This cross-regional tour departing from Saigon takes travelers through the remarkable, breathtaking landmarks of northern and northwestern Vietnam.
Admire the Spectacular Landmarks on the 5D4N Northern Vietnam Tour
Hon Trong Mai, also known as Hon Ga Choi, in Ha Long Bay.
The Saigon – Ha Long – Ninh Binh – Tam Chuc – Sapa itinerary with the 5D4N Northern Vietnam tour will take travelers to the remarkable landmarks of northern and northwestern Vietnam, including the capital Hanoi, which carries the contemplative character of history; the ancient imperial capital; and Tam Chuc Pagoda, one of the largest pagodas in the world…
On this 5D4N Northern Vietnam tour you can fully enjoy the journey, from pilgrimage tourism to experiential travel, exploring natural heritage sites and sampling the specialties of different regions and ethnic groups. Travelers will feel proud to live in this S-shaped land of wonderful scenery.
Tuan Chau International Tourist Area. Photo: tuanchauhalong.
Let iVIVU take you through the outstanding destinations on this “5D4N Northern Vietnam tour: Saigon – Ha Long – Ninh Binh – Tam Chuc – Sapa” below.
Tuan Chau International Tourist Area
Tuan Chau International Tourist Area includes the Tuan Chau – Cat Ba ferry, a system of resort hotels, Vietnam’s longest artificial beach, Quang Ninh’s leading entertainment complex, a club featuring dolphin, seal and sea lion performances, and modern outdoor games, making it an attractive leisure destination for travelers.
Read more: Tuan Chau International Tourist Area – an entertainment paradise in the heritage region
A corner of Tuan Chau Port. Photo: tuanchau-halong.com.vn.
Dolphin performance. Photo: tuanchau-halong.com.vn.
Photo: Fb Tuan Chau Ha Long.
Sun World Ha Long Park
This is a seaside entertainment complex located right on Bai Chay Beach, invested in and built by Sun Group. Sun World Ha Long is a large-scale development considered a miniature world featuring a full range of entertainment, leisure and shopping activities near the center of Ha Long City, promising visitors their most memorable moments.
Read more: Sun World Ha Long – a high-class entertainment complex on the bay
Photo: @mintomo_miya.
Photo: @mintomo_miya.
Sun World Ha Long Beach.
Many exciting games. Photo: Fb Sun World Ha Long.
Sun World Ha Long Park tourist area. Photo: halongtourism.
Thien Cung Cave
Visiting Thien Cung Cave is undoubtedly an activity not to be missed when traveling to Ha Long Bay. This earthly paradise covers a fairly large area of around 10,000 square meters, with a highly diverse interior structure featuring multiple levels and chambers filled with countless uniquely shaped, magnificent limestone stalactites.
Read more: Thien Cung Cave – an earthly paradise hidden in Ha Long Bay
Magnificent scenery inside the cave. Photo: @jetsetpandaz.
“Skylight.” Photo: @yu_kuike.
Photo: @saki_sekamaru.
Dau Go Cave
Dau Go Cave is also among the attractions in Ha Long Bay. It is associated with Tran Hung Dao’s historic resistance against the Yuan-Mongol forces in 1228. In addition, while cruising through Ha Long, travelers can admire thousands of towering rocky islands and enormous natural paintings such as Dinh Huong Islet, Ga Choi Islet and Cho Da Islet…
Photo: @ricard_montcada.
Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex
Travelers will be overwhelmed by the limestone mountain ranges, valleys and rivers interwoven to create the otherworldly, mysterious setting of this world natural heritage site. Sitting in a small boat, travelers will weave along the winding Sao Khe River through rice fields before venturing deep into the cave complexes.
Photo: @ng.anhh201.
Photo: @leptit.elo.
Hoa Lu Ancient Capital
Hoa Lu Ancient Capital is a remarkable architectural complex in Ninh Binh Province, recognized by UNESCO as one of the four core areas of the Trang An World Heritage Complex. The state has also ranked it as a particularly important national architectural and historical relic complex that must be carefully preserved.
