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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Sapa Vietnam Adventures Hiking Seomity Ta Trung Ho Thanh Phu Sin Chai Ben Den Lao Cai


Day 1: Sapa- Tram Ton – Sin Chai (L,D)

Met  up  with Lotussia Travel team at  your  hotel  in  Sapa  then  transferred  to the  Silver Waterfall where you will be able to take a hike to the waterfall. 

You will then drive further to Heaven Gate, the highest peak of roads in Vietnam. From there you can see Fansipan, the highest peak  of  Indochina  mountains  as  well  as  enjoy  stunning  views. We  start  descending  nearby  the waterfall. The trail takes you all the way downhill through bamboo forest, which belongs to Hoang Lien National Park. 

Your lunch will be served at a nice spot nearby a river.

After lunch, you continue  the  trek  to Sin Chai village of Black H’mong minority, where Community Based Tourism  in  Sapa  takes  place.  You will  have  opportunity  to  explore  daily  life  of  one  of  the largest group ethnic minorities in Sapa area. Here you spend the night in local house.

Day 2: Sin Chai – Cat Cat – Y Linh Ho (B,L,D)

After having breakfast, you start heading up the mountain. Once you get to the top, you will trek on a small trail with spectacular view and then gradually descend to Cat Cat village, where you will have lunch nearby a waterfall. 

In the after noon, you take a trail sneaking through mountain. You also will enjoy  spectacular  scenery while walking  along  a  narrow  river  You  eventually  arrive  in  Y  Linh Ho village of Black Hmong minority, where you can take a rest in a nice spot nearby the beautiful river before climbing toward a road, where you return Sapa by car. 

Day 3: Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai – Tavan (B,L,D)

Today we trek Hoang Lien mountain range, which offers you many opportunities to enjoy view over huge rice paddy terraces in Muong Hoa valley, the largest one in the area.

After lunch at a nice spot, you descend into the bottom of the valley. You will pass through Lao Chai village of Black Hmong minority and then Tavan village of Giay minority by following a very popular trekking route.  

You spend the night in a traditional house of Giay minority. You will be able to take a walk to enjoy the valley view as well as swim in the river nearby. 

Day 4: Tavan - Seomity (B,L,D)

After having breakfast, you continue your Sapa village treks, which is mostly uphill until lunchtime. Whenever you stop for a rest, you will be able to enjoy valley view. Before noon, you stop again at a nice spot for lunch.

The Sapa villages trek will be softer in the afternoon. But the scenery becomes even more beautiful. You pass by Seomity  village of Black Hmong minority before  you arrive  in  a  campsite, which  locates  nearby  a river outside the village. While porters put up tents and cook dinner, you can take a walk to stretch the legs. 

Day 5: Seomity – Den Thang - Ta Trung Ho (B,L,D)

The  trek  today  takes you  through beautiful  rice paddies and over old suspension bridges. You will trek on small trail sneaking  through  rainforest. You arrive in Den Thang village of Black Hmong by noon. Here you stop for lunch either nearby a river or in a local school according to the weather.

After lunch, the trek will becomes tough on tinny footpath going up and down, which requires a lot of concentration. 

You will  reach  to Ta Trung Ho village of Red Dao minority where you spend  the night in local house. Both the valley and the village have just received foreign visitors. 

The night will be even more interesting when you are in the wonderful hospitable atmosphere of the Red Dao.

Day 6: Ta Trung Ho - Nam Toong – My Son – Thanh Phu (B,L,D)

You are now at the fringe of the rain forest by the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochina with its 3143 m, is located in this mountain range. You will start the Sapa trek today by ascending to Nam Toong village of Red Dao minority. Here your lunch will be prepared in a local school.

After lunchtime, you descend to the valley where locates My Son village of Xa Pho minority, one of the  smallest  groups  ethnic  in Northern Vietnam. From  there  you  take  a  short walk  to Thanh  Phu village of Tay minority. Here you  spend  the night  in  traditional house of  the Tay. You  can  take a walk to explore local daily life while your dinner will be served with Vietnamese dishes.

Day 7: Thanh Phu - Nam Cum – Sin Chai (B,L,D)

Today’s trek will be relatively short and soft. Once leaving Thanh Phu, you follow the trekking route built in the bottom of the valley, which offers the best view to the surrounding mountains. 

You stop at a nice spot for lunch. 

After lunchtime, you continue your Sapa hike toward Sin Chai village of Red Dao minority where the night will be spent in Red Dao village. 

Day 8: Sin Chai - Nam Ket –Ben Den – Lao Cai (B,L)

You wake up for an early breakfast and repack your luggage for the long trek heading toward Lao Cai.  Once  you  leave  Sin  Chai,  the  adventures trip  takes  you  into  a  fabulously mountainous  area,  the  most remote part of Sapa. En route you meet children’ curious eyes as you are very first tourists passing by. Red Dao ethnic minority inhabits the entire area. 

You will enjoy the fresh of bamboo forest and jungle until you make a stop at Nam Ket for lunch. 

After lunch, your trek will be mostly downhill. After about half an hour, you will have a opportunity to enjoy one of the most beautiful view of days over a green valley lying along the Red River. You eventually arrive in Ta Thang village of Tay minority. Here you will be transferred by car to Lao Cai.

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Sapa Vietnam Hiking Tour Travel Hoang Lien National Park Nam Sai valley Y Linh Ho Seo Mi Ty Ta Trung Ho Ban Sai Nam Toong


Day 1: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Seo Mi Ty. 

