Day 2: Sin Chai – Ban Ho- Sapa, 41km (B, L, D)

Day 1: Sapa – Su Pan – Thanh Phu – Sin Chai, 40 km. (L, D)

This tour takes you down Sapa valley with its amazing scenery of mountains and rice paddy fields on terraces as far as the eye can see. Started from Sapa by cycling along the newly built dirt road, which will bring you to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai , Ta Van, Su Pan. After a short break here, you will pass through the Black Hmong Village to the Tay ethnic minority village of Thanh Phu . While your cook is preparing a delicious lunch, you will have time to explore the village and soon you will find out that things are not done in the way you are used to know. In the afternoon, your adventure continues into the Red Dao village of Sin Chai , where you will have tasteful dinner in a local house and stay overnight in the bamboo huts.   

Day 2: Sin Chai – Ban Ho- Sapa, 41km (B, L, D)

After breakfast you will ride to the Tay village of Ban Ho. Upon arrival, you will take a short walk to the nearby river, where you can have a nice swim then enjoy your lunch on the river bank, listening to the wonderful sound of the nearby waterfall after lunch you will return to Sapa.

Trip ended.

Inclusion:

English or French speaking guide

Good Mountain bikes (European  standard)

All indicated meals, plus snack

Water and fruit

All entrance fees

Supply car / motorbike

Overnight in local house/hotel

Train ticket  

Exclusion:

Personal expenses

Drinks (beer, Coca Cola etc)

Insurance

Tips

Day 1. Sapa – Heaven Gate – Binh Lu – Tam Duong, 73 km and sometimes by jeep (L, D)

Started from Sapa by cycling about 16 kilometers uphill to the Vietnam highest pass at 2000 meters above sea level

where you see beautiful Silver Waterfall and Tram Ton heaven gate then it is downhill for around 26 kilometers on the road described as the most beautiful one in Vietnam with breathtaking scenery all the way to Binh Lu. In the late afternoon you will arrive in Tam Duong, where you will stay overnight in a comfortable local guesthouse

Day 2. Tam Duong – Phong Tho – Binh Lu ?Sapa, 55 km, sometimes by jeep (B, L)

The next morning you can explore the market in Tam Duong, before starting on your journey back towards Binh Lu.

There is almost no traffic and you will cycle through small villages and meet different ethnic minorities. Your jeep will be waiting for you in Tam Duong to take you back to Sapa. Back to Sapa in the late afternoon.

Inclusion:

English or French speaking guide

Good mountain bikes (European standard)

All indicated meals, plus snack

Water and fruit

All entrance fees

Supply car / motorbike

Overnight in local house/hotel

Train ticket

Exclusion:

Personal expenses

Drinks (beer, Coca Cola etc.)

Insurance

Tips

Sapa – Easy trekking 3 Nights 2 Days

Introduction

Lao Chai village: Located 7 Kms from Sapa, it is quite approachable from Sapa for a travllers who do not have much time. In this village which you will have a welcome feeling at any house of the hospitable people there. You can interact them, learn about their culture and customs.

Ta Van is located in the northern province of Lao Cai, about 5 kilometres fromsapa at an altitude of 1, 816 meters. This province borders the province of Yunnan in south-west China, and the indigenous people here share many cultural features with their Chinese neighbours.

Tour Highlinghts

• Learn more about daily life of the minority people like Black H’mong,Red Dzao..
• Enjoy Sapa’s mountainous on the way trekking.
• Come to visit the hydroelectric power station built by the French

Detailed Ititnerary

Night 1: Car will pick you up at your hotel and transfer to the Ha Noi Train Station to get the night

Day 1: Lao Cai – Sa Pa ( B,L,D)

Our guide meets you at the Lao Cai train station, and you depart for Sa Pa by minibus. Arriving in Sa Pa mid-morning, you check in to the hotel, have breakfast and short rest.

After lunch, our guide takes you to visit two Black H’mong villages (Cat Cat Village) and a waterfall. There, you will have a chance to see the hydroelectric power station built by the French. After that, it’s back to Sa Pa for dinner. In the evening, you’re free to do as you wish. You can explore the town of Sa Pa

Overnight in hotel.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: Sapa – Hanoi (B,L,D)

After breakfast, our guide takes you to villages populated by H’mong and Dzay peoples, respectively called Lao Chai and Ta Van.

