Sapa Trekking - Ethnic Market 3 days
This trip is designed to show you the lively colorful market in mountainous region with many ethnic people from different tribal villages gather for trading and meeting. Moreover, you will trek through stunning scenery, and have more understanding of Vietnam's diverse cultures. Join us on this trip to have the unforgetable trip in your life!
Price Includes
02 Nights in Sapa Hotel
Meals: 03 Breakfast, 03 Picnic Lunch, 02 Dinner
Pick-up/ Drop off at Lao Cai Train station by bus
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.
Free Fresh Shower on the first day & last day in Sapa at Standard Hotel
Experienced English-speaking guides.
Entrances Fees
Price Excludes
Pick up /Drop off from /to Hanoi Train station (book in next step)
Sapa Hotel Early check in.
International flight tickets and airport tax.
Visa services.
Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.
Insurance
Cancellation by Customer
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.
Children Price & Extra Bed
Child under 2 years old: Free of charges
Child from 2 to 12 years old with extra-bed requested if sharing a cabin with maximum of 2 adults: Charged of 75% of the adult rate
Child from 2 to 12 years old without extra-bed requested if sharing a cabin with maximum of 2 adults : Charged of 50% of the adult rate
Tuyến đường
- 90b Nguyễn Hữu Huân
- Sapa
Night train to Sapa.
You will be transferred to Hanoi Train Station from your hotel.
Overnight on train to Sapa.
(*) It takes about 9 hours to go from Hanoi to Sapa by train.
Warning: There is some cheating at Lao Cai train station that some guys try to see your travel voucher, then say that they were waiting for you, invite you to the bus, and ask you to pay about $30 for a seat on the bus to Sapa. Please be aware of this problem and DO NOT pay for anybody at Lao Cai train station.
Meals: NA
Accommodation: 4 Soft sleeper A/C wooden cabin (sharing cabin)
Day 1 Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van - Sapa
Arrive in Lao Cai Train Station at around 6:00.
We will take 1 hour bus ride uphill to Sapa Town. The ride gives you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces.
Have breakfast at Sapa Town and fresh up for a while.
After that take a 6 km walking down to the South East of Sapa along the side of Muong Hoa Valley to Y Linh Ho Village of the Black H’mong.
Continue to get over 3km for trekking down to Lao Chai Village of H’mong people. To go inside the village, tourists trek through a small bridge led to Muong Hoa valley.
After that taking 4 km trekking through terraced rice fields to Ta Van Village of the Giay minority people.
Have lunch with a local family.
Get back to Sapa by jeep or motorbike. Enjoy the landscapes on the way.
Trekking: 14 km of trekking
Meals: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa
Day 2 Cat Cat - Sin Chai
Have breakfast at hotel.
Start taking a walk down to the South-west of Sapa (around 3 km) to visit Cat Cat Village of the Black H’mong. Relax at the foot of the stunning Silver Waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam.
Enjoy the picnic lunch by the side of the river.
Continue to pass 3 km to Sin Chai Village, located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain - “the Roof of Indochina”. From here you can enjoy huge stunning landscapes before climbing up on the way a jeep to return to Sapa.
Trekking: 6km of trekking
Meals: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Sapa Hotel
Day 3 Bac Ha Market (on Sunday only)
Take a two hour transfer to Bac Ha, well-known by travelers for its most colorful market of the hill tribes in the North of Vietnam. This every - Sunday - market attended by at least 8 ethnic groups and last from around 7:30 am until 14:00 pm. It is also chance for tourists to discover the H’mong King’s Palace (old building built by the French & Chinese).
In the afternoon, go for a light trek to visit Ban Pho, home of Flower H’mong minority.
Enjoy landscapes on the way coming back from Bac Ha Market to Lao Cai and continue up to Sapa.
Free at leisure until dinner at a local restaurant in Sapa.
Over night at hotel in Sapa.
Trekking: around 3 km trekking, 110 km driving
Meals: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch
Accommodation: 4 Soft sleeper A/C wooden cabin (sharing cabin)
Hanoi Arrival
Arrive in Hanoi Station at around 5h30 in the morning,.
Upon arrival to Hanoi Station, end of service. You are free to travel onward or stay in Vietnam on your own arrangement.
Meals: NA
Accommodation: NA