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Transportation in Lai Chau

1. By Bus to Lai Chau & From Dien Bien to Hanoi:

 

Hai Van

  • Route: My Dinh Hanoi – Lai Chau
  • Time departure from Hanoi: 09h00
  • Arrive in Lai Chau: 21h00
  • Departure in Hanoi: My Dinh
  • Arrive in station: Lai Chau Town
  • Tel: 0982 42 8868
2. Taxi in Lai Chau:

  • Mai Linh Taxi
  • Tel:  0213 3767 676

3. Private Car / Van


  • Impress Travel in Lai Chau Town
  • Tel:  0912379189
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Tour departure from Hanoi, then discovering the north-west’s territory of Vietnam as following of driving up on the winding road to Mai Chau, Moc Chau, Sa La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau and Sapa – Lao Cai. The highlight of tour: Easy trekking in Lac Village to know Thai people in Mai Chau, Going pass Cow Milk Farm Moc Chau & Green Tea Farm in Moc Chau, Visiting So La museum & Battle of Dien Bien Phu,  Stopover in Tram Ton Pass to take picture and Sapa easy trekking to hill tribe villages.

Tours Itinerary

Day 01

HANOI –MAI CHAU

  • Impress Travel Team will pick you up from your hotel, then depart to Northwest of Vietnam. Driving up following along highway 6 to Mai Chau
  • Upon arrival in Lac Village in Mai Chau, then have lunch
    In afternoon easy trekking to discover Mai Chau Valley – Home of Thai people and Song Ma River's bank area, by trekking following the buffalo trail via the rice field from the villages to villages of Thai people,
  • Return to Lac Village then have dinner,
  • Enjoy Thai people's traditional performance
  • Overnight in the Thai's house on stilt.
    Distance from Hanoi to Mai Chau: 160 km or 100 miles.

Day 02

MAI CHAU – SON LA

  • Good morning Mai Chau with local breakfast
    Continue following Highway 6 to plateau Moc Chau, a nature city with a lot of fruit and tree, flower in every different season.
  • On the winding road, we stop anywhere to take a photograph or visit any minority people villages of Hmong, Thai People along the way.
  • Stop for lunch at a local restaurant between Mai Chau and Son La, before visiting a tea plantation on Moc Chau plateau—Vietnam’s premier tea-growing region.
  • Keep up driving to Son La were for overnight and visiting Son La museum.
  • Overnight in Son La Town
  • Distance from Mai Chau to Moc Chau and Son La: 187 km or 116 miles

Day 03

SON LA – DIEN BIEN

  • Check out the hotel, have breakfast in the local restaurant – Pho noodle soup, then visiting Son La museum, before leaving this town to Dien Bien Phu.
  • Keep winding mountain roads through North Vietnam’s stunning countryside. Take any stopover on the way for photo opportunities or to visit local villages, learning more about their unique cultures.
  • Have lunch in a small town, then continue driving to the impressive Pha Din pass—a highlight of the day. Pha Din sits 1,000 meters or 3,280 feet above the sea level. According to local legend, “Pha Din” means the connection between Heaven and Earth.
  • Upon arrival in Dien Bien Phu early in the afternoon and spend the rest of the day visiting the historical site of the Vietnamese / French War, including the Dien Bien Phu Museum and A 1 Hill.
    Have dinner and spend the night in Dien Bien Phu.
  • Distance from Son La to Dien Bien: 157 Km –  100 Miles

Day 04

DIEN BIEN – LAI CHAU

Today is driving from Dien Bien to Lai Chau, the distance about 180 km – 110 miles. Still keeping on winding road and spectacular scenery
There will be stops to visit the H’mong and ZDao villages o­n the way. Arrive in Lai Chau in early afternoon,
Upon Arrival in Lai Chau town, being free time at leisure and discovering Lai Chau Town
Having dinner & overnight this town.
Distance from Dien Bien to Lai Chau: 180 km or 110 miles.

Day 05

LAI CHAU – SAPA

  • Leaving Lai Chau to Sapa – Lao Cai is about 180 km – 110 miles by driving on the winding road, being admired by spectacular scenery again. The Tran Tan pass with the most wonderful & memorable view where is the 25 miles drive to Sapa goes up the ChinCo pass and Tram Son pass, the highest pass in Vietnam, view down from Fansipan Peak – the roof of Indochine. En-route is the beautiful area of Heaven’s Gate and Silver Waterfall.
  • Upon Sapa arrival, check-in hotel, then free at leisure or to explore Sapa town at night
  • Have dinner & overnight in Sapa
  • The distance from Lai Chau to Sapa: 180 km- 110 miles

