By Train : Sapa 4 Nights 3 Days

Night 1: Hanoi – Lao Cai station

8.00pm: Pick up at your hotel, or in our office, go to Tran Quy Cap Station

9.00pm: Get on the sleeping train to Lao Cai station

Day 1: Sapa – short trekking + Heaven gate -  stay overnight in hotel (Meals included : L)

6.00am: Arrive in Lao Cai station. Our guide will pick you up at station and transfer to Sapa town.

7.00 – 7.30am: Leave your luggages at the hotel and have breakfast.

9.00am: Start the tour to Cat Cat village. Trekking down to the village and you will be impressed by the peacefully picturesque sceneries. Visitors can easily catch sight of women sitting in front of their houses with colorful handmade products, and the children playing surrounding. This is an opportunity to understand more about ethnic people’s life and customs as well.

12.00: Have lunch in local restaurant with traditional food. Then, relax for a while

14.00: Continue the trip by trekking further to see more stunning landscapes of Sin chai village + and impressive your self with Sapa heaven gate which is the highest stretch of road in Vietnam as well as the provincial border of Lao Cai and Lai Chau provinces. Enjoy fantastic view over the valley!

16.00: Back to hotel.

Free at night in Sapa town. Walking around the night market and shopping.

Day 2: Trekking Lao Chai – Ta Van – Overnight in homestay (Meals: B,L,D)

7.00am: Have breakfast and check out hotel. Leave big luggages in the bus and prepare a small backpack for trekking.

A short journey in 15 mins by car, takes you to Muong Hoa valley, one of the most beautiful valleys in northwest Vietnam. Descending into the valley by walking, you will see the terraced rice paddy. If you visit the valley between May and October, there is a chance to experience to see how the locals plant and harvest rice.

Keep trekking to Lao Chai village of the Black H’mong minority to Ta Van village of the Zay people. You can see the differences between traditions and customs of two groups.

12.00: Stop in the homestay, then check in and have lunch.

14.00: Spend afternoon time to walking around the villages.

17.00: Back to homestay and prepare dinner with the family

19.00: Enjoy local dinner in a warm atmosphere, you can have real experience and memorable time with the family.

Day 3: Ban Ho – My Son – Thanh Phu  – overnight train back to Hanoi (Meals included :Breakfast ,Lunch)

8.00: Get up and enjoy local breakfast with the family

then transfer to Su Pan.  Start a walking downhill through the breathtaking scenery till Ban Ho village,  where you will be able to witness the stunning views of the valley and rice paddy terraces.  Explore the Ban Ho village of Tay minority before crossing the suspension bridge over the river. The walk then continues uphill to the Red Dao minority village of Nam Toong, where lunch is well prepared in local school by tour guide.

Afternoon, start the trekking down hill to My Son village located in a beautiful valley where the Xa Pho minority people is living. Xa Pho is  one of the smallest groups ethnic in Northern Vietnam with population of few thousand, they are well known as beautiful gress and their textile product.  Followed by a short walk to Thanh Phu village of Tay minority for check ing in. Spend the rest of afternoon to walk around village, explore daily life of local people.

Back to train station to get overnight train back to Hanoi

End of tour