Overview

Sapa lies in the very north west of Vietnam near the Chinese border. Along with Halong Bay it is the "other" major excursion from Hanoi. Time permitting you can do a circuit around the northwest highlands which takes in Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien Phu, Lai Chau and finally Sapa before heading back to Hanoi. This would take at least a week by private vehicle and longer on local buses. During the wet season roads can be treacherous with landslides common. The best time to visit is from March to May and from September to mid-December.

Night 1 (Saturday): Hanoi - Laocai
20h00 Pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at at 21h15 to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train. (4 people/cabin or 2 people/cabin on request)

Day 1 (Sunday): Laochai Village - TaVan Village (6 hours trekking, 16 km, 3 villages)
Picked up at Laocai Railway station early in the morning by bus. Arrive at Sapa round 7h00. Breakfast and shower. Start from Sapa at 10h00 by jeep and then get down to a valley, visit an H\'mong village and the hydroelectric power station built by the French. Take a small path to go and visit other 2 villages of the H\'mong and the Dzay people (LaoChai and TaVan village). Stay in TaVan at a Dzay family. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the family. Overnight at TaVan village.
 
Day 2 (Monday): Tavan Village - GiangTaChai Village - Sapa trekking (5 hours trekking, 14 km, 2 villages)
Breakfast at the home-stay, take the road to GiangTaChai village to see the Red Dzao people via the paths through terraces and bamboo forests. Visit a waterfall, a suspension bridge. Picnic lunch and cross the river. Visit an H\'mong village up to the mountain. Take a jeep back to Sapa. Visit the ancient stone circle on the way back. Check in hotel, dinner in Sapa. Overnight at Hotel

Day 3 (Tuesday): Sapa tours - CocLy Market - Hanoi
Breakfast at the hotel. Leave from Sapa early at 7h00 for CocLy market by jeep or bus, which is situated far from Sapa. Enjoy the peaceful life of different minority peoples ( Flower H\'mong, Black Dzao, Tay, Dzay). The market is the chance for the minorities to meet and share joy and sorrows after the crops, to exchange one another\'s experience. Say goodbye to the market and get down onto a boat along Chay river. You are bound to feel great and find yourselves smaller among high Rock Mountains and to be surprised at white and breathtakingly waterfalls. Get off the boat to visit a village of the Tay Minority ( TrungDo village) by the river. After the boat trip, visit a small town - BaoNhai and then take jeep back to Laocai Station for the night train to Hanoi. Have dinner before getting on the night train. Arrive in Hanoi roughly 5h30. The end of tour.

Tour cost: Rate in USD per person

Class	2-3 pax	4-5 pax	6-7 pax	Single sup
Standard	270	219	199	20
Superior	290	239	213	30
Deluxe	338	280	260	70

Tour price includes
- Full meals on the tour (3 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches, 3 Dinners)
- Local English/French - speaking guide
- Entrance fees
- Accommodation ( Hotel and home-stay at TaVan village)
- Train tickets 2ways (soft sleeper with air-conditioning, cabin of 04 berth)
- Transport by private jeep or minibus as the tour program , Security services
- Private Boat trip on Chay River

Excludes
Travel Insurance, Drinks, Phone calls and other private expenses
Notes: Advised to take good walking shoes, raincoats, jackets, torch, insect repellent and sunscream...