Sapa trekking 5 days

Day 01: Hanoi - Lao Cai By Train

Pick up at hotel and transfer to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train to Lao Cai. Overnight on the train (sharing cabin for 4 people, soft sleeper with AC).

Day 02: Lao Cai - Sapa – Cat Cat – Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van (B.L.D)

Arrive at Lao Cai station. Welcomed by our local guide and transferred to Sapa for breakfast. Then, drive you downhill to Cat Cat village of the black H'mong and stop by a waterfall and a hydroelectric station built by the French, trek on a dirt trail through rice paddy terraces and enjoy spectacular scenery while walking along a narrow river. Arrive in Y Linh Ho village of Black Hmong minority. Lunch at home-stay. Then, take the paths along the valleys between mountains until Lao Chai village. Enjoy the overall pictures of the villages among terraces. Visit the H'mong living in wooden and bamboo houses. Arrive in Ta Van, village of Dzay people. Dinner and overnight at a Dzay family.

Day 03: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Supan - Ban Ho (B.L.D)

After breakfast at home-stay, trek to GiangTa Chai village of the Red Dzao minority via the paths between terraces and through bamboo forests which belongs to Hoang Lien Son National Park. Stop at Silver waterfall, enjoy the surroundings and visit the local people in the village. After lunch at home-stay, you will across the river and visit Supan village of H’mong and Daos minorities, then, process to Ban Ho village where the Tay people settle down. Arrive in Ban Ho, possibility to swim in a hot spring river nearby. You will have dinner and stay overnight at a Tay family.

Day 04: Ban Ho – Nam Toong – Thanh Phu - Sapa (B.L.D)

Breakfast with the family and leave the village for a trek to Nam Toong village of red Daos minority and enjoy the nice view over the valley, discover the daily life of Red Daos. Back to Ban Ho for lunch and return to Sapa, stop at Thanh Phu village of Tay minority to discover their daily-life and meet hospitable, friendly people. Arrive in Sapa, visit this small town and its colorful market. Dinner and overnight in Sapa.

Day 05: Sapa – Bac Ha market – Lao Cai - Hanoi (B.L) by train

After breakfast at hotel. Depart for Bac Ha market, the most colorful and beautiful market in this area where different minorities come exchange goods and meet together. Lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon, you will trek to Ban Pho of H’mong village before joining Lao Cai station for the night train to Hanoi. Dinner at your own and overnight on the train (sharing cabin for 4 people, soft sleeper with air-condition).