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After visiting a family in the village, we walk to the main road to meet up with our driver and return to Sapa town. This trek is relatively easy, though the trail can be quite slippery if it rains, so good footwear is recommended. After lunch, we will explore the villages of Lao Chai (Black H’ mong) and Ta Van (Dzay). After crossing a suspension bridge, we will hike up to Lao Chai village for lunch. The trek offers some stunning views of the rice terraces, gardens, and Fan Si Pan mountain range. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch | Accommodation: Hotel in HanoiĨ:00 – pick up from your hotel, we then start trekking from Sapa town to Golden Stream valley.

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You’re free to explore the town, its market, and sloping streets with all the colorful handicrafts. Here we’ll stop for a simple lunch before exploring the village.ġ6:00 - Return to Sapa by private vehicle to check in to your hotel. We continue trekking to Ta Phin village of the Red Dzao, in one of the most scenic valleys in Vietnam. There will be time for visiting with local families and learning about their traditional fiber processing. The trekking route offers a breathtaking view of vegetable gardens and rice terraces with green mountains rising above. We start by through the town for about 20 minutes before turning to a dirt road to Ma Tra, a black H’ mong village.

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On arrival, you will stop by our office, meet your tour guide and leave your luggage and take a shower in our partner's hotel if you would like.Ĩ:00 - You will enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel.ĩ:00 - Start trekking from Sapa to Ta Phin valley. The bus ride uphill to Sapa takes a little over an hour giving you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch | Accommodation: hotel in SapaĪround 6:30 AM - Arrive in Lao Cai and be transferred by shuttle bus to Sapa. Time to relax until around 20.30 pm, our driver and tour guide will come and transfer you to Hanoi railway station to catch the night train to Lao Cai (4-berth sleeper cabin with air conditioning). We conclude the day with a drive to the excellent Ethnology Museum for an overview of Vietnam's 54 distinct ethnic groups and enjoy a performance of traditional Water Puppetry, an art form unique to northern Vietnam at the museum outdoor stage (a good, light-hearted introduction to our rural culture). In the afternoon, we head to the Ho Chi Minh Complex, including Ba Dinh square, and his modest stilt-house which provide valuable insights into the life and times of one of the most successful leaders of the 20th century. There’s time to visit the lovely Temple of Literature - Vietnam's first university, which was established in 1070 before lunch break. We’ll take an unusual trail –the city railway tracks – to discover an amount of local life plays out around the line, and it’s surprisingly quiet as well. This bustling is of Hanoi is a maze of shopping streets and restaurants with a hotchpotch of architecture - traditional tube houses, religious buildings, artisans’ workshops, and cottages, colonial houses, and modern concrete edifices.

Meal: Breakfast, lunch | Accommodation: Night train – sleeper cabin (sharing)Ġ8:00 AM – Pick up from your hotel, we'll start the day with an exploration of Hanoi Old Quarter on foot.