Hanoi to Sapa Trekking Tour: Experience Rice Terraces & Hill Tribe Culture

Pick up from Hanoi Old Quarter, transfer to the big bus, and depart to Sapa Town. 9.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city with the first comfortable break

Second comfort break at Lao Cai city before approaching Sapa. 13.00: Arrive in Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’Mong, Dzao, and Tay ethnic People. And Waiting about 30min at the bus station for the tour guide & driver to pick up your Hotel. Welcome drink and itinerary briefing, and enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes

Trekking distance is about 3,5 km and it lasts for 2 hours 14.30: A short walk to the gate of Cat Cat Village which is home to Black Hmong 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 a photo with a bridge and waterfall then you will walk uphill for the bus to pick up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon. 16.30: Come back to Sapa Town. Have dinner and overnight in a hotel with night activities.

3 Star Hotel, Sapa Town

7.00: You can join our class cooking and learn how to make some Vietnam foods like Pho (Phở), Nem Cuốn, etc,... 8.00: Have breakfast prepared by the family and start a new day with a more interesting trek. 8.45: Keep walking to the rice paddies where you have a nice photo session of the amazing surrounding landscapes; a trek through the bamboo forest; stop to have a panorama view of Giang Ta Chai village – home of red Dzao People. Trekking distance is about 3 km and it lasts for 3.5 hours 11.00: Trek through the Giang Ta Chai Bridge to the main road, 12.00 - 12.30: Have lunch.

The bus picks you up to come back to Sapa Town, Relax and leisure on your own, and have a shower in the public bathroom in the hotel if you want. 14.00: Meet all group members at the hotel to get ready for Hanoi.

Get on the bus to go back to Hanoi with two rest stops. 21.00: Arrive in Hanoi, drop off at the meeting point, and go back to your hotel by yourself. Trip ends.

Y Linh Ho, Sapa, Lao Cai Province 7:00-8:30: Have breakfast at the hotel in Sa Pa town, check out your hotel and start a new day with the more interesting trek. 8.30-8.45: Trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain.

The trekking distance is about 12 km and it lasts for 4 hours 12.00 – 13.30: Have lunch with delicious Vietnamese dishes made by the family. You approach Ta Van Village which Dzay Ethnic People inhabit in late afternoon.

Overnight in homestay in village