SAPA TREKKING & HOMESTAY TOUR 3 DAYS 2 NIGHTS

Day 1: SAPA TREKKING TOUR: Hanoi – Sapa – Fansipan peak (L/D)

6.30 – 7.00: Pick up from your hotel/accommodation, get on big bus and depart for Sapa Town.
9.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city with the first comfort break
11.00: Second comfort break at Lao Cai city before approaching Sapa
13.00: Arrive Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’Mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People. Welcome drink and itinerary briefing, enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes. FREE time to relax at the hotel or explore Sapa town in your own

Recommendation: Visiting Fansipan peak (optional)

From 15.00: You will take cable car to enjoy the spectacular scenery of Fasipan peak.

Reach the altitude of 2800 meters, you have a good time to see the view and take photos, visit pagoda the spiritual destinations and trek up to 600 steps you will reach the Fansipan peak – the Roof of Indochina. (Spend about 1,5 hours for hiking and taking photos).

Come back to Cable Car Station and return to hotel for dinner. Overnight at Hotel in Sapa

Day 2: SAPA TREKKING TOUR:  Sapa – Long trek to Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van village (B/L/D)

After Breakfast at your hotel. From 9.00: Starting trekking villages tour through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa valley to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain. You approach Ta Van village where Dzay Ethnic People inhabits in late afternoon.

Trekking distance is about 9 kms and it takes around 3.5 hours

17.45: Check in homestay; get to know the family of Dzay People. Spend time to enjoy the mountain life on Sunset. You may attend cooking local dishes with the family and enjoy dinner in peace.
In the evening, you can join the local bar nearby with music and socialize with other tourists then overnight at homestay.

Day 3: SAPA TREKKING TOUR: Medium trek from Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai village – Sapa – Hanoi (B/L)

8.00: Have breakfast prepared by the family and start a new day with 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.
11.00: Trek through the Giang Ta Chai Bridge to main road, bus picks you up to come back Sapa Town. Picnic lunch on the way.

Trekking distance is about 4 kms and it take around 2 hours

14.30 – 15.00: Get on bus to go back to Hanoi with two comfort breaks.
21.15: We say goodbye to you at your hotel/stay. Tour end

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 trekking time from September until June of the year. 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.

Inclusions

  • Modern air – conditioning shuttle bus with comfortable seats from Hanoi – Sapa and return
  • 2 bottles of water, tissue / 2 ways/person on shuttle bus Ha Noi – Sapa – Ha Noi
  • Modern bus in Sapa with experienced drivers
  • English speaking tour guide escorted Hanoi – Sapa – Hanoi, local guide in Sapa
  • Meals as 2 dinners, 3 lunches, 2 breakfasts
  • All entrance tickets to indicated sites
  • 1 night at 3 star Hotel or similar (Deluxe room on twin sharing base) & 1 night at homestay with basic single bed (hot water, mosquito net, blanket)
  • Insurance during the time on bus

Exclusions

  • Beverages, travel insurance, VAT, personal expenses
  • Others not clearly mentioned above
  • Transfers from hotel to the cable car station & returns
  • Return ticket of Cable Car Sapa – Fansipan – Sapa

Note

  • Old people, kids should not attend the long trek (9 kms)
  • You may stay overnight at homestay for 1st night or you may do on 2nd night. Our tour leader will inform you on bus to Sapa.

Thing to bring

  • Warm clothes, scarf, hat, cap because the weather in Sapa is pretty unpredictable. It is normally cold in September, October, November, December, January, February and March
  • Due to altitude of Sapa, it is sometimes foggy in December, January, February and March.
  • Trekking shoes, sun glasses, sun cream, insect repellent are also necessary. You should take cash with you in Vietnam Dong because banking system in Sapa sometimes doesn’t function well. US Dollar, Euro, Australia Dollar are accepted in Sapa.
  • You should take medicine with you although there are some chemist’s shops in Sapa in case you get sick.
  • Homestay’s facilities are not as in hotel in Sapa.