On this trip you have an opportunity to explore one of the most beautiful parts in Sapa area, which is under protection of Hoang Lien National Park. The night you spend in campsite nearby a river will be memorial moments along the trek. You will also be able to meet several different minorities, which cannot be found in other areas of Sapa, such as Giay in Muong Hoa valley, Tay and Xa Pho in Ban Ho valley. Both valleys are beautiful with mountainous surrounding and rice paddy terraces.
Tour Duration: 4 days/ 5 nights
Tour Route: Sapa - Cat Cat - Y Linh Ho – Tavan - Seomity – Den Thang - Ta Trung Ho - Nam Toong - Ban Ho – Sapa
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Day 01: Hanoi – Night train to Lao Cai – Sapa
Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi, transfer to the station for a night train to Lao Cai – Sapa.
Overnight on train
Day 02: Sapa - Cat Cat - Y Linh Ho – Tavan ( L, D)
Pick up at station in the early morning, transfer to hotel in Sapa, having breakfast then meet local guide 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.
Approx: 5 hours walking/ 1-hour lunch.
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.
Approx: 5 hours walking/ 1-hour lunch.
Day 03: Tavan - Seomity (B, L, D)
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.
Approx: 4 hours walking/ 1 hour lunch.
Day 04: Seomity – Den Thang - Ta Trung Ho (B, L, D)
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 minority 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.
Approx: 4 hours walking, 1-hour 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.
Approx: 4 hours walking/ 1 hour lunch.
Day 04: Seomity – Den Thang - Ta Trung Ho (B, L, D)
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 minority 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.
Approx: 4 hours walking, 1-hour lunch
Day 05: Ta Trung Ho - Nam Toong - Ban Ho – Sapa (B, L, -)
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. In the afternoon, before descending to Ban Ho, you can make a stop by a waterfall to refresh. Then our car takes you on the journey back to Sapa. Evening transfer to Lao Cai station for a night train to Hanoi.
Approx: 1-hour driving/ 4 hours walking/ 1-hour lunch
Day 06: Hanoi arrival
Arrival Hanoi in the early morning, Back to your hotel by yourself. End of all the services.
What is included?
All transfer and transportation vehicle
Home stay in the village
English speaking guide
Train ticket Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi ( cabin 4 berth - soft sleeper)
All indicated meals, plus snacks (B: as breakfast; L: as lunch; D: as dinner)
Water on the whole trip
Waterproof bluebag for luggage
Tents if needed
All entrance fees and permit
What is excluded?
Transfer and guide on free time
Other meals and drinks
Hotel in Hanoi
Other optional and activities
Travel insurance
Personal expense