Day 06

SAPA

  • Begin the new day with breakfast at the hotel
  • Trekking down the hill to Muong Hoa valley where following the buffalo trail to do easy trekking via the rice terraces and village to village.
  • We will visit Lao Chai village where is home of H’mong people, going pass the rice terrace and trail to Ta Van village where land of Dzay people.
  • Have time for lunch and visiting around Ta Van village before getting main-road for driving back to Sapa town.
  • Free at leisure in Sapa town, have dinner and overnight in Sapa
  • Trekking time: 5 hours trekking on the buffalo trail

Day 07

SAPA-HANOI

  • Good morning Sapa
  • Free to explore Sapa town in the morning
  • Driving to Lao Cai for lunch
  • After lunch, leaving Lao Cai town following highway Lao Cai – Hanoi ( 250 km – 155 miles) – Take about 3.5 hours to arrive in Hanoi.
  • Distance from Sapa, Lao Cai and Hanoi: 300 km or 236 miles.

What's included in this trip

  • Full transportation by private car  as tour program indicated.
  • Full meals as indicated in the itinerary.
  • English- speaking guide
  • Entrance fees.
  • Twin-share accommodation with daily breakfast; ( AC room).

What's excluded in this trip

  • Airport taxes
  • Personal insurance
  • Expenditure of a personal nature, tips, such as drinks, souvenirs, laundry, emergency transfers & etc.
  • Visas to Vietnam and Cambodia

Victory Y
18.2.2021

Ban Gioc Waterfall 4 day 3 night tour

I first traveled with Impress a few years ago when i visited Sapa and naturally it had to be Impress when i decide to visit Vietnam again.

They are very professional and have good English speaking guides which makes our tour so much convenient and comfortable.

Their local guides are very knowledgeable and gives excellent service.

I will gladly recommend to Impress Travel to my family and friends if they are visiting Vietnam.

Ebrahim A
January 2020

Tour of Vietnam

Impress travel were amazing. Did my bookings with Daniel for our tour of Vietnam and I must say Daniel was very professional and prompt with his services. All the arrangement, plans, pick-up & drop-off services, hotels, vehicles, sightseeing tours and guides were spot on and excellent. Did 4 nights Hanoi, 1 night Hà Long Bay cruise, 3 nights Hoian, 4 nights Saigon and 1 night in Can Tho. It was totally awesome. Every part of the journey was superbly arranged and planned. I will highly recommend Impress Travel for anyone interested in visiting Vietnam. Very organized and reliable!

Victor
4.2.2020

Ban Gioc Waterfall 4 day 3 night tour

I first traveled with Impress a few years ago when i visited Sapa and naturally it had to be Impress when i decide to visit Vietnam again.
They are very professional and have good English speaking guides which makes our tour so much convenient and comfortable.
Their local guides are very knowledgeable and gives excellent service.
I will gladly recommend to Impress Travel to my family and friends if they are visiting Vietnam.

Marcosbaires
January 2020

SA PA-HAO LONG-HANOI

This was my 2nd visit to Vietnam in the last 3 years and i decided to come back again with Impress Travel with my friends beacause you have been very professional in order to organizer my first trip with my Family.

My sincere thanks to you Mr Tommy and extended the same to Mr Truong , our guide in SA PA.

My Friends and me are very happy withs this trip to Vietnam and we find very satisfactory your services all.

Spanish Guide in SAPA, Hotel, Meals , Organization and all was perfect.

Marcos

Date of experience: January 2020
C2045MGpedro
September 2019

Private tour to Cao Bang Ban Gioc Waterfall and Homestay at Pac Ngoi village

Private tour to Cao Bang Ban Gioc Waterfall and Homestay at Pac Ngoi village
Our tour was organised on line with Alex and Tommy. It was easy and we were given all the information we needed. Our guide Trung was friendly and easy to communicate with. Viet our driver was also very friendly and a competent drive .Our accomodation was clean and comfortable . Our meals were all local varied and good quality.
Danipeja
April 2019

Amazing tour in Saigon Ho Chi Min

We took the two amazing tours, Cu Chi tunnels and Mekong Delta, the information was perfect, we learned a lot, the landscape was so beautiful and our both guides Mr. Lee and Mr. Law were the best in the world, very friendly and professional. Thanks!

