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DETAILED ITINERARY
Day 1 - depart :
8h30 PM Pick up at your hotel
and transfer to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at at 9:30
PM to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train - soft sleeper .
Day 2 ( Sunday ): Laocai -
MuongHum Market - Sapa Town ( B, L, D)
6h00 Arrive at Laocai Train station. Pick up at Laocai Train Station
to transfer to Muong Hum market. It takes almost 2 hours to get to
MuongHum - a small & traditional market situated among ethnic
villages. The market deeply shows the typical cultural features of
Vietnam's remote areas. Leave the market and transfer to Sapa. On
the way, spend time visiting a cave called MuongVy or "ThuyTien" ,
visiting a village of the Black H'mong and then reach Sapa and check
in hotel. Lunch in Muong Hum and dinner in Sapa. Overnight at hotel.
Day 3 : Sapa -
Y Linh Ho - Laochai - TaVan Village ( B, L, D) 6
hours trekking, 15 km, 3 villages.
Breakfast at Bamboo Sapa Restaurant. Depart Sapa for the trekking at
10:00 AM. Take the main road by jeep and go down hill to the valley.
Cross MuongHoa River to get to the other mountainside for 3 villages
with rice terraces: Y Linh Ho, Laochai, and Tavan. Stay the night at
a local family in Tavan village. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner
at the home-stay.
Day 4 : TaVan village - Giang Ta Chai Village- Sapa
( B, L, D) - Night train to Hanoi 5 hours trekking,
14 km, 2 villages.
Get up early in the morning to enjoy the daily life of the ethnic
minorities in the village. Breakfast, take the road to GiangTa Chai
village of the Red Dzao minority via the paths between terraces and
through bamboo forests. Visit silver waterfall and suspension Rattan
Bridge, visit the people in the village and then cross MuongHoa
River up to the mountain to visit the last village of the trek -
Supan village of the H'mong. Get back to Sapa by jeep. On the way
back, enjoy visiting the ancient stone circle where stones are
decorated with ancient carvings. Reach Sapa. Then take bus to LaoCai
Station for the night train to Hanoi. Dinner on the train. Arrive in
Hanoi round 4:30 AM. The end of tour.
Tour price includes:
- Full meals as mentioned on the tour program ( B =
Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner ) French/ English-speaking guide -
Entrance fees - Accommodation ( Hotel and Homestay at the village )
- Train return tickets Hanoi-Laocai (soft sleeper with
air-conditioning) - Private bus or jeep as mentioned in tour program
Excludes : - Insurance - Drinks - Phone calls and
other private expenses
Notes: Advised to take good walking shoes,
raincoats, jackets, torch, insect repellent and sunscreen
Notes: Advised to take good
walking shoes, raincoats, jackets, torch, insect repellent and
Sunscreen...
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