( Daily departure : 3 nights / 2 days )
Day 1 : Hanoi - Laocai
20: 30 pm - Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi and transfer to Hanoi railway station for boarding the Express Train to Laocai. Overnight in an air-conditioned soft sleeper cabin. (4 pax/cabin or 2 pax/cabin on request).
Day 2 : Laocai - Catcat - SinChai ( 5 hours trekking, 12 km, 2 villages ) ( B / L / D )
6 : 00 am - Arrive at Laocai train station. Welcome by your local guide and driver. Transfer to your hotel. Have breakfast and a shower. Trek around 12 km to visit two villages of the Black H"mong (Catcat and SinChai). Enjoy a picnic lunch by a waterfall and see the hydroelectric power station established by the French. Jeep from Catcat back to Sapa at around 4pm. Dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Sapa.
Day 3 : Sapa - Giang TaChai - Sapa ( 7hours trekking, 17 km, 3 villages ) (B/L/D)
Breakfast at the hotel. Head for the valley by jeep to visit two villages of the H"mong and the Dzay. Picnic lunch en route or with a local family. Visit the Red Dzao in GiangTaChai village, stopping off to see a picturesque waterfall and suspension bridge. Walk up to the road and take the jeep back to Sapa. Dinner at a local restaurant. Transfer to Laocai train station for boarding the Express to Hanoi (20:15 - 5:00). End of services.
Tour price includes :
- Pick ups, transfer & sightseeing as per program by A/c private Russian jeep or minibus
- Full meals as per the tour program (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
- English/French-speaking guide
- Entrance fees
- Accommodation at the hotel (Home stay can be arranged on request)
- Train tickets: Hanoi - Laocai - Hanoi (soft sleeper with air-conditioning)
Tour price excludes :
- Travel insurance
- Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program.
- Personal expenses