Highlights of the North and Central Vietnam

Arrival Hanoi airport - driver and tour guide will pick up you at airport to hotel to check in. Relax and overnight at hotel in Hanoi

07.45 – 8:30: The Swan shutter bus will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi and heading to northeast of Vietnam. At the middle of the way, we have a quick stop to stretch your leg and refresh then continue our way to Halong Bay. 12.00: Arrive at Swan office in Ha Long, have a bit time to relax , and then you will transfer to Swan Cruises by tender. 12.45: Enjoy welcome drink, be briefing about safety on boat and activities included then check in your cabin. 13.30: Have lunch while leisurely cruising to the core of Bai Tu Long Bay. 15.30: Arrive to Cap La Island - the beautiful area in Bai Tu Long bay. Enjoy kayaking through the karsts and breathtaking nature, and relaxing (According to Halong Bay Board Management, all cruises in Halong Bay are not allowed to organize swimming activities) 17.30: Get back to the boat and enjoy Sunset party while our cruise is sailing to the overnight anchorage. 19.00: Have dinner in the dining room on board. 20.30: Free time for joining Games, you may also try your luck with squid fishing. Overnight on Swan Cruise in Cong Do area

08.00: Explore Thien Canh Son cave. Our tour guide will explain the history of Ha Long Bay, Bai Tu Long Bay and this Cave, made by Mother Nature 09.30: Finish packing and check out your cabin. Prepare to join in our traditional cooking demonstration. Please remove all of your belongings from your cabin, you may leave heavy luggage outside of the cabin (our staff will support you transfer directly to the pier). 10.30: Attend in a Vietnamese cooking demonstration. 11.00: Enjoy lunch while our cruise is returning Hon Gai harbour. 12.00: Back to the harbor and disembark in Hon Gai pier. 12.30: Farewell Halong Bay then our bus will take you back to Hanoi. 17.00: End of 2-day-1-night trip on Swan Cruises Drop of at hotel in Hanoi until 20:00 PM we will pick you to station to take overnight train to Sapa.

Arrival Sapa in early moring, guide and driver will pick you up for breakfast then visit Lung Khau Nhin Market where groups of people with colourful costumes sell goods. In the crowded market, it is easy to recognize each group buying and selling agricultural products. It's a great chance to try some local dishes, such as doughnuts or rolls. Afternoon we will driver back to Sapa town, relax and overnight at hotel in Sapa

Nestled in a beautiful valley about three kilometres from Sapa Town, Cat Cat –the old village of ethnic groups– attracts tourists from all over the world for its distinctive customs and practices which have been lost in almost all ethnic villages. You will have easy trek to these villages, meet local people and see their daily life . Lunch at local restaurant In the afternoon you can walk around Sapa town , visit church, local market until driver transfer to station to take overnight train back to Hanoi

Arrive Hanoi in the early morning from Sapa. You will move to hotel to have breakfast and relax until the driver comes to pick you up to go to the airport to fly to Danang. When you arrive in Danang you will be transferred to Hoi An, which is 30 minutes away. Relax and overnight at hotel in Hoian

Breakfast at hotel then guide and driver come to pick you up to join cooking class where you can learn how to cook Vietnamese food with traditional food Banh Xeo” or local pancake of people in Centre of Viet Nam. Afternoon you will have walking tour of this World Heritage Site. Along the way visit the Japanese Covered Bridge which features a Buddhist pagoda attached to one side and the town's most famous landmark, a beautiful Chinese Assembly Hall built in 1740 as a meeting place for all Chinese residents of the town. The hall is lavishly decorated with murals and a replica of a Chinese ship, and Phuoc Kien Pagoda, also called Kim Son Pagoda, built in 1697 by Chinese Phuoc Kien merchants at Hoi An.

08:00 AM: The guide and driver pick you at hotel to pier then cross the river Thu Bon for about 15 minutes, to the Kim Bong carpenters village. You will visit the shipbuilding workshop, wood carving, mosaic and other workshops. The locals will teach you how to make the traditional wooden boats that move the rivers, try the famous basket boats at Mr. Kha’s workshop has 85 years, which manufactures cart boats, woven by bamboo and palm trees. Continue to the Tra Nhieu mat village; you will be listened to the presentation of the war history and their activities. The fishermen leave their nets, boats and prepare their tools for a long ride 2-3 weeks at sea. Spend island hopping via unusual bridges made of wood or bamboo. Taking the path along the river, you will see coconut water, fishing nets, and wild birds, then small, pleasant walk on a quiet bamboo bridge in water coconut forest. Then visit the craft mats making. Go back at the dock, you board the boat with residents and cycling to the Tra Que vegetable village - About 150 farmers and 400 owners live on site, cultivate about 20 types of vegetables and herbs including mint, salad, basil, cilantro, broccoli among the other more than 40 hectares of land, 8 tons of Tra Que vegetables are sold each year. The farmers do not use pesticides or OGM but natural fertilizers in particular, a kind of seaweed that is in the river, harvested by gardeners by boat every morning. Ending tour you will be back hotel , relax and overnight at hotel

Breakfast at hotel. You are free until driver comes to pick up to airport for flight departure. End of services