Sapa trekking - Bac Ha colorful market
SATURDAY Package Departure
Duration: 4 days/ 3 nights
Included English speaking guide ( other languages upon request) Additional local crew support All accommodation on a twin basic share with daily breakfast (single supplement upon request) All meals indicate in the itinerary ( B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner) A/C transports by private Other transport such as A/C soft sleeper berth overnight train All entrance fees
Excluded Travel insurance Other personal expenses
Day 1 (SAT) Hanoi - Night train to Lao Cai In the evening we meet our guide and have a city orientation tour before taking the overnight train from Hanoi to Lao Cai near the Chinese border. The train leaves at 21.00 or 22.00 from Hanoi Railway Station.
Day 2 (SUN) Laocai - Bac Ha Sunday market - Sapa After meeting a guide at the Lao Cai Railway Station we will have breakfast there and go to the Bac Ha market about two hours by A/C van. This is the largest and most colorful market in the region, where many ethnic groups gather to buy and sell, eat and drink together. There are 10 ethnic minority groups in the Bac Ha region. You can buy home-made handicrafts and clothes. In the afternoon we will have a 2-hour trek to Ban Pho village (Flower H’Mong people). There we can have a look in their house and understand a little more about their lifestyle and traditional customs, even try wine home made from corn. Afterwards we will take the 3hour car ride to Sapa. (B)
Day 3 (MON) Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Sapa – Lao Cai - Night train to Hanoi After having breakfast in a hotel we embark on a lovely trek that will take us along buffalo paths and trails and through several hill tribe villages of Lao Chai & Ta Van, home to Black H'Mong, and Dzay people. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people you can meet. Once on the valley floor we can really appreciate the wonderful scenery that surrounds us. The walls of the valley are covered with multi-layered terraced rice fields and scattered villages. Return to Sapa and then to Lao Cai Railway Station to get the night train. The guide will put you on the train and see you off. Trekking distance 10 km (B)
DAY 4 (TUES) Hanoi We will arrive back Hanoi in the early morning. You will be picked up and transferred to your hotel. Tour ends .
What to bring Good pair of walking shoes, raincoat, Swimming costumes, Day packs, big bag or suitcase, Camera and film.
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