Sapa 04 days hard trekking
Duration: 3 days/04 nights
Tour route: Hanoi – Lao Cai – Sapa – Catcat village – lao chai – tavan villages – Cocly market – Lao Cai – Hanoi
Feature: There are some places of hard trekking but this really takes you off the beaten track, travel away from the crowds and stay home at the unspoiled Tay village…We promise that this is a rewarding trip with lots of fun and education. it’s great way for us to see and know the other site of life
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: Tavan trek to Ho Village
Sleeping-in here is a rarity as the sounds of morning village life will tell you it is time to get up. Take advantage of the early morning with a village stroll and your camera as your hosts prepare breakfast. Say goodbye and begin a day’s worth of trekking (5 hours).
Travel amongst the mountain fields and valley rice paddies while chatting with the locals along the way. This route is off the beaten path and at some points quite steep. Depending on the weather the trail may also be very slippery and muddy. We will break for a picnic lunch en route, then keep trekking onto Ban Ho village of the Tay people. Here you will be warmly welcomed by our hosts, share dinner with them, and stay at their traditional stilt home.
Included: entrance fee(s),breakfast,Home stay, lunch, Dinner, tour guide, permits
Day 3: Trek around Ban Ho and back to Sapa.
Awake again with the sounds and energy of village life. Breakfast then goodbye with the family and take a short morning trek to Thanh Phu village before returning to Ban Ho for lunch. A short walk up the road to our jeep which brings us back into Sapa town. When we arrive back in Sapa we will check in to the hotel take a shower and a rest. Your full afternoon is free in town for relaxing, shopping or befriending some of the local children.
Included: Transfer, hotel, entrances fee(s), tour guide, breakfast
Day4: 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 FAOs
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.
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