We design this tour for those who love to visit many tourist destinations in Sapa with the desire to stay at home stay of the locals. Our guide will take you to Cat Cat village with Black Hmong ethnic group, and then move to Y Linh Ho and to Lao Chai – Ta Van with Day ethnic group with the villages located in the middle of Muong Hoa valley. The next day’s destination will be Ban Ho – Nam Toong – Su Pan where a few tourists come. All activities are quite hard, so this tour suits those who really want to discover Sapa truly. sapa village tours, sapa homestay tours, sapa adventure package tours.
Night 1: Be on the train (Ha Noi - Lao Cai)
Day 1: Sapa – Cat Cat – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Tavan (B/L/D)
Night 2: Overnight at home stay in Tavan village
Day 2: Tavan – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Ban Ho (B/L/D)
Night 3: Overnight at Ban Ho in Sapa
Day 3: Ban Ho – Nam Toong - Sapa – Lao Cai – Hanoi (B/L)
Night 4: on the train (Lao Cai - Hanoi)
Day 4: Arrive in Hanoi
Itinerary: Sapa Ethnic Village and Homestay
Our guide picks you up at your hotel in Hanoi to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train to Lao Cai. He will inform you how to do the check in procedure and keep the rest of the ticket when you check out from Lao Cai Railway Station and also will let you know how to be picked up at Lao Cai Station.
Day 1: Sapa – Cat Cat - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai – Ta Van (B/ L/D)
The train from Hanoi arrives Lao Cai Station approx. at 05:30 am. After having a breakfast, you will walk to Cat Cat village to visit Black Hmong ethnic group, the old Hydro Electric Power Station built by the French. Then you hike on a small path down to Muong Hoa Stream and to the village of Y linh Ho with Hmong villages and continue our trek to Lao Chai village, home to Black H’mong ethnic minority people. You will enjoy a pleasant walk from Lao Chai to Tavan village, home to Dzay hill tribe people, have a rest and enjoy Picnic lunch, prepared by your guide in a local house along the way. After that you continue discovering Muong Hoa valley with terrace field and daily activities of the local. In late afternoon, you approach Ta Van village and are welcomed by the host who will make your delicious dinner and arrange bed for you to sleep safely.
Night 2: Overnight in home stay in Tavan Village
Sunrise breakfast is served at the Stilt House then you prepare the luggage to Giang Ta Chai Village of the Red Dzao minority via the paths between terraces, visit Silver waterfall and Suspension Ranttan Bridge. We have a chance to meet the locals and share cultural experience with their families. We keep going along small path in the rice paddy, cross Muong Hoa Stream and trek up to Su Pan Village. Picnic lunch is served on the way. You keep trekking to Ban Ho village of Tay ethnic group. You have dinner and overnight at Tay home stay on a stilt house.
Night 3: Overnight in home stay in Ban Ho Village
Day 3: Ban Ho – Nam Toong – Sapa (B/L)
After breakfast, you start trekking through buffalo dirt path to Nam Toong Village of Red Dzao tribe. The trek reveals an panoramic view of Muong Bo valley with fantastic scenery of mountain. You return to Ban Ho for swimming at Lavie Fall (Only in summer). You have picnic lunch and trek up to Su Pan for Jeep to pick up to Sapa. Our bus picks you up to Lao Cai Station where you have dinner (paid by you) and wait for night train departs for Hanoi.
The train arrives in Hanoi about 5:30 am. Our guide will pick you up to the hotel. Trip ends.
Group Tour per person: US$ 125
Price in USD per Person for Private Tour
Package tour
1 pax
2 pax
3 pax
4 pax
5 pax
6 pax
7 pax
8 pax
Home Stay
239
180
167
157
152
148
145
143
Trip included:
Return train tickets: Hanoi - Lao Cai – Hanoi (Pumpkin Express 4 soft sleeper A/C cabin)
English Speaking Guide
2 nights at home stay in Tavan and Ban Ho Villages with breakfasts
Transfer in Sapa by good bus (as indicated in itinerary)
Meals as indicated in Itinerary. (B = Breakfast, L= Lunch, D = Dinner)
Where necessary, entry fees for all visits as mentioned in itinerary
Trip excluded:
International flight tickets and airport tax
Pick up from your hotel to HRS and from HRW to hotel with tour guide accompanied
(30 usd/group from 2 -4 pax, 80 usd/group from 5-8 pax)
Visa, meals are not specified above
Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses
Travel insurance
Trip note:
Trekking Grade: Hard
A typical trekking day start at about 9.00 am after breakfast. Lunch times can vary depending on the terrain. During the trek we will have short breaks for rest, snack and photographing.
Food
All meals which are indicated in the itinerary are included in the price of this trip. Picnic lunch would be prepared by a local restaurant. The emphasis will be on healthy and nutritious fresh local produce. Please inform us if you have any special dietary requirement.
The tour guide and transfer
In Hanoi, Our guide will follows the tour and accompany you to the train to show you your cabin.
In Lao Cai, our guide will meet you at Lao Cai Railway Station in the morning of the first day and follows the tour. He also sees you off at Lao Cai Railway Station on the third day.
When you get back to Hanoi on day 4, you can easily find a taxi to get to your hotel by yourself.
Type:Sapa village tours, sapa homestay tours, sapa adventure package tours
What to bring
Trekking boot, sun block, hat, insect repellent, sunglasses, rain coat, toiletries, original passport
Note on client safety
We reserve the right to deviate from this itinerary for any reasons, including road and weather conditions, frequency of visits to a village, or for any other factor which may influence client safety.
