DAY 1: Hanoi – Sapa – Cat Cat Village – Sin Chai (L/D)
06:00 – 06:30 – Our bus and tour guide will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter, then depart to Sapa, following Noi Bai - Lao Cai highway.
10:00 – Follow the highway to Lao Cai City with a comfortable short break on the way to Sapa.
13:00 – 13:30 – Arrive at Sapa town and be amazed by the colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, Dzay ethnic people. Then, have lunch with local Vietnamese dishes before the hotel check-in.
14:30 – We start walking to the gate of Cat Cat village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and locate near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photo with bridge and waterfall then you will walk up hill to get back to Sapa with very beautiful scenery in the late afternoon.
The tour guide continues to take the group to visit Sin Chai village located on the slopes of Fansipan mountain.
17:00 – Return to Sapa town for dinner. Enjoy your free time in the afternoon to explore Sapa Market and town.
Overnight at the hotel (4-star, 3-star or 2-star hotel).
DAY 2: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa – Hanoi (B/L)
7:00 – Have breakfast at the hotel.
8:30 – Start trekking about 6 km to the Southeast of Sapa along the slopes of Muong Hoa valley to Y Linh Ho village of Black H’mong. After that, we will continue walking about 3 km to Lao Chai village of the H’mong people. Tourists need to walk through a small tunnel/over a small bridge leading to Muong Hoa valley to get inside the village.
11:30 – Arrive at Ta Van village of Dzay minority, which is exhibiting a strong influence from Chinese culture.
12:00 – Enjoy lunch then rest at the local restaurant
14:00 – Take a bus ride to return to Sapa
14:30 – Enjoy your free time in Sapa for refreshment.
15:00 – 15:30 – Catch a bus to travel back to Hanoi.
21:00 – Arrive in Hanoi. The tour ends.
