Others

Sightseeing fee, tax and services charge.

Transport

Transfer from Lao Cai station to Sapa and back in shared mini bus with air-con Overnight train basing on first class 4 berth cabin with air-con from Hanoi station to Lao Cai station Transfer from hotel in Old Quarter to Hanoi station Sleeping bus from Sapa back Hanoi If trains are unavailable, you will be picked up at your hotel in time to catch the 10PM sleeper cabin bus to Lao Cai and return to Hanoi by Limousine bus arriving at about 3PM.

Guide

Local English speaking tour guide.

Meals

All meals as mentioned on above itinerary.

Accommodation

• Accommodation: 1 night in deluxe hotel in Sapa and 2 nights at villages, 1 night on train

Not included:

Insurance

Others

• Meals not indicated on the itinerary. • Drinks and Personal expenses.

Flights

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Day 1 Day 1: Take Overnight Train From Hanoi To Lao Cai
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Take Overnight Train From Hanoi To Lao Cai

Be ready at your hotel lobby at 8:00 p.m, our tour guide and driver will meet and pick you up for a short transfer to Hanoi Station to take the overnight train to Lao Cai City.

• Overnight on the train

If trains are unavailable, you will be picked up at your hotel in time to catch the 10PM sleeper cabin bus to Lao Cai and return to Hanoi by Limousine bus arriving at about 3PM.
Day 2 Day 2: Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Homestay (B,L,D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Homestay (B,L,D)

Picked up at Lao Cai Station upon your early arrival for over an hour drive uphill in a shared mini van to Sapa. After freshen up and Breakfast in a local restaurant, transfer 6km along the main road to a beautiful spot where your village trek begins.

This part offers spectacular scenery of the highest part of Hoang Lien Son mountain range and in a nice day, Fansipan Peak can be seen. Crossing the river by a suspension bridge you will challenge your feet uphill to Y Linh Ho village. Here you will pay visiting to some H’mong families, watching them doing their daily works. After picnic Lunch, the trail continues up and down hill for about 2 hours as you reach to Lao Chai, a large village of the H’mong and then following the river bank to Ta Van of the Zay people, paying visiting to local homes, village schools… you will enjoy much your cultural discovery of local ethnic peoples as well as breathtaking scenery of the Muong Hoa Valley. Tonight you will enjoy a home stay in Ta Van Village for an unique life experience.

• Accommodation: Homestay in Ta Van Village
Day 3 Day 3: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Ban Ho ( B,L,D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Ban Ho ( B,L,D)

Leaving Ta Van village after Breakfast and following the foot path uphill, you will pass through impressive terraced rice paddies on the hill slopes before getting through a bamboo forest, a huge waterfall to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zao peoples. Walking around the village you will meet many women with their embroidery work to make their traditional dresses, occasionally you can see the blacksmiths making farming tools and even hunting riffles. Passing the Muong Hoa river again and then trek uphill to Su Pan village passing the rocks field with unique carving which is believed to be the messages of the ancient peoples. In this village you will see the special technique to build houses on the steep rocky land. From Su Pan trekking downhill for an hour, Ban Ho valley will opens wide in your sight. Arriving to Ban Ho of the Tay late in the afternoon, check in the spacious local house built on stilts for Dinner and Home stay.

• Accommodation: Homestay in Ban Ho Village
Day 4 Day 4: Ban Ho - Nam Toong - Sapa ( B,L,D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Ban Ho - Nam Toong - Sapa ( B,L,D)

After Breakfast we spend an hours walking to explore Ban Ho, a large village of the Tay peoples who live on spacious wooden houses built on stilts and very well organized before ascending uphill to Nam Toong village of the Red Zao. The trail of this part is really steep but the higher you reach to, the more stunning scenery will open in your sight. The village locates on the top of a hill and almost isolated and the houses are rudimentary but the peoples are very welcoming. After visiting Nam Toong, you will take another trail back to Ban Ho village an then pick up for transferring back to Sapa by Jeep.

• Accommodation: Basic hotel in Sapa
Day 5 Day 5: Sapa Relaxing Day ( B,L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Sapa Relaxing Day ( B,L)

Sapa relaxing day ( B,L)

Today is set free for your own plan to explore Sapa town. Our recommend is to take a walk to Sapa market, where you can meet tribal ethnic peoples such as Black H’mong, Red Zao, Zay… from nearby villages come every day selling their farming, gathering products: Vegetable, bamboo shoot, mushroom… and of course handicrafts for souvenir. Continue walking the steps from the market to the church and then onto the top of Ham Rong Mountain where you can visit an orchid garden and a small museum about ethnic peoples of the Northwest.

Picked up in the afternoon and at 16.00 by sleeping bus for a transfer downhill to be back Hanoi and arrive in Hanoi at 22.00

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Sapa Adventure: Medium Trekking 5 Days

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Itinerary of your trip Sapa Adventure: Medium Trekking 5 Days

Day 1: Take Overnight Train From Hanoi To Lao Cai

Day 2: Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Homestay (B,L,D)

Day 3: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Ban Ho ( B,L,D)

Day 4: Ban Ho - Nam Toong - Sapa ( B,L,D)

Day 5: Sapa Relaxing Day ( B,L)

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