Day 1: Hanoi –night train to Lao Cai
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At 8h30 pm, we will pick you up at your hotel and transfer to Hanoi Railway Station for overnight train to Lao Cai.
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Day 2: Sapa – Lao Chai & Ta Van Village -15km Trekking (B, L, D)
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Arrive in the early morning (around 6am), you will take a 45 –minute drive to Sapa. After refreshing and breakfast, you can repack your lugguage and start the great trekking day at 10.30am. You will be on the hillside trails up and down to Muong Hoa Valley and passing Lao Chai Village where you can see the H'Mong and Dzay dressed in their traditional style. Picnic lunch en route. In the afternoon, we reach Ta Van Village of Zay ethnic minority. We have simple dinner with the family and stay overnight at this nice house.
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Day 3: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Seo Trung Ho - 20km Trekking (B, L, D)
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After breakfast, you head to the Red Dao ethnic minority at Giang Ta Chai. And you can see the local people in their daily life as well as the outstanding scenery of rice terrace, waterfall and small bamboo forest. Picnic lunch on the way. After lunch, continue trekking along local trails to Seo Trung Ho, another village of Red Zao ethnic minority. We will spend the second night here with a local family.
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Day 4: Seo Trung Ho – Nam Toong – Thanh Phu -20km Trekking (B, L, D)
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Breakfast at the home stay. Today we trek on small paths and cross the Muong Hoa River to reach village Tay ethnic minority in Thanh Phu. Picnic lunch in Nam Toong Village. We stay overnight in a wooden Tay stilt house.
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Day 5: Thanh Phu – Nam Sai – Nam Ken – Ban Ho -20km Trekking (B, L, D)
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After breakfast we trek to Nam Sai to visit the Tay hill tribe. Swim in the river and then we trek up to village of Xa Pho ethnic minority, the smallest minority group in Sapa. We reach Ban Ho in the afternoon. Overnight in Ban Ho, a village Tay ethnic minority.
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Day 6: Ban Ho – Sapa (B, L)
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After breakfast we trek up to Ban Den, where we meet our vehicle and take a beautiful drive back to Sapa. On the way, we can see Lave Waterfall and take a swim.
Dinner at leisure and overnight in Sapa Town.
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Day 7: Sapa (B, L)
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Today you are free for your own leisure. You can climb up to Ham Rong (Dragon Draw), visit orchid gardens and enjoy the traditional dance of Muong people. Or you can walk down to Cat Cat village and visit the old French hydro power station.
In the late afternoon, it is time for a transfer back to Lao Cai Railway Station for dinner and overnight train back to Hanoi.
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Day 8: Hanoi arrival
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Arrive in Hanoi in the early morning, this adventure concludes but you may wish to extend your trip with some time at Halong Bay. |
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