Book direct, Book now

SAPA 2 DAY MINORITY TREK - 1 NIGHT VILLAGE STAY 2 days - 3 nights ( included 2 nights on the train)

SAPA 2 DAY MINORITY TREK - 1 NIGHT VILLAGE STAY
Code
Destination
Lao Cai
Start
From
Ha Noi
Price
117 usd

On this trek you will explore the beautiful Sapa valley for two days with a one night home stay in Ta Van village, home of the Dzay minority. This trip is a wonderful opportunity to touch base with nature, enjoy the mountain landscape and views, feel...

Book this tour

Night 1: Hanoi to Lao Cai by the night train 4 berth soft sleeper cabin with AC 

At  7:30 pm transfer from your hotel to the Hanoi train station for boarding at 9:15 pm. You will be in shared AC soft sleeper cabins of 4 to travel North to Lao Cai town. The next morning: The train arrives in Lao Cai at about 5:00 am where your Sapa Pathfinder Travel guide will welcome you. Look for the "Sapa Pathfinder Travel" sign when you exit the train station. Then take a morning drive through the clouds by car / van to Sapa (about 1.5 hours). When you arrive in Sapa you will be taken to Fansipan View Hotel for a morning shower & breakfast, then prepare for the trek as detailed below:

Day 1: Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van

After freshening up and having breakfast you are free to take a walk around the charming little town of Sapa. Pay a visit to the fascinating market and or the old cathedral where you can meet and greet some of the local ethnic minority people. The Black H'Mong and Red Zao come into town daily to sell their farming produce and hand made crafts - you will spot them easily in their bright traditional dress. 
At 9:30, back at the Sapa Pathfinder office we will set off to begin trekking and exploring the Muong Ho valley. 
A 12kms of trekking will see us visit Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai villages. Here we will have lunch with a local family or in a drinking shop by the river, we continue hiking to Ta Van village (here resides the Dzay people) where we settle for the night in a local village family home. This provides a great opportunity to share their customs and home life. Your tour guide and host family will set up a temporary cooking class so you can share a Vietnamese cooking experience!

  • Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are all included
  • Accommodation: Home stay in Tavan

Homestay in Tavan

You will stay at a local house and share the diner with the family of the Dzay minority people

 

 Day 2: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – SuPan – Sapa

Leaving Ta van village after breakfast, you will head off on an uphill trail, past fascinating terraced rice fields and small pockets of H'Mong housing before walking through a bamboo forest to a picturesque waterfall. Here, we rest briefly and admire the scenery, following this we continue walking for about half and hour to Giang Ta Chai village, home of the Red Zao people- this sits on top of a hill and overlooks the Muong Hoa River. After spending time with the villagers and enjoying their genuine hospitality we will cross the river via a suspension bridge and head upwards again to visit a local handicraft centre where H'Mong and Zao women gather to share their crafts and skills and have a good chat!

A late lunch will be prepared for you near the craft centre and then it is time to relax and become acquainted with the local school children and their teachers. Later, a short drive will return you to Sapa, you are free to shower and enjoy a couple of hours free time in town before transferring down the mountain to Lao Cai station.

  • Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are all included
  • Overnight on the train

Trekking to Ta Van village

The trek lead you through beautifull Sapa landscape and the rice field

 

Night 3: Lao Cai to Hanoi by 4 berth soft sleeper tourist sharing cabin

At 5:30pm, you will be transferred by a shared bus to Lao Cai station, where you will then take the night train back to Hanoi. We hope you have enjoyed your time in Sapa and your experience with Sapa Pathfinders. 

 

Tour Price per person in US Dollars: Basing on bellow join group or private tour

Join Group: Please see the prices of the last column (group maximum 8 persons)

Private Tour:

 

 

No of Participant

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8
Price $157 $134 $129 $124 $122 $121 $119 $117

 

Note: This trip can be optional for 1 more night in Fansipan View Hotel ( At $25 for double or twin share) to take part in BacHa Sunday market group tour at $18, or to have 1 free day in Sapa romantic town.   

