Highlight:

These Sapa trekking tours will bring you to visit a great highland area – located at 1,500m above the sea leve. Take time to discover the minorities with the colorful ethnic people with the local lives, traditions and customs… The colorful markets are also the most interested ones which travelers wish to see each time they come.

SAPA OVERVIEW – EASY TREK – SAPA HOTEL (CODE: SSSP21)
(Hanoi – Lao Cai – Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Cat Cat – Lao Cai – Hanoi )
02 days / 1 night – Daily departure

ITINERARY:

Night 1: Ha Noi – Lao Cai – Night on train

Today, at 20:30 we will do start Sapa trekking tour. We will pick you up at your hotel and transfer to railway station at around 20h15 for a night train at 21h15 or 21h50 to Lao Cai. Spend a night on train.
Services included: Transport, guide and train ticket (Soft sleeper – Shared 4 beds cabin).

Day 01: Laocai – Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa (Breakfast, Lunch)

Arrival Laocai station at around 05h30-06h00, Pick up and enjoy a road trip to Sapa. Have breafast at the restaurnat on the road, then start a trek down to the South to the bottom of Muong Hoa valley for a visit 02 villages of the H’mong and the Dzay. Lunch at a family of the Dzay minority. Leisure on the way for enjoy the beautiful scenery. Finally, walk to the main road and drive to Sapa for check in. Dinner and enjoy the night in the Sapa town.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and hotel (Shared twin/double room).

Day 02: Sapa – Catcat – Shin Chai – Lao Cai – Hanoi (Breakfast, Lunch)

Today, after the breakfast, we will enjoy a trek to Cat Cat village to discover the daily life and traditional of people here, time to a traditional house of the minority before enjoy a water fall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam. Enjoy picnic lunch by the side of the river, and then next 6 km to Sin Chai, located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain, “the roof of Vietnam and Indochina”. From here you can enjoy huge stunning landscapes before climbing up on the way to return to Sapa. Rest before drive to Lao Cai for the night train back Hanoi. Night on train.
At 05h00am in next day. Tour ends.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and train ticket (Soft sleeper with A/C – Shared 4 beds cabin).

Tour Cost In USD/ Person – Based on the category as below:

HOTEL LIST

Services excluded:

– Personal expenses like drink, telephone, laundry, tips for guide and driver
– Vietnam Visa, Arrival/ departure flights, travel insurance
– Surcharge for peak season, holiday time and online payment method
– Compulsory dinner for Xmas and New Year eves.

SAPA MONORITY TREKK – HOMESTAY (CODE: SSSP22)
(Hanoi – Lao Cai – Cat Cat – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Lao Cai – Hanoi)
02 days / 1 night – Daily departure

ITINERARY:

Night 1: Ha Noi – Lao Cai – Night on train

Today, we will pick you up at your hotel and transfer to railway station at around 20h15 for a night train at 21h15 or 21h50 to Lao Cai. Spend a night on train.
Services included: Transport, guide and train ticket (Soft sleeper with A/C – Shared 4 beds cabin) .

Day 01: Lao Cai – Cat Cat – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van (Breakfast, Lunch)

Upon arrival in Lao Cai Station, pick up to Sapa and after freshening up and having breakfast you are free to take a walk around the charming little town of Sapa. Pay a visit to the fascinating market and or the old cathedral where you can meet and greet some of the local ethnic minority people. The Black H’Mong and Red Zao come into town daily to sell their farming produce and hand made crafts – you will spot them easily in their bright traditional dress. At 9:30, back at the Sapa Pathfinder office we will set off to begin trekking and exploring the Muong Ho valley. We begin by driving approximately 3 kms to Cat Cat village – here we start walking. This village is home to the H’Mong. There is a pretty waterfall to enjoy and an old hydro power station built by the French is nearby. A further 12kms of trekking will see us visit Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai villages. Here we will have lunch with a local family or in a drinking shop by the river, we continue hiking to Ta Van village (here resides the Dzay people) where we settle for the night in a local village family home. This provides a great opportunity to share their customs and home life. Your tour guide and host family will set up a temporary cooking class so you can share a Vietnamese cooking experience!.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and home stay.

Day 02: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Lao Cai – Hanoi (Breakfast, Lunch)

Leaving Ta van village after breakfast, you will head off on an uphill trail, past fascinating terraced rice fields and small pockets of H’Mong housing before walking through a bamboo forest to a picturesque waterfall. Here, we rest briefly and admire the scenery, following this we continue walking for about half and hour to Giang Ta Chai village, home of the Red Zao people- this sits on top of a hill and overlooks the Muong Hoa River. After spending time with the villagers and enjoying their genuine hospitality we will cross the river via a suspension bridge and head upwards again to visit a local handicraft center where H’Mong and Zao women gather to share their crafts and skills and have a good chat! A late lunch will be prepared for you near the craft center and then it is time to relax and become acquainted with the local school children and their teachers. Later, a short drive will return you to Sapa, you are free to shower and enjoy a couple of hours free time in town before transferring down the mountain to Lao Cai station for a night train back Hanoi. Night on train
At 05h00am in next day, Tour ends.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and train tickets (Soft sleeper with A/C – Shared 4 beds cabin).

Tour Cost In USD/ Person – Based on the category as below:

Services excluded:

– Personal expenses like drink, telephone, laundry, tips for guide and driver
– Vietnam Visa, Arrival/ departure flights, travel insurance
– Surcharge for peak season, holiday time and online payment method
– Compulsory dinner for Xmas and New Year eves.

SAPA TREK TO BAN HO VILLAGE (CODE: SSSP23)
(Hanoi – Lao Cai – Sapa – Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Ban Ho – Nam Toong – Lao Cai – Hanoi )
02 days / 1 night – Daily departure

ITINERARY:

Night 1: Ha Noi – Lao Cai – Night on train

Today, we will pick you up at your hotel and transfer to railway station at around 20h15 for a night train at 21h15 or 21h50 to Lao Cai. Spend a night on train.
Services included: Transport, guide and train ticket (Soft sleeper with A/C – Shared 4 beds cabin).

Day 01: Lao Cai – Sapa – Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Ban Ho (Breakfast, Lunch)

Upon arrival in Lao Cai Station, pick up to Sapa. After breakfast in the hotel, we will start with 12 km by jeep then trek down hill to Ta Van village of the Dzay minority. Follow along the side of Muong Hoa stream to Giang Ta Chai village of the red Dzao where we have lunch at a local family. After lunch, we keep hiking to Ban Ho, the village lies in the beautiful valleys, home-stay at the Tay minority house to experience the architecture of their traditional house on stilts and spend time beside them to exchange the cultures and knowledge.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and home stay.

Day 02: Ban Ho – Nam Toong – Lao Cai – Hanoi (Breakfast, Lunch)

After Breakfast we spend an hours walking to explore Ban Ho, a large village of the Tay peoples who live on spacious wooden houses built on stilts and very well organized before ascending uphill to Nam Toong village of the Red Zao. The trail of this part is really steep but the higher you reach to, the more stunning scenery will open in your sight. The village locates on the top of a hill and almost isolated and the houses are rudimentary but the peoples are very welcoming. After visiting Nam Toong, you will take another trail back to Ban Ho village an then pick up for transferring back to Sapa for a rest before downhill to Lao Cai station for a night train back Hanoi. Night on train.
At 05h00am in next day, Tour ends.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and train tickets (Soft sleeper with A/C – Shared 4 beds cabin)

Tour Cost In USD/ Person – Based on the category as below