Sapa – Cat Cat – Sin Chai – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Bac Ha
3 days 2 nights
Day 1 (Friday): Lao Cai – Cat Cat - Sin Chai – Sapa (B,L) – Private tour
You will arrive at the Lao Cai Station between 5-7:30 AM. There you will meet the our guide and transfer to restaurant for breakfast. After having breakfast, you will start the half-day walk to Cat Cat village occupied by the Black H'mong tribe. You will experience the tribal way of life while enjoying wonderful views of the terraced rice paddy fields and the waterfall in Cat Cat. After the walk, you will visit Sin Chai village. Back to your hotel in Sa Pa. Overnight in Sapa.
Day 2 (Saturday): Sa Pa - Lao Chai - Ta Van – Bac Ha – Private tour (B,L,D)
Breakfast is served in the hotel restaurant from 6:30-9 AM. After breakfast you will check out and leave your luggage in the luggage storage room to prepare for your trek. At around 9 AM you will begin your 12 km trek on small trails down the Muong Hoa Valley towards the Black H'mong village of Lao Chai. The Muong Hoa Valley contains some of the most beautiful views of rice paddy fields in Asia. After having lunch along the Muong Hoa river in Lao Chai, you will continue along the bottom of the valley to get to the Dzay tribe village of Ta Van to experience their way of life. At around 2PM you will be transferred back to Bac Ha by bus, have dinner at homestay in Bac Ha. Overnight at homestay in Bac Ha.
Day 3 (Sunday): Bac Ha - Lao Cai (B,L,D)
Have breakfast at homestay. Visit Bac Ha market. This is a big market filled with many different hill-tribe peoples. It is the most colorful market in North Vietnam. At the market, you have chance to enjoy Bac Ha people’s simple but unique kinds of food with special wines made from rice, cassavas, corn and different sorts of fruits such as plumps, apples, peaches…talking to the minorities through the guide’s interpretation. What is more, after visiting the market, you are continuing to visit the H’mong King’s house (King Hoang A Tuong) built by the French colonists and the Chinese in 1920. Return the town for lunch. In the afternoon, spend time walking to another village (Ban Pho village). Round 3 PM, get back to Lao Cai Station. End of our service.
B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner
Rate in USD per person -
Except Christmas & New Year period
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Accommodation offering in this trip: ( click to see hotel )
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- Hotel, Meals on tour.
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Entrance fees to the villages
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English speaking guide,
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Pick-up from Ta Van village, Car to Bac Ha.
- Insurance.
- Drinks.
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Phone calls, Other private expenses, train ticket, VAT
Notes:
- Insurance, Drinks, Phone calls, Other private expenses, train ticket, VAT