Itinerary
Night 1: Hanoi Lao Cai train
The car/coach will pick you up at your hotel at around 08:30 pm and transfer you to the train station for the overnight train to Lao Cai. Get a good night’s sleep in our deluxe first-class cabins and be ready for an adventure full of surprises and excitement ahead!
Day 1: Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai – Ta Van villages (B, L)
The train will arrive at Lao Cai station at around 6:00 am where our minibus is waiting to take you up to the Sapa. The way to the heart of Vietnam’s highland will give you a first impression about the beautiful nature of this place with picturesque terraced fields surrounding by mighty mountains.
Get full of energy by enjoying some local foods like breakfast at Sapa and Let’s start our journey!
Leaving back the hustle and bustle of Sapa, we will walk to the southeast towards Muong Hoa Valley. Enjoy the magnificent landscape while trekking along a narrow stream, you will reach to the home of the Black H’Mong minority – Y Linh Ho village and Lao Chai village. Here you will pay visiting some H’mong families, admire their traditional architecture houses made of soil and bamboo, as well as witness their daily life
After having a picnic lunch at a local family, we will keep on hiking to Ta Van village of the Dzay minority. Come to Ta Van village, you not only immerse yourself in the natural scenery and the rustic beauty of the village but also experience their culture with unique characteristics
Say goodbye to Ta Van village; we will get back to Sapa by bus. Check-in and have dinner, overnight at the hotel.
- Meals included: Breakfast and lunch
Day 2: Suoi Ho – Ma Tra – Ta Phin village (B/L)
After having breakfast in the hotel, we leave Sa Pa Town, trekking to Suoi Ho village to see tea plantations and cardamom gardens. Follow the buffalo trails to visit the hospitable villages of the Black Hmong minority people in Ma Tra.
After passing a school and scenic views en route, a picnic lunch will be served. After lunch, we continue our trek to Ta Phin village to visit the Red Dao people and handicraft shops.
Late afternoon, back to Sapa for the shuttle bus transfer you to Lao Cai train station and take the night train to Hanoi (depart at 21:40).
- Meals included: Breakfast and lunch
Night 2: Ha Noi – Lao Cai
Enjoy a soft sleeper train back to Ha Noi. Around 5:30 AM you will arrive at Tran Quy Cap station (Hanoi). Tour ends.
Pumpkin express train
Y Linh Ho
The Black Hmong minority people in Ma Tra
Reviews
Please login to write a review