Sapa Trek,
Sapa
Trekking
Sapa
is a former French hill station situated in the
sweeping valleys near the Chinese border. Its high
elevation of 1600 meters creates its cool climate
which inspired the French to build villas there as
a summer retreat. Today,
Sapa
still attracts visitors for its stunning scenery,
comfortable climate, colorful markets, and a
variety of ethnic hill tribes who live in nearby
villages. This program has increasingly become
popular through the years with improvements in the
road conditions and the new 4-star Victoria Sapa
Hotel making travel today much easier and more
comfortable.
Day 1: Hanoi - Sapa
Our trip starts with an overnight train
journey from Vietnams capital city to
the border town of Lao Cai. Our soft
sleeper train departs at 2130pm
Day 2: Sapa
Lao Chai village - Tavan villages
The train arrives at the Lao Cai train
station at approximately 06:00. There
will be a vehicle waiting to transfer us
to Sapa.
The drive to Sapa is only 33 km but it
takes around 1.5 hours to make our way
up the mountains. Once at Sapa, we have
a freshen up and breakfa
st before
embarking on a lovely trek through lush
rice terraces. The 6 hour trek
that will take us along buffalo paths
and trails and through several hill
tribe villages of Lao Chai and Tavan,
home to H'mong, and Dzay people. This is
a absolutely spectacular walk through
stunning scenery inhabited by some of
the friendliest people you can meet.
Stopping for a picnic lunch on the wa.
We continue our pleasant walk to red Dzao
village and meet with people. Tonight we stay
overnight at local family in Tavan village.
(Breakfast,
lunch and diner cluded)
Day
3: Sapa
Following breakfast at we set out on
our 3 hour trek that will take us through
several hill tribe villages of Giang Ta
Chai and She Trung Ho home to H'mong, and Dzay
people. We continue our way to Supan
village where our jeep take us back to Sapa. You will
have sometime at leisure to appreciate
the trek and enjoy Sapa before transfer
to Laocai station for the train journey
back to Hanoi. The train departs at 1830.
(Breakfast and lunch included)
Day
4: Hanoi
The train arrives to Hanoi around 6am the trip
concludes
