Sapa Homestay tours Code 04 (5Days – 4 Nights)
10 villages of 5 different minorities(go and come back by jeep)
Day 1: Lao cai – Sapa – Lao chai – Tavan ( Overnight at the village )
Day 2 : Sapa Town – LaoChai – TaVan Village ( Overnight at the village )
Day 3 : TaVan – GiangTaChai Villages – Sapa ( Overnight at the hotel )
Day 4: Sapa – CocLy Market – Boat Trip on Chay River LaoCai ( Overnight at the train )

Day 1 : Lao cai – Sapa – Lao chai – Tavan Villages
Car and tourguide of Sapa Village Travel picked up at Laocai Railway station early in the morning. Arrive at Sapa round 8:00 AM. Breakfast and relax.. Walk around Sapa and then start from Sapa at 12:00 PM by jeep to visit a village of the Black H’mong (YLinhHo village). Go though hillsides along MuongHoa river. Cross the river by a suspension bridge to reach LaoChai village. Take the paths across the paddy fields to get to the 3rd village of the Dzay minority (TaVan) and Stay the night at a Dzay family in this village. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the family.
(4 hours trekking, 12 km, 3 villages)
Day 2 : TaVan – Ban Ho Villages (B/L/D)
Breakfast with the local family and then get to a village located at the foot of HoangLienSon range via bamboo forests. Visit a waterfall and a rattan bridge. After the village, get down to the river, cross it and keep going to SuPan village for 2 minorities – The H’mong and the Red Dzao. . Get off the road to go down hill to BanHo village. Overnight at Ban Ho with a Tay family who have houses on stilts. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the family.
(7 hours trekking, 18 km, 3 villages )
Day 3: BanHo -Thanh Phu Village (B/L/D)
Get up early in the morning for fresh air and peaceful daily life of the people. Breakfast and leave the village for a hard day. Walk uphill to a smallest and almost untouched village of the Red Dzao (Namtoong). Go further to another village on the same side of of the mountain range to see the XaPho ethnic group in NamKen. Get down to the river and go up to MiSon to visit the XaPho again. Spend the night in ThanhPhu village at a Tay family. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner with the local family.
(7 hours trekking, 15 km, 4 villages)
Day 4 : Thanh Phu – Sapa (B/L/D)
Breakfast at ThanhPhu village. Walk back to SuPan village where to take a jeep back to Sapa. On the way back, visit the ancient stone circle (stones decorated with ancient carvings which are said to have described the life of the people lost in the mists of prehistory) Check in hotel. Lunch at SuPan and dinner in Sapa.
(12 km with 4 hours trekking and 23 km by jeep)
Day 5 : Sapa – Laocai and back to Hanoi:
Breakfast, free to go around and explore the town . Lunch and check out the hotel. Leave sapa for Laocai Station by bus in the afternoon.
The end of tour.
Tour price includes :
- Full meals as mentioned on the tour program ( B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner )
- English/French – speaking guide
- Entrance fees
- Accommodation ( Hotel and home-stay at TaVan village )
- Transport by private jeep or minibus as the tour program
- Security services
- Private Boat trip on Chay River
- Water and cool shower/day/pax
Excludes:
- Travel Insurance
- Drinks
- Phone calls and other private expenses
What to bring:
- Sun Block
- Wide brim hat
- Camera + Film
- Comfortable shoes
- Rain gear
- Warm clothes
- Insect Repellent



