HANOI – SAPA – CAT CAT VILLAGE or LAO CHAI - TA VAN ( Homestay option )

Hanoi - Option 1: Stay in Hotel
06.30: We will pick you up by taxi at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter transfer to the bus station then depart to Sapa

13.00: Arrive Sapa town and meet local guide at the bus station
13.30: Have lunch at hotel then you will leave your big luggage in the hotel
Optiton 1: Stay in Hotel
14.30: A short drive to the gate of Cat Cat Village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak.

15.30: And then walk down the village to see a beautiful waterfall and power plant built by French during colonial time in 1925. From here you will have 40 minutes to enjoy performance showed by boys and girls from the village. Trekking distance is about 2.5 kms and it lasts for 2 hours

17.00: Come back to Sapa Town

19.00: Have dinner at hotel and free time visit Sapa town

NOTE: The program will change if you choose option for stay in Homestay

Sapa - Option 2: Stay in Homestay
14.00: Begin 12km trek on the small trail down the Muong Hoa Valley towards the Black H’Mong village of Lao Chai

15.00: Trek downhill through Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai Villages on a small trail for 3,5 hours to a sleep mountainside where the terraced rice paddies of an ethnic minority group

16.00: we will continue trekking along a small terrace of rice paddies with H’Mong People to Ta Van Village, a village of the Dzay Tribes.

17.00: Join the cooking class of the indigenous people guides. Learn traditional food as well as understand the lives of people here.

19.00: Enjoy your dinner and a welcomed “Happy Water” by the owner of Homestay

TREKKING VISIT Y LINH HO – LAO CHAI – TA VAN

Sapa - Option 1: Stay in Hotel
NOTE: This program for the option to stay in the hotel, there will be changes if you choose to stay in homestay

Have breakfast at hotel, then check out the hotel

9.00: Trek 12km down to Muong Hoa Valley. (It is the most beautiful Valley in Sapa where the Local Hill Tribes live and work on the Rice Field Terraces)

10.00: Trek downhill through Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai Villages on a small trail for 3,5 hours to a sleep mountainside where the terraced rice paddies of an ethnic minority group

11.00: You will learn about the unique customs of black H’mong people.

12.30: Having lunch at local restaurant

13.30: After lunch, we will continue trekking along the bottom of the valley to get to Ta Van village of the Dzay people to experience their way of life while staying in a local family’s cottage

14.30: Bus will transfer you to hotel and prepare luggage back to Hanoi

15.30: The guide transfer you to bus station back to Hanoi

21.30: Arrive Hanoi. Tour ends

Sapa - Option 2 : Stay in Homestay
6.30: Wake up and experience the Daily Life of a Dzay Minority in the morning.

7.30: Have breakfast with the Dzay family, then check out the homestay

9.00: Start a 6-8km trek into Hoang Lien Son National Park to view more stunning landscapes.

11.30: Visit Giang Ta Chai Village of The Dao Tribe to enjoy the Jungle Waterfall and the Rattan Bridge (you can even skinny-dip before heading back into town)

12.00: Have lunch in the village before you continue your trek through amazing scenery and to the beautiful waterfall

13.30: After lunch, you will continue a 2km trail to Su Pan Village where there will be a bus to transfer you to Sapa town at 2:30 pm

-Free time to walk around Sapa Town.

15.30: You will be transferred to the bus station back to Hanoi.

22.00: Arrive in Hanoi Old Quarter.

• On-board WiFi
• Meals included: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• In-vehicle air conditioning
• All fees and taxes included

• Private transportation