanoi. Overnight on train.

Day 4: Hanoi - Halong Bay cruise (B/L/D)
Take the taxi transfer to your hotel by yourself with free breakfast. After breakfast, take a bath and relax at a hotel for a while before continue the tour to Halong Bay. Upon arrival, embark a boat for a cruise majestic HaLong bay. Enjoy beautiful landscape of HaLong Bay, naturally formed by islands and islets, explore natural caves or sunbathing. Enjoy lunch on board. Return to Hanoi in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight in Hanoi.

Day 5: Hanoi sightseeing (B/L)
After breakfast at hotel, Vietnamtravelrates' guide will pick you up from your hotel and depart for Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh Residence, One-Pillar pagoda Tran Quoc pagoda, Quan Thanh temple. After lunch, continue to visit Hanoi Army Museum and Van Mieu - the first university of Vietnam or free time for shopping before drive to Noi Bai Airport for flight back home or explore South of Vietnam.