Sapa and the northwest of Vietnam

Hill Tribe Villages Trek

On this trip you will have opportunity to meet several different minorities, which cannot be found in other areas of Sapa, such as Tay and Xa Pho. Even though they live close to each other, the Tay is one of the most advanced minority meanwhile the Xa Pho still maintain the tradition of being nomadic. You will also enjoy beautiful landscape in Ban Ho valley

Day 1 : Hanoi -Laocai ( Overnight on the train )

Pick up at your hotel and take you to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at at 9:30 PM to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.

Day 2 : Laocai -Sapa -Catcat village - Laochai - Tavan Village

6 hours trekking 17 km, 3 villages. ( Overnight at Tavan village )
Picked up at Laocai Station early in the morning by our bus. Arrive at Sapa round 8:00 AM; Breakfast. Start at 11:00 AM by jeep to the first village of the black H'mong (Catcat), walk around visiting people in the village and the hydroelectric power station built by the French in the old days. Take the paths along the valleys between mountains to get to Laochai village. Enjoy the overall pictures of the villages among terraces. Visit the H'mong living in wooden and bamboo houses. Continue going to Tavan village to visit the Dzay minority. Stay the night in Tavan village at a Dzay family. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the home-stay.

Day 3 : TaVan -GiangTaChai ( 5 hours trekking, 14 km, 2 villages.)
Get up early in the morning to enjoy the daily life of the ethnic minorities in the village. Breakfast; take the road to GiangTaChai village of the Red Dzao minority via the paths between terraces and through bamboo forests. Visit silver waterfall and suspension Rattan Bridge, visit the people in the village and then cross MuongHoa River up to the mountain to visit the last village of the trek - Supan village of the H'mong. Get back to Sapa by jeep. On the way back, enjoy visiting the ancient stone circle where stones are decorated with ancient carvings. Check in hotel

Day 4 : Sapa - Laocai - Hanoi. ( Overnight on the train )
Breakfast, free to explore the town. Lunch and check out hotel. In the afternoon, take bus to get to Laocai Station for the night train back to Hanoi.

Arrive in Hanoi around 4.30 AM. The end of the tour.

Price:

Included:

- All meals on the tour ( 3 lunches, 3 dinners, 3 breakfast )

- 1 local beer or soft drink at every lunch and dinner,,

- English-speaking guide, Entrance fees, Security permits.
- Accommodation (Hotel and home-stay),

- Train return tickets Hanoi-Laocai (soft sleeper with air-conditioning)

- Transport by private Jeep as tour program.

- Jeep go and back as the program (motorbike for group of 1 person)

Excluded:

-Insurance,

-Drinks, Phone calls, other private expenses.

Notes: Advised to take good walking shoes, raincoats, jackets, torch, insect repellent and Sunscreen...