Day 1: Hanoi – Lao Cai

You will be picked up at your hotel 1 hour before train departure, for transfer to the train station. Night train (soft sleeper) to Lao Cai. The night train leaves at 19.30 or  21.10. Overnight on the train with soft sleeper cabin.

Day 2: Lao Cai - Sapa (B/L/D)

You arrive at Lao Cai train station around 06.00 in the morning, from where you will be picked up and have a public shared bus transfer to Sapa (35km - about 1 hour drive). Check-in at Cat Cat Hotel. The guide will then provide you with more information about the Sapa adventure trek in the next days. The rest of the day you will have time on your own to relax and go to visit Sapa market where women from different ethnic minority groups come into the town to sell their products. Stay overnight in Cat Cat hotel.

Day 3: Sapa - Mong Sen - Ta Phin(B/L/D)

Departure from Sapa at 09.30. Pick up by Jeep and drive 11 km to Tac Ko pass. After that, you start your adventure trekking tour to visit the H’Mong people in the Mong Sen village. Picnic lunch here. After lunch, continue trekking to Ta Phin village to visit the Red Dao people. Stay overnight in Ta Phin.

Trekking distance: 13km

Day 4: Ta Phin - Ma Tra - Sin Chai  (B/L/D)

Leaving Ta Phin at 09.00. Trek through the terrace rice fields to visit the Ta Phin church which was built in 1911. Then we walk to visit Ma Tra village - the home of the H’Mong people. Stop for lunch by the river. Continue your adventure trek to Suoi Ho, Bang hill and stop in Sin Chai village. Dinner and stay overnight here.

Trekking distance: 15km

Day 5: Sin Chai - Cat Cat - Lao Chai - Ta Can (B/L/D)

After breakfast, we leave Sin Chai at 09.00. Visit the Cat Cat water fall, the Lao Chai church. Lunch by the river. Keep trekking to the Ta Van village of the Zay people at about 16.00. Have dinner and overnight in the village.

Trekking distance: 15km

Day 6: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Ban Ho ((B/L/D)

After breakfast, start trekking through bamboo jungle to visit the Red Zao people in Giang Ta Chai village. Lunch enroute. Continue to the Ban Ho village of the Tay people. Have dinner and stay overnight in Ban Ho.

Trekking distance: 15km

Day 7: Ban Ho - Sapa - Hanoi (B/L/D)

Have breakfast and visit the local people. Trek up hill for a short distance. Pick up by Jeep and drive back to Sapa. Free time to visit Sapa town until pick up to the train station to take the night train back to Hanoi. Stay overnight on train with soft sleeper cabin.

Trekking distance: 7km

(B: Breakfast, L: Lunch and D: Dinner) 

How you stay overnight:

-        2 nights on train (soft sleeper with A/C) from Hanoi to Lao Cai.

-        1 night in at Cat Cat Hotel, Sapa.

-        4 nights in homestays.

What to bring:

Trekking shoes or boots; Rain-wear; Warm fleece jacket in winter; Cap or hat, sunglasses and sun lotion; Torch; Medicine for personal use; Earplugs

Note: On the trekking part of the trip, you have to carry your personal belongings yourself  

Tours Included:

-        Transportation from Hanoi to Sapa and return to Hanoi (soft sleeper on the night train);

-        Shared public minibus from Lao Cai to Sapa return + Jeep;

-        Accommodation as mentioned above;

-        Sleeping bag on Day 3 and Day 4;

-        Entrance fees;

-        Meals as mentioned above

-        English-speaking guide

Note: Day 3 + Day 4 with hard trek; entrance fees are not included for any of the sights.

Tours Excluded:

-        Travel insurance

-        Drinks

-        Personal expenses and tips!