Sollypoch
December 2019

Mr

I booked with Impress Travel in July. My contact person was Tommy Thang. He is an amazing person. He was very helpful. He changed my program twice for me. Very accommodating!
We started our holiday in the north (Sapa)of Vietnam and travelled down to HCMC.
The tour was fantastic, Tommy's arrangements were to the"T".
I will always use them if I have to visit the area again and recommend them to one and all.
Thank you once again Mr.Tommy and the Impress Team.
Sulaiman Pochee
South Africa

ebrahim S
January 2020

Tour of Vietnam

Impress travel were amazing. Did my bookings with Daniel for our tour of Vietnam and I must say Daniel was very professional and prompt with his services. All the arrangement, plans, pick-up & drop-off services, hotels, vehicles, sightseeing tours and guides were spot on and excellent. Did 4 nights Hanoi, 1 night Hà Long Bay cruise, 3 nights Hoian, 4 nights Saigon and 1 night in Can Tho. It was totally awesome. Every part of the journey was superbly arranged and planned. I will highly recommend Impress Travel for anyone interested in visiting Vietnam. Very organized and reliable!

har3866
January 2020

So glad I found Impress Travel

At first, I was just planning a trip to Hanoi, Halong Bay, and Ninh Binh for my small family.
Some close friends heard about our plans and wanted to join the trip. Eventually the group grew to be 7 families, with 25 adults and children of varying interests and expectations.
 While I was excited at the prospect of touring Vietnam with good friends, I felt anxiously responsible to ascertain that everything must be well organized and everyone satisfied. This is why I am so very, very glad to have found Impress Travel. Mr. Mark responded quickly to all my inquiries, customized a wonderful trip according to the group's preferences, tirelessly worked out every detail for our 7-day trip, all at a reasonable price. Our guide, Trung, is knowledgeable, helpful, quick to respond to any need, and well-loved by everyone in the group. All my friends found this a marvelous trip, filled with beautiful memories, very much to my delight and relief!

David
October 2019

North Vietnam - Sapa, Halong Bay, Hanoi+ Bai Dinh

Mr Tommy, on behalf of our group, we thank you for your efforts in putting together such a memorable vacation and experience of Sapa, overnight train, Halong Bay, Hanoi + Bai Dinh, your tour guides are so knowledgeable, passionate + helpful. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and we will certainly recommend your tour agency to our friends and share our experiences in social media.
Thumbs up, best regards, 
David

Dave Chia Hong
November 2019

Vietnam Travel with Mr. Mark

It was amazing place to visit in the north of vietnam , we really enjoy all the trip especially their foods , culture, beautiful view and so on.

Road46
November 2019

Hanoi,Sapa,Hanoi,Danang,Hanoi 8D7N Online searching for a reliable travel agent n come across Impress Travel. Contacted

Accommodations were good especially Thang Long Espana Hotel (the Hotel Management automated upgraded us to VIP rooms.Is really unexpected). Overalled tours n places visited very well but only local guides r not good organizing the itineraries. Especially at Sapa Lao Cai and Cat Cat Villages walking tours push to the same day about 8hours for 7km (which is on 1st&2nd days arrival) so tiring. Lunch not good enough 4 so many hours of walking. In Danang Bana Hill the local guide shd arrange 2 visit Bana Hill 1st n not last coz' spend a short time n not nice photos taken due to rain (went in morning time no rain).
Overall tours, hotels, transportation, prices are strongly recommended. Especially Daniel Dang Impress Travel for welcoming and bye-bye wishes.
Daniel Dang tks from 8 of us having a wonderful time n memorable trip for 8D7N Sapa, Hanoi, Danang with Impress Travel. Meet u all again.

Jonh
November 2019

5days Hanoi-Tam Coc-Ninh Binh-Halong Bay

We are family of 6 from Singapore and Malaysia joining Hanoi Impress Travel on 30 October-04 November 2019. We are really impressed with the company and tour guides with their professionalism and well organised arrangement. Lily is our guide for Hanoi, Tam Coc and Ninh Binh. She is excellent and very informative. She even taking care of us until late night. We walk us from Old Quarters to the hotel and brought us to try the famous road side foods. She even helped us to pay for our order to avoid overcharge by the stall. Another guide, David BK (Swan Cruise) brought us to Halong Bay cruise. He is excellent and humorous. He handles everything throughout the trip. He served meals for guests on the cruise, organised happy hour, guiding us for Kayaking, teaching Taiji and cooking class on cruise. The cruise ship is ok and the hotel in Hanoi-Adamas Hotel is small but new and clean with reasonable ok breakfast. Anyway thank you for the wonderful arrangement.

Mariet
November 2019

Professional and well organized

We booked a 8 day private tour package for 9 persons for Northern and Central Vietnam . We experienced great and very professional service from the Impress travel team. Tommy was very easy to contact and accommodated our requests.
All the tour guides were very good, spoke good English, friendly and patient. All the vehicles were very clean , spacious enough for our group of 6 adults and 3 children. The drivers were extremely safe and ontime.
Meals were served in clean restaurants.
Overall we had a good holiday .Thank you Tommy and Impress travel for a great experience.

