20:30: Get pick up from your hotel in Hanoi Old quarter for the overnight train to Lao Cai (which departs at around 22:00pm).
Night 1: Overnight on soft sleeper train (shared 04-berth cabin)
Upon arrival to Lao Cai train station (at around 06:00am), get picked up by shared shuttle bus to Sapa town.
Fresh up by taking a quick shower before enjoying breakfast and get ready for the trek at around 09:30.
You will do a 12-km trek to visit Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai villages of the H’mong minority. After lunch at a local family in Lao Chai or in a drinking shop nearby the river bank, we keep on hiking to Ta Van village of the Dzay where we stay overnight in a local family. Here you have opportunity to experience their daily life, work and original custom.
Night 02: Ovenight in a local homestay
Breakfast will be serving at the homestay at about 08:00
Start trekking at 09:30
You will take a 8-km walk 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… through bamboo forest on the way to the main road to get the shuttle bus to return to Sapa. Tour finish in Sapa at around 15:00.
Night 3: Overnight in hotel in Sapa
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Enjoy breakfast in your hotel, check out of your room.
08:30: Take a walk down to the South-west of Sapa (around 4 km) to visit Cat Cat village of the Black H’mong. Relax at the food of the stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam. Enjoy picnic lunch by the side of the river, and then next 3 km to Sin Chai, the village located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain, “the roof of Vietnam and Indochina”. From here you can enjoy huge stunning landscapes before climbing up on the way to take the shuttle bus to return to Sapa.
14:00-14:30: Get pick up from your hotel for the shared limousine bus to return to Hanoi.
21:00-21:30: Get dropped off in (near by) your accomodation in Hanoi. Trip ends.
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