Hideaway Honeymoon in Vietnam 14 Days

	Hideaway Honeymoon in Vietnam 14 Days VietNam - HoChiMinh City
	Arrivingat Noi Bai airport in Hanoi,you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You’ll have time to relax after yourjourney before a welcome dinner at a good restaurant

Itinerary:

Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D, GP)

Arriving at NoiBai airport in Hanoi,you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You’ll have time to relax after  yourjourney  before a welcome dinner at a good restaurant in a colonial building. Inthe evening, you’ll have tickets  for a   performance of traditional WaterPuppetry (an art form unique to northern Vietnam, and an interesting,light -  hearted   introduction to its rural culture). Your overnight stay will be in Hanoi

Day 2: Hanoi - Duong Lam - Hanoi - Lao Cai (B, L, G)

Duong LamCommune is a community of six traditional villages some 50 km from Hanoi. It’s notable for anumber of   reasons, not least its extraordinary longevity.
Considering itsclose proximity to Vietnam’ssprawling capital city, it not only emerged almost unscathed from half acentury of warfare, but also escaped the recent rampant urbanisation of thearea. The latter owes much to the commune’s atypical local traditions andbeliefs – your guide will explain.

It’s a picturepostcard patchwork of verdant fields, shady trees and small huddles of cottagesand pagodas built of raw laterite blocks. One village in particular, Mong Phu,is an architectural treasure house with dozens of buildings dating back to the17th century.
After visitingthe commune house, the Mia Pagoda and the local market, you can drop in to atypical ancient house where you’ll be welcomed with a cup of green tea and anopportunity to talk about the daily life of the commune and its main occupation- farming. Lunch will be awaiting you in nearby Son Tay Townafter which you’ll return to Hanoi,stopping en-route to visit the Van Phuc silk village.
In the evening,a car will arrive to take you to Hanoirailway station in time to board the 10 p.m. overnight sleeper to Lao Cai.

Alternative for Day 2: Cycling and exploring villages around Hanoi (B, L, G)

In the morning,you’ll be picked up to drive to Bat Trang. On arrival, you’ll be able to strollin the small alleys of this old village to watch local people producing theirfine products and visit some of the houses used as workshops and showrooms.You’ll then pick up your bicycles and ride along the riverside dike, throughsome more of the many villages surrounding Hanoi. The total distance on bicycles isabout 7km along a small road that runs beside a tributary of the Red River.

You’ll thendrive to Dong Ho village - famous for its traditional paintings. After a picniclunch, your vehicle will take to Tam Tao village to enjoy its traditional QuanHo music performed by villagers in the commune house. The singers have recentlybeen officially designated as part of Vietnam’s ‘living heritage’. In thelate afternoon, you’ll return to Hanoifor your overnight accommodation

Day 3: Lao Cai - Sapa (B, L, G)

You’llarrive in the early morning, where you’ll be met and taken by car to visit amarket frequented by ethnic minority peoples. After a picnic lunch, you’llreturn to Lao Cai and continue your journey into the mountains to Sapa, a smalltown perched on the mountainside opposite Mt. Fan Si Pan, Vietnam’s highest peak. You’llarrive with time to relax and stroll around the town. You’ll spend the night ina Sapa hotel with good mountain views.

Althoughit’s quite a long drive, the landscape is attractive and the ethnic markets area fascinating experience. Unlike those in the tourist areas, the markets thatwe choose are for not only for buying and selling, but are also meeting placesfor ethnic minority people to meet and exchange news. There will be plenty ofcolour and authentic costumes, but very little to buy as souvenirs unless youwant to barter for a water buffalo or a sack of fertiliser!

Thetrips to ethnic minority markets must be on Tuesday (Coc Ly or Ban Cam market), Thursday (Lung Khau Nhin market), Saturday(Can Cau) or Sunday (Bac Ha, Muong Hum or Muong Khuong markets).

Day 4: Sapa - Lao Cai - Hanoi (B, L, G)

Afterbreakfast and a morning stroll to the town’s busy market, you’ll hike down ascenic valley calling in at the H’mong ethnic minority villages on the way.After a streamside picnic lunch, you’ll drive to more villages belonging to theH’mong, Day and Red Dao ethnic minority groups. You’ll then return to Sapa and,later in the evening, your driver will take you to Lao Cai station for theovernight train to Hanoi.

Day 5: Hanoi (B, DP)

Uponarrival in Hanoitrain station in early morning, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel for yourbreakfast and refreshment before your driver will take you to a spa centre fora relaxing holistic body treatment. After lunch at a first-class Vietnameserestaurant, you’ll have time to do as you wish. If you fancy shopping, Silk Street in theOld Quarter is a good place for art galleries, embroidery, lacquer ware, silverarticles, and jewellery. You’ll spend the night in Hanoi

Day 6: Hanoi - Ha Long (B, L, D, G)

Afterbreakfast, you’ll leave for Ha Long Bay, one of the most spectacular UNESCOWorld Heritage Areas and the world’s largest marine limestone ‘karst’landscape. There you’ll board a private wooden junk that takes you through BaiTu Long Bay area. You’ll then continue your cruise to the bay’s most desertedareas with opportunities to swim at quiet sandy beaches [weather permits] orvisit one of the least visited caves. The route is designed to avoid the busyareas and includes a very quiet location for your overnight stay.

Foryour two-day Ha Long excursion, you'll board one of the Princess Junks, one ofthe best wooden boats on the Bay. They’re based on the model of the old Chinesecourt vessels with three barge sails, a wide transom and rectangularsuperstructure. Each boat has only one cabin, so you're likely to be the Kingand the Queen on board.

