NIGHT: Ha Noi – Lao Cai – Night on train
20.30 Tour guide will pick you up at Original Explorer office ( Suite 903, ACB Building 10 Phan Chu Trinh Str.., Hoan Kiem Dis.., Ha Noi, Viet Nam
) or your hotel and transfer to railway station at around 21.00 for a night train at 21.45 or 22.00 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 1: Laocai – Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa (B, L, D)
Upon arrival in Laocai Station at around 05.30-06.00, Pick up and enjoy a road trip to Sapa. Time for breakfast in the hotel then start a trek down to the South to the bottom of Muong Hoa valley for visiting 2 villages of the H’mong and the Dzay (trekking 12 km). Lunch at a family of the Dzay minority. Leisure on the way for enjoy the beautiful scenery. Finally, walk to the main road and drive to Sapa for check in. Dinner and enjoy the night in the Sapa town.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals ( breakfast, lunch, dinner), entrance fee and hotel (Shared twin/double room).
DAY 2: Sapa – Catcat – Shin Chai – Lao Cai – Hanoi (B, L, D)
Today, after the breakfast, we will enjoy a trek to Cat Cat village (trekking 3 km) to discover the daily life and traditional of people here, time to a traditional house of the minority before enjoy a water fall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam.
Enjoy picnic lunch by the side of the river, and then next 6 km to Sin Chai, located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain, “the roof of Vietnam and Indochina”. From here you can enjoy huge stunning landscapes before climbing up on the way to return to Sapa. Rest before drive to Lao Cai for the night train back Hanoi.
Night on train.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and train ticket (Soft sleeper with A/C – Shared 4 beds cabin).
DAY 3: Hanoi Arrival
05.00 Arrive Hanoi. Tour ends.
