Mountain views & Rice Terraced Fields Hiking – 2D 1N

5.0 (106 reviews) Sapa, Vietnam
Duration2 days
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish
Group sizeUp to 10 travelers
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

In this tour, Trekkingtoursapa’s guide will take you to visit 5 different villages of the Hmong, Giay, and Red Dao ethnic minorities.

The tour will give you the chance to enjoy fantastic mountain landscapes as well as to see Sapa’s biggest river and valley. You will also see the famous rice terrace fields and learn more about the culture, customs, and traditions of the three main different ethnic minorities in Sapa.

Our tour guide will also introduce you to Hmong’s unique marriage traditions, rice fields, work and house building techniques, and much more!

What's included

  • Accommodation Homestay - 1 ngiht
  • 1 big bottle of water/per person
  • Transport back to Sapa after ends of the tour in villages
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Breakfast
  • Local Guide
  • Village entry fees
  • Personal travel insurance
  • Extra drinks (e.g. bottled water or beer) at the homestay
  • Tips

What to expect

Day 1: Sa Pa – Hang Da – Hau Thao (15km around 5.5 hours)
  1. Hang Da Village
    1h · Admission ticket included
    In the morning at 9 am. Trekkingtoursapa’s guide will meet you at your hotel in Sapa or in font of Sapa’s main church. After a short introduction, it will take 1km uphill on a small trail to the mountain views where you will get to see the Fansipan mountain 3.143 m, highest in Indochina and see all of Sapa town. From here, you will get to see the famous and most significant rice terrace fields in Vietnam (in Muong Hoa valley) as well as see the most significant river and valley in Sapa. After enjoying the beautiful landscape, we will continue our way on mountainside down to Hang Da, a village of Black Hmong minority. The tour will give you the chance to see some animals such as buffalo, cores, pigs. And then we will have lunch at a small restaurant run by a local family
  2. Hau Thao
    4m
    After lunch, we will make our way on a little road down to Hau Thao, a village of Black Hmong ethnic minority. Here you will see the local’s daily life if it’s the right time you will get to see the local people are working on the fields such as harvesting or planting rice. We will be warm welcoming by the Black Hmong family at their homestay in Hau Thau village
Day 2: Hau Thao – Giang Ta Chai – Ta Van – Lao Chai– Y Linh Ho – Sapa (16km around 6 hours)
  1. Giang Ta Chai Village
    1h · Admission ticket included
    After a nice breakfast in the homestay, we will begin the trek of the next day. From Hau Thao village we will be walking down to the Giang Ta Chai village where you will get to see the waterfall as well as to see the Red Dao minority. After that, we will continue trekking uphill to the Hoa Lien Son mountain range (where is high 1.850m above level sea). From here, you can see the panorama view of Muong Hoa valley
  2. Ta Van Village
    1m
    After enjoying the pictures, we will head downhill to Ta Van village where you can see both Giay and Black Hmong minorities.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Meeting Plan: At the right time, our guide will be there with your name; he/she will ask some people who are staying at the Church. So make sure you be there at the time.

End point

Meeting Plan: At the right time, our guide will be there with your name; he/she will ask some people who are staying at the Church. So make sure you be there at the time.

Pickup details

We will meet at your hotel in Sapa town OR in front of Sapa’s main church

When you arrive in Sapa, if you have the internet on your phone, please try to search on the google map this address call: "Notre Dame Cathedral Sapa" or " Nha Tho Da Sapa " in Vietnamese

When you arrive there if you do not see our guide or we have not arrive there yet. You will see many people invite you to join their tour, but please keep your time waiting for us, we will arrive soon.

Additional information

  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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