Day 1: Hanoi - Mai Chau - Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi at 8:00 am. Drive to Mai Chau (150 km). Visit Muong minority village in Hoa Binh en route. Lunch in Hoa Binh. Then continue to go to Mai Chau. Evening: enjoy pipe rice wine and folk dance performance by local people. Dinner and night at a stilt house in a Thai minority village. (B,L,D) 

Day 2: Mai Chau - Son La - After breakfast go around the village, then drive to Son La ( 180 km) with stops on the way for talking picture. This province borders Laos to the South. Lunch en route. Visit the former prison built by French colonialism in 1908. In 1930-1945, it was expanded and became the place where detained revolutionary soldiers. Dinner and night at a minihotel. (B,L,D)

Day 3: Son La - Dien Bien - Leave Son La for Dien Bien, lunch in Dien Bien where is famous for its battle in 1954. The battle of Dien Bien Phu is described by historians as "the first time that a non-European colonial independence movement had evolved through all the stages from guerrilla bands guerrilla bands to a conventionally organized and equipped army able to defeat a modern Western occupier in pitched battle". PM: visit  Dien Bien Phu battle field, museum  of ethnic groups. Dinner and night at minihotel. (B,L,D) 

 Day 4: Dien Bien - Lai Chau - Drive to Lai Chau, the most scarcely populated province in Vietnam which shares a border with China. Dinner and night at minihotel. (B,L,D)

Day 5: Lai Chau - Sapa - Leave Lai Chau for Sapa, the frontier town and district in Lao Cai province in northwest Vietnam. PM: visit Ham Rong Mountain, viewing the beautiful scenery of the town and surrounding area. Have a trek to minority village. Night at a minihotel in Sapa. (B,L,D)   

 Day 6: Sapa - Hanoi - Back to Hanoi ( 370 km). (B,L)    
  

• Land around trip transport AC van.

• Accommodation.

• Meals as indicated.

• Tour guides / leader.

• All entrance and sightseeing fees in the itinerary.

• International airfares & airport taxes in/out of Vietnam.

• Hotel early check-ins and late check-outs.

• All drinks & other meals not mentioned.

• Travel insurance.

• Visa to Vietnam (We can arrange both visa approval letter and visa on arrival upon request).

• Personal expenses (laundry, telephone, shopping, etc.)

• Others not mentioned in details.

• Tipping and Gratuities are welcome.