Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai – Supan - Coc Ly   Chay River - Trung Do

Sapa is a former French hill station situated in the sweeping valleys near the Chinese border. Its high elevation of 1600 meters creates its cool climate which inspired the French to build villas there as a summer retreat. Today, Sapa still attracts visitors for its stunning scenery, comfortable climate, colorful markets, and a variety of ethnic hill tribes who live in nearby villages.

Cocly market the latest market discovered in the region. Cocly is a gathering place of Fula, Flower H'mong, Tay, Nung , Dzao, Giay. Many local produces including, horse, chicken porks, crafts, textiles are on sales.

Private tour only

Departure: Saturday

Tour Highlights:

• Visit an H’mong village and the hydro electric power station built by the French.
• Enjoy Homestay in tribe village
• Visit the ancient stone circle
• Enjoy the peaceful life of 6 different minority peoples
• Coc Ly market is the chance  for the minorities to meet and share joy and sorrows after the crops, to exchange one another’s experience.
• The Fairy Cave is located deeply in the rocks

Tour Itinerary

Night1- Saturday : Hanoi - Lao Cai train station

Sapa Travel's car will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to Hanoi train station for the night train  to Lao Cai station.(Overnight on train)

Day 1- Sunday: Sapa - Cat Cat - Lao Chai - Ta Van

Picked up at Laocai Railway station  early in the morning by bus. Arrive at Sapa round 8:00 AM. Breakfast and shower. Start from Sapa at 10:00 AM. Get down to a valley, visit an H’mong village and the hydro electric power station built by the French. Take a small path to go and visit other 2 villages of the H’mong and the Dzay people (LaoChai and TaVan village). Stay in TaVan at a Dzay family. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the family.

Meals: Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner

Day 2 - Monday: Giang Ta Chai – Supan - Sapa

Breakfast at the home-stay, take the road to GiangTaChai village to see the Red Dzao people via the paths through terraces and bamboo forests. Visit a waterfall, a suspension bridge. Picnic lunch and cross the river. Visit an H’mong village up to the mountain. Take a jeep back to Sapa. Visit the ancient stone circle on the way back. Check in hotel, dinner in Sapa.

Meals: Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner

Day 3- Tuesday:Sapa - Coc Ly – Chay River - Trung Do - Hanoi

Leave from Sapa early at 7:00 AM for CocLy market which is situated far from Sapa. Enjoy the peaceful life of 6 different minority peoples (Flower H’mong, Black Dzao, Tay, Dzay, HaNhi and Nung). The market is the chance  for the minorities to meet and share joy and sorrows after the crops, to exchange one another’s experience. Say goodbye to the market and get down onto a boat along Chay river. You are bound to feel great and find yourselves smaller among high Rock Mountains and to be surprised at white and breathtakingly waterfalls. The Fairy Cave is located deeply in the rocks. Get off the boat to visit a village of the Tay Minority (TrungDo village) by the river. After the boat trip, visit a small town – BaoNhai and then take jeep back to Laocai Station for the night train to Hanoi. Have dinner before getting on the train.

Meals: Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner

Day 4- Wednesday: Hanoi arrival

Getting back to Hanoi from Sapa trip so early at around 5am.Private car pick you up from Hanoi train station to your hotel in the centre of Hanoi.Tour ends.

Includes :

• Train return tickets Hanoi - Laocai - Hanoi ( First class - soft sleeper)
• Private car pick up form your hotel to Hanoi train station and back
• 01 night at homestay
• 02 night at hotel in Sapa town
• English/French speaking tour guide
• Private car for Coc Ly Market
• Meals as indicated within the itinerary
• All ground transfer
• Entrance fess
• Permits in Villages

Excludes :

• Drinks
• Personal expenses  
• Other not mention in the progrrame

What to bring:

• Sun Block
• Wide brim hat
• Camera + Film
• Comfortable shoes
• Rain gear
• Warm clothes
• Insect Repellent
• Original Passport