ITINERARY IN BRIEF
DAY 1: HANOI – LAO CAI
The tour guide of THREELAND will see you at your hotel in
Hanoi then to the railway station for overnight train at
21.30 or 22.00 to Lao Cai, the town nearest to Sapa.
Overnight on the train.
DAY 2: VISIT SAPA – LAO CHAI – TA VAN (B/L/D)
Around 06.00am, we’ll arrive at Lao Cai Station, a
borderland city that looks over China and that is closest to
Sapa Hill Resort. Transfered to Sapa by shared bus. The road
is 40km long and very sight-worthy with terraced paddy
fields, small waterfalls and pinewoods. Have breakfast in
Sapa and start your first day by trekking down to Muong Hoa
valley and to famous village of H’mong people, Lao Chai. We
will stop for lunch there then continue hiking along the
main river runs from Fansipan, the highest peak of
Indochina. Stops for photographying, meeting local people,
enjoy beautiful scenery. In the afternoon, we will reach Ta
Van, a village of Tay hill tribe. Stay at their house.
DAY 3: TA VAN – HAU THAO - SA PẢ (B/L/D)
Morning wake up by bustling sound of farming works, bird
singings and even dog bark. After breakfast you will hike up
from Muong Hoa valley to Hau Thao, a nice village of H’mong
people. From Hau Thao, take ascending trails to the
elevation of 2,000m, where covered by clouds, fogs, wet
climate all year round. Trek thru the rainforest and conquer
some mountain peaks and waterfalls, you will reach Sa Pả, a
nice village of Black H’mong hill tribe. Sa Pả is one of the
few villages who stay off the strong influence of tourists.
Homestay or overnight at a local school.
DAY 4: SA PẢ - TA PHIN (B/L/D)
If you are lucky, by a clear day, you would have great
chance to see the whole valley under your foot, with a lot
of layers of rice terrace fields. After breakfast, you will
take a descending trek down to the main road link between
Sapa and Lao Cai. Lunch there then cross the road and take
an easy hike along the paved road thru villages to Ta Phin,
a nice village of Red Dzao hill tribe, famous by it necklace
made by coin valued during French colonial time. Overnight
in Ta Phin.
DAY 5: TA PHIN – BAN KHOANG – SAPA - HANOI (B/L/D)
Morning walk around the village will surprise you by the
ordinary life of locals: embroidering, weaving and prepare
for a day of farm work. After breakfast you will trek a long
the dry stream to the top of the mountain, where you could
have a breathtaking panorama of the whole Taphin village and
its wonderful terraced rice field. Continuing with the
trail, you will taste a challenge with one side as a rocky
wall whilst the other is a chasm. However, as the locals are
using this trail for their motorcycling the trek will be
hard but not dangerous. On the way, you could stop at very
nice hamlets to meet and talk with the local people. At the
end of the trail, you will go thru a fish farm with cold
fresh water salmon. The car of THREELAND will wait here to
take you back to Sapa for a late lunch and relax before
heading to the Railway Station (by bus) for overnight train
to Hanoi.
You will arrive in Hanoi in the next morning.
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