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Code: |
VNTKD132 |
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Routes: |
Hanoi - Lao
Cai - Sa Pa - Trekking - Homestay - hill
tribe |
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Duration: |
04 Days |
Itinerary in brief
Day1: Hanoi - Lao Cai
Day 2: Sapa - Ban Ho - Nam Toong - My Son -
Thanh Phu
Day 3: Thanh Phu
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Nam
Cum - Sin Chai
Day 4: Sin Chai - Nam Ket ? Ben Den - Lao Cai
Detail Itinerary
Day1: Hanoi - Lao Cai
Pick up at your hotel and taxi take you to Hanoi
Railway Station for the night train at at 9:30
PM to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.
Day 2: Sapa - Ban Ho - Nam Toong - My Son -
Thanh Phu [B, L, D]
You will travel by car to Su Pan from where you
will commence your walk downhill through the
breathtaking scenery. On the way you will pass
through the Ban Ho village where you will be
able to witness the stunning views of the valley
and rice paddy terraces. You will have the
opportunity to explore the Ban Ho
village of
Tay minority before
crossing the suspension bridge over the river.
The walk then continues uphill to the Red Dao
minority
village of
Nam Toong , where
you guide will prepare a delicious lunch either
in local school.
After lunchtime, you descend to the valley where
locates My Son village
of Xa Pho
minority, one of the smallest groups ethnic in
Northern Vietnam . From there you
take a short walk to Thanh Phu
village of
Tay minority. Here
you spend the night in traditional house of the
Tay .
You can take a walk to explore local daily life
while your dinner will be served with Vietnamese
dishes.
Approx:
Grade 2 of 5/ 1-hour driving/ 5 hours walking/
1-hour lunch.
Day 3: Thanh Phu
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Nam
Cum - Sin Chai
[B, L, D]
Today?s trek will be relatively short and soft.
Once leaving Thanh Phu, you follow the trekking
route built in the bottom of the valley, which
offers the best view to the surrounding
mountains. You stop at a nice spot for lunch.
After lunchtime, you continue the walk toward
Sin Chai
village
of Red Dao
minority where the night will be spent in bamboo huts. The wonderful
hospitable atmosphere of the Red Dao will
attract you.
Approx: Grade 2 of 5/ 3 hours
walking/ 1-hour lunch
Day 4: Sin Chai - Nam Ket - Ben Den - Lao Cai
[B, L, D]
After good nights sleep in bamboo hut, you wake
up for an early breakfast and repack your
luggage for the long trek heading toward Lao
Cai.
Once you leave Sin Chai, the trip takes you into
a fabulously mountainous area, the most remote
part of Sapa. En route you meet children?
curious eyes as you are very first tourists
passing by. Red Dao ethnic minority inhabits the
entire area. You will enjoy the fresh of bamboo
forest and jungle until you make a stop at Nam
Ket for lunch.
After lunch, your trek will be mostly downhill.
After about half an hour, you will have an
opportunity to enjoy one of the most beautiful
views of days over a green valley lying along
the Red River
. You eventually arrive in Ta Thang
village
of Tay
minority. Here you will be transferred by car to Lao Cai for take
nigt tran back to Hanoi
Approx: 0.5-hour driving/ 7.5
hours walking/ 1 hour lunch.
Note:
This trip will easily combine with the transfer
to Lao Cai railway station without repeating the
way or passing by Sapa.
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