Sapa and market 3 days

Tour Program

Night 1 : (Thursday) Ha Noi – Lao Cai

At 20.30, picking up and transfers to the train station for the night train to Lao Cai. You will sleep on soft sleeper with air conditioner.

Day 1: Sapa – Lao chai Village – Ta Van Village ( Meals : breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Arrival to Lao Cai station around 5.30am, meeting our tour guide and driver then transfer to Sapa for breakfast and take  shower.

Start trekking to Muong Hoa valley to visit 3 villages of the H’mong and the Dzay (Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van). Lunch on the way

Overnight optional:

Optional 1:  Overnight at homestay inTa Van village.  You will have opportunity to experience their daily life, work and original custom.

Optional 2: Return to Sapa town. Overnight at hotel in Sapa

Day 2: Sapa trekking (Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Optional 1: Ta Van Village – Giang Ta Chai Village – Sapa

Breakfast at the homestay, then take the road to Giang Ta Chai village to see the Red Dzao people via a network of paths through terraces and bamboo forests. Visit a picturesque waterfall and a suspension bridge.

Enjoy a picnic lunch and cross the river to visit an H’mong village on the mountainside. Return to Sapa by jeep. Visit an ancient stone circle. Return to Sapa by car.

Optional 2: Cat Cat and Shin Chai village

Have breakfast at hotel. Trekking around 12 km to visit two villages of the Black H’mong (Catcat and SinChai). Enjoy a picnic lunch by a waterfall and see the hydroelectric power station established by the French.

Return to Sapa by car.

Day 3 (Sunday only): Lao Cai – Bac Ha market – Sapa ( Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Breakfast at the hotel then transfer to Bac Ha market. The beginning of the day on which you visit a big market filled with many different hill – tribe peoples. This is the most colorful market in Northern Vietnam.

At the market, you have chance to enjoy Bac Ha people’s simple but unique kinds of food with special wines made from rice, cassavas, corn and different sorts of fruits such as plumps, apples, peaches…talking to the minorities through the guide’s interpretation.

Leave the market for the H’mong King’s house (King Hoang A Tuong) built by the French colonists and the Chinese in 1920.

In the afternoon, spend time visiting Ban Pho village.

Night 4: Transfer to Lao Cai Station for the night train to Hanoi. You will sleep on soft sleeper with air conditioner. The journey takes around 8 hours. Arrive to the train station in Ha Noi the next morning. End service.

Price: US$119/person

What is included in the tour price:

• Air conditioned transport for transfer & sightseeing as per program
• English speaking guide
• Entrance fees
• Mineral water on transport (2 bottles/person/day)
• Nice and clean hotel in Sapa (homestay is available on request)
• Meals as per indicated in the tour program

What is included in the tour price:

• Travel Insurance
• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program
• Train ticket Ha Noi – Lao Cai – Ha Noi (soft sleeper with air conditioner)

Standard class: + US$49/person/return ticket

Deluxe class: + US$79/person/ return ticket

• Hotel update to

Three stars hotel plus US$20/person/night

Four stars hotel plus US$40/person/night

• Personal expense
• Single supplement

Tips: Take good walking shoes, raincoats, jackets, torch, insect repellent and suncream…

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