SAPA LONG TRAIL

Highlights

• Awesome scenery
• Great trails
• Colorful minority groups
• Homestays in minority villages

Night 1: Night train to Lao Cai ~ 360km ~ 9hrs

Day 1: Sapa - Y linh Ho Village - Lao Chai Village - Ta Van Village (B, L, D)

Arrive in Lao Cai around 6am. Take 1-hr bus ride uphill to Sapa. The ride gives you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces. Upon arrival in Sapa Town we will have breakfast in a local restaurant before jumping into our great trek down to Muong Hoa valley. Repacking and leave what we do not need at Ciao Travel office we then start our trek start at 10.30. Picnic lunch on the way. Around 4.30 pm we reach Ta Van, a village of Tay ethnic minority. We stay overnight and have dinner with a local family.

Notes: Trekking 15 km - Moderate grade

Day 2: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Seo Trung Ho (B, L, D)

After the breakfast at the home stay we head to the Red Dao ethnic minority at Giang Ta Chai. Picnic lunch on the way. Continue trekking along local trails to go to Seo Trung Ho, another village of Red Zao ethnic minority. We will spend the second night here with a local family.

Notes:Trekking 20 km - Moderate grade

Day 3: Seo Trung Ho - Nam Toong - Thanh Phu (B, L, D)

Breakfast at the home stay. Today we trek on small paths and cross the Muong Hoa River to reach village Tay ethnic minority in Thanh Phu. Picnic lunch in Nam Toong Village. We stay overnight in a wooden Tay stilt house.

Notes: Trekking20 km - Moderate grade

Day 4: Thanh Phu - Nam Sai - Nam Ken - Ban Ho (B, L, D)

After breakfast we trek to Nam Sai, another village of Tay Ethnic minority and then we trek up to village of Xa Pho ethnic minority, the smallest minority group in Sapa. We reach Ban Ho in the afternoon. Overnight in Ban Ho, a village Tay ethnic minority. We spend the third night here.

Notes: Trekking20 km - Moderate grade.

Day 5: Ban Ho - Sapa (B)

After breakfast we trek up to Ban Den, where we meet our bus and take a beautiful drive back to Sapa. Upon arrive in Sapa we take shower and spend the rest of the day exploring Sapa town. 5.30 pm we will be transferred to Lao Cai for the night train back to Hanoi.

Day 6: Arrive in Hanoi. Trip completes

Arrive in Hanoi around 5 am. Trip completes.