From Hanoi: 2-Day Fansipan Peak and Trek to Village with Train

4.6 (37 reviews) Hanoi, Vietnam
Duration3 days
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish
Group sizeUp to 40 travelers
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

After the overnight train journey from Hanoi, you will be exploring Sapa and its beautiful southern valley for two days with one night home stay in Ta Van village of the Zay people..

What's included

  • 02 round-trip high-quality train tickets in a 4 soft-sleepers shared-cabin with air-condition
  • Lunch
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Dinner
  • Breakfast
  • Meals not indicated on the itinerary.
  • Drinks and Personal expenses.

What to expect

Day 1: Overnight train Hanoi to Lao Cai
  1. Hanoi train station
    10h · Admission ticket included
    Make your own way to Hanoi Train Station at 22:00. We will provide you with train ticket (one person on bed, each cabin has 4 beds)
    The train leaves at 22:40
Day 2: Fansipan Peak - Ý Linh Hồ - Lao Chải - Tả Van
  1. Fansipan
    3h · Admission ticket included
    6:30am: Pick up at Lao Cai Station, then have an hour drive uphill in a shared mini van to Sapa.
    7:30am: Enjoy Breakfast at hotel. You can take a shower at our hotel. If you have many luggage, you can leave your luggage at our hotel, only bring what is necessary with you to homestay. You will come back our hotel on the last day to take your luggage and have dinner before back to Hanoi.

    08:30: Get picked up at your hotel then have a short walk with your tour guide to Sunplaza to get the Muong Hoa Funicular of 3 km alongside of Muong Hoa valley to the cable car station in O Quy Ho around 20 minutes. The cable car ride will take you around 20 minutes to the next station at 3,000m ASL.
    Following 639 stone steps from the station to the top is around 40 minutes then we will arrive at the 3,143m summit, celebrate this victory.On the way back we also walk down, travel by cable car and funicular again.
    12.00 - 13:00: Have lunch at a local restaurant.
  2. Ta Van
    4h
    14:30: Begin your trekking trip. You will follow the main road heading south for about an hour before turning right to a foot path down hill to Muong Hoa Valley. This part offers spectacular scenery of the highest part of Hoang Lien Son mountain range and in a nice day, Fansipan Peak can be seen. Crossing the river by a suspension bridge you will challenge your feet uphill to Y Linh Ho village. Here you will pay visiting to some H’mong families, watching them doing their daily works. Then reach to Lao Chai, a large village of the H’mong and then following the river bank to Ta Van of the Zay people.
    Have dinner in Ta Van Village
    Overnight at Ta Van Village
Day 3: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Hau Thao - Sapa - Overnight train to Hanoi (B,L,D)
  1. Giang Ta Chai Village
    5h · Admission ticket included
    7:00am: Enjoy breakfast at homestay.
    9:00am: Begin the tour. You will take the trail uphill, passing fascinating terraced rice field and some small hamlets of the H’mong before getting through a bamboo forest to a waterfall, enjoy a break for magnificent scenery and then continue walking for half an hour to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zao peoples which sits on the top of a hill and looks down Muong Hoa river. After spending time visiting the village, making friend with the Zao and experiencing the hospitality you will cross the river by another suspension bridge and then uphill again to Hau Thao village where you will pay visiting to a local handicraft center where H’mong and Zao women gather for exchanging experience and skill of making handicrafts.
    5:30pm: Our guide pick you up at hotel and take you to Lao Cai station.
    Have dinner at a restaurant near Lào Cai Station
    Overnight train to Hanoi. You will arrive in Hanoi at 5:30am and back to your hotel by yourself.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Our office named "Crossing Vietnam Tour" is opposite to the Church.

End point

We drop you off at Hanoi Railway train station, you come back your hotel by yourself.

Pickup details

We only pick up at your accommodation in Old Quarter.

Additional information

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.<br>If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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