Sapa Market Hill Tribe Explore Tours
Detail Itinerary
Day1: Night train to Lao Cai (LC5 , soft sleeper, dept 21.30) , you will be picked up at from your hotel 20.30 by Sapa Adventure in Hanoi staff and transfer by taxi to Hanoi train station . Night on train.
Day2: (B, L, D) From Lao Cai, drive up the mountain road to Sapa, continue over the Tram Tom Pass, the highest mountain pass in Vietnam at 1900M, down to the town of Binh Lu (2.5-3hrs). Binh Lu is one of the most interesting markets to visit due to its diversity of ethnic minority groups including Dzao (red, black, coin), Giay, Meo, H'mong, Nung and Phu La. Continue along the valley to Tam Duong. This vibrant market attracts H'mong dressed in colorful skirts and plaid head dress, Black & Lan Ten Dzao and Nung. After lunch trek along local roads and trails, through beautiful tea plantations, rice terraces and farmland to local villages of Dzao and Lu people, then down to Ban Hon village and back to Tam Duong for dinner and overnight in a guesthouse.
***Note: The hotel in Tam Duong offers basic accommodation, but it is clean and equipped with hot shower and fan.
Day3: (B) After breakfast in Tam Duong, start your ride back up over the mountains to Sa Pa. Arrive approx. 10 -10:30am and check into your hotel. Take some free time to explore the town, check out the market and enjoy lunch in a local restaurant. The Hoang Lien mountain range, home to Mt. Fansipan, Viet Nam's highest peak at over 3100M, and its nature preserve, create a towering backdrop and great setting for trekking. Meet your guide at the Green Trail Tours office at 1pm and take a jeep ride down the valley to visit the Black H'Mong people of Lao Chai village, from there trek to see the Dzay people of Ta Van village. At the end of the day you'll be picked up by jeep, return to Sa Pa and overnight in the Hotel.
Day4: (B, L, D) Enjoy an early breakfast buffet before or 6:30am departure from Sa Pa to Coc Ly. You'll head back down to Lao Cai and across to the east side of the red river and up to the Bac Ha region. Coc Ly is a small Flower H'mong Village located on the banks of the Chay River, its remote location in this mountain area gives you an appreciation of the harsh geography in which these people carve out their agricultural existence. The Flower H'mong people are the most colorful ethnic group with elaborately embroidered spirals and geometric figures on their clothes and colorful bands for leg wrappings. After exploring this vibrant and fascinating market, you'll board a local boat for a 2.5hr trip down the Chay River, stopping along the way to explore the 'Fairy Cave' and enjoy a picnic lunch. You'll be picked up in Bao Nhai then return to Lao Cai for dinner and the night train back to Ha Noi. Time depending, you can visit the Thuong Temple with its impressive 500+ year old Banyan Tree. Trip ends Ha Noi Station, 5:30am.
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