Sylviasiscas
November 2019

Great service from Impress travel during in Hanoi

We booked package for 9 persons in Hanoi and i was experienced great service during my stay! the PIC (Mr. Mark) was very pleasant and so easily to contact, i was communicated so easily for trip preparation..the tour guide for Trang An was good, Mr Hiep was helped us very well, and he was so patient on witing us shopping! Thank you Hiep!!
during in Hanoi we were stayed in great hotel with nice service also, and during in Halong Bay, they also choosen the best cruise for us! Swan cruise and also the Mr Cong was great!! thank you!!
for transporation, the car was good and driver are pleasant, but only a little bit communication since the driver less good in english. but overall great!!
all the choosen food for lunch and dinner was delicious
Thank you so much Impress travel

Sulagna
November 2019

Excellent, Polite and Helpful Team

Impress Travels has been very helpful in making our vietnam travel amazing. We were a bunch of 7 friends wanting to go on a budget trip covering most locations. Hence, this subjected to a lot of changes during our discussion with the tour guide Daniel.
However, he has been patient enough in hearing out our needs - be it itienary , hotel bookings or even the mode of payment.

They really understand your needs. And needless to say our experience was amazing. All of this support and help has really made our vietnam trip the most memorable as far ❤️

Irene
November 2019

5D/4N Hanoi-Ninh Binh- Halong Bay

I was searching for a reliable travel agent and come across Impress Travel and the many reviews of them. I booked 5D/4N, Hanoi-Trang An-Halong Bay private trip for a party of 6. I communicated with Mr Daniel Dang throughout the time until the day we arrived. Mr Daniel is very patient, helpful, and accommodating to our requirements despite many changes made to the itinerary. The price is very reasonable unlike other travel agents.
Our tour guide, Lily was very friendly and efficientknowledgeable and speak good English.
Highly recommend “Trang An Boat Tour”. The caves was spectacular and beautifully.
2D/1N Halong Bay – Swan Cruise was awesome with amazing view of the cave. Our guide Mr David was hilarious, helpful, accommodating, and everything was well organized. Beside the normal
activities of kayaking, swimming, Tai Chi, culinary lesson, we are indeed very very fortunate to have
the chance to celebrate the “Mooncake Festival” while cruising and admiring the full moon.
Spread of mooncake, dessert, sweet snack, fruits, cocktail, beer and mini dragon dance complete the celebration. Tourists from all over the world party all night long.

Although we paid for a 3-star package, the hotel (Thang Long Espana Hotel), meals and transport provided were also above average. Our gang have a very enjoyable and memorable trip in Hanoi.
Impress Travel really impressed us with their service and will engage their service in future.
P/S:- Don’t worry, Impress Travel CAN be trusted.

Vojtek
November 2019

16 days Private Tour

Hanoi – Duong Lam - Halong Bay – Hue – Danang – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh city – Mekong Delta – Cai Be – Vinh Long – Can Tho – Phu Quoc Island - Ho Chi Minh city.
It is worth talking about details, say what you want to see, watch the hotels, indicate which rooms you want, the office will organize everything for you. I highly recommend!
The whole trip was arranged with the active help of Mr. Daniel Dang.

Jmarieck
November 2019

Our 3 week tour of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos was excellent

Thanks to Mr Tommy and staff for putting together an active and interesting tour in all 3 countries. In every city or town we had we met by very nice, friendly and knowledgeable guides. We went in June which was HOT HOT HOT and were always so happy to have an air conditioned vehicle with cold water waiting for us. We traveled by planes, trains, automobiles and boats and all were fabulously coordinated by Mr Tommy without fail. The selection of sites helped us enjoy so many aspects of all 3 countries!

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    Fly into Hanoi, travelers will be welcomed at Noi Bai airport then move down to Hanoi city center (40 KM from Noi Bai airport). The trip has been designed by Impress Travel North Vietnam Tours to explore the timeless charm of Hanoi to visit the most attractive places in Hanoi city, especially visit Dong Ngac Ancient village, and ride a bicycle to Tay Tuu flower village. The most impressive sights of the northern Vietnam tours are on the Halong Bay Cruise – Towering limestone pillars and tiny islets topped by forest rise from the emerald waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. Designated a World Heritage site in 1994, Halong Bay's spectacular scattering of islands, dotted with wind- and wave-eroded grottoes, is a vision of ethereal beauty and, unsurprisingly, northern Vietnam's number one tourism hub. Email: info@impresstravel.com & call to Mr. Alex Impress Travel Manager at his cell phone (+84) 9123 79 189