Hike in Vietnam with the Marsloin Team
- Hike in Vietnam with the Marsloin Team
- Dates: 05 – 18 March 2027
- Price:
- RS 115,000 * per person sharing,
- RS 21000 * single supplement
- Includes:
- Air tickets on Air Austral and Vietnam airlines
- 3 nights in Thailand, 4*hotels on BB basis
- All transfers
- The assistance of a Professional Hiking Tour leader from Mauritius
- Inclusions in Vietnam :
- 9 nights’ accommodation on Full board basis
- Private tour, private car and tour guide as itinerary.
- English-speaking tour guide.
- Entrance fees & permits (where applicable)
- 1 Bottle of drinking water per person per day
- Join in basis tour in Ha Long Bay
- Compulsory tips
- Visa fees for Vietnam
- Exclusions:
- Compulsory Travel insurance
- Other meals which are not indicated above
- Beverages in the restaurants where meals are included
- Personal and other expenses such as porter, bar bills and laundry not stated in the itinerary.
- Hotel list:
- Itinerary: H0983
Mauritius/Reunion on UU109, dep: 1820, arr :1905 and on to Bangkok on UU 887 dep: 2000
Arrive in Bangkok and transfer to Pattaya Aya Boutique,4* or similar. Check in starts as from 2pm. Free day
Transfer to the airport to catch your flight to Hanoi. VN 610 dep: 1220, arr: 1415 . Free and dinner is included(B)
Today we will venture out to explore Hanoi. First up we will drive to the Ho Chi Minh complex where we will spend time at Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum, his former stilt-house, the Presidential Palace, the Ho Chi Minh Museum and One Pillar Pagoda. Followings we visit the Temple of Literature, which originally built as a temple to Confucius. After lunch, we will visit the infamous Hoa Lo Prison Museum. Hoa Lo is also known as the ‘’Hanoi Hilton’’ and was where former US presidential candidate John McCain was incarcerated for over 5 years. Later this afternoon, we enjoy 1-hour cyclo tour of the French inspired “old quarter”. We will be free for shopping in the old quarter ranges from markets through to designer boutique stores to amazing contemporary art galleries. After dinner, we sit down to enjoy a performance of the city’s famous Water Puppets. Overnight in Hanoi. Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Our guide will pick you up at the hotel, then driving to the west of Hanoi following the national way – No.32 to Nghia Lo district of Yen Bai province. The drive will take approximately 6.5 hours. Along the way, there will be a brief stop in Thanh Sơn, where you can admire the tea plantations on the hills. Afterward, we will continue our journey towards Thu Cuc and Nghia Lo. Have a lunch in local restaurant in Nghia Lo, then keep on driving up to Mu Cang Chai. We stop – over in Khau Pha Pass for sightseeing and take-photos of this area. You have free time to explore Mu Cang Chai. Distance Hanoi – Mu Cang Chai: 300km – 6.5 hours. Overnight in Mu Cang Chai homestay. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
The terraces widely exist in the Mu Cang Chai plateau but the big sites of terraced fields(villages) in Mu Cang Chai we visit are above 3, and “La Pan Tan terraced” is the biggest and most beautiful terraced field in Mu Cang Chai. 8h30: After refueling with quality breakfast at our homestay, the car will take you 12km to La Pan Tan (This place is honored as the paradise of terraced fields). You start the day’s journey by climbing some winding slopes, But rest assured, because your fatigue will soon be well compensated, the whole scene here is likened to a fairy tale, Its grandeur and grandeur are the factors that make it very very popular, You will have to try to save the battery of your phone and camera! After about 2.5 hours of walking, you will meet the symbol of Mu Cang Chai, which is the image of a large and round terraced field in the middle of the vast mountains.A light lunch at a local restaurant or a take-out Picnic is the optimal solution for today’s stretch. After lunch, we take the car again and continue for about 4km to reach a new point to conquer, Mang Mu Commune is still very poor, and Hmong villages are scattered along the way. This is your chance to meet and interact with the people, although they are poor, they are very friendly and easy to get to know. After about 1h30 of climbing, you will come to the center of the most beautiful terraced fields, if you have a rich imagination, you will realize the terraced fields here like Horseshoe. This is a new photography location that is very popular with professional photographers. Overnight in Mu Cang Chai. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
