BEST SAPA TOUR OF HIKING AND HOMESTAY

Best places to visit: Hanoi - Lao Cai - Sapa Trekking (Ylinh Ho - Lao Chai - Tavan - Giang Ta Chai - Ban Ho - Nam Toong - Nam Ken - Muong Bo - Ban Den Villages) - Lao cai - Hanoi

Durations

6 days

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

20 people

Languages

English & Czech


On this trip you have an opportunity to explore one of the most beautiful parts in Sapa area, which is under protection of Hoang Lien National Park. The trip also takes you to one of the most remote area where you can meet very friendly locals. The night you spend in Red Dao family. The trip also offers you opportunity to enjoy wonderful scenery, which is still well protected.


Itinerary :

Day 1: Hanoi Adventure tour  to Lao Cai
Day 2: Sapa Trekking to Lao Chai – Ta Van Village
Day 3: Sapa Trekking to Giang Ta Chai – Ban Ho
Day 4: Sapa – Nam Toong – Nam Ken
Day 5: Sapa – Trekking to Muong Bo – Ban Ben and then back to Hanoi
Day 6: Sapa back to Hanoi

Day 1 – Sapa Trekking Homestay Tour to Ta Van, Ban Ho, Nam Ken Villages: Hanoi – Lao Cai (-/-/-)

20h00: Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi, transfer to Hanoi Railways for overnight train to Lao Cai.

O/N on board.

Day 2 – Sapa Trekking Homestay Tour to Ta Van, Ban Ho, Nam Ken Villages : Laocai – Sapa Package Tours – Ylinh Ho – Lao Chai – Tavan Homestay Package (B/L/D)

06h00: Arrive at Lao Cai Railways Station, transfer to Sapa. Breakfast and have a short walk inside the town.
At 10 am: we leave the hotel and start trekking.  The first part is on the road but we soon turn to the right and walk on a small path down the valley to the Muong Hoa River and from here to the Black H’mong village Lao Chai San, Lao Chai. Black H’mong is one of the biggest minority groups in the Sapa area. They are proud of their culture and keep their traditions and way of living.

BEST SAPA TOUR OF HIKING AND HOMESTAY
Sapa

They have their own language and wear traditional indigio blue clothing.  After this you continue to Ta Van village (1.200 m) to visit Zay people. Zay is a fairly small minority group of about 38.000 people who live mainly in the mountains in Northwest Vietnam. The development has meant that some of their old customs have been lost but many women still wear traditional shirts with a purple, blue or green colour. The Zay houses are build in wood and bamboo with clay floor. We stay overnight with a local family in Ta Van and have our dinner here.
* Trekking distance: 15 km

Day 3 – Sapa Trekking Homestay Tour to Ta Van, Ban Ho, Nam Ken Villages: Tavan Trekking Tour To Giang Ta Chai – Ban Ho Adventure Tours (B/L/D)

After the breakfast we continue to visit Red Dao people at Giang Ta Chai where we also see a waterfall. The Red Dao women have very colourful red embroideries and coins on their clothing. On their head they wear a red scarf. Some of the women have shaved off their eyebrows because of a nice Red Zao’ Legend.

We continue along small paths in the rice fields, cross the Muong Hoa River and arrive to the Tay village Ban Ho (900 m). Tay is the most populous of the hill tribes. Because of the development and adaptation to the Vietnamese society some of them have started wearing Vietnamese clothing. But most women still wear the traditional checkered headscarf. We stay overnight in a wooden Tay stilt house. If we reach Ban Ho in the early afternoon you will have time to swim in a nearby river. In the evening we have dinner with the Tay family.
* Trekking distance: 25 km.

Day 4 – Sapa Trekking Homestay Tour to Ta Van, Ban Ho, Nam Ken Villages: Ban Ho Homestay Tours – Nam Toong Trekking Tours – Nam Ken – Muong Bo Adventure Tours (B/L/D)

BEST SAPA TOUR OF HIKING AND HOMESTAY
Sapa: Homestay at Tay’s People

After breakfast you trek up to to the Red Dzao Village at Nam Ken & the Xa Pho the village of Xa Pho tribe the smalest group in Sapa who have very little contact with modern Vietnam. Overnight in Muong Bo Village of Tay people.
* Trekking distance: 20 km

Day 5 – Sapa Trekking Homestay Tour to Ta Van, Ban Ho, Nam Ken Villages: Muong Bo Adventure Tours – Sapa – Lao Cai – Hanoi (B/L/-)

After breakfast you trek up to Ban Den place (10 km). From here you will be picked up and transferred back to Sapa. In the afternoon you will have time to experience the colourful Sapa market where women from different ethnic minority groups come into town to sell their products.
17h00: Transfer back to Lao Cai Railways Station for overnight train back to Hanoi.
O/N on board.

Day 6 – Sapa Trekking Homestay Tour to Ta Van, Ban Ho, Nam Ken Villages: Arrival – Hanoi(-/-/-)

Arrive at Hanoi Railways Station, transfer back to your hotel.


— End of services —
 
Include :
  • Accommodation at village huts
  • Transportation in private Russian jeeps in Sapa
  • English or French speaking guide
  • Meals as mentioned: B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner
  • Entrance fee and permit to indicated sights
 
Exclude:
 
– Train tickets Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi (sharing 4-berth A/C cabin)
– Other meals, tip, drinks, airport tax, single room, personal expenses, insurance. 

TRIP NOTE:

Viet Nam is a developing country whose infrastructure may differ from what you expect in your homeland. Road conditions are poor and accommodation may be basic in mountain region.
Good weather for trek from September until June. We recommend you to bring rain jacket, inner sleeping sheets, walking boots, warm clothes, lamp torch, and toilet papers.
Occasionally, this itinerary may be amended for reasons beyond our control such as weather and roads conditions.

 

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