Day 1: KUNMING  
Arrive Kunming International airport, pick up and transfer to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: KUNMING  
Breakfast at hotel. Drive to the Western Hills followed by a 10-minute chairlift ride up the hill. From the top, you will enjoy a beautiful view of Kunming and its surrounding before taking a path down to the famous “Dragon Gate”. On the way you will also have the opportunity to visit the Huating temple, the largest Buddhist complex in Kunming. Lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon, discover the Bamboo Temple with its famous finely crafted 500 Luohan statues. Take a stroll in the Flower and Bird Market. Dinner of Yunnanese specialties followed by a minority folk dance show.

Day 3: KUNMING  
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to the Stone Forest. On the way, you will visit the Golden Temple, a unique Taoist temple. Lunch en route. In the afternoon, discover one of China’s most remarkable phenomena. The Stone Forest consists of innumerable bizarre-shaped ancient limestone cliffs and peaks created by wind and water erosion some 200 million years ago. Dinner at local restaurant followed by a Sani dance show.

Day 4: KUNMING - HEKOU  
Breakfast at the hotel. Long drive to Hekou through beautiful subtropical landscape with great views of deep ravines, banana and pineapple groves, terraced rice paddies. Lunch en route.

Day 5: HEKOU - SAPA  
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, cross the border at Hekou. The Chinese guide will leave you at the border on the Chinese side (Hekou) and you will cross by foot to the Vietnamese side (Lao Cai). After the formalities, you will enter Vietnam where your Vietnamese guide will wait for you and transfer to the Hotel in Sapa (45 minutes/38 km). Stunning trip up a winding road surrounded by steep mountains and terraced rice fields. Lunch at local restaurant. Leisure day to explore the Hmong Village , Dzao village and Dzay minorities in the spectacular landscape around Sapa.

Day 6: SAPA  
Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy the superb facilities (heated indoor/outdoor swimming pool, sauna, massage) and be ready for trekking in the afternoon. Lunch at local restaurant. A 4-km drive by Russian jeep to the rim of a deep valley. Along the road you will see Hmong, Dzay and Dzao minority people dressed in their traditional costumes. A 30-minute walk takes you over a rattan bridge to picturesque Ta Van village, home to all three minorities. Share their daily lives for a rare glimpse into their culture.

Day 7: SAPA - HANOI  
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive down hill to Lao Cai and then to Hanoi.

Day 8: HANOI – CITY TOUR  
Breakfast at hotel. Fullday city tour: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Presidential Palace, HCM Stilt house, One Pillar pagoda, Literature temple, Ngoc Son temple, Hoan Kiem Lake, History museum, Old Quarter. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 9: HANOI – HALONG BAY  
Breakfast at hotel. Drive to the famous Ha long Bay, a unique site where some 3,000 islands emerge from the waters of the Gulf of Ton kin. Cruise through thousands of Karstic and limestone rock formations. Discover Thien Cung and Dau Go caves and a panoramic view. Back to Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 10: HANOI - DEPARTURE  
Breakfast at hotel. Free until transfer to airport for departure.