Duration : 3 days / 3 nights

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Itinerary in detail:

Day 1: Arrive Lao Cai - Visit Ta Phin village - Ham Rong Mountain & Cat Cat village. Overnight in Sapa (BLD)

The Night before: You will be transferred to Ha Noi Train Station for taking night train to Lao Cai province at 8.30 pm. You will share AC soft sleeper of 4 cabins.
Am: Today’s morning: The train arrives Lao Cai Train Station at 5.30 am where our guide and driver welcome you with the sign “Eco Travel” outside. Then the driver and guide take you to Sa Pa via the clouds. On arrival Sa Pa you will stop at a local restaurant for a morning shower and have breakfast. After a short rest, this morning you will visit Ta Phin village. This is an opportunity for you to visit and explore the village of Ta Phin where the Red Dao and black Hmong ethnic minority hill tribes live. Here it is also possible to see the stunning scenery of the valley as well as visit the local cave. You continue visiting Ham Rong mountain called The Dragon' Jaws Mountain is a real eco-preservation area with secluded landscapes and a myriad of indigenous plants typical of Northwest Vietnam. Fascinating extras include a Garden of Stones in different shapes and sizes. You are back Sapa town for more exploration of minority people customs. Have lunch at restaurant.

Pm: This afternoon you follow a small road for going on trekking journey to Cat Cat village. During trekking time you pass through small villages and visit black H'mong people family and discover lifestyle of ethnic minority. You will walk down to the waterfall and Hydrogen power station built by French. You have a chance to enjoy traditional music performance of H'mong minority people in Cat Cat village for learning more of their cultures. After the walk you get on the car for the journey back to Sa Pa. Have dinner at restaurant and overnight in hotel. At night you are free to explore Sapa night market by yourself for having more understanding the variety of minority people in Sapa town. Overnight at hotel in Sa Pa.
Inclusion: Train ticket, transport, E.S guide, morning shower, entrance fees, breakfast, lunch, dinner, hotel & mineral water.

Day 2: Visit Lao Chai village & Homestay in Ta Van village (BLD)

Am: After your breakfast at hotel. You will start your walking day tour to Lao Chai, a village of Black H’mong ethnic minority. Lao Chai is nestled in Muong Hoa Valley, at the foot of the impressive Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range and surrounded by rice terraces. You will cross Muong Hoa River on hanging bridge to reach Lao Chai Village. You would visit to village school and a local house to learn about the H’mong life and culture. Sapa and surrounding is a very beautiful place of ladder rice paddy fields. Coming there on harvest with yellow of ripe rice or green when rice is growing, you will have impressive pictures of this famous town of Vietnam. Especially the clouds around mountain as a drawing picture adds the beauty of Sapa in real life.

Pm: We would find a nice place for picnic lunch before continue walking to Ta Van Village where the Giay ethnic minority lives. Here you will stay overnight in a local house and enjoy a delicious dinner cooked by your tour guide. Overnight at the home-stay. Today you have picnic lunch and dinner as well as homestay in Ta Van village. Homestay is one of the way for you to learn about minority people culture directly. Here you have a chance to make accquainted to friendly ethnic people as well as know their lifestyle in the mountainous area. Overnight in Ta Van village.
Inclusion: Transport, E.S guide, entrance fees, breakfast, lunch, dinner, permission, homestay & mineral water.

Day 3: Ta Van - Sa Pa - Bac Ha market. Night train back Ha Noi (BLD)

Am: After having breakfast at stilthouse which is prepared by minority people with special cakes for you to remember people here with a good memmory. You will be transferred back Sa Pa. After that you will travel to Bac Ha which is 70km Northeast of Lao Cai. The ride is relatively flat from Lao Cai to Bao Nhai where you will be taken through rural area. Bac Ha is the largest market in the area, situated inside the small town of Bac Ha. On every Sunday mornings, it is literally a riot of color as many different ethnic groups such as Flower Hmong, Phu La, Black Dao, Tay, Nung minorities...gather to buy and sell. After spending the whole morning exploring the market, you may want to have your lunch in a local restaurant.

Pm: After lunch, this afternoon you will enjoy a walking tour to surrounding villages of H'mong and Tay minorities (Ban Pho village) for more discoveries of ethnic people here and their cultures as well. The life on mountainous area will give you more experiences of the living way on highland area in north of Vietnam. Then you take the car back Lao Cai train station. You have dinner in restaurant near train station. Get on train back Ha Noi on solf sleeper AC cabin of 4. Spending night on train. You will arrival Ha Noi ~ 5.00 am next morning. Please find your own way back to your hotel, a taxi normally costs you a set of 50,000 VND.
Inclusion: Transport, E.S guide, entrance fees, breakfast, lunch, dinner, train ticket, mineral water.

Price: USD/Person

Size of group	2 pax	3 pax	4 pax	5 pax	6 pax	7 pax	8 pax
Standard	257	228	204	190	181	174	169
Superior	265	233	212	197	189	181	177
Deluxe	285	249	232	214	208	199	197

 

Exclusion: Insurance, drinks, other personal expenses. Tips are welcome!

What to bring: Passport, change of clothes, sun-glasses & hat, towels, toiletries, sun-block, insect repellent, flashlight, proper footwear, sleeping bag, good shoes for walking, a camera with lots of film and extra batteries, raincoat or umbrella, cable locks for luggage, other personal needs.

Other tour options: Sa Pa easy trek 2 days, Sa Pa moderate trek 4 days, please contact us for more information.

 

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