Night 1 ( Saturday ) : Hanoi -Laocai ( Overnight on the train )

7h30pm Sapatours 's taxi take you from your hotel in Hanoi to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at at 8h35 PM to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.(4 people/cabin or 2 people/cabin on request).

Day 2 ( Sunday ): Laocai - MuongHum Market - Sapa Town ( B, L, D)

6h00 Arrive at Laocai Train station. Pick up at Laocai Train Station to transfer to Muong Hum market. It takes almost 2 hours to get to MuongHum - a small & traditional market situated among ethnic villages. The market deeply shows the typical cultural features of Vietnam's remote areas. Leave the market and transfer to Sapa. On the way, spend time visiting a cave called MuongVy or "ThuyTien" , visiting a village of the Black H'mong and then reach Sapa and check in hotel. Lunch in Muong Hum and dinner in Sapa. Overnight at hotel.

Day 3 : Sapa - Laochai - TaVan Village ( B, L, D)6 hours trekking, 15 km, 3 villages.

Breakfast at Bamboo Sapa Restaurant. Depart Sapa for the trekking at 10:00 AM. Take the main road by jeep and go down hill to the valley. Cross MuongHoa River to get to the other mountainside for 3 villages with rice terraces: Y Linh Ho, Laochai, and Tavan. Stay the night at a local family in Tavan village. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the home-stay.

Day 4 : TaVan village - Giang Ta Chai Village- Sapa ( B, L, D) - Night train to Hanoi5 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 GiangTa Chai 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. Reach Sapa. Then take bus to LaoCai Station for the night train to Hanoi. Dinner on the train.

Arrive in Hanoi around 5.00 AM. The end of the tour.

 

MuongHoa

 

Sapa Town