Hoa Lu Ancient Capital is an architectural complex in which each structure has its own character; together, they create the ancient and heroic beauty of this historic relic. Diverse and abundant historical traces remain throughout the complex, including city walls, imperial citadels, caves, temples and pagodas, tombs, and many other structures of high historical and cultural value.
Photo: @annick_ponty_tschaegle.
Photo: @annick_ponty_tschaegle.
Tam Chuc Pagoda Complex
The Tam Chuc Pagoda tourist complex in Ha Nam is a spiritual tourism destination receiving considerable attention from young people and Buddhists across the country. Spanning more than 500ha and surrounded by limestone mountains, it faces a large lake with six small mountains rising from its waters. Travelers can take a boat across the lake to visit these small islands and the communal houses on them.
Read more: Review: Visiting Tam Chuc in 1D1N – the famous pagoda in Ha Nam
Photo: ng.ngoc.hanh.
Photo: @chuatamchuc.
Photo: @mermettheworld.
Photo: @mermettheworld.
Sapa Heaven Gate
Located at the summit of O Quy Ho Pass, this is the perfect place to admire the majestic, breathtaking scenery of one of the four great mountain passes. Standing at Sapa Heaven Gate, you can take in the vast valley below, with its lush green fields, the road running between Phong Tho (Lai Chau) and Sapa (Lao Cai), and, in the distance, Silver Waterfall – one of the 10 most beautiful waterfalls in Lao Cai, a destination young people are always eager to explore.
Photo: @joy_atchaleeya.
Photo: @pann_luckana.
Infinity pool. Photo: @kitty_eye.
Rong May Glass Bridge
Located at the summit of O Quy Ho Pass, Rong May Glass Bridge consists of an access walkway beginning inside the mountain, followed by a precarious 70m elevator system. The elevator takes visitors to the glass bridge, 2,200m above sea level, while the bridge deck extends 60m from the cliff face, creating the sensation of floating in midair. The elevator cabin holds 30 passengers per trip and has glass walls on all four sides for unobstructed views.
Photo: Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee.
Stone Church
Located right in the town center, Sapa Stone Church was built in 1895 and is considered the most intact remaining example of French colonial architecture. Although it has undergone several restorations and renovations due to war and the severe forces of nature, the church has retained the charm and spirit of its religious architecture.
Photo: @trinh_x.
Fansipan Cable Car
The Fansipan cable car is a three-rope cable car route connecting the town center to the summit of Fansipan. This modern three-rope cable car is 6,292.5 meters long. It not only reduces the journey to the summit from two days to just 15 minutes, but also allows travelers to fully admire the beautiful sea of clouds, Muong Hoa Valley and the Hoang Lien Son Range from above.
Cable car to the summit of Fansipan.
However, after taking the cable car, travelers must climb another 600 steps to reach the Fansipan summit marker. From here, you can admire the extremely majestic natural scenery and the poetic landscape, where clouds, wind and mist are ever-present.
Photo: @camvan1012.
Do Quyen Mountain Railway
Travelers can also choose this option to conquer the summit of Fansipan. Although this means of transport is recommended on days when weather conditions are less favorable or for travelers who are not physically fit enough, other visitors can also experience this novel form of transport.
Fansipan Pagoda Complex
Leaving Fansipan Station, you will immediately arrive at Ha Pagoda (Thanh Phong Zen Monastery). Here, you can write a prayer for peace for yourself and your family. Along the 600-step route to the summit of Fansipan, from Ha Pagoda to Thuong Pagoda, you can hear soothing meditation music everywhere, creating the feeling of entering the Buddha’s realm.
Spiritual area on the summit of Fansipan.
Scenery at the summit of Fansipan. Photo: FB Sun World Fansipan Legend.
Bich Van Zen Monastery.
In particular, travelers should not miss paying homage to Vietnam’s tallest bronze Amitabha Buddha statue (21.5m), regarded as the symbol of the Fansipan spiritual and cultural complex. The site is also home to Kim Son Bao Thang Pagoda and Dai Hung Bao Dien, featuring many painstakingly crafted Buddha statues, an 11-story stupa made from monolithic stone, and an Arhat Road lined with 18 bronze Arhat statues, with brilliant rhododendrons blooming on both sides.
Photo: @ssu__vely_.
Great Buddha statue.
