TRAIN HANOI - SAPA

SH02 Ta van homestay - ban ho homestay

You will discover the culture of 4 typical minority people in Sapa: the Mong; the Dzao; the Tay and the Dzay. The time for home stay is also chance for you to be closer to them. It also offers you the most amazing landscapes of Sapa.

Tour detailed itinerary:

Night 1: Ha Noi – Lao Cai -o/n on train
7h30pm, We will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train to Lao Cai Station. Sleep on the train (4 berth cabin, soft sleeper)

Day1: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van
16 km of trekking, visit Y Linh ho, Lao Chai and Ta Van villages of the H’mong and the Dzay minorities. After lunch at a local family in Ta Van, we keep on hiking around the village of the Dzay & H’mong where we stay overnight in a local family for you to get to know their daily life of the local people: work, custom, embroideries, clothes...
- B, L, D
- O/N at the Dzay local house

Day 2: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Ban Ho
After pancake made by your host family, we continue to discover Giang Ta Chai village, then Su Pan villages of the red Dzao minority. After picnic lunch, we keep on hiking to Ban Ho, the village lies within a beautiful valley, home to the Tay minority people who have their traditional house on stilts and we will spend the night here.
- B, L, D
- O/N at the Tay local house

Day 3: Ban Ho – Nam Toong - Sapa
2km walking to a very nice waterfall discovered and named “the Lavie” by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam. Enjoy swimming then go up to the mountain to visit a small hamlet of the Red Dzao people called Nam Toong, then get back to Ban Ho before get to Sapa by jeep.
- B, L
- Transfer to Lao Cai railway station for a night train to Hanoi. The tour ends

Day 4: Hanoi arrival
Arrive in Hanoi.