This morning, you will have free time till 8:30 am and we will check out the hotel. Starting the transfer to Sapa, we will have a short stop at the Thai Village in Tu Le Town, nestled within a vast valley. Immerse yourself in the cultural richness of this charming village, taking in the sights and sounds that make it truly special. After the walking tour around the village, we transfer to Sapa in the next 5 hours. On the way, we will enjoy lunch at the local restaurant. On your arrival in Sapa, you will check-in and free to enjoy Sapa. The dinner will be on your own. Suggested meals will be hotpot. Distance Mu Cang Chai – Sapa: 250km – 5,5 hours. Overnight in Sapa .Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Our driver will pick you up at hotel and we transfer to Sapa town. From here, we will be transferred towards the Silver Waterfall. After a short time to take pictures of the waterfall, we continue our drive to the Heaven Gate of Tram Ton which can be considered as the highest peak of roads in Vietnam. Enjoy the marvellous views of Fansipan from the Gate, the highest peak of Indochina. Then we start our walking trip by going downhill a dirt trail, through bamboo forest of Hoang Lien National Park. Your lunch will be served at a nice spot nearby a river. After lunch, we continue our trek to Sin Chai village, where Community Based Tourism in Sapa takes place. Then we visit the village, inhabited by the Black Hmong people, one of the largest group ethnic minorities in Sapa area. In the late afternoon, we will be picked up by our car for the journey back to your hotel in Sapa. Overnight in Sapa .Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Met up at your hotel in Sapa by local guide and driver for a short road transfer along the national road 4D northeastwards to the trekking point. Trekking uphill on a large and rocky path for 2 hours along the narrow valley which runs between two high mountains passing two hamlets of the Black H’mong of Sa Pa Commune: Sau Chua and Sa Seng. The H’mong peoples here have just recently change their living way from sifting style into the sedentary one. So there are still a lot traces of the past time can be seen: rudimentary houses, stone wall around homes… Lunch break in the village. After Lunch, continue along the same trail gradually uphill the Den Thang mountain for an hour to Hang Da Village of the H’mong which sits at 1,800m height and over looking down the Muong Hoa Valley. Paying visit to several local homes. Leaving Hang Da and enjoy easy walk on high elevation for half an hour which offers great view of Muong Hoa Valley until arriving to Thao Hong Den, another village of the Black H’mong. Paying visiting to several local homes. This portion of the trek offers chances for taking the best photos of landscapes. Getting downhill for another hour along a dirt track to Pho Village at the center of Hau Thao Commune. Picked up and transfer back to Sapa. Overnight in Sapa . Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Check out from the hotel in the morning. We take a drive to Fansipan Legend where we start the cable car ride to Fansipan Summit – the ‘Roof of Indochina’ with 3,143-meter height. Normally, it takes at least two or three days to reach the Peak of Fansipan Mountain on foot. However, with the newly three-rope cable car system we can see the peak and spectacular surrounding from the peak within half a day. The cable car ride will take around 20 minutes then from Đỗ Quyên station, we take the mountain train to the top and spend time here before challenge ourselves with the rest 636 high steps back to the Đỗ Quyên Station. After visiting the Fansipan Peak, we will be back to the town centre and have lunch. Then drive back to Hanoi in the afternoon. Distance Sapa – Hanoi: 400km – 6 hours. Overnight in Hanoi. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Pick up at our hotel in Hanoi after breakfast, we will take 180 KM to Halong Bay – The Bay of Descending Dragon, which is located in the Northeast of Vietnam. Halong Bay has been recognized by UNESCO as the World Natural Heritage thanks to its universal values of landscape, geology and geomorphology, respectively in 1994 and 2000 and is one of the most beautiful bays in the world.
On arrival in Tuan Chau Pier at around noon, we will get on boat with welcome of the crew team. Lunch will be served onboard with seafood mainly while our cruise sets toward to the Islet of Rocky Dog (Hon Cho Da), Incense Burner (Hon Dinh Huong) and Fighting Cock (Hon Ga Choi). Our cruise then docks at Amazing Cave (Hang Sung Sot), can say, the most amazing cave in Halong at this stage with hundreds of splendid stalactite. After one-hour visiting the cave, we continue cruising to Titov Island where we will have free time for swimming. Back to the cruise at around 4 PM, continue exploring further in the bay before ending the trip at 6 PM at Tuan Chau Wharf. We will find our car is waiting and take us back to Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Hanoi Departure (B). Arrive in Bangkok and Transfer to Bangkok Palace hotel,4*
Free day (B)
Bangkok/Reunion/Mauritius(B)
