Sapa Package

You will begin your trip on Friday from Ha Noi, where you will embark on a day trip to Can Cau and Bac Ha markets. These markets only occur once a week, and are a special place where numerous minority groups of the region to come to sell and exchange local goods. It is also a popular place for the youth to come to find a prospective life partner! It is a colourful place, especially when the locals come dressed in their newest traditional costumes. The following days, you will go trekking throughout the Sapa region. There are many moments where you will be in awe of the mountainous landscapes and the rich culture of the minority villager in Sapa.

Day 1: Hanoi - Lao Cai

We will catch the overnight train soft sleeper with A/C to Lao Cai. The train leaves at 10PM from Hanoi railway station.

Day 2: Lao Cai - Can Cau - Ta Van Chu

The guide picks you up at Lao Cai railway station at 6AM. After having breakfast, we transfer you to Can Cau Market by van, arriving at the market at 10am. Once there you will have time to wander around, check out what's on offer & take photos for 2 hours. After having lunch at noon we go to Lung Phinh by van, then we will walk to Ta Van Chu off the beaten track for about 6 kilometres! You will then arrive at Ta Van Chu (the Village of Flower H'Mong), where you will stay for dinner and camp overnight on Paradise Hill. All meals included.

Day 3: Ta Van Chu - Bac Ha (Sunday market)

We will leave Ta Van Chu at 7AM and start the 4 hour trek (12 kilometres) to the Bac Ha market. After spending 2 hours looking through the markets, we will have lunch there at 1 PM. After that we walk to Ban Pho village in the afternoon (3 hours). In the village we will meet the Flower H'Mong ethnic people and their traditional customs and cloth making. You can try the homemade rice wine of the Flower H'Mong people. You will have dinner and spend the night in a hotel in Bac Ha. All meals included.

Total trekking distance: 12km

Day 4: Bac Ha - Thai Giang Pho - Sapa

We start the day at 9AM, walking our way towards the Thai Giang Pho Village for 2 hours, which is also a village of the Flower H'mong people. Along the way to Thai Giang Pho we will pass several hamlets, gardens and terraced fields. After this you will then transfer to Sapa, arriving at 4PM. O/N stay at a hotel in Sapa. Lunch & Dinner provided

Total Trekking distance: 15km

Day 5: Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van

Heading out from Sapa town, you trek into a mountainous area with spectacular views off the beaten track and down to Y Linh Ho, where you will see some off the traditional terraced rice fields. This is the place where Black H'mong ethnic people live. We will stop to have a picnic lunch after a 2 hour trek (9KM). Then we take a further 1 hour to trek to get to the Lao Chai village where the Black H'mong people also live. Trekking through this village we can see how the Black H'mong people weave and dye their traditional cloth (hemp plant for thread and indigo plant for colour). Then we spend 1 hour walking to the Ta Van village. This village is home to the Zay colourful ethnic group. After being welcomed by a Zay family we can swim in the river near the village. O/N stay in Ta Van. Lunch & Dinner provided.

Total Trekking distance: 15km

Day 6: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Ban Ho

Setting off from Ta Van at 9AM for Giang Ta Chai, home to another ethnic group (Red Dao) we trek along the trail through the bamboo forest down to the beautiful La Vie waterfall and Rathan Bridge at 10AM. You will continue to trek along a small path, with awesome views along the way. Enjoy the seclusion in a place where you will not find other tourists. After this, continue trekking down through the Seo Bridge and up to the main road, where you will have picnic lunch at 1PM with a local Red Dao family. After lunch, we set off to Ban Ho village, home to the Tay colourful ethnic group. On the way down to Ban Ho, take the opportunity to take photos of the unique houses and hills intermixing together in distance. You will arrive at Ban Ho village at 4.30PM, where you can relax with a swim in the river and stay O/N in Ban Ho. All meals provided.

Total Trekking distance: 20km

Day 7: Ban Ho - Nam Tong - Nam Ken - My Son - Thanh Phu

Leaving Ban Ho village at 9AM, we trek for 1 hour up to Nam Tong village which is the home of the Red Dao minority people. We then take a look around the village for half an hour before heading off to Nam Ken village about 1 hour away, where a picnic lunch will be enjoyed near the stream. Next it's a further 75 minute trek into My Son village where the Xa Pho minority people have settled, and a further 1 hour trek up the hills to the Thanh Phu village which is home to the Tay ethnic group. On the way we can take photos and enjoy the natural scenery. We will arrive at Thanh Phu at 4 PM, with an O/N stay in Thanh Phu. All meals provided.

Total Trekking distance: 25km

Day 8: Thanh Phu - Ban Ho - Sapa - Lao Cai

Enjoy the early morning in Thanh Phu, before we set out at 9:30AM for Ban Ho. On the way back to Ban Ho we can spend time relaxing on the banks of the river as we keep trekking through Ban Ho back up to Ban Den village at 1PM. We will have 1 hour for a picnic lunch, then the driver takes us back to Sapa, arriving at 3PM. You will have the afternoon to enjoy as you wish, before leaving for the Lao Cai railway station at 6 PM, where you will have dinner and board the 9:15PM train back to Hanoi. All meals included.

Total Trekking distance: 10km

Day 9: Early morning Arrive Hanoi