Duration: 3 days/04 nights
Tour route: Hanoi – Lao Cai – Sapa – Catcat village – lao chai – tavan villages – Cocly market – Lao Cai – Hanoi
Feature: Sapa is one of the most wonderful places in Asia and is a magical combination of landscapes, ethnic cultures and bracing mountain air. The surroundings are incredible and the atmosphere friendly. There are excellent areas for hiking through lush mountain valleys to the remote villages of diffirent minorities, including the Black H’mong and the Red Dzao ….Further 70kms is Coc Ly Market and the Chay river where you will see the most primitive Market.
Day 1 Thursday : Hanoi – Lao Cai
Origin Travel car will pick you up at your hotel and transfer to Hanoi train station for the night train to Lao Cai station.Sleep on the train soft sleeper with A/C 4 berth cabin.
Included: Car / van, train ticket,
Day2: Sapa – Cat Cat Village
7h30 arrive in Lao Cai, get picked up at Lao Cai Train Station then tranfer to Sapa. Check in and have breakfast in the Hotel then you have free time to visit Sapa and make new friends here by yourself. After lunch walk to visit the Black H’Mong people in Cat Cat village. Enjoy the waterfall in Cat Cat and beautiful sceneries on the way. Back to the hotel for dinner and enjoy the night in Sapa town.
Included: Car / van, entrance fee(s), Hotel, tour guide, permits, all meals
Day 2 : Sapa – Lao Chai – Tavan Villages
After breakfast – make sure that you have walking shoes and water – our guide takes you to visit the Black H’Mong tribe in Lao Chai village then keep going along Muong Hoa valley to Tavan Village which is supposed to be the most beautiful one in the area to visit the Day tribe. Have a picnic lunch here and then go up to the main road to go back to Sapa by car.
Included: Car / van, entrance fee(s), Hotel, tour guide, permits, all meals
Day 3 : Coc Ly and Chay River ( Tuesday only)
Say good bye to new fiends you’ve just made then leave Sapa at 7.30 am . After about 2 hours going by bus and enjoy the primitive scenery on the way you arrive in Coc Ly market. This is the most primitive market in Vietnam with the trading of the Black H’Mong, Flower H’Mong and Tay tribes.
After having lunch you will start the two hour boat trip along the Chay River. Stop to visit The Fairy Cave is located deeply in the rocks. Get off the boat to visit a village of the Tay Minority (TrungDo village) by the river. After the boat trip, visit a small town – BaoNhai and then take bus/jeep back to Laocai Station for the night train to Hanoi. Have dinner before getting on the train.
Included: Car / van, entrance fee(s), tour guide, permits, all meals, train ticket
Day 4: Hanoi
Arrival Hanoi around 5:00am
Why book this tour with Origin Vietnam ?
- Trek/walk on the roads less traveled,
- Home-stay at the Dao’s ethnic minority or H’mong ethnic minority
- Attention to your personal needs before and after the trek
- Origin Travel bring you SEE and KNOW the Original of Vietnamese people’s culture, tradition, customs and habits…
- Origin works to help local communities by sharing the benefits of RESPONSIBLE TOURISM
S.S is used for Single Supplement: A surcharge added to the cost per person when one want to have her/his own room.
Costs are $US NET. Subject to 3% surcharge if paid by credit cards or 2% on travellers’ cheque.
Inclusion: See inclusive items listed after each day
Exclusion: Visa, Insurance, drinks, personal expenses, others not mentioned in details, tips are welcome!
What to bring: Passport, change of clothes, sun-glasses & hat, toiletries, sun-block, insect repellent, flashlights, good shoes, personal first aid kit & medicines, small VND notes for buying drinks. If you feel the need then sleeping bags, cable lock for your bags is recommended.
Notes:
Homestay condition is very basic, please expect the simple things,
Meals: Vietnam food.
Guide: English speaking guide (on site).
AC soft sleeper train to Sapa, please see our FAQs on Sapa Travel FAQs
Please travel responsibly: The small things you do will make a big difference!
Time to travel: Good to travel year round but best from September to April.
Booking Terms & Conditions: Tour itinerary and tour prices are subject to change without notice. Please click here for more information
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