Sapa Private Tour 2 days 1 night with Topas Ecolodge Overnight

Day 1: Comfortable drive to Topas Ecolodge and hike to neighboring Red Dao village

1. 5h · Admission ticket included
   From 6:30 - 7:00 AM, you will commence from your hotel on Topas Mountain Express for 5 hours transfer to
   Topas Ecolodge.
2. Sapa
   3h
   The walk in the afternoon commences from Topas Ecolodge on a quiet road with a great view of the rice
   terrace below. You then take a slightly ascent to Lech village where you will visit a local house, meet the
   friendly Red Dao hosts and experience their daily way of life. The Red Dao women, like their ancestors,
   having hair and eyes brows shaved and wearing very colorful customs. They are famous for beautiful
   handmade embroidery. On the way back to Topas Ecolodge, you will walk on small trails passing rice
   terraces and cross a suspension bridge, where you can take some great pictures of the landscape. Your
   guide will explain the interesting cultivating culture of the local farmers.
   Back at Topas Ecolodge, you may want to try a traditional Red Dao herbal bath at the lodge’s spa.

Day 2: Explore the most remote area of Sapa and back to Hanoi (B,L,-)

1. Terraced Rice Fields in Shin Chai Village
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Enjoy your breakfast in our restaurant or on the terrace. At 8:30 AM you will commence the excursion with a
   transfer deeper into Hoang Lien National Park to the trek starting point near Sin Chai village. You are now
   “off the beaten track”, enjoying beautiful views of high mountains, waterfalls and the deep valleys. The trails will soon lead you to the Red Dao village of Nam Nhiu, here you will meet the villagers, enjoy a cup of green tea in their house and learn about their daily way of life. Leaving the village behind, you will turn into a small
   dirt trail and soon be inspired by the marvelous view of the rice valley dotted with bamboo huts, which are
   used by local farmers as an overnight lodge on harvesting days. Passing the rice terraces and a pretty river
   you will walk on a quiet road for a while before arriving at Nam Cang village. Your lunch is served at Topas Riverside Lodge
2. 2h
   Nam Cang village is in the most remote area of Sapa. The Red Dao women wear some of the most colorful
   and diverse costumes of all of Vietnam’s ethnic groups. Herbal bath, local medicine and embroidery are
   some of the things that the Red Dao are very skilled at. Accompanied by your guide, you will explore the
   village and learn how the local villagers make writing paper, jewelry and embroidery. You may also want to take a swim in the river later.
   At 14:15, you will have a transfer to a meeting point where you meet the Topas Mountain Express for 4.5
   hours transfer back to Hanoi.

Pickup details

Please be ready at your hotel lobby at 6.30 AM, our driver and limousine bus will come and pick you up (For hotels which in Hanoi Old Quarter area only). If you stay outside of Old Quarter, please come to meeting point is Hanoi Opera House and be ready at 6.30 am there.

• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels