First Night:
8:00 – 8:30 pm: Pick up from your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter by a taxi to go to the train station.
Take an overnight train to Sapa with a 4-berth air-conditioned cabin (Shared with others if your group size is smaller than 4 persons.)
First Day: (B, L)
5:30 am: Arrive at Lao Cai train station. A car/van will take you to Sapa Town with another hour of driving.
After getting to Sapa, you will have breakfast at the hotel and have some short rest before starting your trip.
9:00 am: Pay a visit to Cat Cat village which is around 5 km away from the central town. Cat Cat is a beautiful village of H’Mong people with a lot of houses, shops, and a waterfall also named Cat Cat.
Return to your hotel after the visit and check into your room. You will have lunch around noon and take some rest.
2:00 pm: A car/van will pick you up to visit Lao Chai – Ta Van village. Lao Chai is the village of H’Mong minority while Ta Van is the village of Tay minority. Unlike Cat Cat, the two villages are quiet and still preserve its originality better. On the way to the villages, you will find stunning view of the valley and beautiful rice paddies. At the entrance of Lao Chai village, you will get off the car to walk and enjoy the beautiful scenes till Ta Van village. The walk will be around 2 hours. The car will wait for you at the end of Ta Van village to take you back to the hotel.
At night, have a free time to explore Sapa Town Center on your own.
Second Day: (B, L, D)
After having breakfast, you will be picked up (around 8:30 am) to visit Ham Rong Mountain. Ham Rong has a beautiful flower garden and an observation deck from which you could enjoy a panoramic view of the whole Sapa Town. There will be some light hiking to get to the top of the mountain, but it will be worthwhile once you reach there.
Return to Sapa Town for lunch and check out of the hotel before 12:00 pm.
Enjoy some free time to go shopping in the town until the leaving time. A takeaway dinner will be given to you before the bus departs.
3:30 pm: See you off at the bus station to return to Hanoi city. Around 10:00 pm you will be dropped off in Hanoi City Center. End of the services.
*** All the entrance fees and included meals will be handled by our tour guide and staff.
