On arrival at Noi Bai Airport, you will be met and transferred to your hotel where you will have a welcome drink and tour briefing

Travelling through the rural patchwork of rice fields you begin your ascent into an area of tea plantation covered mountains. Spectacular vistas and tiny farming communities punctuate your route as you make your way to the town of Cho Ra, the gateway to Ba Be National Park

Paddling by canoe, explore the beauty of Ba Be lakes including Puong Grotto, Dau Dang Falls and glimpses of the bird and animal life, which populates the area. A short trek brings you to the stilt house of the friendly Tay minority people and you have a chance to enjoy their warm hospitality tonight as their guests

Travelling through increasingly rugged terrain, the visual rewards of this mountainous area are plentiful. From Cao Bang town you head out to Pac Bo Cave where President Ho Chi Minh lived for four years, planning the revolution while hiding at the same time from enemies

Scenic and mountainous, Lang Son province is an area

populated by minority groups living as they have for hundreds of years. You will also pass through Dong Khe and That Khe, important battlefields of the Indochina war, before arriving in the trading post of Lang Son

This morning visit the remarkable cave of Tam Thanh and view 18th century poetry carved into the stone. Heading back to the bustle of Ha Noi you have time this evening to celebrate and reflect on your great adventure in the remote north

Free at leisure this morning until transferring to the airport for your ongoing flight