Duration: 3 days/04 nights
Tour route: Hanoi – Lao Cai – Sapa – Catcat village – lao chai – tavan villages – Cocly market – Lao Cai – Hanoi
Feature: This tour brings you to a picturesque in the North of Sapa – Taphin village, where is within an awesome valley around by row on row of mountain, this village is alive with the daily life of the Red Dao and Black Hmong people.
The Red Dao people are distinguished by their impressive headdress and costumes. The Black H’mong is very unique in their indigo-dyed clothes and traditional brocade…
Night 1 : 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,
Day 1: Sapa – Laochai – Tavan Villages
The train arrives in Lao Cai at 6.30 a.m, Our Origin Travel team will welcome you by your name sign. We drive up to Sapa about 50 minutes on Car / Van, you will be taken to a small guesthouse for a morning showers then your breakfast at a local restaurant here. After breakfast & short morning beak, we start trekking from Sapa town.
Our trekking route is from here to through the villages of Hmong and Zay people, chances to meet the locals working on the mountainsides or the rice terraces, kids ride on back of buffalo, to take photograph of picturesque valleys & awesome scenery. We have picnic lunch on trekking route, and then keep on trekking to Ta Van village of Zay people, where you will be warmly welcomed by the host, share the dinner with them, and stay at their traditional wooden house.
Included: Car / van, entrance fee(s), home stay, tour guide, permits, all meals
Day 2: More trek and get back to Sapa
Get up early in the morning to enjoy the daily life of the ethnic minorities in the village. Breakfast; take the road to GiangTaChai village of the Red Dzao minority via the paths between terraces and through bamboo forests. Visit silver waterfall and suspension Rattan Bridge, visit the people in the village and then cross MuongHoa River up to the mountain to visit the last village of the trek – Supan village of the H’mong. Get back to Sapa by Car / Van.
On the way back, enjoy visiting the ancient stone circle where stones are decorated with ancient carvings. Check in hotel. and your free time to explore the corners of Sapa town.
Included: entrance fee(s),breakfast, lunch, tour guide, permits
Day 3: Sapa Cat Cat village village – Lao Cai station
Breakfast, visit village of the black H’mong (Cat Cat village), walk around visiting people in the village and the hydroelectric power station built by the French in the old days.
Back town have lunch and check out hotel, free to explore the town. At about 5 PM. drive to Lao Cai station for a night train back to Hanoi. After 8,5 hours, you arrive in Hanoi station at 5.30 Am
Included:Car/van, entrance fee(s),breakfast, lunch, tour guide, permits, train ticket
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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