Follow your Vietnamese tour guide to Lao Chai village, a beautiful local minority village-based approximately 13 km outside of Sapa. Start your trip downhill during the first part of this hike. From the main road, a small path will lead you into the Muong Hoa valley. 

You will cross the bridge in Y Linh Ho village, a charming little town inhabited by the Hmong minority, then follow the road that goes up and down. 

You will walk over the edges of the rice fields in the shadow of the mighty Fansipan Mountain right behind you. 

You will cross some hills before entering The Lao Chai Village, home to one of the oldest and largest Hmong communities.

From Lao Chai, you will walk to Ta Van Village and will stay overnight, mostly inhabited by the Giay and Hmong ethnic minorities. If it is the right time of the year, you can see the people planting rice or harvesting it. Learn the differences between the ethnic minority groups.

Wake up the next morning and open the window to see the clouds flowing through the valley while the sun starts to rise above the mountains. 

After a nice breakfast in the homestay, start the trek of the next day. From the village, you will be walking uphill until you reach a bamboo forest. 

Continue walking until you reach the top of a waterfall. From here you have a beautiful view of the village of Giang ta Chai. 

Descend to the river down in the valley. Reach the other side of the small stream and walk to the village where you will enjoy a well-deserved lunch and can continue the trek to the village of Su Pan. 

After lunch, continue to Ba Ho village.

After a nice breakfast in Ban Ho, continue walking for about 3 km to the village Nam Toong. In this village, you can learn everything about the Red Dzao minority that lives here. The Red Dzao are famous for the red scarves they wear on their head. 

After visiting Nam Toong, walk back to Ban Ho, where you will have lunch. 

Post lunch, embark on your way back to Sa Pa.