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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

Trek Hanoi Sapa 3 Days 5 Nights


Night 1: Arrive in Hanoi. Pickup at airport & transfer to Hanoi city center. Hanoi – Laocai by train.

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

You will be dropped off near the old quarter for your personal discovery.

At 19:00, you will be met up again by our team and transferred to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train trip to Laocai. Train ??? Departure at ??? (To be advised). 

Overnight on board train.

Day 1: Arrive Laocai. Travel to Sapa. Full day hike visiting local hill tribe villages.

Arrive Lao Cai early this morning. You will be greeted by our local team and transferred to Sapa. 

After a short rest at your hotel, travel to Lao Chai village, a Black H’mong village. Then walk from Lao Chai to Tavan village is inhabited by the Giay. Here you will be able to rest and enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by your guide in a local house.

After lunch the walk continues through a bamboo forest to Giang Ta Chai, a Red Dao ethnic minority village. 

After taking a rest nearby a waterfall to refresh, you start climbing uphill to a road where the car is ready for your journey back to Sapa.

Overnight in Sapa.

Day 2: Full day hike visiting local hill tribe villages.

Met up at your hotel in Sapa by Lotussia Travel team again then travel by car downhill to Mong Sen village where we start hiking on 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 ed 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.

Day 3: Full day hike visiting local hill tribe villages. Laocai – Hanoi by train.

Travel to Sin Chai village. This is a beautiful village, located right at the foot of Hoang Lien mountain range and inhabited by Black Hmong minority. There we start our trekking journey uphill. Once we reach to the top, you will take a small trail descending to Catcat village. 

Your lunch will be provided near a waterfall.

In the afternoon, we will take another trail sneaking through mountain. The scenery is also spectacular. Take a short break upon arriving Y Linh Ho village before climbing up to the main road where our vehicle will be waiting for us for the journey back to Sapa.

According to your train departure, transfer to Laocai Railways station for the night train back to Hanoi. Train ??? Departure at ??? (To be advised).

Overnight on board train.
Day 4: Arrive in Hanoi.

Arrive in Hanoi early this morning. End of Lotussia Travel service.

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Sapa Tour Half Day Travel Muong Hoa Valley


08.00 am: You will be met up with Lotussia Travel team and transferred to Muong Hoa Valley.

After a half hour drive, we will start walking downhill along a large path 2 km through Lo Lao Chai hamlet which is situated on the top of a hill.

Crossing the Muong Hoa River by a suspension bridge, we will continue walking to Ly Lao Chai village inhabitaed of the Black H’mong. Stop by some local houses and talk with the hosts for a better knowledge of local traditions and customs. You will also have the opportunity to see peoples making fiber, traditional clothes.

We will hike through terraced fields of steep hill sides to Giang Ta Van, another village of the H’mong on high elevation before we descend to Ta Van Village of the Giay peoples. We will visit some Giay home before being picked up again by our vehicle and transferred back to Sapa. 

Arriving back to Sapa town around noon, you will be dropped off at your hotel. End of Lotussia Travel service.

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