SAPA HIDDEN ADVENTURE
(Hanoi - Lao Cai - Silver Waterfall - Tram Ton Pass - Ban Ho - Thanh Phu - Sin Chai - Ben Den - Lao Cai - Hanoi )
03days / 2nights - Daily departure
(Hanoi - Lao Cai - Silver Waterfall - Tram Ton Pass - Ban Ho - Thanh Phu - Sin Chai - Ben Den - Lao Cai - Hanoi )
03days / 2nights - Daily departure
| ITINERARY: | ||||||||||||||
| Night 01: | Ha Noi - Lao Cai - Night on train | |||||||||||||
Pick you up at your hotel and transfer to railway station at around 20h15 for a night train at 21h15 or 21h50 to Lao Cai. Spend a night on train. Services included: Transport, guide and train ticket (Soft sleeper with A/C - Shared 4 beds cabin). | ||||||||||||||
| Day 01: | Lao Cai - Sapa - Silver Waterfall - Tram Ton Pass - Catcat Water Fall (Breakfast, Lunch) | |||||||||||||
Upon arrival in Lao Cai station, pick up and drive to Sapa. After a breakfast, you will walk for a brief introduction of this charming town. At the market, you will meet many ethnic minority peoples from different groups, wearing their traditional costumes made by themselves, selling local products includes vegetable, bamboo shoot, mushroom, medicinal herbs and souvenirs... Afternoon, your Sapa guide and driver will pick you up at about 14.00 for a drive up hill to the famous Silver Waterfall and then onto Tram Ton, the highest mountain pass in Vietnam at 1,800 m above sea level for enjoying the magnificence of Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range as well as over viewing spectacular landscapes of the whole area. On the way back, you may wish to enjoy a short trek for about nearly 2 hours to Cat Cat Village or just wandering around town. It is good preparation for your trip the next 2 days. Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and hotel.  | ||||||||||||||
| Day 02: | Sapa - Ban Ho - Thanh Phu - Sin Chai (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) | |||||||||||||
After breakfast, you will leave Sapa for 2 days trekking to explore the remote area of Sapa. An hour drive along the only road through fantastic Muong Hoa Valley, you will enjoy much the scenery and many photo stops and later arrive in a beautiful valley near Ban Ho, a Tay ethnic village. Begin trekking from here for a bout 3 hours around Ban Ho, and then following a trail winding along the bank of a river to Thanh Phu village where we enjoy Lunch break. After walking around to visit Thanh Phu you will continue to Sin Chai, a beautiful village of the Red Zao people at high elevation, here you will wander around the village for a culture discovery. Enjoy village atmosphere at sunset in the sound of nature and rural life. Dinner and stay overnight in this village. Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and homestay. | ||||||||||||||
| Day 03: | Sin Chai - Ben Den - Lao Cai - Hanoi (Breakfast, Lunch) | |||||||||||||
After a good sleep in bamboo hut, you wake up for an early breakfast and repack your luggage for the long trek heading toward Lao Cai. Once you leave Sin Chai, the trip takes you into a fabulously mountainous area, the most remote part of Sapa. En route you meet children' curious eyes as you are very first tourists passing by. Red Dao ethnic minority inhabits the entire area. The trail running through bamboo forest and thick jungle for the whole morning until Nam Ket village where we stop for lunch. After lunch, your trek will be mostly downhill. After about half an hour, you will have an opportunity to enjoy great views of an ever green valley lying along the west bank of the Red River. You eventually arrive in Ta Thang village of Tay minority. Here you will be transferred by car to Lao Cai station for a night train back to Hanoi. Night on train. At 05h00am in next day, Tour ends. Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and train tickets (Soft sleeper with A/C - Shared 4 beds cabin)  | ||||||||||||||
| Tour Cost | In USD/ Person - Please send request! | |||||||||||||
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Included: | ||||||||||||||
+ Transportation with air conditioner, English speaking guide on tour; Meals mentioned above; Entrance fee for sites visited; 1 night at Village and 1 night at hotel in Sapa; Train tickets. | ||||||||||||||
Excluded: | ||||||||||||||
+ Drinks, telephone, laundry, personal expense, Airfare, Payment services charge by credit card or bank transfer or other services not mentioned in the itinerary | ||||||||||||||
Thing to bring: | ||||||||||||||
+ Comfortable trekking shoes; Sun Block and wide brim hat; Rain gear and warm clothes; Insect repellent; Original Passport. | ||||||||||||||
