Destinations: Sapa
Duration: 3 Days
Day 1: Hanoi – Sapa – Cable cab to Fanxipan Mountain – Thac Bac Water fall (L, G)
After an early breakfast at hotel, at 07:00, you’ll be picked up by Limousine bus to Sapa.
Arriving around 12:30, you’ll enjoy lunch and check in to your hotel. Afterward, you’ll be picked up and taken to the cable car station to experience a ride that offers indescribable sensations. From the cable car, you’ll enjoy breathtaking views of Fansipan, hidden under clouds and surrounded by the lush forests of the romantic town of Sapa, with its charming ancient villas and Western-style architecture.
Later, you’ll visit Thac Bac Waterfall, one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Vietnam. Its cascading waters, shimmering like silver, have earned it the romantic name “Silver Waterfall.” Afterward, you’ll return to Sapa for your overnight accommodation.
Day 2: Sapa – Sa Seng village – Giang Ta Chai Village – Farmstay (B, L, D, G)
In the morning, after your breakfast, we walk from Sapa to Xa Seng village up to the mountains Then we continue to Giang Ta Chai village, home to Black Hmong en Red Dao people.
On the way we stop at a local restaurant for lunch. In the afternoon we come down to Su Pan village of Black Hmong and Red Dzao. This is also where Sapa Farmstay is located. There you stay in your own private bungalow with mountain view. Relax in the pool with mountains views. You’ll spend the night a mountain bungalow.
Day 3: Sapa Farmstay – Tiger Mountain – Thanh Kim village – Sapa – Lao Cai – Hanoi (B, L, G)
In the morning after a good breakfast, we start our trek again and walk around 3 hours more. We start by climbing the Tiger Mountain.
There we walk in a beautiful forest, and pass some villages of Black Hmong people. We continue into the valley towards Thanh Kim village, home to the Red Dao people. There you can see one of most beautiful scenery with rice paddies. And a small river along the way. We prepare picnic lunch for you to have lunch in the mountains. We finish our tour in Thanh Kim village. From there we will arrange transport to go back to Sapa.
Your time will be your own until you’re picked up by car to return to to Sapa then to Lao Cai for the 21:30 PM overnight sleeper train back to Hanoi.
What’s included
- Breakfast and accommodation sharing double/twin rooms.
- Pick-ups and transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle as specified in the itinerary above.
- Travel in an appropriate private air-conditioned vehicle with an experienced safe driver.
- Limousine bus: Hanoi – Sapa.
- One-way train ticket: Lao Cai – Hanoi (air-conditioned soft four-berth cabin, good local standard in Fanxipan Train carriage)
- The services of experienced English-speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary.
- Where necessary, entry fees for all visits as mentioned in the programme.
- Cable car to Fansipan Mountain.
- Lunches and dinners (as specified in the itinerary) in local restaurants, and picnics where suitable restaurants are not available
What’s excluded
- Other international flight tickets and airport tax.
- Visas
- Lunches and dinners, except as specified above.
- Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.
- Insurance.