DAY 01: HANOI – SAPA – CAT CAT VILLAGE (L, D)
06:15- 06:30 PICK-UP AND DEPART TO SAPA
Sleeping bus will pick you up at the meeting point. After 05 hours on the highway, the car will take you to Sapa.
13:00-13:30 ARRIVE SAPA AND CHECK-IN HOTEL, HAVE LUNCH
Come to Sapa you go to the hotel, check in at the hotel and have lunch at the restaurant.
14:30 CAT CAT VILLAGE
Tour guide and guests walk to visit Cat Cat village, start the journey to discover the village Visit Cat Cat village of the H'mong. Visitors will be able to visit and learn about the customs and habits of ethnic minorities. Visit Cat Cat waterfall and hydroelectric power plant built by the French in the early 20th century, have fun and take souvenir photos…
18:30 – 19:00 HAVE DINNER AND OVERNIGHT
Have dinner at the restaurant, free time and explore Sapa at night.
DAY 02: SAPA – BAC HA MARKET- HANOI (B, L)
6:30 HAVE BREAKFAST
Have breakfast at your hotel.
7:00 GO TO BAC HA MARKET
Pick up at hotel. It takes 3-hour driving to Bac Ha market.
At the market you will also meet Flower Hmong (Red Hmong), Black Dao, Tay, Nung, La Chi, Phu La and other tribal groups who come from far and wide to buy and sell a wide variety of goods and livestock, to exchange news and to renew friendships. In the past the market was a center for trading horses but now that motorbikes have replaced them it is more common to see buffalo, cows, goats, fish and other.
12:00 HAVE LUNCH
Lunch at local restaurant
13:30 BAN PHO VILLAGE
Trek to Ban Pho village of the Flower H’Mong people, to see their house, the daily life, understand little more about their lifestyle and traditional customs. Especially, we can try homemade wine from corn.
Drive back to Sapa, 110 km in about 3 hours ride.
16:30 ARRIVE LAO CAI
Arrival in Lao Cai, the bus stops at the restaurant, you wait at the restaurant then the sleeper bus picks you up and returns to Hanoi.
21:00 – 21:30 DROP OFF IN HANOI OLD QUARTER
Arrive in Hanoi. Bus drops off at Tran Quang Khai street. Ends tour!
INCLUDED:
Sleeping bus 2 ways Hanoi – Sapa – Hanoi
01 night at hotel
Local English-speaking guide during the tour in Sapa (enthusiastic, experienced)
Meals as mentioned on itinerary
Entrance fees
EXCLUDED:
VAT (+10%), Visas
Insurance, Tips
Others not mentioned above