Thursday, May 3, 2012

Hanoi Sapa Trekking Tour 4 Days

Day 1: Arrival Hanoi. Pickup airport & transfer to Hanoi city center. Hanoi - Laocai.  

Upon arrival at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi (flight???), you will be greeted by Lotussia Travel guide, driver then escorted to Hanoi city center.

Enjoy a half day sightseeing tour of Hanoi capital with the most important city’s highlights including the Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing the Presidential Palace and the Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts. This complex also comprises the One Pillar Pagoda, whose origins date back to the foundation of city. We follow this with a trip to the impressive Ethnology Museum, dedicated to Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups. 

Attend to the water puppet show, one of famous Vietnamese traditional art. Then, transfer to Hanoi Railways Station for overnight train to Laocai.

Day 2: Arrive Laocai early this morning. Travel to Sapa. Trek to local hill tribe village.

Arrive Lao Cai early in the morning. You will be greeted by our local team and transferred to Sapa. After having breakfast and a short rest in a local restaurant in town, we will then travel by car downhill to Mong Sen where we starting a dirt trail through rice fields and villages. Enjoy spectacular view along the way.
Your picnic lunch will be provided on spot.

After lunch, we continue our trek downhill towards Taphin village inhabited by Red Dao and Black Hmong minorities. These are two largest ethnic groups living in Sapa area. Stop by some house to meet local people and talk with them to understand their culture, customs and traditions. Late afternoon, we will trek back to to main road to get on our vehicle for the journey back to Sapa.

Overnight in Sapa.

Day 3: Sapa full day trekking.

Breakfast at hotel. Then transferred to Su Pan. The trek  starts  by  walking  through  the  incredibly  scenic  “Ban  Ho”  valley.  Here  you  will  have  the opportunity  to  visit  and  explore  the wooden  houses, which  traditionally  belong  to  the  Tay  ethnic minority. You will  then  continue  to walk  to Thanh Phu village where you  stop  for  lunch  in a  local house. 

After  lunchtime, you head  to Sin Chai village of Red Dao minority where  the night will be spent  in 
the Red Dao Village.

Day 4: Sapa hiking one day.

The mountain hike takes you through several villages where you will be able to meet Tay, Hmong and Xa Pho ethnic minorities. You will have  time  to photograph  the beautiful  rice paddy  terraces and  the surrounding mountain. On  the way  you will  visit  a  local  school.  Your  lunch will  be  prepared  and 
served in a local house.  

In the afternoon, you head back to Thanh Phu village of Tay minority. Here you will spend the night. 
You  can  take  a walk  to  explore  local  daily  life while  your  dinner will  be  served with  Vietnamese 
dishes.

Day 5: Trekking back to Sapa. Transfer to Laocai. Take night train for Hanoi.

On  the  last  day  of  the  trek  you will  cross  several  suspension  bridges  and  trek  through  lush  rice 
paddy  fields and stunning  scenery. You have a unique opportunity  to meet Xa Pho minority  in My Son village, one of the smallest group ethnic living in Northern Viet Nam. They always maintain their unique costume and nomadic life. You trek uphill to Nam Toong village of Red Dao minority, where you have lunch in a local school.  

In the afternoon, your Sapa trek will be  firstly downhill to Ban Ho village where you will have time for a 
swim in the river. The car will meet you there and transfer to Sapa.

After a short rest in a standard hotel, travel to Lao Cai Railway Station where you will take the night train to come back to Hanoi.

Overnight on the train.

Day 6: Arrive Hanoi early this morning. Pickup at Railways Station and transfer to Noibai airport.

Arrive in Hanoi early this morning, you will be picked up by another Lotussia Travel guide, driver and transferred to a local restaurant for breakfast. 

Enjoy one-hour massage package in one of most finest spa salon in twon - A full body massage both invigorating and relaxing. This massage helps to reduce tension, soothe sore muscles and increase circulation.

Transfer Noibai airport for onward flight home. End trip.

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