Night 1
Hanoi – Train to Lao Cai
Be ready at your hotel lobby at 7:00 p.m, our driver will meet and pick you up for a short transfer to Hanoi Railway Station to catch the overnight train to Lao Cai City. Stay overnight on train (Superior Compartment with soft berth air-con, private cabin).
Meals included: None
Day 2
Lao Cai – Sapa
MONDAY / FRIDAY: NO MARKET
Local guide will pick you at Lao Cai Railway Station in the early morning. Transfer (35 km) to Sa Pa, the best resort of the Northern Vietnam with cool climate all year round, where includes hundreds of different minority people. Check-in hotel for relax and have breakfast. Visit Silver Waterfall on the swirling water. Trek to visit Ham Rong Mountain. Enjoy the landscape of the town and its surroundings with cool air for all year round. View the highest mountain in Vietnam – the Mt. Pansifan in the southwest of Sapa. In the afternoon, we take a trek to visit Cat Cat Villages of White Thai and Dzay Minority people. You can also see the Cat Cat Waterfall, located in a quiet side. Stay overnight in Sapa.
OTHER DAYS: ETHNIC MINORITY MARKET
- Coc Ly Market (Available on Tuesday only)
- Cao Son Market (Available on Wednesday only)
- Lung Khau Nhin Market (Available on Thursday only)
- Can Cau Market (Available on Saturday only)
- Bac Ha Market (Available on Sunday only)
Local guide will pick you at Lao Cai Railway Station in the early morning, transfer to mini hotel to relax and have breakfast. Drive to Bac Ha to experience the Bac Ha Sunday Market of Flower H’mong people, the largest minority market in the entire mountain region. Visit the house of leader of H’mong village. In the afternoon transfer to Sapa (35 km), the best resort of the Northern Vietnam with cool climate all year round. We take a trek to visit Cat Cat Villages of White Thai and Dzay Minority people. You can also see the Cat Cat Waterfall, located in a quiet side. Stay overnight in Sapa.
MEALS INCLUDED: FULL MEALS*
Day 3
Sapa – Lao Cai – Train to Hanoi
In the morning, we trek to visit Lao Chai and Ta Van Villages of H’mong and Dzay Minority people. Ta Van is one of the most beautiful villages in the whole mountain region in a dream landscape. Then go back to the main road to be tranferred back to Laocai. Relax at mini hotel in Laocai to take shower. Then transfer downhill to Lao Cai Railway Station to take the night train which arrives in Hanoi early at 05.30 to 06.00 next morning. Stay overnight on the train (Superior Compartment with soft berth air-con, private cabin). Upon arrival in Hanoi on the next day, we transfer you to your hotel.