Day No. | Day Brief |
Day 1 | Hanoi – Night train to Lao Cai |
Day 2 | Lao Cai – Sapa visit |
Day 3 | Sapa visit |
Day 4 | Sapa visit |
Day 5 | Sapa – Drive back to Hanoi |
Day 1
HANOI – NIGHT TRAIN TO LAO CAI
The trip starts at 17:30 pm when you’re picked up from your Hanoi hotel & transferred to a boutique local restaurant for included dinner then come to Hanoi train station and your guide will also assist you to check-in your overnight train Lao Cai.
Included meals: Dinner
Accommodation on TRAIN
Day 2
LAO CAI – SAPA
Arrive Lao Cai, meet your local guide. Refresh and enjoy light breakfast.
Drive to visit local scheduled market located in the mountainous area. Exploring the authentic opened-market of hill tribe people. Here you’ll see mostly Flower Hmong however Phu La, Black Dao, Tay, Nung hill tribe groups also gather here. The market offers a variety of local products, which could not be found in others areas such as an interesting animal market where pot-bellied pigs, cows and buffalos can be seen. We enjoy lunch in a small local restaurant or picnic one. Continue your tour to have a short walk a hill-tribe village. Here you’ll have the opportunity to visit some local homes to understand more on the daily life of these tribes as well as their culture and traditions. Following journey back to Lao Cai then onto Sapa for check-in and overnight.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation in SAPA
Day 3
SAPA VISIT
After breakfast at hotel, you will commence your journey to Ta Van village where the Giay ethnic minority hill tribe lives. After a visit here you will be able to rest and enjoy a delicious lunch picnic or prepared by your guide in a local house. After lunch the walk continues through a bamboo forest to Giang Ta Chai, a Red Dao ethnic minority village. After taking a rest nearby a waterfall to refresh, you start climbing uphill to a road where the car is ready for your journey back to Sapa. Rest of the time is free at leisure.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation in SAPA
Day 4
SAPA VISIT
Leaving Sapa by vehicle heading northwards of Sapa for about 8 kms to O Quy Ho with several stops for magnificent landscapes of Fansipan.Mt, Sin Chai valley and especially amazing flower and vegetable farms & getting through wild region with thick rain forest covering walled-up mountains, passing a beautiful waterfall before arriving to Ban Khoang commune, home to the Black Hmong & Red Zao ethnic peoples who live their unique way of life and well maintain their traditional values. The villages here are prosperous thanks to the combination of wet rice cultivation on the terraced fields with cardamom farming under the shade of thick rain forest. Spend a while walking to explore this remote village for a brief understanding of local life.
Leaving Ban Khoang and process along the road for about 10 km to Ta Giang Phin valley inhabited by the Black Hmong who live in several hamlets scattering along a peaceful stream. Enjoy an hour lunch break on the bank of a stream.
Enjoy about 1.5 – 2 hours walking along village path which connects hamlet to hamlets witnessing daily activities of local life such as plough and harrow the fields, growing, harvesting or doing house works. In leisure months men often gather to built new houses or repair parts of old ones while women stay home making their traditional costumes. The walk ends in mid afternoon, picked up for the road ride back to Sapa.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation in SAPA
Day 5
SAPA – LAO CAI – DRIVE BACK TO HANOI
Breakfast at hotel. Free at leisure.
Check out the hotel and leave Sapa. Drive back to Hanoi. The drive is on good road and takes about 4.5-5 hours. Transfer to your hotel on arrival Hanoi.
Included meals: Breakfast
Standard 3* : from US $ 590
Superior 4* : from US $ 695
Deluxe 5* : from US $ 912
* Prices are based on twin/ double share for group of at least 02 passengers travelling together and depend on availability and season.
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