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OPT 6: 3 days  –  4 nights  group tour

Maximum: Group of 8 tourists on tour

Visit 5 villages (Ta Van, Giang Ta Chai, Su Pan, Ban Ho, Nam Toong) of 3 different minorities (Dzay, Red Dao, Tay)

Rice filed on the road to GiangTaChai village

 Get started: Take the taxi to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.

1^st day: 6 hours trekking of 15 km and 12 km by jeep

Arrive in Laocai early in the morning. Bus to Sapa, and breakfast. Leave from Sapa by jeep ride along MuongHoa valley to visit Tavan village (H’Mong and Day minority) Start walking from Tavan to see the Red Dzao in GiangTaChai village by way of terraced paddy fields and bamboo forests. Enjoy the natural beauty of Silver Waterfall and Rattan Bridge. Cross the river and continue going to BanHo village where the Tay people settle down. On the way to BanHo, there is more chance to see the Red Dzao and the Black H’mong in Supan village. Spend the night in BanHo village at a Tay Family. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the home-stay.

2^nd day: 5 hours trekking of 10 km and 23 km by jeep.

Breakfast with the family and leave the village for a waterfall discovered by French people. Enjoy the view, swimming and walk uphill to a smallest and almost untouched village of the Red Dzao (Namtoong) return to BanHo village. Say goodbye to the family  and get up to the main road where to take a jeep back to Sapa. Lunch on the way and dinner in Sapa. Overnight in hotel.

3rd day:

Free to discover the town of Sapa. Shopping at the market. In the afternoon, take bus at 5:00 PM to Laocai Station for the night train to Hanoi.(air-con. berth).