Hard trek tour - 5 days 6 nights

The tour starts from Hanoi and you will have 2 nights on the train & 4 nights in the home stay with local villagers during your treks. It will give you the chance to visit many villages, some of which are famous and well known by travelers such as Lao Chai; Ta Van; Ban Ho; & Thanh Phu. You will also meet all kinds of minority people in Sapa: discover their culture; stay in their house; take priceless pictures, and enjoy the wonderful landscapes of Sapa.

Day 1: Overnight train to Lao Cai

Sapa trekking tour's taxi will take you to Hanoi Railway Station for the overnight train at 9:30 PM to get to Lao Cai Station.

Day 2: 4 hours trekking, 12 km, 3 villages

Pick up at Lao Cai Railway station early in the morning by bus. Arrive at Sapa round 8AM. Have breakfast and relax, with a walk around Sapa. At 12PM journey by jeep to visit a village of the Black H'mong people (Lao Chai San). Meander though the hillsides along the Muong Hoa River until crossing the river by a suspension bridge to reach Lao Chai village. Take the paths across the paddy fields to get to the 3rd village of the Dzay minority (Ta Van) and stay the night at a Dzay family in the village. Enjoy a picnic lunch on the way and dinner with the family in the evening.

Day 3: 7 hours trekking, 18 km, 3 villages

Enjoy breakfast with the local family then head to a village located at the foot of the Hoang Lien Son range, after walking through the bamboo forests. Visit a waterfall and a rattan bridge. After the village, you will cross the river and keep trekking to the Su Pan village, which is home to 2 minority groups - The H'mong and the Red Dzao. We will then get off the road and go down hill to the Ban Ho village, where you will stay overnight at Ban Ho with a Tay family in a house on stilts. Picnic lunch will be enjoyed on the way, with dinner being had with a local family.

Day 4: 7 hours trekking, 15 km, 4 villages

Get up early in the morning for some fresh air and witness the peaceful daily life of the people. Have breakfast and leave the village for a hard day of trekking! You will walk uphill to a small and almost untouched village of the Red Dzao (Namtoong). Go further to another village on the same side of the mountain range to see the Xa Pho ethnic group in Nam Ken. Then you will get down to the river and go up to Mi Son to visit the Xa Pho again. Spend the night in the Thanh Phu village with a Tay family. Picnic lunch will be enjoyed on the way, with dinner being had with a local family.

Day 5: 12 km with 4 hours trekking and 23 km by jeep

After breakfast at Thanh Phu village, walk back to Su Pan village where you will take a jeep back to Sapa. On the way back, visit the ancient stone circle (stones decorated with ancient carvings which are said to have described the life of the people lost in the mists of prehistory). Then you will check in at the hotel. Lunch will be enjoyed at Su Pan, with dinner in Sapa.

Day 6: Sapa - Lo Cai - Ha Noi

After breakfast, you are free to roam around and explore the town. You will have lunch and check out of the hotel. Then you will leave Sapa for Lo Cai station by bus in the afternoon. Dinner will be had on the train back to Hanoi, arriving at around 4:30AM, when the tour will conclude.

Tour price includes:

- Food (All meals on the tour)

- 1 local beer or soft drink at every lunch and dinner

- English-speaking guide

- Entrance fees

- Accommodation (hotel and home-stay)

- Train return tickets Hanoi-Lao Cai (soft sleeper with air-conditioning),

- Jeep transport as per itinerary

- Motorbike if you are travelling alone

Excludes:

- Insurance

- Drinks

- Phone calls and other private expenses

Note: Advised to take good walking shoes, raincoats, jackets, torch, insect repellent & sunscreen.