3-Day Sa Pa Trekking Tour with Fansipan Cable Car and Homestay

• 06:30 till 07:00 AM - Get picked up at your hotel or at the meeting point, then depart for Sa Pa via the Noi Bai - Lao Cai highway. Along the way, you will have the chance to contemplate the beauty of the northwest mountains, where terraced fields sparkle in the sunlight or fade into thick fog.

• Have a short break for 30 minutes, then continue the trip to Sa Pa.

• 01:00 PM - Arrive in Sa Pa, check in to the hotel, and have lunch.

• After lunch, around 02:00 PM, head to the cable car. The local Sa Pa guide will pick you up at your hotel, and the driver will transfer you to the cable car station to visit Fansipan Mountain. The cable car in Sa Pa is the world's longest and highest cable car, running from sleepy Sa Pa Town in Lao Cai Province to the 3,143-meter peak of Fansipan Mountain, known as Indochina's rooftop.

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

• After enjoying the scenery, take the cable car back to Sa Pa.

• Finish the tour and return to the hotel.

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

Overnight at a hotel in Sa Pa.

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

• Leave the hotel and start trekking. The first part is on the road, but it soon turns onto a small path down the valley to the Muong Hoa River and from there to Black H'mong Lao Chai Village. The Black H'mong are one of the biggest minority groups in the Sa Pa area, and they are proud of their culture, traditions, and way of life. They have their own language and wear traditional indigo blue clothing.

• Eat lunch at Lao Chai Village.

• After this, continue to Ta Van village (1,200 m) to visit the Zay people. The Zay are a relatively small minority group of about 38,000 people who live mainly in the mountains of Northwest Vietnam. Development has meant that some of their old customs have been lost, but many women still wear traditional shirts in purple, blue, or green. Zay houses are built of wood and bamboo with clay floors.

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

• Enjoy breakfast at the homestay today, and start early at 8:00 AM.

• After breakfast, begin the day with an easy 5 km trek to visit H'mong villages. The trek 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 a rattan bridge, with picturesque landscapes through bamboo forest on the way to the main road, where you will take a jeep back to Sa Pa.

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

• Around 3:00 PM, take a short drive to Sa Pa Town, where the staff will prepare a takeaway sandwich for the journey to Hanoi.

• 09:30 PM - Arrive in Ha Noi.