Essence of Sapa 3 Days

6:30 – 7:00 The driver pick up at your hotel and meeting point in Hanoi Old Quarter, get on big bus and depart for Sapa Town. It take about 6 hours. There are 2 times for short break on the highway.

13:00 The bus arrive Sapa Town. You can see colorful traditional costumes of H’Mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People in sapa town. A multicultural town, there are many ethnic groups and different colors clother. Take a few photos and prepare to eat. You have lunch with local Vietnamese dishes in local restaurant.

14:15 The afternoon is the time for trekking. A short drive to Y Linh Ho. You will trek about 6-9 km. And this is your chance to have a glimpse of ethnic people, culture, mountain houses or terraced fields.

Afterwards, head to the homestay in Ta Van Village, where you will sleep for the night. Take a rest and watch as the sun set over the the rice terraced mountains will be a beautiful scene that only this place has been.You may attend cooking local dishes with the family and enjoy dinner in peace.

Trekking: 6 hrs Difficulty: Hard

The morning

Get up early in the morning and welcome to sunrise on moutain land, this is a image you usualy in blog travel, photogragpy. Breakfast will be served by the family at homestay.

After breakfast. keep trekking through villages and rice fields, the bamboo forest; stop to have a panorama view of Giang Ta Chai village – home of red Dzao People. When you finish to trek through the bridge to main road in Giang Ta Chai village, bus picks you up and transferred back to Sapa town. Check in your hotel and have lunch at the local restaurant.

The afternoon

A short drive to the busy village of Cat Cat, home of Black H’mong ethnic people. Our tour guide will show you the daily life activities when you o trek through the picturesque valleys surrounding the village to the valley bottom to the waterfal, then you will walk uphill. The bus pick up to get back to Sapa town.

Have dinner and overnight in hotel. In the evening, you are free to explore the sapa town at night.

7:30 Have breakfast at hotel to get enough energy for new day. Free time at leisure. You can trek up Ham Rong (Dragon’s Jaw) Mountain or go shopping. Ham Rong (Dragon’s Jaw) Mountain, the Mountain which look like a dragon’s head rising from the mountain. From the main road up hill you will reach to Ham Rong mountain where houses of Rock Garden, Orchid Garden. When you conquer San May (Cloud Yard), the peak of Ham Rong Mountain, you can see the imposing panorama of Sapa town and the peak of Fansipan under clear sky with white cloud floating around if it is a sunny day.

11:30 Check out and have lunch at the hotel.

13:30 Fre time for shopping.

15:00 - 15:30 Get on bus to come back to Hanoi city.

21:15 The bus drop of at the hotel. Tour end.

The following suggestions on what to bring on this trip are based on the feedback of past travellers. Each guest has different Personal items and luggage. You should not be constrained by any pattern. However, most travelers carry a small backpack with wheels when trekking.

Bagpack: You need a small, lightweight bag to carry water and some personal stuffs.
Shoes: This trip is mostly trekking, you should wear comfortable shoes, Trekking socks
Sightseeing: binoculars and cameras are the two things you should carry to take beautiful photos.
Personal items: sunscreen, glass ...
Luggage: Of course, you need to bring your own personal belongings, but with a trip only 2-3 days bring the necessary things. Do not carry it all. a plastic bag for dirty clothes is needed.