Embrace Northern Vietnam's nature beauty: Ninh Binh - Sapa - Halong Bay
4.7
18 Ratings

Explore North Vietnam’s stunning landscapes: trek Sapa, cruise Halong Bay, and row through Ninh Binh’s caverns. Adventure awaits!

Duration: 5 days
Cancellation: 6 days
Highlights

HANOI - NINH BINH: HOA LU - TAM COC - HANOI (L) SIC TOUR

Tam Coc - A 90km drive south of Hanoi will lead you to Ninh Binh, the site of the one capital city of ancient Vietnam before Hanoi took its leading role in 11th century. The area is featured by lots of well-known sceneries, which include Tam Coc Caves and Hoa Lu ancient capital with the old…

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What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Group tour
  • Lunch
  • Round-trip shared transfer
  • Single room available upon request with surcharge
  • Meals as per itinerary (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
  • All activities
  • 2 nights accommodation based on twin/double/triple sharing: 1 night in Sapa + 1 night on cruise in Halong Bay
What's Not Included
  • Drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Surcharge for holiday: New Year, Christmas, Independent Day.
Additional Information

Embrace Northern Vietnam’s nature beauty: Ninh Binh - Sapa - Halong Bay. This tour is suitable for people who already booked accommodation in Hanoi before or people prefer to choose accommodation in Hanoi by yourselves.
Highlights:

