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Code: |
VNTKT003 |
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Routes: |
Hanoi -
. Lao Cai - Hill Tribe Market - Binh Lu
- Tam Dung - Sa Pa - Boat Trip |
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Duration: |
04 Days |
Itinerary in brief
Night1: Hanoi - Lao Cai
Day 1:
Lao Cai - Sapa -Duong
Day 2: Tam Duong - Sapa
Day 3: Sapa - Lao Cai - Hanoi
Detail Itinerary
Day1:
Night train to Lao Cai (LC5 , soft sleeper, dept
21.30) , you will be picked up at from your
hotel 20.30 by Sapa Adventure in Hanoi staff and
transfer by taxi to Hanoi train station . Night
on train.
Day2: (B, L, D)
From Lao Cai, drive up the mountain road to
Sapa, continue over the Tram Tom Pass, the
highest mountain pass in Vietnam at 1900M, down
to the town of Binh Lu (2.5-3hrs). Binh Lu is
one of the most interesting markets to visit due
to its diversity of ethnic minority groups
including Dzao (red, black, coin), Giay, Meo,
H'mong, Nung and Phu La. Continue along the
valley to Tam Duong. This vibrant market
attracts H'mong dressed in colorful skirts and
plaid head dress, Black & Lan Ten Dzao and Nung.
After lunch trek along local roads and trails,
through beautiful tea plantations, rice terraces
and farmland to local villages of Dzao and Lu
people, then down to Ban Hon village and back to
Tam Duong for dinner and overnight in a
guesthouse.
***Note: The hotel in Tam Duong offers basic
accommodation, but it is clean and equipped with
hot shower and fan.
Day3: (B)
After breakfast in Tam Duong, start your ride
back up over the mountains to Sa Pa. Arrive
approx. 10 -10:30am and check into your hotel.
Take some free time to explore the town, check
out the market and enjoy lunch in a local
restaurant. The Hoang Lien mountain range, home
to Mt. Fansipan, Viet Nam's highest peak at over
3100M, and its nature preserve, create a
towering backdrop and great setting for
trekking. Meet your guide at the Green Trail
Tours office at 1pm and take a jeep ride down
the valley to visit the Black H'Mong people of
Lao Chai village, from there trek to see the
Dzay people of Ta Van village. At the end of the
day you'll be picked up by jeep, return to Sa Pa
and overnight in the Hotel.
Day4: (B, L, D) Enjoy an early breakfast
buffet before or 6:30am departure from Sa Pa to
Coc Ly. You'll head back down to Lao Cai and
across to the east side of the red river and up
to the Bac Ha region. Coc Ly is a small Flower
H'mong Village located on the banks of the Chay
River, its remote location in this mountain area
gives you an appreciation of the harsh geography
in which these people carve out their
agricultural existence. The Flower H'mong people
are the most colorful ethnic group with
elaborately embroidered spirals and geometric
figures on their clothes and colorful bands for
leg wrappings. After exploring this vibrant and
fascinating market, you'll board a local boat
for a 2.5hr trip down the Chay River, stopping
along the way to explore the 'Fairy Cave' and
enjoy a picnic lunch. You'll be picked up in Bao
Nhai then return to Lao Cai for dinner and the
night train back to Ha Noi. Time depending, you
can visit the Thuong Temple with its impressive
500+ year old Banyan Tree. Trip ends Ha Noi
Station, 5:30am.
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