Day 1: Hanoi - Sapa by bus with a short trek to Cat Cat village (L/D)
Option 1 : Take the morning bus 6.00 – 6.20: Pick up from Hanoi Old Quarter, transfer to the big bus and depart to Sapa Town. 9.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city with the first comfort break
11.00: Second comfort break at Lao Cai city before approaching Sapa.
Option 2 : Take the night bus 22h00: Pick up at the bus station (No. 5 Tran Nguyen Han Str, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi) and travel to Sapa by sleeper bus with the highway Hanoi – Lao Cai. Arrive in Sapa at 5:00am, keep sleeping on bus until 6:00am, then be picked up by the guide to have breakfast and then start the tour at 8:00 am.
13.00: Arrive in Sapa Town with colourful traditional costumes of H’Mong, Dzao, and Tay Ethnic People. The guide will pick up you at the bus station to have lunch at a local restaurant.
14.30: A short drive to the gate of Cat Cat village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photo with bridge and waterfall then you will walk uphill for bus to pick up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon.
Trekking distance is about 2.5 kms and it lasts for 3 hours
17.00: Come back to Sapa Town. Have dinner and overnight in hotel with night activities.
Day 2 : Sapa - Hanoi by bus with a long trek Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van (B/L)
8.00 – 8.30: Have breakfast at hotel, check out the room and prepare light pack for trekking. (Big luggage keep in hotel store).
8.30: A short drive to Y Linh Ho then trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain after that heading to Ta Van village - home of Dzay ethnic people.
Trekking distance is about 9 kms and it lasts for 3.5 hours
Having lunch in the village.
- 15h00 – 15h30 Come back Sapa Town by car. Delegation get on the bus back to Hanoi.
- 21h00 The car takes the group to the original rendezvous point. Farewell and end the trip to Sapa. Hope to see you again in the next journey.
Note: The itinerary above is corresponding to the transferring option from Hanoi - Sapa & return by sleeper morning bus. You can choose other options suitable for you by the way transfer and location pickup/drop off.
