City	transfer by	Accommodation
Hanoi	train	2nihgts
Hai Phong-Lao Cai	car	1night
Sa Pa	car	2nights
Hekou/Yuanyang	car	1night
Jianshui	car	1night
Stone Forest	car	1night
Kunming- Lijiang	car	3nights
Zhongdian	car	2nights
Kunming		2nights

Day 1 
Arrive  /  Hanoi
Transfer via:  own arrangement 

Upon arrival at Hanoi International Airport.  Meet and transfer to hotel for check in.

Hanoi:  Throughout the thousand years of its eventful history, marked by destruction, wars and natural calamities, Hanoi still preserves many ancient architectural works including the Old Quarter and over 600 pagodas and temples.

Day 2    (B,  L,    )

Hanoi   

Full-day city tour :  Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum (closed on Monday, Friday and whole October-November) and Ho Chi Minh¡¯s Residence, One Pillar Pagoda, Army Museum, Temple of Literature.

Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum:  Uncle Ho's dead body dressed in faded khaki clothes and plain rubber shoes was put in a glass coffin.

Ho Chi Minh's Residence:  the stilt-house and its furnishings have been preserved must as they were in the 1960s. In the area under the house, Ho Chi Minh would receive visitors and meet members of the Political Bureau.

One Pillar Pagoda:  The pagoda was first built in 1049 under the Ly Dynasty, on the west side of the ancient Thang Long Capital. Its original name was Dien Huu, expressing the wish for longevity for the second King Ly.

Temple of Literature:  built in the 11th century as Vietnam¡¯s first university, Fine Art Museum and Quan Thanh Temple.  01 hr cyclo for visit the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem lake.

Evening: Water puppet show, the unique Vietnamese traditional art. 

Day 3    (B,  L,    )

Hanoi  /  Hai Phong / Halong / Hanoi / Lao Cai

Transfer via:  overnight train 

Drive to Hai Phong 100 km east of Hanoi.  Take the hydrofoil to Cat Ba island.  Visit Cat Ba Island then transfer by a wooden boat to Halong bay. 

Arrive in Halong, Discover Halong Bay, listed as a World Heritage Area of outstanding natural beauty. Dragon descending to the sea¡° as it is known in Vietnamese, picturesque Halong Bay has more than 3,000 limestone islets rising from the clear emerald  water, many of them containing beautiful grottoes.

A 5-hour boat trip will visit one grotto, then continue to more of these wonders of creation. Seafood lunch on board.Return to Hanoi, then transfer direct to the Hanoi Railway station for catch the night train to Lao Cai. Overnight on the train Tulico or Ratraco with Cabin 04 soft berth. 

Accommodations:  on the train

Day 4    (B,  L,    )

Laocai  /  Sapa

Arrive Lao Cai early morning.  Pick up then transfer 38 km from Lao Cai to Sapa then continue to the hotel. Breakfast at hotel. A 8-km on the rim of a deep valley, followed by 30-minutes walk take you to so-called rattan bridge & the ethnic Ta Van village which is dwelled by Dzay people followed by a walking visit to Cat Cat village. You can see along the road many montagnards from surrounding villages. They dresstheir most colourful costumes and head to the market to exchange goods or sell self-made souvenirs .

Sapa:   Sapa Ancient Rock Field is between the terraced rice paddies of ethnic minority groups. The first exploration research, in 1925, recorded that there were 200 stones of various dimensions concentrated in the area. Hon Bo, which is 15m long and 6m high, is the biggest of theses rocks.  

Day 5    (B,  L,    )

Sapa  

Visit the market of the minority at Coc Ly.   Lunch at local restaurant.  Back to Sapa then transfer to the hotel. At leisure in the rest of day.   Dinner at own account

Day 6    (B,  L,    )

Sapa  /  Laocai/Heko/Yuanyang

Transfer to Chinese border at Hekou. The guide will leave you at the border on Vietnamese side (Lao Cai) and you will cross by foot to the Chinese side (Hekou).  After the formalities, you will enter China. Met at custom hall of Hekou border then dirving to Yuanyang.

Day 7    (B,  L,    )

Yuanyang  /  Jianshui

Visit Bada and Duoyishu (Rice Terrace),Tiger Mouth Rice Terrace,Qingkou village.   

