The tour is from Hanoi, we will take a night sleeping train to – Lao Cai
20h00 our tour guide will transfer you to Hanoi station for the 21h15 train to Lao Cai
Inclusive services: Tour guide, transfer and train ticket (Class: 4 soft berths in a cabin with A/C)
Day 01: Sa Pa Trekking to 4 villages - Ylinh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai
6-7 hrs trekking throughout 4 hamlets - visit 2 different kinds of minority.
- 05h15 you will arrive at the last arrival station – Lao Cai station. Picked up and drive up to Sapa. First of all, get shower, luggage store and then enjoy breakfast.
- Trek down to YlinhHo and Lao Chai village of the black H’mong people.
- After a picnic lunch, keep on alongside Muong Hoa stream, over suspension bridges to Ta Van village of the Dzay people.
- Keep trekking to Cau May (Rattan Suspension bridge) - Giang Ta Chai . Visit and stay overnight with a local family of the Dzay minority, with your tour guide and the house owners, we will set up a temporary cooking class to learn how to cook Vietnamese food for dinner.
- Enjoying your dinner and getting to know local typical traditional customs, cultural….
Inclusive services: Transfer, tour guide, home-stay permit, breaksfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 02 : Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan – Ban Ho
6- 7hrs trekking with surprises at what you have never seen before
- In the early morning you will be sure to be woken up by the households but lucky to see how is their daily life for a new day coming!
- Enjoy some pancakes made by your tour guide’s skillful hands.
- Start a new trek into Hoang Lien Son National Park by more stunning landscapes and other ethnic minority villages dotted further your eyes sigh. Visit Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Dao minority and then continue that trail to Su Pan village for lunch.
- Enjoy magnificent scenery of Ban Ho valley as trekking down to Ban Ho village
- Diner and overnight with a Tay family in Ban Ho
Inclusive services: Transfer, tour guide, homestay permit, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 03: Ban Ho - Thanh Phu - Nam Sai – Nam Cang – Nam Toong – Su Pan - Sapa
5 – 6 hrs trekking to challenge on your feet, discover the border areas, see villages that are considered to be unexplored, untouched by travelers.
- Learn more about the Xa Pho group on a loop back to the main road where a jeep will return you to Sa Pa
- Check in hotel and free time.
Included services: Transfer, tour guide , Royal View hotel*** , breakfast and lunch.
Day 04: Sa Pa sightseeing and Cat Cat village - Lao Cai - Hanoi
- Visit Sapa market on way down to Cat Cat village, visit Cat Cat beautiful waterfall and the water power station built by the French in early 20th century.
In the afternoon: Free and easy until 18h00 transfer down to Lao Cai station for the night train back to Hanoi – 8 hours sleeping on the train again.
Included services: Tour guide, transfer, entrance fee, train ticket (same class) and meal (Buffet breakfast)