Tour
Code: SPT004
Price
from: $US369
Duration:
7 days/ 8 nights
Tour
route: Hanoi – Lao Cai – Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Ta Van – Seomity –Ta Trung Ho –
Muong Bo – Sin Chai B – Nam Sai – Lao Cai – Hanoi.
Tour
overview:
On this
trip, you have time for explore one of the most beautiful parts in Sapa area,
which is under protection of Hoang Lien National Park.
You will have an opportunity to explore one of the most beautiful parts in Sapa
area, which is under protection of Hoang Lien National Park. At night you spend
in campsite nearby a river will be memorial moments along the trek with Both
valleys are beautiful with mountainous surrounding and rice paddy terraces.
Detail
Itinerary:
Day
1: Hanoi – Lao Cai (Night train)Sapa Trekking Trip
Our
tour will be started at 20:45 at the lobby of the hotel. We will pick you up
and transfer to the Hanoi Railway station for the overnight to Sapa.
Day
2: Sapa - Cat Cat - Y Linh Ho – Tavan (L, D) (Homestay)
Meet
up at Lao Cai station, then transferred to Sapa, start your trek through the
market and leave the busy town behind. After a couple of minutes, you follow a
road going downhill to Cat Cat village. You will stop by a waterfall and a
hydroelectric station for a while before you trek on a dirt trail through rice
paddy terraces. You also will enjoy spectacular scenery while walking along a
narrow river. You eventually arrive in Y Linh Ho village of Black Hmong
minority, where you can take a rest while you are served lunch nearby the
river.
After
lunch, you head Muong Hoa valley. You will pass through Lao Chai village of
Black Hmong minority and then Tavan village of Giay minority by following a
very popular trekking route. You will spend the night in local house of Giay
minority. You will be able to take a walk to enjoy the valley view as well as
swim in the river nearby.
Day
3: Tavan - Seomity (B, L, D) (Camp)
After
having breakfast, you start today’s trek, which is mostly uphill until
lunchtime. Whenever you stop for a rest, you will be able to enjoy valley view.
Before noon, you stop again at a nice spot for lunch.
The
trek will be softer in the afternoon. But the scenery becomes even more
beautiful. You pass by Seomity village of Black Hmong minority before you
arrive in a campsite, which locates nearby a river outside the village. While
porters put up tents and cook dinner, you can take a walk to stretch the legs.
Day
4: Seomity – Den Thang - Ta Trung Ho (B, L, D) (Homestay)
The
trek today takes you through beautiful rice paddies and over old suspension
bridges. You will trek on small trail sneaking through rainforest. You arrive in
Den Thang village of Black Hmong by noon. Here you stop for lunch either nearby
a river or in a local school according to the weather.
After
lunch, the trek will becomes tough on tinny footpath going up and down, which
requires a lot of concentration. You will reach to Ta Trung Ho village of Red
Dao Sapa Trekking Toursminority where you spend the night in local house. Both
the valley and the village have just received foreign visitors. The night will
be even more interesting when you are in the wonderful hospitable atmosphere of
the Red Dao.
Day
5: Ta Trung Ho - Nam Toong – My Son – Muong Bo (B, L, D) (Homestay)
You
are now at the fringe of the rain forest by the Hoang Lien Son mountain range.
Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochina with its 3143 m, is located in this
mountain range. You will start the trek today by ascending to Nam Toong village
of Red Dao minority. Here your lunch will be prepared in a local school.
After
lunchtime, you descend to the valley where locates My Son village of Xa Pho
minority, one of the smallest groups ethnic in Northern Vietnam. From there you
take a short walk to Muong Bo village of Tay minority. Here you spend the night
in traditional house of the Tay. You can take a walk to explore local daily
life while your dinner will be served with Vietnamese dishes.
Day
6: Muong Bo - Nam Cum – Sin Chai (B, L, D) (Homestay) Ban-Ho Valley Sapa
Today’s
trek will be relatively short and soft. Once leaving Muong Bo, you follow the
trekking route built in the bottom of the valley, which offers the best view to
the surrounding mountains. You stop at a nice spot for lunch.
After
lunchtime, you continue the walk toward Sin Chai village of Red Dao minority
where the night will be spent in a bamboo hut in the village.
Day
7: Sin Chai – Nam Nhiu – Nam Than – Nam Sai (B, L, D)
Breakfast
and leave Sin Chai B at about 08.00 am. Today’s adventure will take us through
a number of small ethnic minority villages (including Red Dao, Tay, Xafo and
Black H’mong). This portion of the trek offers stunning view of Nam Sai and Nam
Cang Valleys as well as chances to understand life of tribal peoples in remote
land. We will see people from the local communities carrying out their daily
activities as it is in the northern highlands. Our trek will take us to our
home stay for tonight in the Tay village - Nam Sai. Check in home-stay, having
a short rest and enjoy an easy walk to explore this charming and quiet village.
Day
8: Nam Sai – Nam Sang – Thanh Phu Bridge – Sapa (B, L) (Train )Sapa tours
Following
breakfast we will leave Nam Sai behind us and start to ascend to Nam Sang
village of the Xa Pho people through Nam Sai valley. Paying visiting to local
homes here for interesting discovery of the unique way of living. The Xa Pho is
a sub group of the Phu La ethnic whose population is just about 4,000 in
Vietnam and still live a primary way. Then follow the trails sneaking through
mountains heading to Thanh Phu. Once you get to Thanh Phu Bridge, you start
your journey back to Lao Cai by car.
Day
9: Hanoi Arrival
Arrive
Hanoi at 5Am. End of tour.
