Sapa Classic Tour 4 Days 5 Nights
Day 1: Hanoi Departure (Night train)
Our tour will be started at 20:45 at the lobby of the hotel. Our guide will pick you up and transfer to the Hanoi Railway station for the overnight to Sapa.
Day 2: Lao Cai – Ta Phin Village (L)
Pick up from Lao Cai station. Your journey will be mostly driving to Ta Phin village. Here you can experience the unmixed cultural life of Black Hmong and Red Dao minorities, 2 largest ethnic groups in the area. They live happily together while maintaining their own tradition from generation to generation. You can recognise them by dressing while they are both very famous of handicraft. You will enjoy walking among local people.The trip also offers you the opportunity to visit the local houses. You will return Sapa by car.
Day 3: Sapa - Cat Cat - Y Linh Ho – Tavan (B, L, D)
Met up at your hotel in Sapa by local guide and then you first sneak through the market and leave the busy town behind. 
After a couple of minutes, you will follow a road going downhill to Cat Cat village. You will stop by a waterfall and a hydroelectric station for a while before you trek on a dirt trail through rice paddy terraces. You will also enjoy spectacular scenery while walking along a narrow river. You eventually arrive in Y Linh Ho village of Black Hmong minority, where you can take a rest while you are served lunch nearby the river.
After lunch, you head Muong Hoa valley. You will pass through Lao Chai village of Black Hmong minority and then Tavan village of Giay minority by following a very popular trekking route. You will spend the night in local house of Giay minority. You will be able to take a walk to enjoy the valley view as well as swim in the river nearby.
Day 4: Tavan - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Sapa (B, L)
Once you get energy for your last day trek by having a delicious breakfast, you leave for Giang Ta Chai village of Red Dao minority. You will trek through bamboo forest, which belongs to Hoang Lien National Park. On the way you will pass by a waterfall where you will have time to take a rest and enjoy the surroundings. You will find a nice place to enjoy lunch.
After lunch, you continue toward Su Pan, a small village located by the road. Here you start your journey back to Sapa by car.
Day 5: Sapa – Matra Village – Lao Cai (B, L)
You will be met up at your hotel at 9AM by local guide then start a short walk downhill through beautiful orchid gardens and pine forests. You will then reach a small village of Suoi Ho is inhabited by Hmong ethnic minority. Their house normally built of land has no windows because of the cold in the winter. You will then continue your walk through rice paddy fields and spectacular scenery to Ma tra. It is possible to stop by a primary school for a quick visit. Then our vehicle will be waiting for us for our drive back to Lao Cai for overnight on train.
Day 6: Hanoi Arrival
Up on arrival in Hanoi very early in the morning, we transfer to your hotel.
End of service.
Meals are included as specified in the itinerary. Meal codes are: B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner.
What's Included?
Meals as itinerary: Breakfast, Lunch
Pick-up/ Drop off at Lao Cai Train station by private car
Pick up/drop off at Hanoi Hotel to Hanoi Train Station.
Return train tickets: Hanoi - Lao Cai – Hanoi (4 soft sleeper A/C wooden cabin - Sharing cabin)
Travel in an appropriate air-conditioned vehicle and/or a Jeep with an experienced safe driver.
Experienced English-speaking guides.
Entrances Fees
What's Excluded?
International flight tickets and airport tax.
Visa services.
Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.
Insurance
Accommodation:
Hotel: Holiday Sapa Hotel in Sa Pa Tower, homestay in Ta Van village
Train: Orient Express train – 4 soft sleeper berth cabin
Note:
The hotel will change due to the availabilities. In that case we will choose the equivalent hotels
This tour starts on Saturday only from Hanoi
Cancellation Policy:
More than 15 days prior to check-in: 10% of total rate
From 14 to 2 days prior to check-in: 50% of total rates.
Less than 48 hours prior to check-in: 100% of total rates.
No-Show: 100% of total rates.
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