Friday, October 24, 2008

Sapa Itenary


Ha Long Itenary

Day 1 (L-D): HanoiHalong Bay
Pick up at your hotel. Leave Ha Noi at
8:15 am for Ha Long City by a modern bus. Get on Imperial Junk boat and enjoy a welcome drink and lunch of savory local sea food. Check into your cabin and start cruising around the bay to see the amazing karsts with different formations: Lion, Tea Pot, Toad, Dau Nguoi (Human Head) islet, and then stop for a walk through the Sung Sot cave “Amazing Cave”.
There will be plenty of time for swimming and sunbathing (If weather permitted) after the boat anchors at a clean calm sea. Enjoy a wonderful sunset dinner in our beautiful restaurant before retiring to the comfort of your cabin. Dinner and overnight in Imperial Junk Boat. Go fishing.

Day 2: (B-L-D) Ha
Long Bay – Cat Ba Island - VietHai
A.M: Breakfast on boat. After that, start cruising toward Cat Ba Island. Stop at Van Gia village and transfer to another boat for your cruising to Viet Hai village which belongs to Cat Ba National Park. Cycle from Viet Hai primitive forest, trek through the forest up to the Navy Peak where you are overwhelmed by the beauty of Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba National Park. Cycle back to the boat and BBQ lunch on a white sandy beach.
PM: Kayaking around Lan Ha Bay with full of exploration. Relaxing and swimming and spectacularly you have time to visit CatDua beach (
Monkey Island) and Lan Ha Lagoon.

Possible options :

Go camping at the beach : Dinner at the beach. Overnight in a camp. (CatDua beach - Monkey Island)

Stay at bungalow (CatDua beach - Monkey island)

Stay at Holiday View Hotel in Catba town



Day 3: (B – L) Cat Ba – Ha Long - Ha Noi
Breakfast at
6.45 a.m. At 7.15 a.m, get to the boat by bus and cruise back to Ha Long City. On the way, you have some minutes for swimming at a quiet and clean sea. Arrive in Ha Long City at 11.30 Am. Lunch. After lunch, return to Ha Noi and arrive in Ha Noi at 16.00 p.m. Tour ends.

Includes:
•    Transport, boat trip.
•    English speaking Tour guide
•    3 lunches + 2 dinners + 2 breakfasts
•    Double/ twin – sharing room  at Imperial Air-condition Boat and one night at hotel/ camp/ bungalow/resort.
•    Entrance fees

Excludes: Drink and private service.
(Single Supplement – Boat : U$ 15/ per - Hotel : U$ 15/ per). 

Email from Hanoi Phoenix

Dear Luke Liu,
We are very sorry to give you a late reply.
We would like to confirm that your booking for 2 double roon and 1 triple room are reserved in our reservation system.
(Note - All money accounts are in USD.) 

For the tour to Halong Bay and Sapa
 
There are  some kind of tour ,the price depending on the quality, what will you get from the money you paying for .
 

What are differences on tour prices between Standard, Superior, Deluxe?

The two main differences are the hotel classes and type of boats/junks in Halong Bay. Everything else will be at the great quality.
For hotels:
Standard means a tour is priced with lower priced room at a hotel, normally with economy class or 2 stars hotels. Please do not expect too much at the 2 stars hotels in this third world.
Superior means to be an inclusion of a hotel from 3-4 stars, this is a good hotel with a range of facilities and good service.
Deluxe price is inclusive with high quality four and five-star Vietnam hotels – with the best equipped and appointed units in a hotel you will enjoy in our tours.
Hanoi Phoenix  Hotel suggests using hotels Superior, since this is also a good way to save but make your stay relaxing more comfortable.
 
For boats/junks in Halong Bay:
There are some main differences on the boat/junk types as the following;
Space on the boat, with the standard one - you would have to expect small size boat, from your bedroom to the sun deck, whilst the Superior & Deluxe class will have larger sized dining area that is warm and cozy, more importantly with comfort in your cabins (larger bed, bigger glassed window) as well as the sunbath area (with comfortable chairs)
Toilet & shower on boat/junk, if you wish to have comfort in your privacy, Standard boat will not be a choice since the toilet is normally outside (shared bathrooms), while Superior will offer this and you will even find it better at Deluxe class.
Facilities on the Superior and Deluxe boat are up-to-date international standard, good air-conditioning in the cabin, fine toilet facilities whilst there is normally a fan in the cabin at the standard boat.
Well trained, devoted and courtesy staff will always make your stay unforgettable on the Superior and Deluxe junk.
Halong Bay is beautiful and we suggest enjoy it in Superior or Deluxe Junk, paying a bit more but you will find it worth every cents you pay for.
 
 
For the tour to Sapa :
The price depends on what kind of train you would like to take.
 

The prices includes with everything (train 2 ways ,bus 2

 

ways ,hotel ,meals ,guide,car ,entrance fee ...).

 

+ There some kinds of cabin :

 

The first :Economy (6 people in one cabin ,hard sleeper ,government runs ...),the total cost tour for this from 80 $ to 85$.

 

 The second : Standard (4 people in one cabin,soft sleeper ,made of

 

steel,government runs ) ,the total cost for this from 95$ to 100$.

 

The third : Superior ((4 people in one cabin,soft sleeper ,made of

 

wood ,private own company runs ) ,the total cost for this from 108$ to 116$.

 

 

Above all the information for reference .

If you need any information ,Please do not hesitate to contact us .

We are looking forward to hearing from you asap.

After booking ,please provide us your flight number ,and arrival time and date for pick up service .

Thanks for choosing our hotel.

Kind regards.

Jimmy .
Manager .

Monday, October 6, 2008

Updates!

Guuud evenning laydeez and gennelmen,

I'm proud to announce our following updates:

Flights there and Back have been booked for the main party.

We will delay our Sapa leg to give Kekekeong some time to catchup with us in Hanoi, and at the same time let Jerry send Huili off.

By this time next week we should be down with the hotels in Hanoi, and maybe Sapa. I'm thinking if it is cheaper we can try booking there instead.

Cheerio!