Option
12 :
Visit
Laochai , Tavan, Mantra and Taphine villages ( daily departure
)
Night 1 : 8h00pm Sapatours 's taxi take you from your hotel
in Hanoi to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at at
9:15 PM to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.(4 people/cabin
or 2 people/cabin on request).
Day
1 : Sapa - Laochai - TaVan village ( 4hours trekking, 14 km,
2 villages. )
06:00 - Arrive at Lao Cai train station. Welcome by your local
guide and driver. Transfer to your Sapa for breakfast &
relax. Take a jeep ride for the first part and go down hill
to the valley. Cross Muong Hoa River to get to the other mountainside
for 2 villages of the H'mong and the Dzay - LaoChai and TaVan
village. Picnic lunch on the way. Dinner. Spend the night at
hotel.
Day
2 :Sapa - Mantra - TaPhin village ( 4hours trekking, 2 villages.
)
Take a jeep ride 5 km to the North East of Sapa. From here,
take off jeep to visit Matra village of the H'mong people. After
this village, do a 4-hour trek through the mountain and reach
Taphin village - a handy craft traditional village of 2 different
minorities: the Red Dzao and the Black H'mong. Mountains surround
the village and the landscapes are beautiful. Have picnic lunch
at village. In the afternoon, the jeep wait for you and take
you back to Sapa. Overnight at hotel.
Day
3: Sapa -Laocai - Hanoi
Free to explore the town, go to the market by yourself. In the
afternoon, take car to Laocai Station for the night train to
Hanoi (air-con. berth).
The end of the tour.