TREK
TO THE TOP OF INDOCHINA – FANSIPAN (3,143m)
overview |
detailed itinerary
| dates and
rates | guest comment | terms
& conditions
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Tour code |
VNS05 - 05 days /
04 nights |
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Price |
320 USD |
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Departure dates |
Jan to Dec |
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Route |
Hanoi - Halong bay - Sapa - HIll
Tribal Market - Bac Ha - Hanoi |
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Connection |
Easy to combine with Yunnan, Luang
Prabang, Bangkok, and Southern Vietnam trips |
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Maximum group size |
15 |
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Visa arrangement |
Not included |
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See also |
Vietnam festivals and
events |
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See also |
Vietnam country dossier |
itinerary
in DETAIL
DAY 1: HANOI
– TRAIN to LAO CAI (No meals provided)
Take the night
train from Hanoi Railway Station at 21.30 or 22.00 to Lao Cai,
adjacent to the Chinese Border in the Northwest of Vietnam, the
station nearest to Sapa. Tickets supplied by THREELAND. Overnight on
the train.
DAY 2: LAO
CAI - SAPA – VISIT SAPA (B/L/D)
Arrive Lao Cai
Staion at 06.00. Welcomed by a representative of THREELAND from Sapa
and transferred by Car or Coach of your hotel to Sapa. Don’t miss to
stop en route for wonderful
pictures of the
paddy terraced fields on the hillside, or misty peaks looming in
pine woods. Have breakfast in Sapa before hanging around with our
tourguide to the Sapa market and practise the first climb by
reaching the “Dragon Peak” to take a panoramic view of Sapa.
Afternoon visit the town of Sapa, market and the church leisurely
and pack our luggage to prepare for the conquest next day. Dinner
and overnight in Sapa.
DAY 3:
FANSIPAN – EVEVATION 2,900m (B/L/D)
We will be
transferred by private car to pass Thac Bac (Silver Waterfall) to
Tram Ton (elevation 1,900m), where our conquest starts! Hey, before
lunchtime everything seems easy. Don’t forget your camera today at
wonderful views of the primitive forests: slippery moss carpet,
“thao qua” forest (a kind of wild nuts trees for medicine) planted
by the H’Mong people, century-old oaks, chestnut trees and
rhododendron. The forests are best to see in October, early
November, and before May. Lunch at elevation 2,600m before taking a
harder road. Pass the bamboo forest before stopping and camping at
elevation 2,900m for relax and dinner. Overnight in the tents at
elevation 2,900m.
DAY 4:
FANSIPAN PEAK 3,143m – ELEVATION 2,600m (B/L/D)
After breakfast,
go on for 2-3 hours passing a muddy road encompassed by high grass
fields on elevation 2,900 – 3,100m. The road is tough but offers
breathtaking view all the way. Soon we will
see the pyramid
symbol on the top of Fansipan peak, the Peak of Hoang Lien Son Mt.
Range, the Peak of Indochina Peninsula. Congratulations! You’ve got
it!
In sunshine
days, from this Point you can have stunning views over China to the
North and Laos to the West. Have a rest and light lunch before
descending back down to the camp at Elevation 2,600. Dinner and
overnight in the tents at the Camp.
Please
note!
If you still
feel very healthy, you can take a shortcut with lovely landscape but
dangerous cliffs stretching for 4 hours down to the night camp.
Overnight at elevation 2,700m.
DAY 5:
ELEVATION 2,600m – H’MONG VILLAGES - SAPA (B/L/D)
Enjoy a morning
coffee and the sounds of nature as your porters break down the camp
and back to Sapa. Trek downhill will be more quickly, but you should
take another road today if you prefer to
pass by two
marvelous villages of the H’Mong people: San Sa Ho village and Sin
Chai village. This road will be 3 hours longer then the climbing-up
road but very sightworthy with pinewood-roofed houses, dozens of
terraced fields, excited children and mountain landscape. Have lunch
en route. Back to Sapa on foot and arrive your hotel around 16.00. A
delicious dinner is waiting for you at the hotel or the restaurant.
Overnight in hotel in Sapa.
DAY 6: SAPA –
BAC HA - LAO CAI - TRAIN to HANOI (B/D)
We have two
options:
Option 1:
If the climb has made us tired, or if a rain just pass by and may
has led to landslip on mountain roads, we just can stroll around
Sapa to visit the town and Sapa market, where you can meet the local
tribal people from H’Mong, Dzao, Dzay, Xa pho, and other ethnic
groups with their raw crafts made of woods, silver, dyed fabrics and
so on. Trying local foods surrounding the market will be also a good
experience. Lunch by your own to ensure your flexible time and
enjoyment.
Late afternoon
our tourguide will pick-up you at the hotel and transferred to Lao
Cai station to take the overnight train back to Hanoi. Dinner
prepared for you in Lao Cai. Say good-bye to your tourguide in Sapa
and take the overnight train to Hanoi.
Option 2:
is strongly recommended for dry season. Start from Sapa early and
reach a market of hill tribal people (surrounding Bac Ha, less than
3-hour driving from Sapa). As in Sapa, many weekly markets are
available in this area: Can Cau on Saturday, Bac Ha on Sunday and
Coc Ly on Tuesday. Anyone of them offers us a great chance to
intermingle with hill tribes living surrounding Bac Ha, inclusive of
Flower H’Mong, Tay, Dzay, Dzao, San Diu, Kinh gathering for meeting,
dating, hanging around, shopping and exchanging goods, especially
fabrics and handicrafts. After enjoying the market for 2-3 hours, we
can visit a village nearby the marketplace, or take a boat on Chay
River (only for Coc Ly market) or leave for Lao Cai and have a look
at the Chinese border in Lao Cai. Take the night Train to Hanoi at
19.00 or 21.00 and overnight on the Train. (Lunch by your own to
ensure your flexible time and enjoyment. Dinner in Laocai)
DAY 7: HANOI ARRIVAL
Arrive in Hanoi
at 06.00.
End of services
upon arrival.
SERVICES
INCLUDED
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Travel insurance
during the climb to Fansipan.
-
English-speaking guides, Porters during the climb
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Twin-shared
room at hotel in Sapa (one night).
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Tents and
sleeping bags to overnight en route during the trekking time.
All equipments and facilities necessary for the trek to Fansipan.
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Meals as
quoted in the program
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Tea / Coffee
during the climb.
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Train tickets
(air-con compartment)
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Transfer 2-way
to Lao Cai station.
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Admission and
Permission to climb up Fansipan.
Description of services in detail
SERVICES not
INCLUDED
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Airfare and
airport tax (Domestic and International)
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Visa
arrangement
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Other Drinks
and other personal expenses (laundry, phone calls etc.)
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Other meals.
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Other services
not mentioned in the program.
booking with us
Travel on your own at
low additional cost,
email us at
contact@threeland.com to get the best quote.
See also:
Set departure tours ; Package tours
;
Adventure tours ; Day
trips & beach relax ; Indochina
tours
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