If you are wondering that where would you go and what do you do in the Northern Vietnam. To get the best experiences, starting from Hanoi, you will have an opportunity to observe the wonderful. The scenery of Halong bay by your own eyes with an awesome trip and of course won’t miss Sapa, the highlight of the mountainous area of Vietnam. We will give you things to know about the exciting Northern Vietnam itinerary 7 days.
Visiting Hanoi capital 2 days
On the first day
The famous Ho Chi Minh complex combines his Mausoleum, former residence, the impressive house around and the One Pillar Pagoda – a historic Buddhist temple, which you should visit.
The next destination in Hanoi is Hoan Kiem Lake (or is called Turtle Lake) located on the central place of city attracting locals and tourists throughout the day. Den Ngoc Son is dedicated to the spirits of the soil and literature. At the southeast corner of the lake and is opposite to the lake, the enormous Hanoi Post Office stands, which marks the northern fringe of the French Quarter.
Another place you should enjoy the beer in Ta Hien street and visit night market in the weekend.
On the second day
Continuously, Temple of Literature is accumulated old-traditional appearance, which is one of most Vietnam Popular Destinations for tourists. You will continue visiting the Museum of Ethnology to get the knowledge about the country. This museum contains an extensive display of life-size structures dedicated to Vietnam’s 54 ethnic minority peoples. You take a cyclo to discover Hanoi Old Quarter. Next, you should go to Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre to understand about the historical culture in Vietnam.
Special foods you must to eat in Hanoi are Bun Cha, Green rice, sticky rice, beef noodle and rolled cake.
Travelling up to Sapa 2 days
On the first day
One of the best transportations to get Sapa is by train at night. When you come to Lao Cai station, you take a taxi to your hotel. After the breakfast, following to your local people, you have a plan trekking the hill tribe villages of Cat Cat, home to the H’mong ethnic minority peoples. For a long time, local people still keep many traditional handicrafts like weaving fabrics, planting cotton and so on. It ensures that you will enjoy picnic lunch by the side of the river, and then walk nearly 3 km to Sin Chai Village located at the foot of Fansipan, “the roof of Vietnam and Indochina”.
On the second day
Bac Ha market – the most destinations in the Northern Vietnam itinerary which is always the colorful meeting place for the hill tribes. You can have breakfast in this market as it has many delicious foods and drinks. You explore the Sapa daily market and then set out on your 3 to 4 hours trek that will take us along buffalo paths and trails and through several hill tribe villages of Lao Chai and Ta Van, home to H’mong, and Dzay people. This colorful market opens only on Sunday and it always delivers very photogenic display costumes of ethnic groups such as Black Hmong, Dzao, Giay, Lu, Nung and Phu La. You will learn more the about the Vietnamese Ethnic peoples.
Discovering Halong Bay 2 days
On the first day
Halong Bay is listed by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage and voted as a Wonder of Nature by the New Seven Wonders Foundation.
After 4 hours moving from Hanoi to Halong Bay, you come to Bai Chay and have a lunch before starting the trip. There are two options either joining a 40 minutes kayaking program to the nearby Bat Cave and lagoon and surrounding waters or visiting the Cua Van floating fishing village, the largest floating fishing village in Halong Bay. There are nearly 130 floating houses and about 600 local people live and work in the floating village. You will travel to the village on the tour the village to approach the local life.
In this evening, you will be picked up to Tuan Chau island and buy the ticket in some particular events here.
On the second day
Arrive by boat at the Surprise Cave which is considered as one of the largest caves and the most beautiful of Halong Bay. One of the most satisfying things to do in Northern Vietnam itinerary is sunbathing or swimming which brings the advantages for your skin. Besides, the other special water sports are diving and kayaking.
Sun World Halong Park is an entertainment complex with Vietnam’s largest theme park, which offers both of a huge variety of modern and unique points at a world level. When coming to Sun World Halong Park, you completely experience in the immersing of the “dragon land” with plenty of hidden and interesting decorations to have a strange feeling.