BEST NORTHWEST VIETNAM HIKING TOUR

Best places to visit: Hanoi - Mai Chau - Xa Linh - Hang Kia - Cun Pheo - Van Mai - Son La - Dien Bien Phu - Muong Lay - Lai Chau - Sapa - Lao Cai - Hanoi

Durations

13 days

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

20 people

Languages

English & Czech


The mountains of North Vietnam are home to the largest ethnic mosaic that we can meet in an area in  that size. There are also many communities and Thai languages Austro-Kadai, as Tibeto-Burman and Mon-Khmer, whose subgroups are available indefinitely. They settled in these mountains, long ignored by the Vietnamese who were nicknamed “Country Roads otherwise, over multiple waves of migration from southern China, fleeing the Chinese expansionist push…
 


Itinerary :

* BRIEF ITINERARY:
Day 01: Hanoi
Day 02: Hanoi package tours to Mai Chau
Day 03: Mai Chau trekking and homestay tours – Xa Linh – Hang Kia
Day 04: Hang Kia trekking – Cun Pheo
Day 05: Cun Pheo trekking – Van Mai
Day 06: Van Mai trekking tours to Son La
Day 07: Son La trekking tours to Dien Bien Phu
Day 08: Dien Bien Phu packages tour to Muong Lay
Day 09: Muong Lay package tours to Lai Chau
Day 10:  Lai Chau – Sa Pa Adventure Tours
Day 11: Sapa Trekking Tours
Day 12: Sa Pa – Lao Cai – Night Train to Hanoi
Day 13: Hanoi – Departure

Day 01 – Northwest Vietnam Tour to Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Sapa: Hanoi – Arrival

Arrive in Hanoi. Reception and transfer to hotel downtown. Visit the center of Hanoi. Welcome dinner in a local restaurant. Overnight in Hanoi

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Hanoi: One Pillar Pagoda

Day 02 – Northwest Vietnam Tour to Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Sapa : Hanoi – Mai Chau

Drive to Mai Chau town we cross different minority by a sunken road. Arrive in Mai Chau, welcome by the hosts and then a walk to discover this beautiful region inhabited by the Thai. Overnight homestay in a house on stilts.

Day 03 – Northwest Vietnam Tour to Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Sapa : Mai Chau trekking and Homestay tours – Xa Linh – Hang Kia

Xa Linh transfer by road from Son La. We are in a mountainous and green, inhabited by several tribes. We start our périble by roads through villages of Mong green and red. Night in Hang Kia village Mong.

Day 04 – Northwest Vietnam Tour to Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Sapa: Hang Kia trekking – Cun Pheo

We descend by marked footpaths in a little valley through fields of cassava and maize. Arrival in the Thai village Cun Pheo.

Day 05 – Northwest Vietnam Tour to Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Sapa: Cun Pheo trekking – Van May

Walk to Van May. Homestay in Van May village

Day 06 – Northwest Vietnam Tour to Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Sapa: Van Mai – Son La

Transfer to Son La.

Day 07 – Northwest Vietnam Tour to Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Sapa: Son La – Dien Bien Phu

We continue to Dien Bien Phu through the Pha Din Pass where we will visit the Mong village of the same name. Visit Dien Bien Phu.

Day 08 – Best Northwest Vietnam Hiking Tour: Dien Bien Phu – Muong Lay

Stop at the village of Muong So to meet the Monge red wigs made from donated ponytails. We continue to Lai Chau and we plunge into the Chinese and Laotian borders.

Day 09 – Northwest Vietnam Tour to Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Sapa: Muong Lay – Lai Chau

Tam Duong we walk on a plateau of a thousand peaks rising to over 1 000m.

Day 10 – Northwest Vietnam Tour to Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Sapa: Lai Chau – Sa Pa Adventure Tours

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Lai Chau: Overview

The very bad track climbs painfully up to the pass that separates us from Sapa Binh Lu to break or we visit the minority Lu

Day 11 – Northwest Vietnam Tour to Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Sapa: Sapa Trekking Tours

Walking tour of minorities in northern Pa. Her In the upper valley of the river Ngoi Dum live Dao and Mong. Visit the villages of Ban Khoang and Ta Phin.

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Women in Sapa

Day 12: Northwest Vietnam Tour to Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Sapa : Sa Pa – Lao Cai – Night Train to Hanoi

Walk through the valley of Mong Hoa among rice fields out of sight, villages Mong, Giay. Back to Sapa, Lao Cai and transfer to and overnight train to Hanoi.

Day 13: Northwest Vietnam Tour to Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Sapa : Hanoi – Departure

Visit to Hanoi and overnight flight to your country

—End of our services—

*Inclusion:

a. Minimum Commitment:

1. Select Vehicle Security Guarantee
2. Ongoing assistance through hotline (24 / 7) Hotline: 00 84 904 124 997
3. Assistance with formalities in case of accident or illness.
4. Continuous availability for advice

b. Provision of private services

– Hotel accommodation, homestay and on board the boat as well mentioned in the list (based on 2 people per room)
– Meals at local restaurants clearly mentioned in the program (B = Room with Breakfast L = Lunch D = Dinner)
– Transportation vehicle conditioning, comfortable for all transfers and ground transportation
– Local guides speak perfect French throughout the course
– Boat excursions as described in the program
– Insurance
– Train Lao Cai / Hanoi train standard car comfortable air conditioned sleeper (4 pax / cabin).
– Admissions sites

*Exclusion:

– International flights and airport taxes
– Visas to Vietnam
– Tips and personal expenses
– Meals not mentioned in the program
– Drinks, phone and everything that is not clearly mentioned in the section ‘The price includes’

=> Please take a note that we are now in a process of updating the cost for this tour & this work will be completed soon after a time. If you need further details on our updated quotes, kindly email us at sales@vietlongtravel.com or vietlongtravel@gmail.com directly.

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