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Tour
code: SPB-01 |
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Duration:
2 days/ 3 nights |
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Departure:
Every evening from Hanoi |
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Pick
up: At your hotel in Hanoi |
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Grade:
Easy |
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Description |
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the overnight train journey from Hanoi, you will be exploring
Sapa and its beautiful southern valley for two days with
one night home stay in Ta Van village of the Zay minority
peoples. The trek from Sapa along Muong Hoa River, passing
villages of the H’mong, Zay and Zao will offers
spectacular scenery and a lot opportunities to get intact
with local ethnic peoples for your new cultures discovery.
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Itinerary |
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Night
1: Take
overnight train from Hanoi to Lao Cai
Be ready at our office, No.85, Hang Bo Street, Hoan Kiem
District, at 20.00 for a short transfer to Hanoi Station
to take the overnight train to Lao Cai City.
• Overnight on the train |
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Day
1 // Lao
Cai // Sapa
// Y Linh
Ho // Lao
Chai //
Ta Van |
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Picked
up at Lao Cai Station upon your early arrival for over
an hour drive uphill in a shared mini van to Sapa. After
freshen up and Breakfast in a local restaurant you will
enjoy a free walk around this charming town, paying visit
to Sapa market and the old cathedral where you can meet
a lot of local ethnic minority peoples such as Black H’mong
and Red Zao wearing their traditional colorful dresses
selling their farming and gathering products and handicrafts
for souvenir. Back to our Sapa office at about 10.30 and
begin your exploration trip to Muong Hoa valley. You will
follow the main road heading south for about an hour before
turning right to a foot path down hill to Muong Hoa Valley.
This part offers spectacular scenery of the highest part
of Hoang Lien Son mountain range and in a nice day, Fansipan
Peak can be seen. Crossing the river by a suspension bridge
you will challenge your feet uphill to Y Linh Ho village.
Here you will pay visiting to some H’mong families,
watching them doing their daily works. After picnic Lunch,
the trail continues up and down hill for about 2 hours
as you reach to Lao Chai, a large village of the H’mong
and then following the river bank to Ta Van of the Zay
people. Paying visiting to local homes, village schools…
you will enjoy much your cultural discovery of local ethnic
peoples as well as breathtaking scenery of the Muong Hoa
Valley. Settle down in Ta Van village for an overnight
home stay. |
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Breakfast and Lunch and Dinner included |
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Accommodation: Homestay in Ta Van Village |
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Day
2 // Ta
Van // Giang
Ta Chai //
Hau Thao //
Sapa //
Overnight train to Hanoi |
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Leaving
Ta Van village after Breakfast, you will take the trail
uphill, passing fascinating terraced rice field and some
small hamlets of the H’mong before getting through
a bamboo forest to a waterfall, enjoy a break for magnificent
scenery and then continue walking for half an hour to
Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zao peoples which sits
on the top of a hill and looks down Muong Hoa river. After
spending time visiting the village, making friend with
the Zao and experiencing the hospitality you will cross
the river by another suspension bridge and then uphill
again to Hau Thao village where you will pay visiting
to a local handicraft center where H’mong and Zao
women gather for exchanging experience and skill of making
handicrafts. A late Lunch will be prepare here nearby
this center and then you have time relaxing as well as
getting acquaintance with local school boys, girls and
their teachers as well.
Later a short drive will take you back to Sapa, take a
shower and enjoy about two hours free time in Sapa before
transfer down hill to Lao Cai station to take the overnight
train back to Hanoi, which arrives early next morning
and the trip ends. |
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Breakfast & Picnic Lunch included, Dinner on your
own |
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Overnight on the train |
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Tour
Price per person in US Dollars: Basing on bellow join
group or private tour |
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Join
Group: USD 95 (group maximum 10 persons) |
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Private
Tour: |
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Size |
2
persons |
3-4
persons |
5-6
persons |
7-8
persons |
9-10
persons |
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123 |
112 |
104 |
100 |
95 |
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Tour
price includes |
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Transfer from Lao Cai station to Sapa and back in shared
mini bus with air-con
• Return overnight train basing on first class 4
bed shared cabin with air-con
• Accommodation: 1 night in Ta Van Village.
• All meals as mentioned on above itinerary.
• Sightseeing fee, tax and services charge.
• Local English speaking tour guide. |
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Tour
price excludes |
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Meals not indicated on the itinerary.
• Drinks and Personal expenses.
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Contact
us to book this tour |
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Others
Sapa Budget Tours |
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Sapa
Easy Trek and Homestay (SPB-01) |
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Sapa
Easy Trek and Hotel Stay (SPB-02) |
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Sapa
Medium Trek One (SPB-03) |
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Sapa
Medium Trek Two (SPB-04) |
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Sapa
Hard Trekking One (SPB-05) |
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Sapa
Hard Trekking Two (SPB-06) |
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Sapa
Walk and Bac Ha Market (SPB-07) |
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Others
Sapa Tours Catalogue |
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Sapa
Classic Trips |
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Sapa
Trekking and Adventure Tours |
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Sapa
Cycling Options |
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Sapa
Luxury Holidays |
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Traditional
Minority Markets Excursions |
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Northern
Mountain Discovery Packages |
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