| First Night |
Hanoi - Lao Cai |
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Include:
Private car
English speaking tour guide
Train tickets: Hanoi – Lao Cai (soft sleeper, A/C, 4 berth cabin) |
Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi and transferred to the railway station for the night train to Lao Cai. Overnight on the train. |
| Day 1 |
Lao Cai - Sapa - Cat Cat (B, L) |
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Include:
Private car
Hotel 3 star: Royalview or Sapa
Hotel 4 star: Chau Long or Victoria
English speaking tour guide
Entrance fees
Meals: Breakfast, lunch |
Train arrives at Lao Cai Railway Station at 06.00AM. Transfer to Sapa by van. Have breakfast at the hotel or in the local restaurant (optional). Relax for a while. Your guide will meet you at hotel for short downhill walk to Cat Cat village. This village of the H'mong tribe in the valley, remains in very original style. Excellent views of the valley with the magnificent limestone hills and paddy fields of the H'mong village. Mix with the local families and learn of their customs and social life. Further down past the village down you will reach the Cat Cat waterfall. A "white curtain" cascade appears which is surrounded by a flowery valley and deep-green pines. The rocks near the river and waterfall provide a marvelous place for photos and sunbathing during good weather You will also see a disused French hydro power station. Dinner on guest's account. Discover Sapa in night and see the ethnic people and their activities and life in Sapa.
5 hour trekking 4km (01 villages)
Overnight at hotel. |
| Day 2 |
Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van (B, L) |
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Include:
Private car
Hotel 3 star: Royalview or Sapa
Hotel 4 star: Chau Long or Victoria
English speaking tour guide
Entrance fees
Meals: Breakfast, lunch |
Breakfast before a private jeep transfers you to Lao Chai village, a village of the Black H’mong. A short walk down to the river will take you to a hill tribe house to see their living style and the local women making their handicraft clothes. Further on along the road, the Tavan village where Dzay people stay can be seen. Visit the village and learn their customs. Back to Sapa in the afternoon.
7 hour trekking 6km (03 villages)
Over night at the hotel. |
| Day 3 |
Bac Ha Sunday Market – Lao Cai – Hanoi (B, L) |
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Include:
Include: Private car
English speaking tour guide
Entrance fees
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Train tickets: Lao Cai – Hanoi (soft sleeper, A/C, 4 berth cabin)
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Breakfast at hotel. Upon leaving Sapa we set off on our scenic drive through the border town of Lao Cai to the colourful Sunday Market at Bac Ha (If time permits). This market also attracts a wide variety of ethnic minority groups including the Variegated Hmong, Dao, Phu La, La Chi and Tay. They still retain their old age cultural traditions and are recognisably distinct from each other by their dress. The experience of this congregation is colorful and unique. After the market we enjoy a walk around the area, visiting the Hmong King’s former residence and Ban Pho where the villagers make the potent local maize alcohol before transfer back to Lao Cai railway station for night train back to Hanoi. Overnight on the train |
| Day 4 |
Hanoi |
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Train arrives in Hanoi at 5:00 AM. You catch a taxi back to your hotel. |
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