8.30: You will be met up with Lotussia Travel team at your hotel in Sapa. We head southwards along the paved road for 3 km and then we turn right to a dirt path going gradually downhill to the Muong Hoa River. 

Enjoy magnificent view of the Hoang Lien mountain range and Sapa Valley. We cross the river by a suspension bridge, then we continue hiking uphill along narrow village path for nearly 2 hours through Y Linh Ho and onto Lao Hang Chai Village of the Black H’mong. We have the opportunity to explore several small & isolated tribal hamlets along the way.

Lunch will be provided en route.

After lunch, the trail gets narrower & tougher while we trek thick rain forest of the Hoang Lien nature reserve. We arrive in Seo Mi Ty Village in late afternoon. Have a short walk around the village before checking into a local houser for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Seo Mi Ty – Den Thang – Ta Trung Ho. 

After breakfast, we will leave Seo Mi Ty village. We will walk for about 20 minutes on an easy trail. Then the trekking becomes a bit more challenging as we hike up and downhill and through thick rain forest. After two-hour trekking, we arrive Den Thang village is located in a remote valley. Have a short visit of this village then have lunch in a local house.

After lunch, we leave this isolated hamlet. We continue our Sapa trekking trip along a narrow stream through the wildest land of Sapa. We trek for about 4 hours before we arrive Ta Trung Ho Village of the Red Zao.

Check into a local house for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Ta Trung Ho - Nam Ngan – Nam Sang – Ban Sai. 

After breakfast in the homestay we will Ta Trung Ho village at 08.30 am. We begin the day with a challenging trek along a narrow dirt trail sneaking on steep hill sides. We hike through narrow & sharp canyon from the height of 950 m up to nearly 1,500m for the whole morning. 

Lunch will be provided at the top of the mountain in the forest.

After lunch, we continue our Sapa hike following the same trail for 1,5 hour. We trek through the forest to Nam Ngan Village of the Red Zao. We have a short walk to explore this quiet and charming village. Then We continue our trek a larger dirt path. We rek for 1 hour downhill until we arrive in Nam Sang Village of the Xa Pho peoples. The Xa Pho is a sub group of the Phu La ethnic whose population is just about 4,000 in Vietnam and still live a primary way.

We continue walking through Nam Sai Valley. After about 1 or 2 hours trek, we arrive Nam Sai village. We may have time for a short walk before checking into a local house for dinner & overnight.

Day 4: Ban Sai – My Son - Nam Toong – Thanh Phu Bridge – Sapa. 

We leave Ban Sai village at 09.00 am. We walk along the large rocky path for an hour to My Son, a newly formed village of the Xa Pho peoples aftera terrible landslide in 2000. 

Then we continue trekking on a long narrow dirt trail to the other side of the valley. After one hour trek, we arrive the Nam Keeng villages. You can still see traces of the many landslides along the way which can help to know more about the very hard life of the local peoples.

We arrive the Nam Toong village of the Red Zao at noon. Lunch break and then we have a short walk around the village to get in touch with local villagers.

We continue trekking for two more hours to Thanh Phu Bridge where will be picked up by our vehicle and transferred back to Sapa. Trip ends.

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Hanoi Sapa Trekking Adventures Tour 3 Days


Night 1: Overnight train to Laocai.

Travel to Hanoi Railway Station by yourselves. Take the night train for Laocai. Train SP? Departure at 20:30 (to be advised). Overnight on board train.

Day 1: Pickup at Laocai Railway Station & transfer to Sapa. Trek Sapa one day.

Arrive Lao Cai Railway Station early this morning. You will be met up by Lotussia Travel local team and transferred by private A/C vehicle to Sapa.

Breakfast will be provided in a local restaurant in town.

Transfer 18 km to Ban Lech village of the Red Zao. Our Sapa village trek goes along a narrow valley downhill for 2 hour to the Ngoi Bo River, then uphill for 1 hour to Muong Bo Village at the center of Thanh Phu Commune where your lunch will be provided in a local house.

After lunchtime, you will trek gradually uphill to Nam Cum Village and then head to Sin Chai B village of Red Dao where the night will be spent in the Red Dao Village.
 
Day 2: Sapa full day trek.

Today’s trek takes you through terraced rice paddies, bamboo forest and villages of the Red Zao and Tay such as Sin Chai A, Nam Than, Nam Nhiu with many stops for visiting local homes, schoools as well as for taking photos. 

Your lunch will be prepared and served in a local house. 

In the afternoon, you head to Ban Sai village of Tay minority, near the center of Nam Sai Commune. Here you will walk around to explore this village and home stay overnight here in a house on stilts. Dinner will be served with Vietnamese dishes. 

Day 3: Continue trekking. Travel to Laocai Railway Station. Overnight train back to Hanoi.

On the last day of the trek you will cross several suspension bridges and trek through lush rice paddy fields and stunning scenery. Once leaving Ban Sai, you will cross the river after paying visit to My Son – a village of the Xa Pho group and then follow a narrow trail uphill to Nam Keng and continue to Nam Toong, where you have lunch in a local school. 

In the afternoon, your Sapa village 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 return you to Sapa. 

Transfer to Laocai Railway Station for the train trip back to Hanoi. Train??? Departure at 20:00 (to be advised).

Overnight on board train.

Day 4: Arrive Hanoi early this morning. Trip ends.

Arrive Hanoi early this morning. Trip ends.

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