AS10-SPV7D: Sapa home stay & Victoria Experience
7 days/6 nights
Brief itinerary & tour map
Day 01: Monday: Hanoi - Sapa
Day 02: Tuesday: Sapa (B/-/-)
Day 03: Wednesday: Sapa(B/L/D)
Day 04: Thursday: Sapa village(B/L/D)
Day 05: Friday: Sapa village(B/L/-)
Day 06: Saturday: Sapa - Train back to Hanoi(B/L/-)
Day 07: Sunday: Arrival Hanoi
Detail tour program
Day 1, Monday: Hanoi - Sapa
Our trip starts with an overnight train journey from Vietnam's capital city to the border town of Lao Cai. The luxury Victoria Express departs at 22h:00.
Day 2, Tuesday: Sapa (B/-/-)
Arrival to Laocai station is scheduled at 6am you will be pick up and transferred to Victoria Hotel. Freshen up and enjoy buffet breakfast at the hotel.
At 10AM we will embark on a lovely walk that will take us along small paths and trails and through several hill tribe villages of Catcat and Sinchai, home to H'mong, people. This is a absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people you can meet.
Overnight at Victoria Sapa hotel
Day 3, Wednesday: Sapa(B/L/D)
Today we will have pleasant trek into the scenic rice field and mountains of Sapa, there will be ample opportunity to meet with our friendly people. We walk to Laochai and Tavan village From here we pass through several H'mong villages perched on distant hill, and are sure to attract attention as this part of the country receive very few visitors. We will arrive at Ban Ho village, Tay minority people by later afternoon . We will have time to walk around this charming little village, enabling us to understand a little more about how the people live. The village is home to the Tay people and tonight we will be their guests in one of their traditional stilt houses. There we will be toasted as honored guests and will be able to sample some of their homemade rice wine!
Day 4, Thursday: Sapa village(B/L/D)
Following breakfast we embark on our five to six-hour trek that will take us along buffalo paths and trails and through several hill tribe villages. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people you will meet. We cross the river and passing by Nam Tong villages, Red Dzao people. Lunch in Nam Cang village – Phula ( Xa Pho ) minority people, then hike through Thanh Phu, Tay minority people to Sinchai Red Dzao people for home stay. Tonight the accommodation is just rustic but the experience is enriching.
Day 5, Friday: Sapa village(B/L/-)
We walk uphill toward Supan, red Dzao villages. As we walk to the village nestled in the valley below Sapa, we will meet some of the local minority people on their way to and from Sapa. These minority people walk to Sapa to trade at the markets. Sapa market is always an exciting place as several, different ethnic minorities congregate here. As well as the H’mong you will also see the Dao (pronounced Zao). Dao women are particularly striking as they wear a large red turban often covered with old coins or jewelry. We meet our awaiting jeep for the drive to Sapa.
Overnight at Victoria Sapa hotel
Day 6, Saturday: Sapa - Train back to Hanoi(B/L/-)
We breakfast and bid farewell to friendly local people for a transfer back to Lao Cai for the Victoria Express train journey back to Hanoi. The scenic train journey leaves at 10:20 and takes us along the most spectacular country along Red river. We are treated to 3 course lunch on Victoria Express. We arrive back to Hanoi 8:30pm. The trip concludes in Hanoi.
Day 7, Sunday: Arrival Hanoi
The train arrives to Hanoi early in the morning. The trip concludes.
Tour price (Group tour - joining tour - seat-in-coach tour - daily guaranteed departure)
Rates are inclusive of:
- Hotel accommodation based on twin or triple share with daily breakfast
- Meals as specified in the itinerary
- Transportation
- English- speaking guide (other languages are available upon request).
- Sightseeing as specified including entrance fees
- Services charges, room taxes and baggage handling
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
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Rates are subjected to changed without prior notice.
Accommodations offers in this trip (The hotel may be changed up to its availability. It will be confirmed after getting your deposit/ payment)
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 Halong bay - it is like the hotel in Halong - you still have to share the boat with other people.
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