You’ll have lunch either with an ethnic minority family or on the way back to Lao Cai to catch a night train back to Ha Noi, arriving the next early morning.

• Meals: Breakfast, Luch, Dinner

Day 3: Hanoi (B)

Getting back to Hanoi from  so early at around 5am. Private car pick up from Hanoi train station to your hotel. Tour ends.

Includes:

• Private car pick up from your hotel to Hanoi train station and back.
• Soft berth train cabin with air condition 2 ways
• Local English speaking guide
• Twin /Double sharing Room
• Meal as mentioned in program ( B= Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
• Sightseeing fees
• Transport as programe
• Taxes

Excludes:

• Insurance
• Personal expense (drinks, telephone…)
• Tip

What to bring:

• Sun Block
• Wide brim hat
• Camera + Film
• Comfortable shoes
• Rain gear
• Warm clothes
• Insect Repellent
• Original Passport

Tour Highlights

Pick up by Vietnam TripAdvisor for night train to Lao Cai station

Pick up from Lao Cai station to Sapa town

Trekking to Cat Cat village, home of H’mong Ethnic.

Visit Tafin handicraft village to know the daily life of Red Dzao ethnic

Detailed Itinerary

Night 1: Ha Noi – Lao Cai . Overnight on Train

Sapa village travel’s car pick you up from your hotel to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train, soft sleeper with AC at 20.30pm to go to Lao Cai station.Overnight on the train.

Day 1: Lao Cai – Sa Pa – Cat Cat Village (B,L, D)

Arrive at Lao Cai Train station at about 6.30. Take a transfer to Sapa. Having breakfast and relax before explore Sapa Town. In the afternoon, take a 2km short trekking to Cat Cat Village, the home of H’mong Ethnic. Meeting & talking with locals to learn more about their daily life. Overnight in hotel.

Meals : Breakfast, Luch, Dinner

Day 2: Sapa Village – Lao Cai (B, L, D)

Today, you can choose one of the following options to visit the local villages:

Option 1: Pleasant drive to Taphin village (12km from Sapa) of Red Dzao ethnic. Touring to the village to visit Tafin handicraft shop and explore the daily life of Red Dzao. Here you have a good choices to buy woven and textile brocades, which is made by ethic people. Visit Taphin Cave and small hamlet of Black H’mong people. Return to Sapa and take a transfer to Lao Cai station for night train to Hanoi.

Option 2: Take the foot path up and down and crossing a small hamlet of Matra, where inhabited by Black H’mong ethic. Continue trekking up the village and getting through paddies fields will lead you to an ancient Catholic abbey, built by French colonists. Walk 2 km more to reach Taphin handicraft shop and explore the daily life of Red Dzao. Here you have a good choices to buy woven and textile brocades, which is made by ethic people. Visit TaPhin Cave and small hamlet of Black H’mong people. Return to Sapa & take a transfer to Lao Cai station for night train to Hanoi.

Night 3: Overnight at an AC 4 berth soft sleeper train to Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi early morning, please take a taxi to your hotel. End tour.

Meals : Breakfast, Luch, Dinner

Day 3 : Sapa – Hanoi

Getting back to Hanoi from Sapa trip so early at around 5am. Taxi to your hotel. Tour End

Includes:

• Private car/mini van
• AC 4 berth soft sleeper train (join cabin)
• All entrance fees
• English or French speaking guide
• All meals as per program (B: Breakfast, L: lunch, D: Dinner)
• Accommodation as program, based in twin sharing

Excludes:

• Insurance, Personal expenses & Tips
• Drinks, except otherwise mentioned

What to bring:

• Sun Block
• Wide brim hat
• Camera + Film
• Comfortable shoes
• Rain gear
• Warm clothes
• Insect Repellent

Original Passport

Day 1: LaoCai station – Sapa – CatCat – SinChai – Sapa (4-6 hours trekking, 6-12 km (depends if the way back by foot or by car, 2 villages) (B, L, D)

