Off The Beaten Path

In this tour, Trekkingtoursapa’s guide will take you to visit 5 different villages of the Hmong, Giay, and Red Dao ethnic minorities.

The tour will give you the chance to enjoy fantastic mountain landscapes as well as to see Sapa’s biggest river and valley. You will also see the famous rice terrace fields and learn more about the culture, customs, and traditions of the three main different ethnic minorities in Sapa.

Our tour guide will also introduce you to Hmong’s unique marriage traditions, rice fields, work and house building techniques, and much more!

Note: If you book a tour for many people, we will have a discount

Itinerary

Day 1: Trekking through terraced rice fields and small traditional villages.

Stop At: Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai Tl152, Sapa 290000 Vietnam
The tour starts at 9 am. Our local guide will meet you at your hotel in Sapa Town or in front of the local main church. After a brief introduction, you will be taken 2km down to Cat Cat’s road, a well-known village of the Hmong minority. From there, you will be reaching the hanging bridge of Muong Hoa river and then continue uphill into the mountains and through a bamboo forest. From there, you will get the chance to admire some of the biggest and most beautiful rice terraces in Vietnam as well as enjoy the majestic mountain view on top of the Hoang Lien Son mountain. You will then head down to Y Linh Ho village and have lunch at a small, traditional restaurant ran by a local Hmong family
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ta Van Village, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
From there, you will get the chance to admire some of the biggest and most beautiful rice terraces in Vietnam as well as enjoy the majestic mountain view on top of the Hoang Lien mountain.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Lunch: We provide vegetarian foods as well (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
• Dinner: We provide vegetarian foods as well (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Trekking up to the 1.900 meters - Mountain views adventure

Stop At: Ta Van, Ta Van, Lao Cai Province
We will arrive Seo My Ty village (a small village of Ta Van). We can sail on the lake, catch fish, and cook dinner with local people if you want. Then, rest, take a shower, and have dinner.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: We provide pancakes, rice, etc (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
• Lunch: We provide vegetarian foods as well (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
• Dinner: We provide vegetarian foods as well (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Trekking to the Black Hmong & Red Dao ethnic minorities villages

Stop At: Ban Ho Village, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
We’ll continue the trek to Seo Trung Ho village – a village of Red Dao people.

To get there, you will have to go through a forest trail and then follow a dirt road. Going about 1.5 hours to 2 hours, you will reach the water pipeline of Seo Trung Trung Ho hydroelectricity. From here, you can see the village of Su Pan, Ban Ho, Seo Trung Ho, and the nature view of Sapa. After that, we will walk down the ridge to the Hmong village and have lunch here. Then we will walk to the Red Dao village and take a rest there.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: We provide pancakes, rice, etc (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
• Lunch: We provide vegetarian foods as well (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
• Dinner: We provide vegetarian foods as well (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Trekking downhill to explore the culture of Tay ethnic minority group

Stop At: Ban Ho Village, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
This is the last day of the experience. We will continue hiking with it easier road. We will walk through Ma Quai Ho, a small Hmong village and lunch at Ban Ho.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: We provide pancakes, rice, etc (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
• Lunch: We provide vegetarian foods as well (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
• Dinner: We provide vegetarian foods as well (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
No accommodation included on this day.