Night 1: Night train to Lao Cai
20 : 00 pm - Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi and transfer to Hanoi railway station for boarding the Express Train to Laocai. Overnight in an air-conditioned soft sleeper wooden cabin (4pax/cabin or 2pax/cabin on request).
Day 1: Sapa – Y linh Ho Village – Lao Chai Village – Ta Van Village ( 5 hour trek )( B/L/D)
Arrive in Lao Cai around 6am. Take 1-hr bus ride uphill to Sa Pa. The ride gives you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces. Upon arrival in Sapa Townwe will have breakfast in a local restaurant before jumping into our great trek down to Muong Hoa valley. Repacking and leave what we do not need at ATV office we then start our trek start at 10.30. Picnic lunch on the way. Around 4.30 pm we reach Ta Van, avillage of Tay ethnic minority. We stay overnight and have dinner with a local family.
Day 2: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Seo Trung Ho ( 6 hour trek )( B/L/D)
After the breakfast at the home stay we head to the Red Dao ethnic minority at Giang Ta Chai. Picnic lunch on the way. Continue trekking along local trails to go to Seo Trung Ho, another village of Red Zao ethnic minority. We will spend the second night here with a local family.
Day 3: Seo Trung Ho – Nam Toong – Thanh Phu ( 5 hour trek )( B/L/D)
Breakfast at the home stay. Today we trek on small paths and cross the Muong HoaRiver to reach village Tay ethnic minority in Thanh Phu. Picnic lunch in Nam ToongVillage. We stay overnight in a wooden Tay stilt house.
Day 4: Thanh Phu – Nam Sai – Nam Ken – Ban Ho ( 5 hour trek )( B/L/D)
After breakfast we trek to Nam Sai, another village of Tay Ethnic minority and then we trek up to village of Xa Pho ethnic minority, the smallest minority group in Sapa. We reach Ban Ho in the afternoon. Overnight in Ban Ho, a village Tay ethnic minority. We spend the third night here.
Day 5: Ban Ho – Sapa ( 1 hour trek & 1 hour drive )( B/L/D)
After breakfast we trek up to Ban Den, where we meet our bus and take a beautiful drive back to Sapa. Upon arrive in Sapa we take shower and spend the rest of the day exploring Sapa town. 5.30 pm we will be transferred to Lao Cai for the night train back toHanoi.
Day 6: Arrive in Hanoi. Trip completes
Arrive in Hanoi around 5.00 am. Trip completes
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