Breathtaking mountain scenery and tribal villages among perfect nature setting are highlights of Sapa. Getting off the beaten track, walking through ethnic villages where ethnic minority peoples live, treks through rice terrace fields and valleys, paying visit to their homes, witnessing their every day activities,..
Day 1: Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van homestay :
After freshen up and have breakfast in your hotel, our local guide will come to pick you up then walk along the main road to a beautiful spot where your village trek begins.This part offers spectacular scenery of the highest part of Hoang Lien Son mountain range and in a nice day, Fansipan Peak can be seen. Crossing the river by a suspension bridge you will challenge your feet uphill to Y Linh Ho village. Here you will pay visiting to some H’mong families, watching them doing their daily works. After picnic Lunch, the trail continues up and down hill for about 2 hours as you reach to Lao Chai, a large village of the H’mong and then following the river bank to Ta Van of the Zay people, paying visiting to local homes, village schools… you will enjoy much your cultural discovery of local ethnic peoples as well as breathtaking scenery of the Muong Hoa Valley. Tonight you will enjoy a home stay in Ta Van Village for an unique life experience.
Day 2: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Sapa:
Leaving Ta Van village after Breakfast and following the foot path uphill, you will pass through impressive terraced rice paddies on the hill slopes before getting through a bamboo forest, a huge waterfall to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zao peoples. Walking around the village you will meet many women with their embroidery work to make their traditional dresses, occasionally you can see the blacksmiths making farming tools and even hunting riffles. Passing the Muong Hoa river again and then trek uphill to Su Pan village passing the rocks field with unique carving which is believed to be the messages of the ancient peoples. In this village you will see the special technique to build houses on the steep rocky land. From Su Pan you will trekking to Ban Ho village of Tay ethnic people. Picnic lunch will served on the way. Check in homestay and then guide will take you to waterfal for swimming. Back to homestay and joinning with family to learn how to cook local foods. Overnight on stilt house.
Day 3: Ban Ho - Nam Toong - Sapa
After Breakfast we spend an hours walking to explore Ban Ho, a large village of the Tay peoples who live on spacious wooden houses built on stilts and very well organized before ascending uphill to Nam Toong village of the Red Zao. The trail of this part is really steep but the higher you reach to, the more stunning scenery will open in your sight. The village locates on the top of a hill and almost isolated and the houses are rudimentary but the peoples are very welcoming. After visiting Nam Toong, you will take another trail back to Ban Ho village an then pick up for transferring back to Sapa by Jeep.
Mandatory fields are marked as "*", but by providing more information it will allow us to better address your needs.