4 days
Duration
7/10
physicality
Sapa
location
2, 3, 4, 5, 6
group-size
Year-round
dates
Sapa Trekking Tour
This 4 day Sapa trekking tour features hiking through lush mountain valleys to the remote villages of different ethnic minorities.
| ARRIVAL LOCATION | Hanoi | ||||||
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Established as a hill station by the French in 1922, Sapa Town is the one place in the northwest and orientated to make the most of the spectacular views emerging on clear days. It overlooks a plunging valley of cascading rice terraces, with mountains towering above on all sides. Views of this epic scenery are often subdued by thick mist rolling across the peaks, but even if it’s cloudy, Sapa is still a fascinating destination, especially when local hill-tribe people fill the town with color.
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Day 1 : Hanoi - Sapa - Cat Cat - Y Linh Ho - Ta Van (B, L, D)
Our guide and driver will come to meet you at your hotel in Hanoi around 6:00am and depart to Sapa on the new high way. It takes about 4 hour drive to reach Sapa. On arrival, you will 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, 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 will continue to 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..
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Day 2: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Ban Ho (B, L, D)
Today, you will continuously visit Red Dao people at Giang Ta Chai where you also see a waterfall. The Red Dao women have very colourful red embroidery and coins on their clothes. On their head they wear a red scarf. You will walk along small paths into the rice fields, crossing the Muong Hoa River and arrive to the Tay village Ban Ho (900 m above the sea level)). Tay is the most populous of the hill tribes. Because of the development and adaptation to the Vietnamese society, some of them have started wearing Vietnamese csotumes. But most women still wear the traditional checkered headscarf. You will stay overnight in a wooden Tay stilt house. Dinner and overnight in Ho Village.
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Day 3: Ban Ho - Thanh Phu - Nam Cum - Sin Chai (B, L, D)
Today you will trek through Ban Ho valley. After morning coffee and delicious breakfast, you will head out on the trail. You will cross several suspension bridges before you arrive in Thanh Phu village of Tay minority. On the way you have a chance to visit local schools. You will trek uphill toward Thanh Phu for your lunch. After lunch time, you trek to Nam Cum then head to Sin Chai village of Red Dao minority where the night will be spent in a local house. You will be attracted by the wonderful hospitable atmosphere of the Red Dao people.
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Day 4: Sin Chai - Nam Nhiu - Nam Sai - My Son - Sapa - Hanoi (B, L)
Say goodbye and leave Sin Chai for the trek back to Sapa. You will trek to Nam Nhiu, Nam Sai, visit the xapho people in My Son. After lunch, continue the trek to Thanh Phu bridge where your car is waiting for you to drive you back to Hanoi. End of your Sapa trekking tour.
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