Thursday, August 9, 2012

Sapa Homestay 3days/ 4 nights

Sapa homestay tours. Nestled in a valley in the Hoang Lien Son Mountains of Vietnam, close to the Chinese border, Sapa was originally built by the French in 1922 as a hill station retreat from the oppressive summer heat of Hanoi.
Night 1: Hanoi - Laocai - Sapa holidays (Overnight on the train)
8h00pm. Hotel pick-up then transfer to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at 21:15 to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.(4 people/cabin or 2 people/cabin on request).

Day 1: Laocai -Sapa trekking - Laochai - Tavan Village (visiting 2 villages & Homestay in Tavan village)
Picked up at Laocai Station early in the morning by our bus. Arrive at Sapa round 8:00 AM; Breakfast start at 10h30am to get to Laochai village. Enjoy the overall pictures of the villages among terraces. Visit the H'mong living in wooden and bamboo houses. Picnic lunch on the way  then Continue trekking to Tavan village to visit the Dzay minority. Have dinner and homestay in Tavan village at Dzay family.

Day 2: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai (visiting 2 villages)
Get up early in the morning to enjoy the daily life of the ethnic minorities in the village. Breakfast; take the road to GiangTaChai village of the Red Dzao minority via the paths between terraces and through bamboo forests. Visit silver waterfall and suspension Rattan Bridge, visit the people in the village and then cross MuongHoa River up to the mountain to visit the last village of the trek - Supan village of the H'mong. Get back to Sapa by jeep. On the way back, enjoy visiting the ancient stone circle where stones are decorated with ancient carvings. Check in hotel.

Day 3: Catcat - Laocai - Hanoi. (Overnight on express train)
Breakfast, visit village of the black H'mong (Catcat), walk around visiting people in the village and the hydroelectric power station built by the French in the old days. Back town have lunch and check out hotel, free to explore the town until take bus to get to Laocai Station for the night train back to Hanoi.
Arrive in Hanoi around 5.00 AM. The end of the tour.

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