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Lao Cai - Sapa - Cat Cat - Lao Chai - Tavan SPTP01 2 Days/ 3 Nights Ha Noi Hanoi |
Night 1: Hanoi to Lao Cai by the night train 4 berth soft sleeper cabin with AC - Lao Cai to Sapa by car/van.
At 7:00 pm transfer from your hotel to the Hanoi train station for boarding at 8:35 pm (Or 8:00 for later one which leaves at 9:10 pm). You will be in shared AC soft sleeper cabins of 4 to travel North to Lao Cai City. The next morning: The train arrives in Lao Cai at about 4:55 am (Or 5:20 am) where your Sapa Panorama Hotel”s guide will welcome you. Look for the "Sapa Panorama Hotel" sign when you exit the train station. Then take a morning drive through the clouds by bus / van to Sapa (about an hour). When you arrive in Sapa you will be taken to our hotel for a morning shower & breakfast, then prepare for the trek as detailed below:
Day 1: Sapa Town - Cát Cát - Sin Chải Villages
After freshen up and Breakfast in our Cau May restaurant you will enjoy a walk around this charming town, paying visit to Sapa market and the old cathedral where you can meet a lot of local ethnic minority peoples such as Black H”mong and Red Zao wearing their traditional colorful dresses selling their farming and gathering products and handicrafts for souvenir.
Back to Sapa Panorama Hotel and departing for a walk to Cat Cat village locating near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Spectacular scenery of mountains and terraced rice paddies changes after every corner as you walk downhill. Getting through Cat Cat village of the H”mong, you will pay visiting to some local homes, witnessing their daily life activities and experiencing their hospitability. Continue walking down to the valley bottom, having a break at a stunning waterfall where the French built a hydraulic power station. Enjoy picnic lunch by the side of the river, and then next 6 km to Sin Chai, the village located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain, “the roof of Vietnam and Indochina”. From here you can enjoy huge stunning landscapes before climbing up on the way a mini Van to return to Sapa. The rest of the afternoon and evening is at your leisure.
Day 2: Explore 3 Minority Villages - Night train to Hanoi
Leaving your hotel after Breakfast, you will walk along the main road heading south for about an hour before turning right to a foot path down hill to Muong Hoa Valley. This part offers spectacular scenery of the highest part of Hoang Lien Son mountain range and in a nice day, Fansipan Peak can be seen.
Crossing the river by a suspension bridge you will challenge your feet uphill to Y Linh Ho village. Here you will pay visiting to some H”mong families, watching them doing their daily works.
After picnic Lunch, following the river bank to Ta Van of the Zay people. Paying visiting to local homes, village schools... you will enjoy much your cultural discovery of local ethnic peoples as well as breathtaking scenery of the Muong Hoa Valley. Pick up and transfer back to Sapa in the afternoon.
Night 3: Lao Cai to Hanoi by 4 berth soft sleeper tourist sharing cabin
At 5:00 pm, you will be transfered by a tourist shared bus to Laocai train station, then take the night train back to Hanoi which arrives in Hanoi early at 05.30 to 06.00 next morning.
Here your Sapa experience ends and we hope you have enjoyed your time with us. Take care.
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