  • Visiting Hoa Lu - the ancient former capital city and rowing through caverns that cut their way through mountains…
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Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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(18 Ratings)
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Tourist22140052642
Oct 23, 2024
Hanoi,Sapa & Halong - I recently enjoyed a 6-day trip to Hanoi, Sapa, and Halong Bay, and it was an overall fantastic experience. The stay and food were excellent, with a delightful mix of local dishes and a seafood buffet on the first night that set a great tone for the journey. The highlight was undoubtedly the private cruise on Halong Bay, which included a visit to a small island with a beautiful cave—absolutely breathtaking scenery. The trip to Sapa, while promising, was slightly disappointing due to the foggy conditions, which obscured much of the scenery. However, the experience was still enjoyable, thanks to a knowledgeable local guide and a comfortable chartered bus. The trek through the Sapa highlands was a bit challenging, but it added a sense of adventure to the trip. Despite the minor hiccups, the trip offered a perfect blend of culture, nature, and relaxation, and I'd highly recommend it.
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Mobile33705083312
Mar 10, 2024
Good Tour Experience by BC Family - 5 days tour was well arranged by Daisy and Sam from BC family. They help us to book with local operators for different tours. We chose the 4 star option as a group of two females. 1. Ninh Binh tour: The one day tour was conducted by Cozy Bay Cruise. Tour guide was a little late in picking us up from hotel lobby and tour bus left Hanoi for Ninh Binh later than expected as guide wanted to get everyone that signed up to be on the bus, even those who were late for the bus. This has been feedback by other tourists in the same tour group to the tour guide. Nonetheless, we had a fun time cycling to the temple, decent lunch buffet and had nice time on the Tam Coc boat ride. 2. 2D1N Sapa Tour: We had a fun time trekking with local guide on the first day and she was engaging when we ask questions about the local culture. Trekking was not easy as it was on uneven or slanted terrain, but local guide was also patient with us and hiking shoes are highly recommended. BC Family arranged us to stay at a nice hotel room at Eden Boutique Hotel and service was great there. We could request to change from trekking to visit Fansipan on 2nd day as well. The disappointing part of this 2D1N tour were the drivers that drove us to and from Hanoi. The drivers were late in picking us up (shared transfer limousine), didn’t know the right address for drop off and wanted us to drop us off at the wrong hotel until I showed them the right hotel on Google Maps. 3.2D1N Halong Bay tour: We had a blast and fun time on the tour operated by Signature (Athena Group). The cruise staff or car drivers that were with us throughout the trip were on time, friendly and professional. We had a great time kayaking, visiting cave/beach, making spring roll and eating luxury dinner course meal. Twin beds room on cruise was nice too with big room and bathroom even if we were assigned on first floor deck. The tour guide said that we went to Bai Tu Long Bay instead of Halong Bay as Halong Bay had too many tourists. Great decision by Signature staff as we had a fun time doing similar activities at Bai Tu long bay and glad that BC family arranged us to be on this tour. Overall, great tour experience arranged by BC Family. We only were disappointed by the local drivers during Sapa trip, but other than that, the tour activities were fun and memorable experience.
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B9315qcgabrield
Dec 18, 2023
Rough Guides: Unique Travel Experience in Vietnam with BC Family Tour Experts - We spent 5 amazing days in Northern Vietnam, and we had to change our plane tickets to stay 4 more days because we had never had such an amazing experience before. We had a great experience in the world natural wonders of Halong Bay and Ninh Binh. In Sapa we hiked a beautiful path and booked another hiking tour to the top of Fansipan and took the cable car back to Sapa town. The homestay in Sapa was a wonderful place to better understand the unique culture here. In Hanoi, we participated in a city tour and food tour with street food experience... Too many things we want to tell you and our friends. We discovered the travel experts at BC Family Tour through the popular travel guide Rough Guides. Sam and Daisy have designed a unique and wonderful experience program for us! Thank you to all of you. If anyone would like to contact them you can send an email or via WhatsApp: +84886559609 We plan to return to Vietnam. See you soon !
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Pascalc172
Nov 4, 2023
practical information - Hanoi airport: no train to reach Hanoi cost of a taxi; around ten euros, double if you book a taxi with your hotel. in time: variable of course depending on the time but allow around 40 minutes money to keep it simple and easy to navigate; 100,000 vnd = 4 eur (in fact, a little less...), this makes it easy to find the equivalence in eur meal traditional soup (pho ga -chicken) around 50,000 vnd (around 2 eur) ditto the egg coffee (so good) dishes cost between 50,000 and 100,000 vnd (between 2 and 4 eur) beer (hanoi bier, very good light beer): around 25,000 vnd in street restaurants; you can consume without drinking taste the bun cha visits Vietnamese women's museum (very interesting): entry 30,000 vnd + audio guide in French 50,000 vnd. The visit can be done without this audio guide because the explanations are written in French...but given the price, take the audio guide literature museum: entry 30,000 vnd bike taxi: variable cost depending on destination but count around 300,000 vnd crossing a road on foot is a bit of gymnastics but you get used to it quickly: and we haven't seen any accidents. The green light for pedestrians is not a guarantee of absolute safety... motorcycles burn the lights, sometimes, motorcycles are going in the wrong direction, so be careful to look carefully to the left and right... but like us as a hotelier said: the rule for crossing is not to hesitate!! and you will see, it goes very well. Especially since paradoxically, the Vietnamese drive rather carefully!! excursions: we chose the Hanoi Voyages agency which provided very good advice and who checked in with us regularly via WhatsApp. hotel ; If you like hotels with great comfort, choose to go to the following hotels: Hanoi: Siesta Hang be (very close to Hoan Kiem Lake and the Méritel Hotel Tam Coc (Nihn Binh, Ha Long Bay) the tam coc garden Sa pa: the Sa pa horizon hotel Ha Long Bay: private junk 3 days 2 nights: we went through the company Indochina.junk: very good tipping: always a delicate point...our travel agency recommended that we give between 2 and 4 eur/day to the driver and between 4 and 8 eur for the guide... for hotel employees: between 5,000 and 10,000 vnd (0.20 eur to 0.4 eur) no tipping in street food restaurants
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Fongfromusa
Feb 21, 2023
Amazing and Flawless - BC Family Tour organized an amazing custom vacation for me and my family of six. We were nervous since this was the first time we traveled from USA to Vietnam, but there were no hiccups from beginning to end. The tour guides were fluent in English and very knowledgeable. The hotels were convenient to everything. We really enjoyed seeing the beautiful scenes of Halong Bay and Ninh Binh and the flavors of Hanoi City. We highly recommend this tour package.
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Annahq6315ut
Feb 6, 2023
The best vietnam Tour in 2023 - Sapa tours, ninh binh - trang an - bai dinh - halong cruise: The best northern Vietnam tours. It was absolutly perfect! Our guide, Mr Suu was very nice to us, all the time with very good information about what we were visiting, and also recommend us very good restaurants. The trekking in the rice fields, the villages, Fansipan mountain with cable car... everything amazing. Halong bay cruise is the best cruise in Vietnam and in the world. We want to recommend this tour to all! You can contact them via WhatsApp or any app chat early. +84886559609 . thank you so much my friends!
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Minhbui0224
Jan 17, 2023
Good tour nice staff - Beautiful, scenetic tour with both moutain and sea experience. Staff and tour guides are supportive.
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Vathanil
Jun 25, 2022
Amazing tour!!! - This tour was totally worth it! They made it so easy to do everything with little planning on the travelers part. Sam was incredibly helpful and informative when it came to each day, and the pickup times + activities involved. I was able to do everything I wanted to do in the Hanoi area and more! Thank you so much for the incredible experience!
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Annaaw3721
Jun 23, 2022
trip in north of Vietnam - Amazing trip in north of Vietnam. I cannot recommend enough, had a awesome itinerary. I would definitely use them again and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Thank you Daisy for organising everything and being helpful with all my questions. I will tell my friends and family members. Thanks bc family tour team too.
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Samantha
Dec 26, 2023
Halong bay cruise unlike the pictures posted - Halong cruise cabin did not look like the pictures posted. Window was way smaller as this company advertised the cabins on the second floor which were larger with bigger windows. Did not appreciate the false marketing around that. Otherwise the staff on the cruise did well with making sure we got to the stops with minimal crowds.
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