Sapa Trek 3 days 3 nights small group tour - Homestay and Hotel from Hanoi

Day 1: Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Homestay ( B,L,D)

1. Y Linh Ho
   10h · Admission ticket included
   Night 1: Take overnight train from Hanoi to Lao Cai
   Around 8:00pm, our tour guide and driver will meet and pick you up to Hanoi Station to take the overnight train to Lao Cai City.
   Day 1: Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Homestay ( B,L,D)
   6:00am: Picked up at Lao Cai Station upon your early arrival for over an hour drive uphill in a shared mini van to Sapa.
   7:00am: Have breakfast at our hotel.
   9:30am: Start the trekking journey. It is about 6km of walking down to the south east of Sapa along the side of Muong Hoa valley to Y Linh Ho village of the Black H’mong. Continue on 2km of trekking down to Lao Chai village of the H’mong. Lunch at a local family, and then walk through terraced rice fields to Ta Van village of the Dzay minority people where we stay for the night. It gives you a worth chance for you to learn about the local house architecture which is full of their daily life styles and exclusive custom. Enjoy the landscapes.
   • Accommodation: Overnight at homestay in Ta Van village.

Day 2: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Sapa ( B,L,D)

1. Giang Ta Chai Village
   10h · Admission ticket included
   7:00am: Have Breakfast at homestay.
   9:00am: Start the tour
   Leaving Ta Van Village, your trek goes along Hoang Lien Son mountain range, passing fascinating terraced rice field, small hamlets of the H’mong before getting through a bamboo forest to a waterfall, enjoy a break for magnificent scenery, then walking to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zao peoples on the top of a hill and looks down Muong Hoa river. Then you will cross the river by a suspension bridge to visit Su Pan village on the other side of the valley before getting back to the road for transferring back to Sapa, check in hotel and relax.
   •Accommodation: Overnight at 3-star hotel with Deluxe Mountain View

Day 3: Sapa - Cat Cat - Sin Chai - Afternoon bus back to Hanoi ( B,L)

1. Cat Cat village
   8h · Admission ticket included
   7:00am: Breakfast at your hotel
   9:00am: Check out hotel and begin the tour
   Go to Cat Cat and Sin Chai village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photo with bridge and waterfall then you will walk uphill for bus to pick up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon.
   1.00pm : Have lunch
   2.30pm - 3:00pm: Relax and leisure on your own, have shower in the public bathroom in the hotel if you want.
   3:00pm: Meet all group members at hotel to get ready for Hanoi.
   3:15pm: Pick you up at hotel and take to the bus station.
   4:00pm: Get on bus to go back to Hanoi with two comfort breaks.
   10:00pm: We say goodbye to you at your hotel/stay. Trip ends.

Pickup details

Pickup is available from hotels in the Old Quarter of Hanoi. Please wait in your hotel lobby prior to pickup. If your hotel is located outside this area, you must make your own way to the meeting point.

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• 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
• Old people, kids should not attend the long trek (9 kms)
• You may stay overnight at homestay for 1st night or you may do on 2nd night. Our tour leader will inform you on bus to Sapa.
• 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 in December, January, February and March.
• Trekking shoes, sun glasses, sun cream, 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, Australia 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.
• Homestay’s facilities are not as in hotel in Sapa.