Night 1: Overnight on the train

20.00: Splendid hotel & Spa's staff will take you to the Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at 21.15.

Sleep on the train (4 shared berths cabin)

Day 1: Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van (B, L, D)

05:30-06:00: Arrive at Lao Cai railway station early in the morning. You will be welcomed by your local guide and driver. Then, transfer to Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H'mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic people. 

8.00: Arrive at the hotel. After breakfast and a morning shower, we will start 12 km of trekking, visit Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai villages of the H’mong minority. You will trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain then trek to Ta Van village - home of Dzay ethnic people

12.00: Have a luch at a local family in Lao Chai or in a drinking shop nearby the river bank with local Vietnamese dishes.

14.00: After the luch, we keep hiking to Ta Van village of the Dzay where we stay overnight in a local family. In here, you have opportunity to experience their daily life,work and original custom.

19.00: Enjoy your dinner at Homestay and overnight.

Day 2: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Sapa (B, L, D)

6.45 - 7.30: Get up early in the morning to enjoy the daily life of the ethnic minorities in the village.

Enjoy your breakfast, then check-out of the room.

After breakfast and a morning shower, we will start 14km of trekking 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…

In the afternoon: Get the bus back to Sapa Town (through bamboo forest on the way to the main road)

Discover Sapa Town by yourself

Overnight in the hotel.

Day 3: Bac Ha market (Only on Sunday) - (B , L)

6.15 – 7.00: Have breakfast at hotel. Check out the room and bring all your luggage for Bac Ha market.

7.00 – 14.00: Take 2.5 hour drive to Bac Ha Town – home of Flower H’Mong ethnic People

• Visit Bac Ha market – the most typical weekly market with inhabitants of lots of Ethnic People.
• Have lunch at local restaurant

In the afternoon, we go for a light trek to visit Ban Pho, the village is home to flower H’mong minority. We are invited to enter several local houses to have some green tea, corn wine, listen to the host talking about their family, talk to them… and then enjoy landscapes on a the way to Bac Ha.

15.30: Come back to the Lao Cai and get the bus return to Hanoi.

22.00: Arrive in Hanoi

End the trip.

THE PRICE:

INCONCLUSIONS:

Modern air – conditioning bus with comfortable seats from Sapa to Hanoi

Modern air - conditioning bus/private car from Sapa – Bac Ha – Lao Cai with experienced drivers

Train ticket from Hanoi to Sapa with 2 or 4-shared berths cabin

English speaking tour guide escorted Hanoi – Sapa - Hanoi, local guide in Sapa

Meals as mentioned in the itinerary

All entrance tickets to indicated sites

1 night at the homestay and 1 night at the hotel in Sapa Town

EXCLCUSIONS

Beverages, travel insurance, VAT, personal expenses

Others not clearly mentioned above