Pick-up at LaoCai Railway station early in the morning by minivan. Arrival to Sapa around 8:00 am. Check in sapa luxury hotel & breakfast. The trek usually starts at 9:30 am – this is a 12 km trek to visit CatCat and SinChai villages of the Black H’mong hill-tribal people. Picnic lunch and refreshing at the Cat Cat waterfall, then continuing walking to Sin Chai village, enjoying spectacular views during the entire trip. From Sin Chai is possible to return to sapa by foot, walking uphill, or to return by car from the hotel. The trek ends roughly at 4:00 pm. Overnight in sapa luxury  hotel.
Day 2 : Sapa – Giang Ta Chai – Sapa (7hours trekking, 17 km, 3 villages) (B, L, D)

After breakfast at the hotel, the trek is starts from Sapa, walking down hill along Muong Hoa Valley, enjoy the breathtaking views and visiting 2 villages, home to Black H’mong and Dzay hill-tribal people. Picnic lunch on the way or in a village with a local family. After lunch continuing through suspension bridge, bamboo forest and waterfalls to GiangTaChai village, a home to Red Dzao people. Pick-up from the main road by car back to Sapa. Overnight in sapa luxury  hotel.
Tour price includes:

- Full meals as mentioned on the tour program (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
- English speaking tour guide
- Entrance fees
- Accommodation at sapa luxury Hotel
- Transportation by private jeep or minivan on the 1st and 2nd day of the program

Excludes: Insurance; Drinks; Phone calls and other private expenses, V.A.T

One day Market tours code16

- Bac Ha Sunday market  
- Muong Khuong Sunday Market  
- Can Cau Saturday market  
- Lung Khau Thursday market  
- Tam Duong Thursday Market   

Bac Ha Sunday market

Start point – Sapa or Lao Cai city

This is the largest market in the region, a place where many hill tribal people gather to meet each other, to buy and sell, to eat and drink. There are 10 minority groups in the Bac Ha region. You can buy there homemade handicrafts and clothes. In the afternoon we will have a short hike to Ban Pho village of Flower H’Mong people. Transfer back to Lao Cai for the night train to Hanoi, or back to Sapa.

Tour price including: English-speaking guide; Entrance fees; Lunch (only on private tour); Transport by private jeep or van (on private tour) or shared van (on group tour).

Muong Khuong Sunday Market

Start point – Sapa or Lao Cai city

While most of the tourists go to visit Bac Ha market, you can choose more quite local market surrounded by breathtaking nature in Muong Khuong. The tour includes visit to a market and an easy trek for about 2.5 hours through spectacular green mountainous scenery, corn and rice fields and remote villages of Flower H’mong ethnic people. At the end of the trip we will drive back to Lao Cai city and stop near by Chinese border to take a look on Chinese town across the river. The tour ends at Lao Cai Railway Station.

Tour price including: English-speaking guide; Permit & Entrance fees; Lunch; Transport by private jeep or van

Can Cau Saturday market

Start point – Sapa or Lao Cai city

This is a colorful market situated in a small village in the mountains. You will see several different hill tribe groups here, but mainly the Flower H’mong. The local people come here to socialize, to buy and sell clothes, vegetables, meat and cattle. In the afternoon we will have a short hike to Ban Pho village of Flower H’Mong. Transfer back to Lao Cai for the night train to Hanoi, or back to Sapa.

Tour price including: English-speaking guide; Entrance fees; Lunch; Transport by private jeep or van

Lung Khau Thursday market

Start point – Sapa or Lao Cai city

We will start our trip early in the morning, passing Lao Cai and continuing to north-east direction. This is a small but very colorful market in a remote mountainous area where mainly Flower H’mong gather to exchange their homemade products. You do not see many tourist at this market. After visiting the market, we will walk to the village of hill tribal people to discover their way of living and to enjoy walking in the nature. Then we will drive back to Lao Cai. The trip ends at Lao Cai train station.

Tour price including: English-speaking guide; Entrance fees; Lunch; Transport by private jeep or van

Tam Duong Thursday Market

Start point – Sapa

We will start the trip early at morning in Sapa driving about 2 hours by car, enjoying amazing mountainous scenery, to Lai Chau province to discover the colorful market of many hill tribes such as: Lu, Lao, Black Dzao, Tien Dzao, Red Hmong, Dzay, Black Thai. In the afternoon we’ll visit the Ban Hon Village, home to Lu & Thai minorities. On this is a good opportunity to take pictures of majestic Fansipan mountain, passing the Heaven Gate, Tram Ton Pass & Silver Waterfall on the way back to Sapa

Tour price including: English-speaking guide; Entrance fees; Lunch; Transport by private jeep or van