NIGHT 1: HANOI - NIGHT BUS/TRAIN
OPTION 1: HANOI - NIGHT BUS
21.00 - 21.30 Our shuttle bus will pick you up at your hotels/hostel in Hanoi Old Quarter and transfer you to bus station to take about 5,5 hours by the sleeping bus to Sapa. You will arrive Sapa Bus station at 3.30 - 4.00, you can sleep on bus until 6.00 (no air-condition on bus).
OPTION 2: HANOI - NIGHT TRAIN
20.30 Our staff from Indochina Beauty Travel will pick up at your hotels/hostelS in Hanoi Old Quarter, transfer to Hanoi Train station, take the night train to Lao Cai, this train departs at 10:00 Pm – arrive in the next morning at 06:00 Am - Train cabin 4 berth with A.C - sharing cabin.
DAY 1: SAPA – Y LINH HO – LAO CHAI – TA VAN – SAPA (BREAKFAST/ LUNCH/ DINNER)
6.00 Our tourguide will pick up at the Sapa bus/train station when you arrive and transfer by shuttle bus to the hotel in Sapa.
Have breakfast at hotel.
09:00 Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel, then we start 3km of walking down to the south east of Sapa along the side of Muong Hoa valley to Y Linh Ho village of the Black H’mong - visit local school and local houses then continue 4km of trekking down to Lao Chai village of the H’mong.
Have picnic lunch on the way.
After lunch, we trek more 4 Km through terraced rice fields to Ta Van village of the Dzay minority people. This is a good chance to learn about the local architecture, daily life styles and customs. Then return to Sapa town by minibus.
Enjoy a dinner and free time in the evening. Stay overnight at hotel.
DAY 2: CAT CAT – SIN CHAI – SAPA (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)
9.00 A walk down the South-west of Sapa (around 4 km) to visit Cat Cat village of the Black H’mong. It is located in the foot of Fansipan Mountain. You can learn about their way of life and see traditional clothing being made, hemp being dyed and women weaving. Relax at the stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam.
Then walk through Muong Hoa Valley for 3km through rice terraces and small dwellings to Sin Chai, the village located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain, “the roof of Vietnam and Indochina”. You will have the opportunity to see traditional wooden homes built using the indigenous Pumu tree. Take a jeep to back your hotel.
Enjoy a dinner and free time in the evening. Stay overnight at hotel.
DAY 3: MOUNTAIN BIKING: SAPA - SUOI THAU - MA TRA - TA PHIN - SAPA - HANOI (BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER)
09:00 Our guide will pick you up at the hotel then we start biking 5 km to visit the Red Dzao ethnic people in Suoi Thau, Ma Tra villages then continue 9km biking through the local villages, the rice and corn fields.
Have picnic lunch then we continue riding around the mountain biking trails from Ma Tra Villages to Ta Phin village.
Reach Ta Phin village where we have chance to learn about the life styles and the custom of the Red Dzao minority, enjoy landscapes... then take you back Sapa.
Have dinner then we transfer you to bus/train station. Take the night bus/train back to Hanoi. Tour ends.
Notes:
- Overnight on train: soft sleeper train cabin 4 berth with A.C - sharing cabin.
- Overnight on bus: You will arrive Hanoi about 3.30-4.00am, you can not continue to sleep on bus, so please prepare the accomodation for early arriving. Or you can change to day bus starts at 3.30pm from Sapa and arrive in Hanoi at 9pm (this option excludes dinner on the last day).
