The Night Before:
Transfer from your hotel to the Hanoi Train Station for boarding at 9:30 pm. You will be in shared A/C sleeper cabins of 4 (6) to travel North to Lao Cai town.
day 1: sapa – y linh ho – lao chai – ta van (B, L, D)
The train arrives in Lao Cai at about 6:30 am where your OPENTOUR guide will welcome you. Then take a morning drive through the clouds by car / van to Sapa (about 1.5 hours). Breakfast then start the tour with 12 km of trekking, visit Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai villages of the H’mong minority. after lunch at a local family in Lao Chai or in a drinking shop nearby the river bank, we keep on hiking to Ta Van village of the Dzay where we stay overnight in a local family. Here you have opportunity to experience their daily life, work and original custom. Home stay at the Dzay local house.
.Day 2: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan - Sapa (B, L)
14 km walking to visit 2 villages of the red Dzao, the Hmong (Giang Ta Chai & Su Pan). Visit a beautiful waterfall and rattan bridge. Enjoy landscapes… through bamboo forest on the way to the main road to get the jeep to return to Sapa. Bus to Lao Cai Station to get night train back to Hanoi.
.Day 3: Arrive Hanoi
Tour end at Hanoi train station about 5h00 am. Please find your own way to your hotel, a taxi normally costs you a set of 50,000 VND (2-3 usd)
Includes
Hotel accommodation: Twin share
Meals (referred in program)
English speaking guide
Transportation with air conditioned coach
Excludes
Air ticket
Airport Tax
Personal expenses, beverage