TOUR SCHEDULE
Day 1: Hanoi – Sapa (Lunch)
Our guide will pick up you at the hotel lobby and transfer you to Shuttle bus in the early morning by taxi.
You will take about 6 hours to Sapa where was established as a hill station by the French in the early 20th Century and today is a booming mountain town with a bustling market and an increasing array of hotels and restaurants. It is surrounded by lush green mountains including Mount Fansipan, Vietnam’s tallest peak and overlooks a valley of rice terraces, although these views are often obscured by cloud. Away from the town, the fertile valleys offer opportunities for trekking and are home to a diverse group of hill tribes such as Tay, Red Dao, Black and Flower Hmong.
After lunch at a local restaurant, enjoy an afternoon walking tour of Sapa with a visit to the busy market where Red Dao, Black Hmong, Tay and other ethnic minority people converge from the surrounding countryside to sell their silverware and handicrafts, and to buy provisions.
Dinner arranged by your own arrangement.
Overnight in Sapa
Day 2: Sapa – From Den Thang mountain range to Muong Hoa valley (Breakfast/Lunch)
After breakfast, met up at your hotel in Sapa by local guide and driver for a short road transfer along the national road 4D northeastwards to the trekking point. Trekking uphill on a large and rocky path for 2 hours along the narrow valley which runs between two high mountains passing two hamlets of the Black H’mong of Sa Pa Commune: Sau Chua and Sa Seng. The H’mong peoples here have just recently change their living way from sifting style into the sedentary one. So there are still a lot traces of the past time can be seen: rudimentary houses, stone wall around homes… Lunch break in the village.
After Lunch, continue along the same trail gradually uphill the Den Thang mountain for an hour to Hang Da Village of the H’mong which sits at 1,800m height and over looking down the Muong Hoa Valley. Paying visit to several local homes.
Leaving Hang Da and enjoy easy walk on high elevation for half an hour which offers great view of Muong Hoa Valley until arriving to Thao Hong Den, another village of the Black H’mong. Paying visiting to several local homes. This portion of the trek offers chances for taking the best photos of landscapes. Getting downhill for another hour along a dirt track to Pho Village at the center of Hau Thao Commune.
Picked up and transfer back to Sapa.
Approx: 1-hour driving/ 4-5 hours walking/ 1-hour lunch.
Overnight in Sapa
Day 3: Sapa – Hanoi (Breakfast)
Enjoy a leisurely morning before you set off on the shuttle transfer to Hanoi (from 14:00-21:30).
Please note standard check-out time is 12:00.
Our guide will wait for you at Shuttle bus station and transfer you to your hotel by taxi.
End of program.
POLICY
Includes:
- Meals as specified in the program
- Local English speaking guide
- Accommodation in Sapa
- Shuttle bus Hanoi – Sapa 2 ways without guide
- All entrance fees indicated in the program
Excludes:
- Other personal expenses not mentioned or specified in the tour program
- Tips
Note
Location information
Special dates surcharge:
- Christmas season: 28 & 29 December 2019
- Lunar New Year: 27,28,29,30,31 Jan 2020 & 1 Feb 2020
- Hung King Commermorations: 2, 3 & 4 April 2020
- Liberation Day: 30 April
- International Workers’ Day: 1, 2 May 2020
- National Day: 2 Sep 2020
- Annual Maraton Day: 18 & 19 September 2020
- Christmas & New year: 25,26 and 31 Dec 2020