On this Sapa Tour with Homestay you will explore the beautiful Sapa valley for 02 days with 01 night home stay in Ta Van village, home of the Dzay minority. This trip is a wonderful opportunity to touch base with nature, enjoy the mountain landscape and views, feel revived and mingle with the humorous village residents. A lovely genuine Sapa experience.

Day 1

Train

Night 1: Hanoi to Lao Cai by the night train 4 berth soft sleeper cabin with A/C

At about 08:00pm, you will be picked up and transfered from your hotel to the Hanoi train station for boarding on train at 09:40pm or 10:00pm. You will be in shared AC soft sleeper cabins of 4 to go to Laocai city. Overnight on the train.

The next morning: The train arrives in Lao Cai at about 6:00 am where our guide will welcome you. Look for the "your name" sign when you exit the train station. Then take a morning drive through the clouds by bus / van to Sapa (about an hour). When you arrive in Sapa you will be taken to Sapa Hotel for a morning shower & breakfast, then prepare for the trekking.

Day 2

Trekking

Day 1: Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van (B, L, D)

After freshen up and Breakfast in a local restaurant you will enjoy a free walk around this charming town, paying visit to Sapa market and the old Sapa Stone Church where you can meet a lot of local ethnic minority people such as Black H’mong, Red Zao and Giay people wearing their traditional colorful dresses selling their farming and gathering products and handicrafts for souvenirs.

Back to our Sapa Hotel at by 9:30 and begin your exploration trip to Muong Hoa valley. 12 km of trekking, visit Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai villages of the H’mong minority. After lunch at a local family in Lao Chai or in a drinking shop nearby the river bank, we keep on hiking to Ta Van village of the Dzay where we stay overnight in a local family. Here you have opportunity to experience their daily life, work and original customs.
With your tour guide and the local host, we will set up a temporary cooking class to learn how to cook Vietnamese food for dinner.

Enjoying your dinner and getting to know local typical traditional customs, cultural,…

Overnight at homestay

Day 3

Trekking

Day 2: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - SuPan - Sapa (B, L, D)

Leaving Ta Van village after Breakfast, you will take the trail uphill, passing fascinating terraced rice field and some small hamlets of the H’mong before getting through a bamboo forest to a waterfall, enjoy a break for magnificent scenery and then continue walking for half an hour to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zao people which sits on the top of a hill and looks down Muong Hoa river.

After spending time visiting the village, making friends with the Zao and experiencing the hospitality you will cross the river by another suspension bridge and then uphill again to Su Pan village where you will pay visiting to a local handicraft center where H’mong and Dao women gather for exchanging experience and skill of making handicrafts. A late Lunch will be prepare here. Later a short drive will take you back to Sapa, take a shower and enjoy about two hours free time in Sapa before transfer down hill to Lao Cai station.

Have dinner in a restaurant.

Day 4

Train

Lao Cai to Hanoi by 4 berth soft sleeper tourist sharing cabin

At 6:00 pm, you will be transfered by a tourist shared bus to Laocai train station, then take the night train back to Hanoi which arrives in Hanoi early at 05.30 to 06.00 next morning. Take a taxi to your hotel by your own fee.

Here your Sapa experience ends and we hope you have enjoyed your time with us. See you next time. Take care.

TOUR PRICE:

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Tour included:

  • Pick up at the hotel you stay in Hanoi, transfer by a private car to Hanoi train station, we take you to the train cabin.
  • Soft sleeper 4 berth cabin on Livitrans or Ratraco to/from Laocai.
  • Home stay sharing with the Dzay minority in Tavan village.
  • Fluent English speaking tour guide
  • Transfer by tourist shared bus/van to/from Laocai train station.
  • Meals as specified (2 breafasts, 2 picnic lunches, 1 dinner).
  • Admission fees for all sightseeing places.

Tour excluded:

  • Travel insurance
  • Single supplement, beverages, personal expenses
  • Other services not mentioned clearly above

Children Policy:

  • Children from 0 – under 5 years old: FOC
  • Children from 5 – under 10 years old: 75% of adult fare
  • Children from 10 years old : 100% of adult fare
  • Two adults can accompany up to 2 children under 10 years old, the third child is charged 100% of the fare.

Remark:

  • Please be informed that the quotation does not imply or constitute availability.
  • In case if the hotel listed is unavailable, other similar class hotel shall be provided.
  • Compulsory Gala Dinner may be applied during Christmas Eve and New Year Eve.

 Cancellation Policy:

  • All cancellation must be made in writing
  • Any cancellation at 30 Days prior to arrival date: No charge
  • Any cancellation between 29 Days – 15 Days prior to arrival date: 50% of tour fare charge
  • Any cancellation between 14 Days – 3 Days prior to arrival date: 75% of tour fare charge
  • Any cancellation less than 3 Days : 100% of tour fare charge
  • As mentioned on particular booking and depends on each period