Sapa - Catcat - SinChai - Giang TaChai
( Daily departure : 3 nights / 2 days )
Day 1 : Hanoi - Laocai
- 20: 00 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 wooden 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. Walk 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 ( 6 hours 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.
Price: 185usd/1pax
Tour price includes :
- Pick ups, transfer & sightseeing as per program by A/c Russian jeep or minivan
- 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 expense
Notes: Advised to take good walking shoes, raincoats, jackets, torch, insect repellent and sunscreen...
