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Duration :		5 days
Start from Hanoi		Daily at 22:00
Return from Sapa		Daily at 21:20
Nights in Sapa		3 nights
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Train Type: Tulico or Et-Pumpkin Carriages (Superior Class) Accommodation: Standard Class SAPA INTRODUCTION Spectacular scenery and ethnic minorities of Sapa. The northwest of Vietnam is a captivating blend of dramatic landscapes and colorful hill tribes. Sapa is set in a spectacularly beautiful valley close to the border with China. Its breathtaking mountain scenery is some of the best in Asia. Ethnic minorities from many of the surrounding villages don their most colorful costumes and head for the famous Saturday market and hiking and trekking opportunities are in abundance.

Day 1: Hanoi - Lao Cai
Day 2: Lao Cai - Sapa - Homestay

Day 3: Trekking and Homestay
Day 4: Sapa

Day 5: Sapa - Hanoi

(The tours can be extended for longer stay in Sapa. Please request us by email.)

DETAILED ITINERARY

Day 1: Hanoi - Lao Cai

At 21:00 Pick up by taxi at your hotel and residence in Hanoi and transfer to the Hanoi train station to board night train to Lao Cai. Stay overnight on the train.

Night Train on Tulico or Et-Pumpkin Carriage

Meals: N/A

Day 2: Lao Cai - Sapa - Trekking (Lao Cai - Ta Van)

The train arrives in Lao Cai station at around 05:30 am. Our local tour guide and transportation will pick up and drive Sapa. Having breakfast at a local restaurant and then we leave Sapa behind and start trekking15 km with our local guide. The first part is on the road but we soon turn to the right and walk on a small path down the valley to the Muong Hoa River and from here to the Black H’mong village Lao Chai San, Lao Chai. Black H’mong is one of the biggest minority groups in the Sapa area. They are proud of their culture and keep their traditions and way of living. They have their own language and wear traditional indigo blue clothing. Have lunch with H'mong family and after this you continue to Ta Van village (1.200 m) to visit Zay people. Zay is a fairly small minority group of about 38.000 people who live mainly in the mountains in Northwest Vietnam. The development has meant that some of their old customs have been lost but many women still wear traditional shirts with a purple, blue or green colour. The Zay houses are built in wood and bamboo with clay floor. We stay overnight with a local family in Ta Van and have dinner here.

Accommodation: Homestay

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Sapa Trekking (Ta van - Giang Ta Chai - Ban Ho)

After the breakfast we continue to visit Red Dao people at Giang Ta Chai where we also see a waterfall. The Red Dao women have very colourful red embroideries and coins on their clothing. On their head they wear a red scarf. Some of the women have shaved off their eyebrows because of a nice Red Zao’ Legend. After lunch in a local house we continue along small paths in the rice fields, cross the Muong Hoa River and arrive to the Tay village Ban Ho (900 m). Tay is the most populous of the hill tribes. Because of the development and adaptation to the Vietnamese society some of them have started wearing Vietnamese clothing. But most women still wear the traditional chequered headscarf. We stay overnight in a wooden Tay stilt house. If we reach Ban Ho in the early afternoon you will have time to swim in a nearby river. In the evening we have dinner and overnight with the Tay family.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Diner

Accommodation: Homestay

Day 4: Sapa

Morning trek back to Supan village and our car is awaiting for you there to take you back to Sapa. Free at leisure and stay overnight in Sapa.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Diner

Accommodation: Standard Hotel

Day 5: Sapa - Lao Cai

Free at leisure to relax by your own. At 17:00, we transfer you back to Lao Cai to take night train back to Hanoi. Overnight on the train.

Meals: Breakfast

Night Train on Tulico or Et-Pumpkin Carriage

Upon arrival in Hanoi at about 05:30 AM on Wednesday, you will arrange transportation by your selves back to your hotel.

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