With this trip, you will have an opportunity to discover local life in Lao Chai – Ta Van with marvelous terrace fields and Fansipan Peak above Muong Hoa valley. You will be a part of Zay family in Tavan with home stay. The next day, you trek through Giang Ta Chai and Supan before get back to Sapa to end the trip.
Night 1: Be on the train (Ha Noi - Lao Cai)
Day 1: Sapa – Cat Cat - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai – Ta Van (B/ L/D)
Night 2: Overnight in home stay in Tavan Village
Day 2: Tavan – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan - Sapa (B/L)
Night 3: on the train (Lao Cai - Hanoi)
Day 3: Arrive in Hanoi
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.
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.
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 about 3 more kilometers up to the main road for being picked up to Sapa. In late afternoon, you have time to rest until transfer to Lao Cai Station. There you have dinner (paid by you) until the 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$ 110
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
208
157
143
133
128
124
121
119
Trip included:
Return train tickets: Hanoi - Lao Cai – Hanoi (Pumpkin Express 4 soft sleeper A/C cabin)
English Speaking Guide
1 night in hotel, 1 night in home stay in Tavan Village with daily 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
Visa, meals are not specified above
Pick up from your hotel to HRS and from HRS to hotel with tour guide accompanied
(30 usd/group from 2 -4 pax, 80 usd/group from 5-8 pax)
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
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.
Home stay – the unique experience
Home stay is really highlights of tour that give you unique experience to discover life and culture of ethnic minorities. Home stay in villages is simple in term of bedding condition and toilet, clean and located beside a spring with a good view. We will sleep on beds with mattress, clean sheet, pillows and mosquito nets. Toilet is usually flush-style. The hosts are very friendly and eager to please. Usually, the host family or guide will cook meals for you, but will not join in out of respect for the guests. If you prefer to them to eat with you, you need to ask the guide in advance to make the arrangements
