Itinerary

1. Day 1: Sapa – Fansipan

   • 06:30 till 07:00 AM - Get picked up at your hotel or at the meeting point and then start departure to Sapa, following Noi Bai – Lao Cai high-way. Along the way, you will have the chance to contemplate the beauty of northwest mountains in that terraced fields are sparkling in sunlight or dim in thick fog.

   • Have a short break for 30 minutes then continue the trip to Sapa.

   • 01:00 PM - Arrive in Sapa, check-in hotel and have lunch.

   • Go to the cable car after lunch around 02:00 PM. The Sapa local guide picks you up at your hotel, and the driver then transfers towards the cable car to visit the Fansipan mountain. As you know the cable car in Sapa is the world’s longest and highest cable car, running up from sleepy Sapa Town in Lao Cai Province to the peak of 3,143-meter Fansipan Mountain, known as Indochina’s rooftop.

   • Enjoy the view from the highest point of this incredible mountain. The lush green and subtropical vegetation makes this mountain really very beautiful. Take some pictures for an unforgettable experience from the top.

   • After taking the scenery, take the cable car back to Sapa.

   • Finish the tour and come back to the hotel.

   • Evening: After dinner, you are free to explore the charm of Sapa by night, enjoy roasted corn, and baked eggs beside charcoal fire or go shopping.

   Overnight at a hotel in Sa Pa.

2. Day 2: Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van

   • 08:00 AM Check out of the hotel after breakfast.

   • Leave the hotel and start trekking. The first part is on the road but soon turns to the right and walks on a small path down the valley to the Muong Hoa River and from here to the Black H’mong – Lao Chai Village. Black H’mong is one of the biggest minority groups in the Sapa area, and they are proud of their culture and keep their traditions and living. They have their language and wear traditional indigo blue clothing.

   • Eat lunch at Lao Chai Village.

   • After this, you continue to Ta Van village (1.200 m) to visit the Zay people. Zay is a relatively small minority group of about 38.000 people who live mainly in the mountains in Northwest Vietnam. The development has meant that some of their old customs have been lost, but many women still wear traditional shirts with purple, blue or green colour. The Zay houses are built of wood and bamboo with a clay floor.

   • Stay overnight with a local family in Ta Van and have dinner here.

3. Day 3: Giang Ta Chai villages – Sapa – Hanoi

   • Enjoy our breakfast at our homestay today, and we start early at 8 AM. 

   • After breakfast, start the day with an easy trek of 5 km to visit villages of the H’mong. The trekking will take you along local paths, up and down rice terraces and into the villages and homes of local hill tribes. 

   • Enjoy a beautiful waterfall and rattan bridge with picturesque landscapes through bamboo forest on the way to the main road to get the jeep to return to Sapa.

   • 02:00 PM - Travel from Ta Van village to Sapa Town. Enjoy your free time in Sapa for refreshment.

   • Around 3:00 PM, take your short drive to Sapa town, where the staff prepared a takeaway sandwich to Hanoi.

   • 09:30 PM - Arrive in Ha Noi.