SAPA TOUR BY TRAIN (3 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS)

Vietnam has 54 ethnic groups and the area around Sapa is an exciting place to see the lives, culture and costumes of some of Vietnam’s ethnic minorities. In this part of the country the minorities still dress in their traditional colorful clothing – especially the women. Each group has its own distinct color and style of dress. Day 1: Night train Hanoi - Lao Cai. You will be picked up from your hotel at 20:00 for transfer to the train station. Take a night train to Lao Cai. The night train leaves at 21:10. O/N on train (soft sleeper, deluxe cabin). Day 2: Lao Cai - Sapa - Cat Cat village - Sapa. You arrive at Lao Cai train station early in the morning (around 05:30). Pick up and transfer to Sapa by bus(35km - about 1 hour drive). Check-in...

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HALONG BAY CRUISE - CAT BA NATIONAL PARK (3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS)

Halong Bay is a natural wonder of the world and one of Vietnam’s five UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Halong is made up of 1969 islands of various sizes. There are two kinds of islands: limestone and schist with over 3000 limestone islands emerge from emerald green water of Halong.   Day 1: Hanoi - Halong Bay.  08:00 AM pick up at your hotel. Drive to Halong city with a 3 hour driving trip. Have a short break on the way. On arrival, drop off at Fantasea Adventures office (Halong city) for a welcome drink. At 12:00 PM board a beautiful wooden boat and start cruising on the bay. Lunch will be served on the boat while we cruise around the bay. Now you have time to enjoy the beauty of Halong Bay and take photos. Drop off for a guided...

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Hanoi Brief History

Human habitation of Northern Vietnam goes back about 500,000 years according to archaeological evidence. The site of present-day Hanoi has been populated for at least 10,000 years. These first inhabitants formed a feudally organized society that first relied on hunting, fishing and gathering, later developing animal husbandry and agriculture. These tribes developed in relative isolation until about 2000 years ago. The Han Chinese set up a military garrison near present-day Hanoi in 214 BC, using it as a base of operations that would eventually control most of modern Vietnam. The next 1000 years of Chinese rule introduced important technological innovations to the Vietnamese, including ploughs and irrigation systems. But rebellion...

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Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

Location: Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is located on Nguyen Van Huyen Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi. Characteristic: It contains more than 10,000 objects, 15,000 black and white photos and hundreds of video tapes and cassettes which depict all aspects of life, activities, customs, and habits of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam.   The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology opened at the end of 1997. Since then, it has attracted the attention of visitors as well as ethnographers and researchers from all over the world. The museum has successfully recreated the daily life together with the religious rituals and the symbolic festivals of each ethnic group in Vietnam. Visitors have the opportunity to admire costumes, embroidery as well as outside stilt houses and habitats from the different...

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Bat Trang Pottery Village

Location: Bat Trang Pottery Village is located in the south east of Hanoi, passing Chuong Duong Bridge turns right and go about 10km along the dike of Red River. Bat Trang belongs to Bat Trang Commune, Gia Lam District, Hanoi. Characteristic: This is a pottery village with a half-millenary historic development. Some decades recently, the vitality of this village is still blown up by the thousands of pottery-kiln on fire day and night. In the period about 12th – 14th century, there are a numbers of families in Bo Bat Pottery Village (in Thanh Hoa Province now). They were Bui, Phung, Tran and Vu families coming there to work pottery, selling it to people in city even doing business with foreigners. At first, it was called Bach Ho Group...

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Bai tu long bay in viet nam

Bai Tu Long Bay in Vietnam is located in the Gulf of Tonkin in northeastern Vietnam. Bai Tu Long Bay covers a sea area of Halong City, Cam Pha town and the island district of Van Don. South West Bay bordering the East Sea, west by land to the township of Cam Pha to the east and north Co To Island District. Bai Tu Long Bay includes hundreds of islands and in which many large islands and residents. Legend of the Bay: When the ancient Vietnamese people newly formed country was against foreign invasion. Jade Emperor sent Mother Dragon Dragons bring a child down to help fight the Vietnamese. When the enemy ships at sea from the shore, countless dragons sprayed pearls and escape into a myriad of islands in the sea, forming a solid wall to block...

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Co Loa Historical Site

This relic of an ancient urban area and military citadel is located in Co Loa Village, Dong Anh District, Hanoi. Characteristic: Throughout history, Co Loa was nominated twice as the capital of Vietnam: the first time during the An Duong Vuong era in the late 3rd and early 2nd century BC, and the second time during the Ngo Vuong Quyen reign in the middle of the 10th century. You are here : Tourism in Vietnam » Hanoi » Co Loa Historical SiteCo Loa Historical Site Published By tourisminvietnam On December 10th 2010. Under Hanoi     Location: This relic of an ancient urban area and military citadel is located in Co Loa Village, Dong Anh District, Hanoi. Characteristic: Throughout...

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Hanoi Cathedral

Hanoi Cathedral is at 40 Nha Chung Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. Characteristic: Hanoi Cathedral was built on the site of the former Bao Thien Tower, which was famous in the ancient capital of Thang Long under the Ly Dynasty (the 11th and 12th centuries). Hanoi Cathedral, also known as Saint Joseph’s Cathedral, was inaugurated on Christmas Day 1886, two years after its construction. Its design is similar to the architecture of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Many catholic rituals have been held there. A ritual ceremony dedicated to Jesus Christ is held in this cathedral every year on March 19. ...

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Ha Long Bay

(vietnam tours operator) The total area of Ha Long Bay is 1,553 sq. km with 1969 islands of various sizes, of which 989 have been named. The islands in Ha Long Bay are mainly limestone and schist islands most lying in the two main areas: the southeastern part of Bai Tu Long Bay and southwestern part of Ha Long Bay. These islands represent the most ancient images of a geographical site having a tectonic age of from 250 million to 280 million years. They are the result of many times of rising and lowering processes of the continent to form a karst. The process of nearly full erosion and weathering of the karst created the unique Ha Long Bay in the world. In a not very large area, thousands of islands with different forms...

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Bac Ha market

Bac Ha Market, Vietnam markets, Bac Ha is famous for its Sunday market, it is a trading centre and meeting place for couples, friends, and relatives every Sunday. Every Sunday, Bac Ha hosts the biggest fair near the mountainous highlands and the Chinese border. The market was very crowded, local products for sale or barter are carried on horseback. Besides the usual items like pigs, cows, chickens, and ducks, the Bac Ha market sold dogs. As dogs were available as cuts of meat, they were also available live, right next to the live pigs, chickens, and other livestock. Rounding the corner and pungent fumes of alcohol accosted our senses of smell, from corn whiskey, a Bac Ha specialty. The potent moonshine is decanted...

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Dau Go Cave

The grotto is on Driftwood Island. Seen from afar, the entrance to the grotto appears to be blue, and has a shape similar to that of a jellyfish. After 90 steps up the island, the entrance is reached. The ceiling of the grotto is about 25 m. Hundreds of stalactites falling down from the roof of the grotto look like a waterfall. The grotto is divided into three main parts. The exterior is a room with a vault full of natural light. Many forms may be seen in the rock formations of the chamber, depending on the imagination of the visitor of course. Crossing the first chamber, one enters the second chamber through a narrow passage. The light here is mysterious, and new images appear in the stone. It makes us having a fear and...

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