Thecabin is air-conditioned and has windows overlooking the bay. The floor area ofthe cabin is about 10 m2. The cabin is furnished with two twin beds or a doublequeen size bed. The interior panelling, floor and furniture are of hard wood.The cabin has a wardrobe, pillows, white cotton sheets, and an en-suite toiletand shower with a good selection of high-quality toiletries.  All meals, usually based on fresh seafood,will be provided on board. Kayaking is available and included in the price. 

Day 7: Ha Long - Hanoi (B, L, DP)

You’ll wake inthe fresh air of the bay with a swim or you can relax on the sundeck. Afterbreakfast, you’ll continue your cruise to visit a fishing village where you’llhave an opportunity to explore the village and the hidden lagoon in a rusticrowing boat. The route will ends at a Pearl Farm where you can see the wholeprocess of making high quality pearl.
You’ll thencruise back to dock around noon whereupon you’ll be picked up to return to Hanoi. After arriving atyour hotel in the mid-afternoon, the remainder of the day will be your own.Your overnight accommodation will be in Hanoi.

Day 8: Hanoi - Tuy Hoa - Phu Yen (B, DP)

Your time willbe your own until the driver arrives to take you to the airport for the flightto Tuy Hoa. Upon arrival, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel for yourovernight accommodation.

Day 9 - Day 12: Phu Yen
Your time willbe your own.

Day 13: Phu Yen - Tuy Hoa - Ho Chi Minh City (B, DP)

Your time willbe your own until the driver arrives to take you to the airport for the flightto Ho Chi Minh City.Upon arrival, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel for your overnightaccommodation

Day 14: Ho Chi Minh Departure (B, DP)

Your time willbe your own until your private car and driver arrives to take you to Tan SonNhat airport for your departure flight.

Alternative from Day 8 to Day 14:

Day 8: Hanoi - Nha Trang - Six Sense Hideaway Ninh Van Bay Resort (B, DP)

Yourtime will be your own until the driver arrives to take you to the airport forthe flight to Nha Trang. On arrival, you’ll find a car and driver waiting totake you to the resort private jetty, then a short fast boat ride to yourresort. You’ll spend the night in Nha Trang.

Day 9 – Day 13: Six Sense Hideaway Ninh Van Bay Resort free (B)
Yourtime will be your own.

Day 14: Six Sense Hideaway Ninh Van Bay Resort - Nha Trang - Ho Chi Minh City (B, DP)

Yourtime will be your own until the driver arrives to take you to the airport forthe flight to Ho Chi Minh Cityto connect to your departure flight.

Our prices include:

Breakfast and accommodation sharing adouble room.
Pick-ups and transfers by privateair-conditioned vehicle as specified in the itinerary above (Please note:pick-ups will be by a guide and driver or, where a guide is not necessary, adriver only. All unaccompanied drivers will be briefed in advance, and willcarry a mobile phone to ensure smooth transfer arrangements)
Domestic flight tickets: Hanoi – Tuy Hoa – Ho Chi Minh Cityor Hanoi – Nha Trang – Ho Chi Minh City, including domestic airporttaxes.
Boat cruises as specified in theprogramme. All Ha Long Bay boats will be fully licensed and comply with currentsafety regulations.
Travel in an appropriate privateair-conditioned vehicle with an experienced safe driver.
The services of experiencedEnglish-speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary (please note: guides willbe on hand from pick-up until guests’ return to their hotel or reaching theirdestination). Free days or part days will not include the services of a guideunless requested and included in the final itinerary.
Where necessary, entry fees for allvisits as mentioned in the programme.
Lunches and dinners (as specified in theitinerary) in the best local restaurants, or picnics where no suitablerestaurant is available, and full board on the boat in Ha Long Bay.
Vietnam VisaApproval Letter only
VAT and other taxes

Our prices do not include:

International flight tickets and airporttax.
Visas stamps
Dinners, except as specified above.
Drinks, gratuities and personalexpenses.
Insurance.
Alternatives in blue
Surcharges for Peak seasons (if any)
Christmas Eve’s dinner and Gala dinner(if any)

Hotel list for Luxury standard

Hanoi:Sofitel Metropole Hotel (***** historic colonial building in a city centrelocation – Grand Luxury Room)
Sapa: Victoria Sapa Resort (**** thebest hotel in Sapa, indoor swimming pool/fitness centre in separate building -  Suite room)
Ha Long Bay:Princess Junk (Traditional Junk [Unique] (Deluxe quality wooden junks modelledon Imperial Courtvessels – Chartered)
Phu Yen: Bai Tram Resort (a uniqueluxury resort with soaring peaks, tropical forests, lush green fields, andgolden beaches – One Bedroom Ocean Villa )
Alternative:
Nha Trang: Six Sense HideawayNinh Van Bay Resort & Spa - exclusive eco-friendly beach resort withluxurious wooden chalets and villas on a rocky peninsula at the northern end of Nha Trang Bay– upmarket addition to the Six Senses (Ana Mandara) hotel chain – Beach PoolVilla )
Ho Chi Minh City: Park Hyatt Hotel(***** excellent hotel next to Ho Chi Minh City’s Opera House in the heart ofDistrict 1, colonial-style architecture, very comfortable – Park room)
Please note that Vietnamhotels do not recognise provisional reservations, so specific hotels cannot beguaranteed until you have booked your chosen tour. As many of the better hotelsare often full during the October to April peak season, early booking isadvisable.