Sapa – Thanh Phu – Sin Chai – Nam Sai – Nam Toong
Sapa Valley Trek 4 Nights 3 Days
Itinerary
Night 1: Hanoi – Lao Cai
We will pick up you at hotel, then take you to Hanoi Railway station to catch the night train to Lao Cai. Sleeping on the train ( No guide on the train).
Day 1: Lao Cai – Ban Lech – Thanh Phu – Sin Chai B (B,L,D)
Arriving at Lao Cai station, picked up by a guide and bus driver at the main exit, transfer to Sapa. Coming to Sapa, you will relax and have breakfast at a hotel. Then you will be met up at hotel by our guide and transferred 18km to Ban Lech village Red Dao minority. We will trek along a narrow valley downhill for 2 hours to the Ngoi Bo river, then uphill for 1 hour to Muong Bo village at the center of Thanh Phu commune where your lunch will be served in a local house. After lunchtime, you will trek gradually uphill to Nam Cum village and then head to Sin Chai B village of Red Dao where you spend your night in a bamboo hut in the village.
Approx: 1 hour driving/ 6 hours walking/ 1 hour lunch
Day 2: Sin Chai B – Nam Than – Nam Nhiu – Nam Sai (B,L,D)
Today’s trek takes you through terraced rice paddies, bamboo forest and villages of the Red Dao and Tay such as Sin Chai A, Nam Than, Nam Nhiu with many stops for visiting local houses, schools. Your lunch will be prepared and served in a local house. In the afternoon, you head to Ban Sai village of Tay minority near the center of Nam Sai Commune. Here you will walk around to explore this village and homestay overnight here in a stlit house. Dinner will be served with vietnamese dishes.
Approx: 5 hours walking/ 1 hour lunch
Day 3: Nam Sai – My Son – Nam Toong – Lao Cai (B,L)
On the last day of the trek, you will cross several suspension bridges and trek through lush rice paddy fields and stunning valley. Leaving Ban Sai, you will cross the river after paying a visit to My Son – a village of the Xa Pho group and then follow a narrow trail uphill to Nam Keng and continue to Nam Toong, where you have lunch in a local school.
In the afternoon, your trek will be firstly downhill to Ban Ho village where you will have time for a swimming in the river. The car will pick you up and transfer back to Sapa. Pack your luggage, then back to Lao Cai to take a train back to Hanoi. End of services.
Approx: 1 hour driving/ 5 hour walking/ 1 hour lunch.
Day 4 : Hanoi
Train arrives in Hanoi. Tour ends
You can take a taxi in the platform back to hotel easily.
Included:
- Express Train round trip train tickets Hanoi – LaoCai – Hanoi with 04 sleeping berths and air-conditioning in wooden cabin. (No guide on the train journey)
- Pick up at hotel in hanoi.
- Pick up and Drop Off by shuttle bus and a private car on tour like program.
- English speaking tour guide in Sapa
- Homestay in 2 different villages and permission and visting fee.
- Indicated meals on the program (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)
Excluded:
- Last dinner
- Emergency transfer, minibar, laundry, phone call, Internet in hotel.
- Drinks on meals, other expenses, VAT invoice and tip for tour guide.
- The non-mentioned things in the program.
- Travel insurance.
Local House in the Village & Terraced Rice Field
