Sapa Trekking 5 Days 6 Nights

Sapa Trekking 5 days 6 nights, travel by train, visiting Ban Ho, Thanh Phu village, Lao Chai and Ta Van villages, home stay for life experience.

A former French hill station, located in the middle of the breaking landscapes in the north of Vietnam, Sapa is one of the most wonderful places in Asia and is a magical combination of landscapes, ethnic cultures and bracing mountain air.

There are excellent areas for hiking through lush mountain valleys to the remote villages of different minorities, including the Black H'mong and Red Dao...

Lao Chai - Ta Van - Ban Ho - Thanh Phu with 10 valleys of 5 different minorities.

Night 1: Hanoi - Lao Cai (Overnight on the train)

Royal's bus picks up you from your hotel to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train to get to Lao Cai station. Sleep on the train (4 peoples / cabin on request).

Day 1 : Lao Cai - Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van

(4 hours trekking, 14 km, 2 villages)

Picked up at Laocai Station early in the morning by our bus. Arrive at Sapa round 8:00 am; Breakfast start at 10h30 to get to Lao Chai village. Enjoy the overall pictures of the villages among terraces. Visit the H'mong living in wooden and bamboo houses. Continue going to Ta Van village to visit the Day minority. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner and overnight at home stay. Stay the night in Ta Van village at a Day family.

Day 2: Ta Van - Ban Ho

(7 hours trekking, 18km, 3 villages)

Breakfast with the local family and then get to a village located at the foot of Hoang Lien Son range via bamboo forests. Visit a waterfall and a rattan bridge. After visiting Giang Ta Chai village, get down to the river, cross it and keep going to Su Pan village for 2 minorities - The H'mong and the Red Dao. Get off the road to go down hill to Ban Ho village. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the family. Overnight at Ban Ho with a Tay family who have houses on stilts.

Day 3: Ban Ho - Thanh Phu

(7 hours trekking, 15 km, 3 villages)

Get up early in the morning for fresh air and peaceful daily life of the people. Breakfast and leave the village for a hrd day. Walk uphill to a smallest and almost untouched village of the Red Dao (Nam Tong). Go further to another village on the same side of the mountain range to see the Xa Pho ethnic group in Nam Ket. Get down to the river and go up to Mison to visit the Xa Pho again. Spend the night in Thanh Phu village at a a Tay family. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner with the local family. Overnight in home stay.

Day 4: Thang Phu - Sapa

(12 km with 4 hours trekking and 23 km by jeep)

Breakfast at Thanh Phu village. Walk back to Su Pan village where Vietnam Royal's jeep car take you back to Sapa. On the way back, visit the ancient stone circle (stones decorated with ancient carvings which are said to have described the life of the people lost in the mists of prehistory). Lunch at Su Pan and dinner at Sapa. Chick in hotel. Overnight in hotel.

Day 5: Cat Cat - Lao Cai and back to Hanoi

Breakfast, visit village of the black H'mong (Cat Cat), walk around visiting people int he village and the hydroelectric power station built by the French in the old days. Back town have lunch and check out hotel, free to explore the town until take bus to get to Lao Cai Train station for the night train back to Hanoi. Overnight on thr train.

Last night: Lao Cai - Hanoi
Just sleep on the train (soft sleeper with air-condition) arrive in Hanoi early morning (4:40 am), our guide pick you up, Drop at your hotel. Tour end.

*You maybe meet "Love Market" on Saturday night.

Tour includes:

-Foot (all meals on the tour)
-English / French speaking guide.
-Entrance fees
-Accommodation (hotel and home stay)
-Train tickets 2 ways Hanoi - Lao Cai - Hanoi (soft sleeper with air-conditioning)
-Transport by private jeep or minibus as tour program.

Tour excludes
-Insurance
-Drinks
-Phone calls and other private expenses

What to bring
-Sun block
-wide brim hat
-Camera + film
-Comfortable shoes
-Rain gear
-Warm clothes
-Insect Repellent
-Original Passport

Sapa home stay daily tour (4 nights / 3 days)

First night: Hanoi - Lao Cai

8.00 pm Royal Travel's car and guide pick you up from your hotel then transfer to Hanoi Railway Station and catch the night train to Lao Cai (soft sleeper with air_condition), arrive 5:30 or 6:00 am.