Later fo the day, transfer to Jianshui. Visit the Private Garden of Zhu's Family

Rice terrace system is developed in mountainous landscape within which rice is cultivated, and it involves the development of specific water management and cultivation practices that produce specific beneficial outcomes. The ponding technique used in terrace system has allowed cultivation even on steep slopes, and it helps to prevent soil erosion and landslides.

Ponding technique also has a higher capacity for flood control: peak flows during heavy rains are reduced because the field bunds have a high water storage capacity. The layer of water due to ponding in rice cultivation minimizes weed growth and thus also the need for herbicides and manual weed control. The permanent presence of water on the field also generates percolation of water and groundwater recharge, which is often beneficial for other types of water use. 

Day 8    (B,  L,    )

Jianshui  /  Stone Forest

JIANSHUI¨CSTONE FOREST BY CAR (268KM).

Morning visit the Confucian Temple. Afternoon excursion to explore Zhang Family's House at Village Tuanshan as well as Double- Dragon Bridge,one of the largest pavilion-style ancient bridge in China with its 17 piers as well as the Examination Shed of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. when sightseeing is over, drive to Stone Forest. overnigh at the local best Hotel Qianqi Ashima. 

Day 9    (B,  L,    )

Stone Forest  /  Kunming / Lijiang

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Tranfer via: by air

In the morning, visit the Stone Forest. Drive back to Kunming,Transfer to Lijiang by flight. Visit the Black Gragon Pool.

The Black Dragon Pool is like an ancient architecture museum. Some of the famous buildings were established suburbs have under protection actually collected from other places. People moved the traditional buildings that almost had been ruined here and let them be protected. Among them, the most famous buildings are the Villa Jietuolin of the King Mu and the Five Phoenixes Tower combines the typical Lamaism plane pattern and exquisite wooden structure of the Naxi architecture. Both the frame and the technology are unprecedented. The buildings can rarely be found even in the world of Chinese architecture.

Day 10    (B,  L,    )

Lijiang

Drive to Lashi Lake to visit Naxi Village, take a canoe ride on the lake.Visit the old town of Lijiang, escorted tour to Square Street, Mu Prince Mansion in the afternoon.

The Lijiang ancient town of Dayan: The town was built in the late song dynasty and the early Yuan dynasty and was listed by the UNESCO on the list of the world's major cultural heritages in 1997.

Day 11    (B,  L,    )

Lijiang   

Full day visit the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Yak Meadow, the old house of Joseph Rock, who stayed in Lijiang for 27 years from 1922 to 1949 and visit Baisha Murals.

Lijiang murals are mostly from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Among the 55 existing murals, the largest one is at the Dabaoji Hall of Baisha. Most Lijiang murals depict religious stories, and one characteristic is to combine several legends into one picture. They are an artistic Crystallization combining the Naxi, Tibetan, Bai and Han styles.  

The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain: The mountain has 13 peaks of which the highest is 18000 feet above sea level. It is a treasure of wild plants and rare animals.

Day 12    (B,  L,    )

Lijiang  /  Zhongdian

In the morning, drive to the Stone Drum village, visit the First Bend of Yangtze river, continue drive to Zhongdian and stop at Tiger Leaping Gorge.

The Tiger Leaping Gorge: one of the world's four great gorges - is located in Hutiaoxia Town in Zhongdian County,is honored as one of the deepest and most marvelous gorges on the globe.

Day 13  Wed   (B,  L,    )

Zhongdian   

Full day visit of Bita Lake, Songtseling Lamasery Temple and a Tibetan Family.

Songzanlin Monastery, or 'Little Potala' as it is affectionately known, is a spiritual place that invites you to discover the mystery and traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.

Day 14  Thu    (B,  L,    )

Zhongdian  /  Kunming

Transfer via: by air

Free time till to transfer to Kunming by air. Visit the Western Hill, Dragon gate, Flower market,  enjoy famous "Peacock Dance Show" at night. 

Day 15    (B,  L,    )

Kunming  /  Depart

Transfer via:  KUNMING TO BANGKOK: 28.01.06 TG 613, 15.20(own arrangement) 

Morning visit to Golden Temple. Transfer to ariport for return flight to next destination.

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Meal Code:   B-Western breakfast in the hotel        L-Vietnamese lunch in local restaurant
D-Vietnamese Dinner in local restaurant

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* The above quotation is based on twin share.  Single supplement will be charged only when you are the 3rd, 5th person in this group, and need to stay in one single room, which means no one in the group can share the cost of accommodation with you.

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