Sapa daily trekking tours
Sapa trekking 1 day
9:30 AM, Tour guide will pick you up at 080 So Than Street Sapa, we're going down to the valley by the small trails through the terrace rice fields to get to Y Linh Ho hamlet, a small village of the Black Hmong people.
From Y Linh Ho village, we go along the river to go to Lao Chai village (means "old village" in the local dialect). It is time for you to visit the local families, listen to the guide's explanation about the local culture: how they live, the way of building the traditional house, the technique of making clothes ... or listen about the way of treatment for a sick person at 12.00 We have lunch. The lunch is served in one of the local restaurant refreshments on the side of the river. After lunch we leave Lao Chai to continue to Ta Van village, the Dáy people's residence. The guide to bring you into some family: listen to their life, enjoy some green tea, learn about the differences of their culture from the other hill tribes. We head up to the main road where the car will pick up to transfer back to Sapa Town 12km .The end the trip at 6.00pm .
Package tour price : $40 per person
Price Includes
- All transport as per itinerary
- English speaking guide
- All entrance tickets to indicated sites
- Meals as indicated 1lunches
Sapa Trekking 2 days
Day 1: Sapa - a long trek to Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van
At 9:00 am the tour will start from Sapa town, take a 6 km walk down to the South East of Sapa along the side of Muong Hoa Valley to Y Linh Ho Village of the Black H’mong.
Continue to get over 3km for trekking down to Lao Chai Village of H’mong people. To go inside the village, tourists trek through a small bridge which lead to Muong Hoa valley.
Lao Chai is a village of black H’Mong ethnic group. Lao Chai is a commune composed by three large villages with over 100 families of the Black H’mong ethnic, and people here are quite hospitable. It is about 7-8 km southeast of Sapa town, also the beginning of Muong Hoa valley.
After a picnic lunch with a local family in Lao Chai or in a drink shop nearby the river bank, we keep on hiking to Ta Van Village of the Giay where we stay overnight in a local family. Here you have opportunity to experience their daily life, work and original costume.
Trekking: 12km of trekking.
Meals: Picnic Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Home-stay in Ta Van
Activities: Participate in a trek a long the Muong Hoa Valley straight to Y Linh Ho Village.
Meanwhile enjoy the landscape, continue the excursion to visit Lao Chai Village of the H'mong people where the local are so friendly and hospitable.
Hiking to the Ta Van Village of the Giay minority to spend the overnight.
Trekking distance: 12 km
Day 2: Medium trek from Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai village - Supan - Sapa
In the morning, have breakfast at home-stay.
Take 8 km walk to visit 2 villages of the Red Dao and H’mong which are Giang Ta Chai Village and Supan Village.
Giang Ta Chai village is far from the center of Sapa about 15km. Located at the right side of Muong Hoa Valley, Giang Ta Chai is the village of Red Dao and has become one of the attractive places for visitors who want to experience the colorful traditional customs.
Occupying the highland on the east side of the main road about 17 Km from Sapa town, Supan Village is one of the desolate village in Sapa because the number of inhabitants here is very small.
After visit Giang Ta Chai village and Supan village, head back to the main road to catch the jeep and return to Sapa Town.
Tour ends at around 15:30 or 16:00
Trekking: 8 km of trekking, 10 km of driving back to Sapa.
Meals: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch
Accommodation: N/A
Activities: Start the journey with a trek to Giang Ta Chai Village and Supan Village of the Red Dao and the H'mong people, which are located far from the center of Sapa but very attractive with coloful traditional costumes.
After the visits, get back to Sapa town.
