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.
