Day 1 : MA TRA – LU KHAU - TA PHIN
The trekking starts around 9:00 and allows the discovery of two ethinc minorities : the Black H’mong and the Red Dao. It is an easy trekking going through the valley of Ma Tra, offering superb panoramas. Lunch and visit of the Red Dao village of Ta Phin. Return to Sapa by car. |
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Day 1 : MSA SENG - HANG DA – HAU THAU –
GIANG TA CHAI The trekking starts around 9:00, with a car taking you to the trail. It starts with a 1h30-2-hour walk with a difference in height of 500 meters, an effort rewarded by a spectacular view from the top on the entire Valley of Muong Hoa. Picnic lunch among the rice fields, then we go down to the Commune of Hau Thau, before ending at the superb Giang Ta Chai Watrefalls (Silver Waterfalls). Return to Sapa by car. |
Arrival at Lao Cai Railway Station around 6:00. Minibus transfer to Sapa. Meeting with your guide in front of a good breakfast. Departure around 9:00 to discover the rich Dao and h’mong culture. We walk up and down through terrace rice fields and small ethnic village, towards the Valley of Ma Tra. We arrive at the dao homestay local house in the dao village of Ta Phin, on time for lunch. Relaxed stroll around the village after lunch. Diner and night at the dao homestay. |
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After breakfast, departure for the village de Sa Seng. We climb a pass leading to the Valley of Muong Hoa and arrive at the village of Hau Thao, offering magnificent panoramic views of the valley, the most beautiful around Sapa. Picnic lunch in the rice fields, followed by more walking to discover the local life. Return tp Sapa by car. End of the afternoon free to visit the two markets of Sapa and do some shopping. Return to Lao Cai, free diner, and night train to Ha Noi. |
Day 1: LAO CAI – SAPA - Y LINH HO – LAO CHAI – TA VAN (trekking 16 km) (3 meals) Arrival at Lao Cai Railway Station around 6 :00. Minibus. transfer to Sapa (1h). Meeting with your guide in front of a good breakfast. Departure around 9:00. This 16-km trekking takes you the villages de Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai and Ta Van. You walk through terraced rice fields, along waterfalls, on suspended bridges, alongside rivers, among a magnificent scenery. Lunch in a café on top of the mountain, followed be the descent to the villages of Lao Chai and Ta Van. Diner and night in a Dzai homestay |
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Day 2: TA VAN - LAO CHAI – SAPA (trekking 10 km) (breakf, lunch) After breakfast, we return to Lao Chai on different trails, through two secluded valleys, terraced rice fields, waterfalls and ethnic villages. Lunch alongside a river. Return to Sapa by car. End of the afternoon free to visit the two markets of Sapa and do some shopping. Return to Lao Cai, free diner, and night train to Ha Noi. |
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Day 1 : SAPA – MA TRA – TA PHIN – SA SENG
(lunch, dinner) Your guide meets you at your Sapa hotel around 9:00. After walking 15/20 minutes through Sapa, you leave the town on a trail snaking through terraced rice-fields and small green tea plantations. Arrival in the H'mong village of Ma Tra, with its fields of indigo (visit of dyers in season) and hemp. The trail continues through terraces, to arrive at the Dao village of Ta Phin. |
Day 2 : SA SENG - TAPHIN – MA TRA - SAPA (12 km / 3 hours) (breakf) After a delicious breakfast (crepes with local wild honey and banana, bread and jam or noodle soup with pork), return to Sapa with two choices: - Either take a different trail passing in front of the ruins of the French Convent of Ma Tra, built in 1920; |
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Day 1: LAO CAI – SAPA - MA TRA – LU KHAU - TA PHIN (trekking 10 km) (3 meals) Arrival at Lao Cai Railway Station around 6:00. Minibus transfer to Sapa. Meeting with your guide in front of a good breakfast. Departure around 9:00, to discover the rich Dao and h’mong culture. We walk up and down through terrace rice fields and small ethnic village, towards the Valley of Ma Tra. We arrive at the dao homestay local house in the dao village of Ta Phin, on time for lunch. Relaxed stroll around the village after lunch. Diner and night at the dao homestay. |
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After breakfast, we walk through the rice fields, arrive at a waterfall, where you can swim. Visit of Giang Ta Chai, home to three ethnic minorities : dzai, h’mong and dao. Picinic at the village of Su Pan, and continuation to the village of Ban Den. Return to Sapa by car. End of the afternoon free to visit the two markets of Sapa and do some shopping. Return to Lao Cai, free diner, and night train to Ha Noi. |
Day 1: LAO CAI – SAPA – CAN HO – SUOI THAU – XA XENG (trekking 15 km) (3 meals) Arrival at Lao Cai Railway Station around 6:00. Minibus transfer to Sapa. Meeting with your guide in front of a good breakfast. Departure around 9:00. In a region still isolated and authentic, you will walk through 15 km of bamboo and terraced rice fields while meeting local people. Visit of a salmon farm and picnic lunch. Diner and night in a homestay of the dao village of Xa Xeng. |
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Welcome at the railway station by our driver and ride up Sapa (1-hour ride). Shower, breakfast, and a 20-mn transfer to arrive where your 4-day trekking starts. After walking through a forest, you climb up to the small village of Can Ho before descending to the village of Suoi Thau, where you are welcome by your hosts, a dao family with which you have diner and spend the night. |
We walk through the rice field terraces to the Ha Nhi village of Nam Pung. We cross a river (swimming if the weather allows), picnic lunch and continuation of the trekking. We arrive in a ha nhi and dao village, where we have diner and spend a night in a ha nhi house. |
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Welcome by your driver and guide at the Lao Cai Railway Station, breakfast, and we take the road leading to the Bat Xa Massif. We first drive alongside the Red River up to the h'mong village of Trinh Tuong, then arrive to the h'mong village of Lung Po, on the Chinese border. Visit of the village and picnic lunch. We then drive inside the massif, with stops on the way to visit more villages, and arrive end of the afternoon in the ha nhi village of Y Ti, perched at 1600 m altitude. |
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Day 2 : Y THI – MUONG HUM – TA GIANG PHIN - SAPA (breakf, lunch)
After breakfast, we take another road to reach the h'mong village of Muong Hum, with visit of villages on the way. If Day 2 is not a Sunday, we visit several villages ; if it is a Sunday, we visit fewer villages in order to see the very colorful Muong Hum Market, where the local minorities gather : dao, h'mong, ha nhi, tay and others. Lunch and road to Sapa, with visit en route of the h'mong village of Ta Giang Phin. Arrival in Sapa end of the afternoon, registration at your hotel, free diner and night in Sapa. |