AS1-FAN4D: Conquer the top of Mt. Fansipan
Lao Cai – Sapa – Fansipan – Hanoi (4 days/ 5 nights)
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Sapa is a beautiful former French hill-station. At an altitude of 1,650 m Sapa boasts warm days and cool evenings and all day fresh air. Nowadays, Sapa has become a favorite destination due to its inspiring scenery of mounatin ranges and terraced valley floors dotted with small ethnic villages. Sapa is home to several of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic minority groups, each with their own distinctive dress, customs and dialects making it a colorful mosaic of culture. Sapa is also renowned for its trekking. With South East Asia's highest peak, Mt. Fanxipan (3,143 m) providing the perfect backdrop for some great trekking routes. This 3 day trek with outdoor camping offers all of the challenges and rewards of any hike. And, at the summit you be one of the few to have reached up and touched the clouds marking the roof of Indochina.
Brief itinerary & tour map
The Night Before: Transfer from your hotel to the Ha Noi Train Station for boarding at 9:30 pm
Day 01: Lao Cai – Sapa, hike up to an elevation of 2700m (B/L/D)
Day 02: Summit and conquer Mt. Fanxipan (B/L/D)
Day 03: Back down to Sapa. Overnight in Hotel (B/L/-)
Day 04: Visit the surroundings of Sapa. Night train back Hanoi
Detail tour program
Day 1: Lao Cai – Sapa, hike up to an elevation of 2700m (B/L/D)
The Night Before: Transfer from your hotel to the Ha Noi Train Station for boarding at 9:30 pm. You will be in shared AC soft sleeper cabins of 4 to travel North to Lao Cai town.
The train arrives in Lao Cai at about 6:30 am where your OPENTOUR guide will welcome you. Then take a morning drive through the clouds by car / van to Sapa (about 1.5 hours).
Arrive in Sapa at 7:00 am, have breakfast, a short rest and some last preparation for the challenging hike. Transfer by jeep / van to the starting point at Tram Ton Pass which is 15 km from Sapa town. Start hiking through the jungle rain forest along wild mountain streams. Break for a picnic lunch in the middle of an evergreen forest. More hiking to an elevation of about 2700 meters where we will make base camp. Local Hmong porters will help us to set up camp, start a small fire and prepare dinner. Share stories of past journeys and cultural myths under the stars before retiring for the night.
Included: Car / van, train ticket, entrance fees, tour guide, porter, camp, shower, permits.
Day 2: Summit and conquer Mt. Fanxipan (B/L/D)
Breakfast at the first sign of daylight then final preparations for today, the longest day of hiking to the summit of Mt. Fansipan. The first section is steep and very challenging as we weave our way through the bamboo forests. At some points we are even forced to use ropes and harnesses for safety. We are rewarded with all our hardships forgotten and with the impression of standing on the top of Indochina.
After a picnic lunch and a rest at the summit, we begin our descent to base camp. Clean off and refresh at a mountain stream while our Hmong porters set up camp and prepare dinner. Overnight again under the stars with the satisfaction of the day's accomplishment.
Included: Entrance fees, home stay, tour guide, porter, camp, permits.
Day 3: Back down to Sapa. Overnight in Hotel (B/L/-)
Upon leaving the base camp, we begin walking downhill back to Sapa town. The steep trail is somewhat arduous but we have great opportunities to get some fantastic views from our vantage point. See the surrounding mountains, terraced valleys and quiet hill tribe villages far in the distance. Picnic lunch on the way, then we will be picked up in Sin Chai village and transferred back to Sapa town.
When we arrive back in Sapa we will check in to the hotel take a shower and a rest. Your full afternoon is free in town for relaxing, shopping or befriending some of the local children. Dinner is on your own, overnight in a hotel in Sapa town.
Included: Transfer, hotel, entrance fees, tour guide, porter, permits
Day 4: Visit the surroundings of Sapa. Night train back Hanoi
Wake up in Sapa town, breakfast at the hotel then enjoy the morning with some of your new friends that you may have met the afternoon before. Today your guide is available to you for the whole day, although, you have the entire day for free time and visiting the lively markets. Some suggestions include a visit to the orchid gardens of Dragon Mountain, or a cultural day trek to Taphin village.
In late afternoon, depart from your hotel for the Lao Cai train station at 5:30 pm. The train leaves Lao Cai at 8:50 pm and arrives after a pleasant sleep in your first class, shared AC soft berth to Ha Noi by 4:30 am. Please find your own way to your hotel, a taxi normally costs you a set of 50,000 VND.
Included: Car / van, train ticket, tour guide, breakfast, lunch
Tour price (Seat-in-coach tour - Daily Guaranteed Departure )
Mid-range : 238 US $/Pax
Rates are inclusive of:
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Stay in base camp or hut in Hoang Lien National Park with sleeping bag.
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Meals as mentioned the program.
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Land transfer Hanoi, Lao Cai A/C soft sleeper train ticket.
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English or French speaking guides. Other languages are available upon request.
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1 porter/ 3-4 tourists.
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Local insurance.
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Admission fees for all sightseeing places
Description of service in details
Rates are not inclusive of:
Tour policy for children (Do not apply for air ticket):
Remark:
- Booking procedure & book this tour
- If you don’t have enough time to complete visa before your departure to Vietnam, we will help you to obtain visa on arrival easily (details...)
- Brief introduce about destinations:
Sapa
As indicated: A/C= Air-conditioning, O/N= Overnight, B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner
Itinerary is subject to change depending on flights, road condition and room availability
Rates are subjected to changed without prior notice
Group tour: To join with other people on available daily tours. These tours are fixed itinerary and departure time. It is possible to join in even your group of only 1 or 2 people. Customer do not to find other people to form the group. It is our company duty to gather the tourists for each tour. For these tours, you have to share the coach, boat and tour guide with other tourists who come from different nationalities. The number of people of this group is normally less than 20 persons.
Private tour: To do the tour privately. The tour is not fixed, it is possible to be customized for your group. All service is reserved for your group only. You do not have to share the bus, boat, tour guide with other tourists. One exception, if you stay at the boat in Ha Long bay - it is like the hotel in Ha Long - you still have to share the boat with other people.
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