Trekking distance: 8 km
Package tour price : $60 per person
Price Includes
- Accommodation in home-stay
- All transport as per itinerary
- English speaking guide
- All entrance tickets to indicated sites
- Meals as indicated in the program (1 breakfast; 2 picnic lunches; 1 dinner)
Price Excludes
- Hotel EARLY check in & LATE check out
- Transfer by bus/train Hanoi - Sapa - Hanoi (book in next step)
- Tips, laundry and gratuities
- Meals not marked on itinerary, and bottled water in Vietnam
Sapa Trekking 3 days
Day 1: Lao Cai - Sapa Town Highlights
Your visit in Sapa will begin with a walk with our guide around this charming town for a brief introduction. First, visit the the local market in the center of the town.Then follow the footsteps uphill to the top of Ham Rong Mountain for over viewing beautiful scenery of the town and surrounding area. Being shaped like a dragon’s head dimly looming in the thin veil of the early morning, Ham Rong Mountain (Dragon Jaw Mountain) is a fine combination of man-made and natural landscape is an attractive tourist area in the center of Sapa town.
Free at leisure the rest of the day and over night at hotel in Sapa.
Meals: Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa
Activities: Take a walk around the charming Sapa town and visit the local market in the center of the town. Trek uphill to the Ham Rong mountain for the opportunity of admiring beautiful scenery of the town and surrounding areas.
Day 2: Ta Phin Commune - Silver Waterfall - Tram Ton Pass
At around 09:00 leave the hotel to visit Ta Phin Village. Our bus and guide will pick you up and transfer to the center of the valley for a walk afterward tracing the path of the village winding around the valley. Ta Phin Village is about 17 km from Sapa Town surrounded by mountains and spectacular rice terraces where the Red Dao and H’Mong live together, share the land and still retain traditional tribal cultures. Drive back to your hotel and enjoy lunch.
In the afternoon, uphill drive offers most spectacular scenery of Fansipan Mountain.
Stop at the Silver Waterfall before reaching to the top of Tram Ton Pass. For stunning panoramic view, visitors must get out of Sapa and to the Tram Ton Pass. At 1900m, its is the highest pass in Vietnam and is often referred to as Heavens Gate, since its picturesque landscapes and magnificence resemble a gate to the Heaven.
Free at leisure for the rest of the day until dinner at local restaurant.Over night at hotel in Sapa Trekking:4 km trekking, 60 km driving.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa
Activities: Start the excursion to Ta Phin village which is located about 17km from Sapa town. You can enjoy the valley that is surrounded by mountains and rice terraces of the Red Dao and H'mong people.
Drive along the way to admire the spectacular views of Fansipan Mountain and make a stop at the Silver Waterfall and the Tram Ton Pass, the highest pass in Vietnam.
Trekking distance: 4 km
Day 3: Visit Muong Hoa Valley - Lao Cai
In the morning, have breakfast at the hotel. Spend time exploring the spectacular Muong Hoa Valley lying on the south of Sapa Town. Enjoy a transfer through the only road to the valley, built on the side of a mountain range with an advantage height over the valley, and views of magnificent landscapes composed of high mountains, deep valleys, and stream of water winding, waterfalls and terraced rice paddies.... Then stop and leave the main road for a short walk to tribal villages such as Ta Van of the Giay, Su Pan of the Black H'mong, Ban Ho of the Tay... Meet locals at their home and see their works. In the afternoon, come back to the main road and get transferred to Sapa Town, freshen up prepare for your departure.
Trekking: 4 km trekking, 60 km driving to Ban Ho + 40 km driving to Lao Cai.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: N/A
Activities: Come to Muong Hoa valley to admire the views of magnificent landscapes composed of high mountains, deep valleys, and stream of water winding, waterfalls and terraced rice paddies... Take a walk to tribal villages such as Ta Van, Supan or Ban Ho, etc. to get closer to their daily life.
Package Price $ 190 per person
Price Includes
- Accommodation in TWN/ DBL sharing
- All transport as per itinerary
- English speaking guide
- All entrance tickets to indicated sites
- Meals as indicated in the program (2 Breakfast; 1 Lunch; 2 Dinner)
Price Excludes
- Hotel EARLY check in & LATE check out
- Transfer by bus/train Hanoi - Sapa
- Vietnam visa Approval letter (single entry).
- Peak season surcharge & compulsory dinner in the accommodation.
- Transport to or from Vietnam
- International or departure taxes
- Vietnam Visa or Passport Fees
- Travel Insurance while in Vietnam
- Tips, laundry and gratuities
- Meals not marked on itinerary, and bottled water in Vietnam
