3 Days 2 Nights Sapa Tour

3.5 (2 reviews) Hanoi, Vietnam
Duration3 days
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish
Group sizeUp to 15 travelers
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Recently, it's easy to reach Sapa by bus thank to the new express high way from Hanoi to Lao Cai. Just take only 6 hours, you have chance to enjoy great landscape of Sapa Rice Terraces as well as the minority people living in Sapa. Trekking is the best way to explore Sapa town and the ethnic villages down the valley...

This is designed for people who love trekking inside the remote villages, staying overnight at the local homestay to learn the unique culture of the ethnic people in Sapa...

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Homestay & Hotel Budget

Homestay & Hotel Budget: Group tour, Local English Speaking Tour guide in Sapa, Sharing Dzay Homestay and 1 night at Hotel 2* in Sapa Town

Homestay & Hotel 4*

Homestay & Hotel Budget: Group tour, Local English Speaking Tour guide in Sapa, Sharing Dzay Homestay and 1 night at Freesia Sapa 4* in Sapa Town or Similar

Homestay & Hotel 3*

Homestay & Hotel Budget: Group tour, Local English Speaking Tour guide in Sapa, Sharing Dzay Homestay and 1 night at Golden Sapa 3* in Sapa Town or Similar

What's included

  • Meals per itinerary (2 Breakfast, 3 Lunch, 2 Dinner)
  • Accommodation in Homestay (sharing) + Hotel in Sapa (private room - double/twin/triple sharing)
  • 2 bottles of water, tissues /2 ways/person on bus Ha Noi - Sapa - Ha Noi
  • English speaking tour leader escorted during the bus trip Hanoi – Sapa - Hanoi, local guide escorted in Sapa
  • Free pick up and see off in Hanoi Old Quarter
  • Modern bus in Sapa with experienced drivers for Hanoi - Sapa - Hanoi
  • Beverages
  • Early check in and late check out at hotel
  • Others not clearly mentioned above

What to expect

Day 1: HANOI – SAPA – CAT CAT VILLAGE (L/D)
  1. Vietnam Open Day Tours
    Pass by
    6.30 – 7.00: Pick up from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter /meeting point, get on big bus and depart for Sapa Town.
  2. Sapa
    4h
    9.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city with the first comfort break

    11.00: Second comfort break at Lao Cai city before approaching Sapa

    13.00: Arrive Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’Mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People.

    Get pick up from the bus office in Sapa at 12:30PM to take you to our office

    Have Lunch and check-in the room. We will then depart from the hotel at 2:30pm and walk down 3Km to Exploring Cat Cat  Shin chai village of H’mong – A colonial French discovered area and a renowned resort to officials from the early twenty centry. 

    Arriving to Cat Cat village, visitors will be visiting the Hydropower station, the waterfall of Cat Cat village as well as learning about the culture, customs and unique people here with traditional crafts such as weaving, carved silver, hand forged agricultural tools. After that you will walk back to Sapa (3Km)

    Relax and have dinner at 6:30PM or 7:00PM -Overnight at the hotel in Sapa
Day 2: SAPA – Y LINH HO – LAO CHAI (B/L/D)
  1. Sapa
    7h
    Breakfast and check-out the room before 8:30AM.

    We will then depart from the hotel at 8:30am to walk down to Y Linh Ho, a village inhabited by the Hmong minority. This is a great opportunity to take photographs of hereditary terraces that are estimated around 100 years old. From Y Linh Ho we will make our way to Lao Chai village where you will visit the Hmong home town. Stop in Lao Chai for lunch break around 1 hour.

    You will then continue to Ta Van, an established Hmong and Giay village. Here you will be warmly welcomed by a local Giay family and stay here for the night in their home-stay

    Cooking and having dinner with local family
Day 3: GIANG TA CHAI – SAPA – HANOI (B/L)
  1. Sapa
    7h
    Get the wake up by a rooster or the pigs, have breakfast with some pancakes, hot tea or hot coffee out door — you will be treated to sensational views across the rice terraces. After breakfast you'll say good bye to the local then trek through an enchanting bamboo forest, silk waterfall to Giang Ta Chai. After a few hours of trekking, we will stop and enjoy a picnic lunch with our scenic views. We then walk back to the main road and catch a car or mini van back to Sapa Town!

    Get back to Sapa at around 2:00PM. Have shower at our hotel. At 3:00PM we will got a shuttle to drive you to the bus office, check-in the bus for you to go back to Hanoi. Before you leave we got to prepare you some sandwiches to take a way with you

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
End point
Pickup details

Free pick up if your hotel is in the Old Quarter of Hoan Kiem district. If your hotel is outside of pick up area, plz come to No 9 Hang Huong at 6:45am to join the tour

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • 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
  • Itinerary is the object which can be changed due to the weather condition
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Tour is not recommend for child below 9 years old & Handicapped people
  • Warm clothes, scarf, hat, cap because the weather in Sapa is pretty unpredictable. It is normally cold in September, October, November, December, January, February and March
  • Due to altitude of Sapa, it is sometimes foggy & drizzle in December, January, February and March.
  • Trekking shoes, sunglasses, suncream, insect repellent are also necessary. You should take cash with you in Vietnam Dong because banking system in Sapa sometimes doesn’t function well. US Dollar, Euro, Australian Dollar are accepted in Sapa.
  • You should take medicine with you although there are some chemist’s shops in Sapa in case you get sick.
  • Surcharge 10usd/pax if you travel on Lunar New Year from 4 Feb 2019 to 8 Feb 2019. Kindly pay in CASH, our tour guide will collect on check in date

Cancellation policy

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

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