FIRST NIGHT: Ha Noi – Lao Cai. At 8:00 pm, Our guide picks you up from hotel and transfers to Tran Quy Cap train station. 9:00 pm. Train departs and sleep the nights on train. Travel time approx 9 hours.

Day 01: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van (B,L,D)

Arrival in Lao Cai station at 5.00am. Our guide transfer you to Sapa town for morning shower and breakfast.

At 08.30, we will walk from Sapa towards Muong Hoa valley where we can admire magnificient landscape. Here you will discover the wonderful scenery of Hoang Lien moutain ranges amd meet Black H’mong tribes. Trek through terraced rice paddies and minority villages along the Muong Hoa River, where we can here a nice swim.

We then cross the suspension bridge towards the Zay village, arriving at Ta Van, where we have dinner cooked on a wood fire enjoying the company and hospitality of our Zay family and homestay overnigh.

Stay overnight:

• Option 1: We stay overnight in a local family. Here you have opportunity to experience their daily life, work and original custom. Home-stay at the Dzay local house
• Option 2: Go back to Sapa town. Staying overnight at hotel.

Day 02: Continue exploring Sapa (B,L,D)

Option 1: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Sapa.

Breakfast at homestay. 14 km walking to visit 2 villages of the red Dzao, the H’mong (Giang Ta Chai & Su Pan). Visit a beautiful waterfall and rattan bridge. Enjoy landscapes… through bamboo forest on the way to the main road to get the jeep to return to Sapa.

Option 2: Visit Cat cat village and Sin Chai Village.

Breakfast at hotel. A walk down to the South-west of Sapa (around 4 km) to visit Cat Cat village of the Black H’mong. Relax at the food of the stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam. Enjoy picnic lunch by the side of the river, and then next 6 km to Sin Chai, the village located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain, “the roof of Vietnam and Indochina”. From here you can enjoy huge stunning landscapes before climbing up on the way a jeep to return to Sapa.

LAST NIGHT: Take a fresh shower in the hotel before heading to Lao Cai train station for the night train back to Ha Noi. Overnight on the train back to Hanoi. Around 05:00am: Arrive at Tran Quy Cap station (in Hanoi).

Hotel upgrade fee in USD

Inclusion:

• Meals mentioned (B,L,D = Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
• Transport as per tour program.
• English speaking guide
• Accommodation and hotel room
• Entrance & sightseeing fees.

Exclusion:

• Drinks
• Your private expenses.

*Note: Good trekking shoes, light raincoats, jackets, insect repellent and suncream