7D6N Hanoi + Halong Overnight Cruise + Sapa with Fansipan (SIC)

7D6N Hanoi + Halong Overnight Cruise + Sapa with Fansipan

(SIC 2 to go) - till 31 Dec 2025

The temporary suspension of the funicular and cable car systems starting from 24 Nov.

The re-opening schedule:

• Cable car and Muong Hoa funicular: From 16 Dec
• Fansipan funicular: From 18 Dec

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Highlight attractions:

• Scenic drive to Halong Bay
• Explore Amazing Cave
• Sunset cruise & overnight on boat
• Visit Cat Cat Village
• Trek through terraced rice fields
• Cable car to Fansipan Peak

Hotel 4★ accommodation:

• Hanoi - Chalcedony
• Sapphire Cruise
• Sapa Freesia

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Suggested Itinerary:

Day 1: HA NOI – ARRIVAL (Nil)

Pick up at Noi Bai airport (no guide, with driver only) & transfer to hotel for check-in (check-in time: after 14:00).

Free at leisure.  Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 2: HANOI – HA LONG BAY (B/L/D)

Breakfast at hotel.

07:45 - 08:30: Pick up at your hotel and depart for Ha Long City. After 3.5 hours driving and viewing simple, countryside, rice paddy life, we arrive at the port.

12:30 PM Board your boat and start your amazing cruise through this World Heritage Site. 

Lunch is served on board, a selection of the freshest seafood. We visit “the amazing cave” or other ones, followed by a swim in the tranquility of Ha Long Bay and its emerald water. We will cruise further into a quiet area where we will anchor and stay overnight. 

Dinner and relax as the sun set. Then you are free to swim in the phosphorous water, retire to your cabin, or fall asleep under the stars amidst the magic of Ha Long on the top deck. Overnight on cruise.

Note: For Sapphire cruise, pick up at your hotel from 08:30 – 09.30.

***Cruise itinerary will subject to change depending on the weather and specific cruise.

Day 3: HA LONG BAY – HA NOI (B/ BRUNCH / -)

Wake up early in the morning for a great sunrise and a breath of fresh ocean air. 

Breakfast served on boat then we do a leisurely cruise through thousands of seemingly never ending islands. These are great opportunities to capture some amazing photographs.

Have lunch on boat while cruising back to the Ha Long city pier, return to Hanoi.

17:00 Transfer you back to your hotel. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 4: HANOI – SAPA (BY BUS) – CAT CAT VILLAGE (B/L/D)

6.30 – 7.00: Our driver will pick you up at hotels in the Old Quarter Area, Hanoi, get on big bus and depart for Sapa Town.

9.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city with the first comfort break.

11.00: Second comfort break at Lao Cai city before approaching Sapa.

13.00: Arrive at Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’Mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People. Have lunch and check-in the room. We will then depart from the hotel at 2:30 pm and walk down 3Km to explore Cat Cat:

• Sin Chai village of H’mong – A colonial French discovered area and a renowned resort to officials from the early twenty-century.
• Arriving in Cat Cat village, visitors will be visiting the Hydropower station, the waterfall of Cat Cat village as well as learning about the culture, customs and unique people here with traditional crafts such as weaving, carved silver, hand forged agricultural tools. 

After that, you will walk back to Sapa (3Km). Relax and have dinner at 6:30pm or 7:00pm. Overnight at the hotel in Sapa.

Day 5: SAPA – LAO CHAI – TA VAN – Y LINH HO (B/L/D)

Breakfast and check-out the room before 8:30 AM.

We will then depart from the hotel at 8:30 am to walk down to Y Linh Ho, a village inhabited by the Hmong minority. This is a great opportunity to take photographs of hereditary terraces that are estimated around 100 years old. From Y Linh Ho we will make our way to Lao Chai village where you will visit the Hmong home town. 

Stop in Lao Chai for lunch break around 1 hour.

You will then continue to Ta Van, an established Hmong and Giay village. 

Back to Sapa and have dinner.Overnight in Sapa.

Day 6: SAPA – FANSIPAN MOUNTAIN – HANOI (B/L)

8:00: After breakfast in hotel, driver & tour guide will take you to Cable Car Station and spend 20 minutes with cable car to enjoy the spectacular scenery.

9:00: Reach the altitude of 2800 meters, you have a good time to see the view and take photos, visit pagoda the spiritual destinations and trek up to 600 steps you will reach the peak of Fansipan - the Roof of Indochina. (spend about 1,5 hours for hiking and taking photos).

11:00: Come back to Cable Car Station and return to Sapa town.

12:30: Have lunch at the hotel

13.30 - 14.45: Relax and leisure on your own.

14.45 - 15.00: Meet all group members at the hotel to get ready for Hanoi.

15.30: Get on bus to go back to Hanoi with two comfort breaks.

21.00: Drop off at your hotel. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 7: HANOI – DEPARTURE (B)

Breakfast at hotel.

Free at leisure. Transfer to airport for leaving flight (Pick-up time: Please remind guests to be at hotel lobby 03 hours prior to flight). End of services.

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For staying on Sapphire Cruise at 24 & 31 Dec 2025 - additional + S$20 per pax per night

Black-out dates: (need to ask for quote)

• 31 Aug – 04 Sep: National Day

Extension night in Hanoi (per pax per night)

• Single - S$80
• Twin / Triple - S40

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Package Includes: 

• Hotel accommodation in twin / triple sharing with daily breakfast
• Transportation (shared coach with other tourists)
• Local English-speaking guide (shared tour guide with other tourists. Airport pick-up & see-off: no guide).
• Round trip airport transfer
• Drinking water on board
• Meals as indicated
• Entrance fee

Package Excludes:

• Airfare and airport taxes
• Personal expenses
• Travel insurance
• Optional tours
• Kayaking or bamboo boat
• Tipping for local guide and driver at USD5 per day per pax

Note:

• Itinerary and sequence of visit is subject to change without prior notice.
  
• Peak date Surcharges TBA upon booking

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