Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi – Sapa - a short trek to Cat Cat village (L/D)
Stop At: Cat Cat village, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
At 6:40am, get pick up from the hotel, get on big bus and depart for Sapa. You are arriving Sapa Town at noon with colorful traditional costumes of H'mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People. The tour guide will be waiting for you at the bus stop, tranfer to hotel for welcome drink and itinerary briefing, then enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes, check-in procedures.
Afternoon will be a short trek to Cat Cat village which is home of Black H'mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photo with bridge and waterfall then you will walk uphill for bus to pick up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon. The trekking distance today is about 3,5 kms and it lasts for 2 hours.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at 3+* The View Hotel Sapa or similar
Day 2: Sapa - Suoi Thau - Ma Tra - Ta Phin - Sapa (B, L, D)
Stop At: Ta Phin Village, Ta Phin, Sapa Vietnam
Have breakfast at the hotel at around 7:30 - 8:00am then 5km driving by Van to the trekking point. Today, we have 9km trekking through the local village, the rice and corn field to visit the red Dzao in Suoi Thau, Ma Tra villages. Picnic lunch en -route. We reach Ta Phin village around 13:30 where we have chance to learn about the life styles and the custom of the red Dzao minority, enjoy landscapes...Afternoon drive back Sapa Town for second night staying.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at 3+* The View Hotel Sapa or similar
Day 3: Sapa - a long trek Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Hanoi (B/L)
Stop At: Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai Tl152, Sapa 290000 Vietnam
Have breakfast at hotel and prepare light pack for trekking. We start the trek at 9:30am from Sapa to Y Linh Ho then trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain after that heading to Ta Van village - home of Dzay ethnic people. Picnic lunch at Lao Chai Village around 12:00-12:30 at noon. The the bus picks us up at Ta Van Bridge to Sapa. Trekking distance today is about 12 kms and it lasts for 4.5 hours. Free until 15:30, our guide will bring you back to the bus stop. We are arring back Hanoi at around 21:00. En your tour!
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.