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Option 1: Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai / Cat Cat – Sin Chai Night 1: transfer from your hotel to Hanoi train station to get night train to Lao Cai train station. Day 1: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van (B, L, D) Bus pick up from Lao Cai Station to Sapa. Check-in hotel. Breakfast then start the tour with 6 km 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…on the way. Get back to Sapa by jeep or motorbike. O/N in the Dzay local house Day 2: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Sapa (B, L, D) After breakfast, continue on 14 km of trekking to visit 2 villages of the red Dzao, the H’mong. Visit a beautiful waterfall and rattan bridge. Enjoy landscapes… through bamboo forest to the main road to catch the jeep to return to Sapa. O/N at the hotel in Sapa. Day 3: Cat Cat & Sin Chai (B, L, D) A walk down to the South-west of Sapa (around 4 km) to visit Cat Cat village of the Black H’mong. Relax at the food of the stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam. Enjoy picnic lunch by the side of the river, and then next 6 km to Sin Chai, the village located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain, “the roof of Vietnam and Indochina”. From here you can enjoy huge stunning landscapes before climbing up on the way a jeep to return to Sapa. Bus to Lao Cai Station to get night train back to Hanoi. Tour end at Hanoi train station. Please contact us to get quotation for this tour Option 2: Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Ban Ho – Nam Toong / Bac Ha market Night 1: transfer from your hotel to Hanoi train station to get night train to Lao Cai train station. Day 1: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van (B, L, D) Bus pick up from Lao Cai Station to Sapa. Check-in hotel. Breakfast then start the tour with 16 km of trekking, visit Y Linh ho, Lao Chai and Ta Van villages of the H’mong and the Dzay minorities. After lunch at a local family in Ta Van, we keep on hiking around the village of the Dzay & H’mong where we stay overnight in a local family for you to get to know their daily life of the local people: work, custom, embroideries, clothes... O/N at the Dzay local house Day 2: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Ban Ho (B, L, D) After pancake made by your host family, we continue to discover Giang Ta Chai village, then Su Pan villages of the red Dzao minority. After picnic lunch, we keep on hiking to Ban Ho, the village lies within a beautiful valley, home to the Tay minority people who have their traditional house on stilts and we will spend the night here. O/N at the Tay local house Day 3: Ban Ho – Nam Toong - Sapa (B, L, D) 2 km walking to a very nice waterfall discovered and named “the Lavie” by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam. Enjoy swimming then go up to the mountain to visit a small hamlet of the Red Dzao people called Nam Toong, then get back to Ban Ho before get to Sapa by jeep. Bus to Lao Cai Station to get night train back to Hanoi. Tour end at Hanoi train station. Please contact us to get quotation for this tour Includes: - Stay in local people's house with sleeping bag or traditional pillow and blanket, 1 night stay in 2-star hotel in Sapa (Opt1). - Meals as mentioned the program. - Land transfer by private vehicle for whole trip; Hanoi, Lao Cai A/C soft sleeper train ticket. - English or French speaking guides. Other languages are available upon request. - Admission fees for all sightseeing places. Excludes: - Personal expenses (laundry, phone calls etc.)
- Drinks. - Tips and gratuities. Packing list: Passport, towels, toiletries, flash light, change of clothes, sun block, sun glasses, sun hat, insect repellent, proper hiking shoes and rain coat.
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