Best of Sapa tour 4nights-3days by train
Enjoy the most beautiful landscape Fansipan Mountain, Muong Hoa valley, and visit 3 different ethnic minorities group in Sapa such as Black H'mong, Giay, redzdao peoples. Understand their living standard, their traditional customs
Tour Duration: 3 nights -2days
Tour Route: Hanoi - Lao cai - Sapa - Fansipan Mountain- Muong Hoa valley - Redzdao village
Starts: Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi
Ends: At your hotel in Hanoi
Tour Level: Medium Trek
Group size: Private Tour
Tour Customizable: Absolutely! (Tell us your specific requirements in the inquiry form)
BRIEF ITINERARY
Night 1: Hanoi - Lao cai by Sleeper train
Day 1: Lao cai - Sapa - Fansipan Mountain by Cable car ( B/L)
Day 2: Trekking Lao chai - Ta Van - Giang Ta chai ( Muong Hoa valley) (B/L)
Day 3 & Night 4: Trekking Suoi Ho - Matra - Ta Phin Redzdao village - Lao cai station - Night train to Hanoi ( B/L)
Night 1:Hanoi to Lao cai by night train
Sapa Trekking Travel driver will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi at 8:45PM. then transfer you go to Hanoi train station to catch the night train to go to Lao cai.
Overnight on the train to Lao cai station- Soft sleeper in joined Cabin deluxe express Train 4berths with A/C
Day 1: Lao cai – Sa Pa – visit Fansipan Mountain by Cable Car (B/L):
Arrive Lao Cai you will meet your local tour guide then drive uphill to Sa Pa. Check in to your hotel and enjoy breakfast
You will take a car from Sa Pa to visit Fansipan, the highest peak of Indochina mountains. It normally takes people one or two days to reach the peak of Fansipan mountain on foot. However, you will take The three- rope cable car system which carry you from te bottom to the highest point of the mountain in 15-20 minutes. Fansipan cable car is kind of a modern three-wire cable in the world, the first time presence in Asia. Distance from the Muong Hoa Valley to the peak is 6,2km long, a total of 35 cabins, passing 6 main pillars, each pillar is away from each other 1 km.
From there, you can enjoy the scenery and magnificent views to Sapa and can admire views of Muong Hoa valley and Hoang Lien National Forest from above. also beautiful landscape of Lai Chau province. Then, you will be transferred back to Sapa. Have lunch at the local restaurant
In the afternoon , spend your free time to explore sapa town by yourselts
Day 2 : Sa Pa Trekking to Muong Hoa Vallley – visit Hmong, Giay and Redzdao village B/L)
Have breakfast at the hotel then start You will be picked up at your hotel and transfer to Muong Hoa valley (6km), one of the most scenic valleys in the North Western of Vietnam. Drive slowly through a narrow road between two mountain ranges of Hoang Lien Son and Den Thang to reach the valley. It is a farmland to quite a few ethnic minority groups and thus housing the largest colony of terraced paddy fields in the area. Enjoy the stunning view of the imposing mountains and of the terraced fields’ soft contours embracing the hillsides, take photos then from your entry point to the valley, walk through the valley and cross its other side to get Lao Chai village of the Black Hmong minority people where you will have a chance to observe its inhabitants, the Giay people belonging to a very small minority group only found in Northern highlands of Vietnam.
Enjoy a rest and fine lunch in a local house .
After lunch, continue to hike for 3 km over hills and through a bamboo forest. A short stop will be made at a waterfall before getting into Giang Ta Chai village, home to the Red Dao ethnic minority people. Chat with villagers and observe their daily life activities. Car will pick you up to return to Sa Pa by car
Overnight in Sa Pa.
Day 3:Sa Pa – Suoi Ho – Ma Tra – Ta Phin – Herbal bath – Lao Cai – Ha Noi (B/L)
We leave Sa Pa town, trekking to Suoi Ho village to see tea plantations and cardamom gardens. Follow the buffalo trails to visit the hospitable villages of the Black Hmong minority people in Ma Tra. After passing
school and scenic views enroute, a picnic lunch will be served. After lunch we continue our trek to Ta Phin village to visit Red Dao people and handicraft shops. In the afternoon, take your time for a herbal bath. Red Dao people will boil a collection of fresh and dried plants and bark in a water filled giant wok, over a charcoal fire. Then this water will be transferred to a wooden barrel tub and ready for you to come and soak your bones in the Dao traditional bath and wash away your aches, pains, worries and woes all at once in the privacy of a separate bathhouse. Afterward we will be picked up again by our private awaiting van and transferred to Lao Cai station to board the overnight train back to Hanoi.
Day 4 : Arrival Hanoi around 5 :20 AM .
Arrival Hanoi station , you will meet our driver again who escort you back to your hotel in Hanoi. End of Services. And see you next trip.
What is included?
- Round trip train tickets - Hanoi - Lao cai - Hanoi : Soft sleeper in joined Cabin deluxe express Train 4berths with A/C
- Private car/mini van transfers as the tour itinerary
- Roundway Fansipan cable car ticket
- All entrance fees & permit
- Local English speaking guide in Sapa
- 01 Night at the hotel Sapa ( Hotel class request)
- All meals as per program ( B= Breakfast / L= Lunch )
- Minaral water
What is excluded?
- Drinks, except otherwise mentioned
- Travel Insurance
- Personal expenses & Tips
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