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Code: |
SPVTR08 |
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Routes: |
Hanoi - Lao Cai - Sapa -
Hill Tribe - Victoria Express Train -
Homestay |
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Duration: |
07 Days |
Itinerary in brief
Day 1, Monday: Hanoi - Sapa
Day 2, Tuesday: Sapa
Day 3, Wednesday: Sapa
Day 4, Thurday: Sapa village
Day 5, Friday: Sapa village
Day 6, Saturday: Sapa - Train back to Hanoi
Day 7, Sunday: Arrival Hanoi
Detail Itinerary
Day 1, Monday: Hanoi - Sapa
Our trip starts with an overnight train journey
from Vietnam's capital city to the border town
of Lao Cai. The luxury Victoria Express
departs at 22h:00.
Day 2,
Tuesday: Sapa
Arrival to Laocai station is scheduled
at 6am you will be pick up and transferred to
Victoria Hotel. Freshen up and enjoy buffet
breakfast at the hotel.
At 10AM we will embark on a lovely walk that
will take us along small paths and trails and
through several hill tribe villages of Catcat
and Sinchai, home to H'mong, people. This
is a absolutely spectacular walk through
stunning scenery inhabited by some of the
friendliest people you can meet.
Overnight at Victoria Sapa hotel
(Breakfast included)
Day 3, Wednesday: Sapa
Today we will have pleasant trek into the
scenic rice field and mountains of Sapa , there
will be ample opportunity to meet with our
friendly people. We walk to Laochai and Tavan
village From here we pass through several
H'mong villages perched on distant hill,
and are sure to attract attention as this
part of the country receive very few
visitors. We will arrive at Ban Ho village, Tay
minority people by later afternoon . We will
have time to walk around this charming little
village, enabling us to understand a little more
about how the people live. The village is home
to the Tay people and tonight we will be their
guests in one of their traditional stilt houses.
There we will be toasted as honored guests and
will be able to sample some of their homemade
rice wine!
(Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included).
Day 4, Thurday: Sapa village
Following breakfast we embark on our five to
six-hour trek that will take us along buffalo
paths and trails and through several hill tribe
villages. This is an absolutely spectacular walk
through stunning scenery inhabited by some of
the friendliest people you will meet. We cross
the river and passing by
Nam Tong villages, Red Dzao people. Lunch in Nam
Cang village – Phula ( Xa Pho ) minority people,
then hike through Thanh Phu, Tay minority
people to Sinchai Red Dzao people for home stay.
Tonight the accommodation is just rustic but the
experience is enriching.
(Breakfast, Lunch and Diner included)
Day 5, Friday: Sapa village
We walk uphill toward Supan, red Dzao villages.
As we walk to the village nestled in the valley
below Sapa, we will meet some of the local
minority people on their way to and from Sapa.
These minority people walk to Sapa to trade at
the markets. Sapa market is always an exciting
place as several, different ethnic minorities
congregate here. As well as the H’mong you will
also see the Dao (pronounced Zao). Dao women are
particularly striking as they wear a large red
turban often covered with old coins or jewelry.
We meet our awaiting jeep for the drive to Sapa.
Overnight at Victoria Sapa hotel
(Breakfast, Lunch included)
Day 6, Saturday: Sapa - Train back to Hanoi
We breakfast and bid farewell to friendly local
people for a transfer back to Lao Cai for the
Victoria Express train journey back to
Hanoi. The scenic train journey leaves at
10:20 and takes us along the most spectacular
country along Red river. We are treatred to 3
course lunch on Victoria Express. We arrive back
to Hanoi 8:30pm. The trip concludes in
Hanoi.
(Breakfast and lunch included)
Day 7, Sunday: Arrival Hanoi
The train arrives to Hanoi early in the morning.
The trip concludes.
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