THE ITINERARY:
DAY 1: HANOI - SAPA BY BUS WITH A SHORT TREK TO CAT CAT VILLAGE.
PASS BY: LAO CAI PROVINCE, SAPA, CAT CAT VILLAGE.
- 6.00: Pick up at hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter, get on a big bus and depart for Sapa Town.
- 9.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city and have the first rest stop.
- 11.00: Second rest stop in Lao Cai before heading to Sapa.
- 13.30: Arrive at Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H'mong, Dzao and Tay ethnic people. And wait at the bus station for the tour guide and driver to pick you up at the hotel.
Enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes and check-in procedures.
- 14.30: A short walk to the gate of Cat Cat village, which is the home of Black H'mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photos with the bridge and waterfall; then you will walk up hill for the bus to pick you up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon.
The trekking distance is about 2,5km and it lasts for 2 hours.
- 17.00: Come back to Sapa Town. Have dinner and overnight in a hotel with night activities.
MEALS INCLUDED: Lunch and Dinner.
DAY 2: SAPA - HANOI BY BUS WITH A LONG TREK Y LINH HO - LAO CHAI - TA VAN VILLAGE
PASS BY: Y LINH HO - LAO CHAI - TA VAN
- 7.00 - 8.30: Have breakfast at the hotel, check out the room and prepare a light pack for trekking ( Large luggage is kept in the hotel)
- 8.30: Start hiking through Y Linh Ho, then trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain. After that, head to Ta Van village - home of the Dzay ethnic people.
The trekking distance is about 9lm and it lasts for 3,5 hours.
- 12.30 - 13.30: Have lunch at local restaurant.
- 13.30: The bus arrives at Ta Van Bridge and transports you to Sapa.
- 14.00 - 14.45: Relax and enjoy yourself and if you want, take a shower in the hotel's public bathroom.
- 14.45 - 15.00: Meet all the group members at the hotel to get ready for Hanoi.
- 21.45 - 22.00: Arrive in Hanoi and go back to your hotel by yourself.
TRIP ENDS>
Includes:
- Bus transfer from Hanoi and return.
- 1 Night in a Traditional Sapa Hotel
- Guided Trekking through mountain villages
- Meals ( 2 lunches, 1 dinner, 1 breakfast) & activities as stated in the above itinerary