4-Day Sapa Trekking Tour with Hill Tribe Villages and Love Waterfall

• You will be at Hanoi railway station 1 hour before the train departure to reconfirm your train ticket and then board the comfortable train to Lao Cai.

Overnight on the train journey.

• In the early morning, our driver will welcome you at the main exit and transfer you to Sapa. The 40-minute drive will take you to the lovely town of Sapa. Along the way, you will enjoy the beautiful scenery of hills and mountains.
• Then, take a rest and have breakfast at the hotel to get more energy for the full-day trekking trip to the villages. Our local tour guide will meet you at the hotel and accompany you for a whole day of trekking to different hill tribe villages in Sapa. The trek will begin right after your transfer to Lao Chai - a village of the Hmong minority.
• From the upper road, you will trek down to this village through a very small route opened by the locals, across the paddy fields and along the river. The natural landscape, with high mountains, long and deep rivers, and paddy fields, will bring you a great and spectacular view of this area.
• During the trek, you will have a chance to talk to the locals who have lived here for years and learn about their culture and life. Then, have a break for lunch.
• Next on the route is a stop at Ta Van and Giang Ta Chai - home to the Hmong and Giay minorities, who have inhabited this area for centuries. Here, you will have the opportunity to see the products of these minorities at their best, with hereditary rice fields, homes, and vibrant communities. This is when you learn about rice cultivation on the terraced fields, feeding the livestock, catching fish with bamboo sticks, and other activities in the annual festivals. Back to Sapa for dinner and an overnight stay at the hotel.

Trekking Road: 12 km in 5 hours

• After breakfast at the hotel, check out and visit 2 beautiful waterfalls in Sapa that should not be missed on your journey before coming back to Hanoi. One is Love Waterfall, located about 4 km to the north-west of Sa Pa Town.
• Drive on a red soil road to the waterfalls that winds through a primitive forest of lush ancient ivory trees and rhododendron flowers in white, red, and yellow, and you will have a chance to enjoy a perfect painting-like landscape. From afar, the waterfall looks like a twinkling pyramid under the sun. This 100 m high mountain waterfall starts from the peak of Fansipan Mountain and rushes noisily into the Gold Stream like a never-ending song.
• Under the waterfall, the Gold Stream runs along green grass plots and bamboo clusters, forming a poetic image. The local people say the waterfall's name originates from a love story. Legend has it that long ago, fairies from heaven used to come to the waterfall to bathe. One day, the seventh fairy saw O Qui Ho, Ai Lao Mountain Genie's first son, playing his flute near the falls. Mesmerized by the flute sounds, the fairy spent every night listening to the sweet melodies until her parents detected her secret and forbade her from coming to the human world. The fairy missed O Qui Ho so much that she spent every afternoon at heaven's gate looking towards the waterfall and waiting for the sounds of the flute. Then, she turned herself into a yellow bird that lives on O Qui Ho Mountain. Since then, the waterfall has been called "Love" to remind everyone of the legendary love story.
• At the end of the day, you will return to Lao Cai and take a night train to Hanoi.

• The train arrives in Hanoi at 5 am. Taxis are available on the platform, and you can take one to the hotel by yourself.

End of tour.