Meet at the Hostel at 7:45pm to leave for the Train Station to catch the soft-sleeper train from Hanoi to Lao Cai, arriving early the next morning to Lao Cai train station.

Upon exit of the train station you will be met and transfered from Lao Cai to Sapa where you will meet your guide. After a quick shower and breakfast, you will have some time off to explore Sapa's morning market before we start our program.

With mid-morning approaching, it is time to jump in the car that will take you to the village of Cat Cat, where the trek begins. You'll visit the Black H'Mong minority and continue the trek through terraced rice paddies, along Muong Hoa river, where we stop for a picnic lunch.

After you've rested your legs, we wander off through the remote Black H'mong village of Y Linh Ho to the Dzay minority village of Ta Van, where you stop for the night in a homestay.
You can wash the day's dust away in one of the hot showers, while a delicious traditional meal is prepared by the Dzay family and the guide. Try some of the region's famous rice wine during dinner, and later breathe in the fresh air and silence of the Vietnamese Hinterland. Enjoy the beautiful night scenery at your homestay before retiring to bed.

After a pancake breakfast, we start a trek over the bamboo forest and down to the Waterfall for a refreshing swim. Meet the Red Dzao minority when you're trekking through Giang Ta Chai village and stop halfway up the hill towards the car for a well-deserved lunch in Su Pan.

We will be back in Sapa in the early afternoon, so there is plenty of time for a shower and a few drinks, while you appreciate the vistas of Sapa.

The minivan will bring you back to Lao Cai, where your overnight train departs before 10PM. You will arrive in Hanoi early the next morning.

What's Included

2 way delux soft-sleeper train ticket, transfers as indicated, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, breakfast and lunch), 2 day guided trek, Jeep transfers, entree-fees to the Sapa, shoe cleaning on return to Sapa, Home-stay accommodation and luggage storage in Hanoi or Sapa.

What's Not

Drinks, dinner in Sapa, travel insurance, personal expenses and transfers not indicated in the itinerary.

The Essentials

Passport with valid visa, good hiking shoes, hat, insect repellent, swim-wear, sun-block, warm clothing in winter and a headlamp or torch is always a good idea.