Day 1: Lao Cai - Sapa - Cat Cat Village - Sapa Town

5.30am - Arrive in Lao Cai. The bus ride uphill to Sapa takes a little over an hour, giving you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces. You'll have breakfast and early morning shower in hotel, tour starts at 9.00 am, flow guide and walking down to Cat Cat Village, take nice pictures on the way, you have a chance to come in Black H'Mong house with their traditions and see waterfall on the big space, then walking up town to check in and get lunch in the hotel. About 2:30 pm, our guide companies with you walking city tour to see Sapa market and cathedral (was built by French) and go shopping, back to hotel get dinner, take your night time and sleep at the hotel.

Day 2: Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van

After breakfast, you will start the day with an easy trek on dirt paths to Lao Chai Village. Enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the valley with its traditional stilt houses and rice terraces, get picnic lunch on the way, then ahead to Ta Van Village to see Day tribal with their traditions and house. Arrive at Home Stay surround 3:00 pm and take arrest here, then walk around the village (possible to swim on the Muong Hoa river), back home stay to get dinner and cheer with family, and over night.

Day 3: Ta Van (Home Stay) - Giang Ta Chai - Sapa

After breakfast, you will start the day with a few hard trek, up and down the mountain pass bamboo forest on dirt paths to Giang Ta Chai Village. Enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the valley with its traditional stilt houses and rice terraces, high waterfall with Red Dao tribal, and picnic lunch near Rattan bridge. After lunch, walking up main road to catch Royal's bus back hotel to take shower and get dinner before transferring to railway station to catch the night train back Hanoi.

Last night: Lao Cai - Hanoi

Just sleep on the train (soft sleeper with air-condition) arrive in Hanoi early morning (4:40 am), our guide pick you up, drop at your hotel. Tour end.

* You maybe meet "Love Market" on Saturday night.

Includes:

-Car pick up from Lao Cai train station to Sapa and back.

-Hotel in Sapa

-Meals as mentioned ( 3 breakfast, 3 lunch, 3 dinner)

-Entrance fees

-English/French Speaking Tour Guide

-Services Charge

-Home stay and Permit

-Bus pick up from villages

Excludes: Drinks, Personal expenses

What to bring: Sun Block, Wide brim hat, Camera + Film, Comfortable shoes, Rain gear, Warm clothes, Insect repellent.

Sapa Daily tour (3 Nights / 2 Days)

First night: Hanoi - Lao Cai

8.00 pm Royal Travel's car and guide pick you up from your hotel then transfer to Hanoi Railway Station and catch the night train to Lao Cai (soft sleeper with air_condition), arrive 5:30 or 6:00 am.

Day 1: Lao Cai - Sapa - Cat Cat Village - Sapa Town

5.30am - Arrive in Lao Cai. The bus ride uphill to Sapa takes a little over an hour, giving you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces. You'll have breakfast and early morning shower in hotel, tour starts at 9.00 am, flow guide and walking down to Cat Cat Village, take nice pictures on the way, you have a chance to come in Black H'Mong house with their traditions and see waterfall on the big space, then walking up town to check in and get lunch in the hotel. About 2:30 pm, our guide companies with you walking city tour to see Sapa market and cathedral (was built by French) and go shopping, back to hotel get dinner, take your night time and sleep at the hotel.

Day 2: Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van

After breakfast, you will start the day with an easy trek on dirt paths to Lao Chai Village. Enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the valley with its traditional stilt houses and rice terraces, get picnic lunch on the way, then ahead to Ta Van Village to see Day tribal with their traditions and house, also see "Home Stay"

In the afternoon, Royal's bus pick you up to hotel to take shower and get dinner then transfer to Lao Cai (Railway station) to catch night train back to Hanoi.

Last night: Lao Cai - Hanoi

Just sleep on the train (soft sleeper with air-condition) arrive in Hanoi early morning (4:40 am), our guide pick you up, drop at your hotel. Tour end.

Includes:

-Car pick up from Lao Cai train station to Sapa and back.

-Hotel in Sapa

-Meals as mentioned ( 2 breakfast, 2 lunch, 2 dinner)

-Entrance fees

-English/French Speaking Tour Guide

-Services Charge

-Home stay and Permit

-Bus pick up from villages

Excludes: Drinks, Personal expenses

What to bring: Sun Block, Wide brim hat, Camera + Film, Comfortable shoes, Rain gear, Warm clothes, Insect repellent.