 Includes:

 

  • Pick up at the hotel you stay in Hanoi, transfer by a private car to Hanoi train station, we take you to the train cabin.
  • Soft sleeper 4 berth cabin on Livitrans or Ratraco to/from Laocai.
  • Home stay sharing with the Dzay minority in Tavan village.
  • Fluent English speaking tour guide
  • Transfer by tourist shared bus/van to/from Laocai train station.
  • Meals as specified (2 breafasts, 2 picnic lunches, 2 dinner).
  • Admission fees for all sightseeing places.
  • Services charges and all government taxes.

Excludes:

  • Personal expenses (laundry, phone calls etc.).
  • Drinks, tips and gratuities.
  • Services not clearly mentioned above.

Packing list:

Passport, towels, change of clothes, sun block, sun glasses, sun hat, insect repellent, proper hiking shoes, warm clothes in the winter time (Sapa is a coolest place in Vietnam) and rain coat.

 

 

NOTE:

 
When customer registering tour, please read the program of the tour, as well as amounts included and not included, the conditions and policy to cancel the tour in the program. In case, if you are not directly register, the tour registed by the others, please read carefully our program.
 
Please bring your passport (original), deposit 50% of the tour registration and complete payment before 2 weeks prior to tour departure.
 
If you have 2 Citizenship or Travel document please notify our staff at the time tour registration and submit the original together relevant documents (if any).
 
If you bring the green card (residence card in foreign countries) and no longer valid passport VN can not registered travel to a third country .
 
Because of this is a group tour so our company will be responsible for all customer acquisition group (10 adult guests and up), the delegation will depart on schedule. If the group number of guests under 10 members , the company is responsible to notify customers before departure 4 days and will agree to a new date of departure, or to refund the entire amount for registered guests earlier.
 
If you require a single room, please pay extra surcharges.
 
For clients over 75 years of age or older, you and the family are committed to ensuring the health conditions to be able to tour with the company signing up and to have relatives under 60 years (full health) to follow.
 
After paying, if you wish to cancel the tour, please bring passport & payment invoice to the company's Office immediately to cancel the tour procedures. Company will not receive notice of cancellation by telephone client.
 
In case you do not get the exit and entry for personal reasons (such as images, information in the original documents blurred, indistinct; passport expires, no regulations ...) our company will not responsible and will not refund the ticket.
 
Depending on the actual conditions of the tour, hotels and may change accordingly, but the total number of sites while ensuring full.
 
Flights and flight hours can change last minute, so depending on the airline and weather.
 
In the case of force majeure, such as terrorism, violence, natural disasters, changes in airline schedules, train ... the company will actively change DL itinerary or cancel the tour because of the convenience and security full of hotels and is not responsible for compensation for the costs incurred, as well as the services were performed
 
TOUR CANCELLATION
 
Conditions for canceling the tour on weekdays
 
Cancel the tour immediately after Embassies, Consulates have issued visa: Cost of the tour is canceled tour is 100% deposit.
 
Tour cancellation within 30-45 days before departure: cancellation fee is 10% of the total tour price
 
Tour cancellation within 16-29 days before departure: cancellation fee is 30% of the total tour tour.
 
Tour cancellation within 08-15 days before departure: cancellation fee is 60% of the total tour tour.
 
Tour cancellation within 04-07 days before departure: cancellation fee is 90% of the total tour tour.
 
Tour cancellation within 01-03 days before departure: cancellation fee is 100% of the tour of the tour
 
Time to cancel the tour is calculated for working days, excluding Saturday, Sunday and public holidays
 
The conditions for canceling the tour (for the holidays, New Year):
 
Cancel the tour immediately after Embassies, Consulates have issued visa: Cost of the tour is canceled tour 100% deposit.
 
Cancellations before 45 days prior to tour departure: cancellation fee is 10% of the total tour.
 
Tour cancellation within 30-45 days before departure: cancellation fee is 30% of the total tour.
 
Tour cancellation within 16-29 days before departure: cancellation fee is 60% of the total tour.
 
Tour cancellation within 08-15 days before departure: cancellation fee is 90% of the total tour.
 
Tour cancellation within 01-07 days before departure: cancellation fee is 100% of the tour.
 
Time to cancel the tour is calculated for working days, excluding Saturday, Sunday and public holidays.
 
The tour holidays are the time of the tour falls on one of the holidays as prescribed.
 
The trip cancellation must be notified directly to the company or by fax, email and must be certified company. The cancellation by phone are not accepted.