This tour is exclusively designed for those who want to spend most of their time relaxing and sightseeing at one of the most beautiful tourist sites in Vietnam. That is Sapa, where you can have a great time discovering one interesting place after another and learning new things about hill tribe people.
Tour Duration: 4 days / 5 nights
Depart from: Hanoi to Sapa
Tour Route: Hanoi - Lao Cai - Sapa – Giang Ta Chai – Seo Trung Ho village - Ta Trung Ho – Ban Ho village - Supan – Sapa – Lao Cai - Hanoi
Tour Customizable: Absolutely! (Tell us your specific requirements in the inquiry form)
Tour Price: Contact
DETAIL ITINERARY
Night 1 : Hanoi – Lao Cai (Overnight on train)
Get started: Taxi take you to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at at 9:15 PM to get to Lao Cai Station. Sleep on the train.
Day 1 : Hanoi – Lao Cai
Picked up at Lao Cai Station by bus to Sapa (round 7.30 AM). Check in hotel & breakfast. Free to explore the town.
Day 2 : Sapa – Giang Ta Chai – Seo Trung Ho village, 17 km by car, 15 km trekking , round 5 hours of trekking (B/L/D)
Breakfast at the hotel, take a car ride along Muong Hoa valley to visit the Rattan Bridge, silver waterfall, the first village of the Red Dzao people (GiangTa Chai village). Do a trek round 6 – 7 hours through the forests up and down in Fansipan range then reach Seo Trung Ho village of the Red Dzao. This is an almost untouched village and there are very few tourists getting here. In here, there is a chance to enjoy a most beautiful waterfall in Sapa which comes from a height of about 70 m.
Stay overnight in this village with a Dzao family.
Day 3 : Ta Trung Ho – Ban Ho village, Round 17 km trekking in the forests (B/L/D)
Have breakfast with the family, start climbing up to the mountain for another untouched village: Ta Trung Ho village located at about 1450m above the sea level. Picnic lunch at the village and then descend Ban Ho village to visit a different minority: The Tay people who have houses on stilts.
Stay the night at Ban Ho village in a house on stilts. Have dinner with the family.
Day 4: Ban Ho – Supan – Sapa – Lao Cai, 4 hours trekking of 10 km and 23 km by car (B/L/D)
Break fast at Ban Ho, Go for a walk to a waterfall called Lavie which was discovered and named by the French in the past.
Say goodbye to Ban Ho and the family to get up to Su Pan village where to take jeep back to Sapa. Have hot shower at the hotel and then take bus to Lao Cai Station for the night train to Hanoi.
Day 5 : Hanoi Arrival (B/L/D)
Arrive in Hanoi at about 5am. End of services.
Inclusions:
Transfer from the hotel to Hanoi Railway station
Roundtrip transfer by bus between Lao Cai and Sapa
1 night at 3 stars hotel in Sapa
2 nights home-stay in the villages
Meals on tour
Tours and activities as stated above
Security permits
English speaking guide
Entrance fees.
Exclusions:
Travel insurance
Extra food and beverages
Phone and laundry
Tips and personal expenses.
Notes:
Bring walking shoes, raincoat, jacket, extra clothes, torch, insect repellent and sunscreen…
Pick you up at your hotel at 8:00PM
Train departure from Hanoi at 9:15PM and from Lao Cai at 20’45PM
Bring your passport to check in hotel
Beware of your luggage and money
Inform in advance if you are vegetarian
All customers must obey the order of your tour guide for your safety
Passengers are advised not to take along big luggage for convenience.
