Sa Pa - Bac Ha ( 3 days/4 nights ) by train
Sapa - Bac Ha ( 3 days/4nights )
The Night Before:
Transfer from your hotel to the Hanoi Train Station for boarding at 9:30 pm. You will be in shared A/C sleeper cabins of 4 (6) to travel North to Lao Cai town.
Day 1: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van (B, L, D)
The train arrives in Lao Cai at about 6:30 am where your OPENTOUR guide will welcome you. Then take a morning drive through the clouds by car / van to Sapa (about 1.5 hours). Breakfast then start the tour with 16 km of trekking, visit Y Linh ho, Lao Chai and Ta Van villages of the H’mong and the Dzay minorities. After lunch at a local family in Ta Van, we keep on hiking around the village of the Dzay & H’mong where we stay overnight in a local family for you to get to know their daily life of the local people: work, custom, embroideries, clothes...O/N at the Dzay local house
Day 2: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Ban Ho (B, L, D)
After pancake made by your host family, we continue to discover Giang Ta Chai village, then Su Pan villages of the red Dzao minority. After picnic lunch, we keep on hiking to Ban Ho, the village lies within a beautiful valley, home to the Tay minority people who have their traditional house on stilts and we will spend the night here. O/N at the Tay local house
Day 3: Ban Ho – Nam Toong - Sapa (B, L, D)
2 km walking to a very nice waterfall discovered and named “the Lavie” by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam. Enjoy swimming then go up to the mountain to visit a small hamlet of the Red Dzao people called Nam Toong, then get back to Ban Ho before get to Sapa by jeep. Bus to Lao Cai Station to get night train back to Hanoi.
Day 4: Arrive Hanoi
Tour end at Hanoi train station about 5h00 am. Please find your own way to your hotel, a taxi normally costs you a set of 50,000 VND (2-3 usd)
Tour price (Group tour - joining tour - seat-in-coach tour - daily guaranteed departure)
- Mid-range (3*) class: 110US$/ pax
- Superior (4*) class: 123US$/ pax
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Deluxe (5*) class: 215US$/ pax
Rates are inclusive of:
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02 night stay in local people's house
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Meals as mentioned the program.
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Land transfer by car/ bus for whole trip;
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Hanoi, Lao Cai A/C soft sleeper train ticket.
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English or French speaking guides. Other languages are available upon request.
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Admission fees for all sightseeing places.