Sapa Home Stay Trekking 4 Days

Sapa is a delightful French hill station built in the early years of the century and one of the most beautiful in Vietnam. High in the mountains of northwestern Vietnam, Sapa offers great hiking and a kaleidoscope of ethnic groups. This trip provide you a glimpse of local hill-tribes and opportunities to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Sapa. Spending a night with a family of the Dzay will be a memorable experience...

Itinerary:
Day 1: Hanoi - Train to Sapa (No Meals)

Get picked up and transferred to Hanoi Railway station for your overnight train journey from Vietnam's capital city to the border town of Lao Cai. The train departs at 21:15 pm. (No meal included)

Day 2: Lao Cai - Sapa - Cat Cat Village (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Arrive early in Lao cai at 06 00 am, we get picked up by our private vehicle and start our drive up the spectacular Sapa pass, which is 1300 m high, 33 km long. The ride uphill takes a little over an hour giving you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces.

At 10 am, we start trekking. The first part is on the road but we soon turn to the right and walk on a small path down the valley to the Muong Hoa River and from here to the Black H’mong village Lao Chai. After this you continue to Ta Van village (1.200 m) to visit Zay people. We stay overnight with a local family in Ta Van and have our dinner here.

Day 3: Sapa - Trekking - Lao Chai - Ta Van Village - Train To Hanoi (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

After the breakfast we continue to visit Red Dao people at Giang Ta Chai where we also see a waterfall. The Red Dao women have very colourful red embroideries and coins on their clothing. On their head they wear a red scarf. Some of the women have shaved off their eyebrows because of a nice Red Zao's Legend.

We continue along small paths in the rice fields, cross the Muong Hoa River and trek up to Su pan where you will meet the jeep transfer back to Sapa.

Later in the after noon, we take the private car ride down Sapa pass to Laocai train station. Overnight train back to Ha Noi.

Day 4: Arrive - Hanoi (No Meals)
05.30am, arrive in Hanoi, end of services.

Tour price:

The trip includes:

• Transportation by Air-con vihicles

• English speaking tour guide

• Meals specified in tour program

• All entrance, permission and visiting fees

• Accommodation at homestay

• Permittions

• Train ticket Hanoi - Lao Cai - Hanoi with Aircon-soft sleeper cabin (wooden cabin)

 The trip excludes 

• Visa to Vietnam

• Departure airport tax

• Meals which are not included in the program

• Personal travel & medical insurance

• International flights to and from Vietnam

• All personal & daily expenses

• All gratuities and tips to drivers and guides
  

Note:

• Surcharges for peak seasons, Christmas and New Year Holidays, lunar New Year Festival, extras for room, air tickets upgrades shall be applied

• Group tour: To join with other people on available daily tours. These tours are fixed itinerary and deparute time. It is possible to join in even your group of only 1 or 2 people. Customer do not to find other people to form the group. It is our company duty to gather the tourists for each tour. For these tours, you have to share the coach, boat and tour guide with other tourists who come from different nationalities. The number of people of this group is normally less than 16 persons.

• Private tour: To do the tour privately. The tour is not fixed, it is possible to be customized for your group. All service is reserved for your group only. You do not have to share the bus, boat, tour guide with other tourists. One exception, if you stay at the boat in Halong bay - it is like the hotel in Halong - you still have to share the boat with other people.