Itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi – Lao Cai – Sapa (B, L, D)

Our guide and driver pick you up at your hotel for a 10 hour drive to Sapa. Stop along the way for taking photos of panorama of Vietnamese countryside and meet hilltribes people, stop for lunch in Yen Bai. Arrive in Sapa late in the afternoon. After checking into hotel we can soak up the fresh climate spending our time wandering around this charming town and some villas of the French period. Overnight at hotel in Sapa.

Day 2: Sapa – Lao Chai – Cat Cat (B, L, D)

After breakfast, start to trek to Lao Chai village following buffalo paths and trails leading through several hill tribe villages. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people you wish to encounter; your guide will be your interpreter while strolling around the village. Take a drive back to Sapa stopping sometimes en route to take photos of the fabulous valleys. In the afternoon we take a short walk to H’mong ethnic minority village of Cat Cat in the valley where very generally uncorrupted outside forces still remain. Visit Cat Cat Waterfall then back to Hotel. Overnight at hotel in Sapa.

Day 3: Sapa – Can Cau market – Bac Ha (B, L, D)

This morning we bid farewell to Sapa and catch our jeep for a 120 km drive to Can Cau (Cancau) market, basic but full of the hill tribes with colorful customs. The market is just some km from border with China and attended by many ethnic minorities such as Flower H’mong, Nung, and Dzao. They all come down from mountainous, isolated villages taking along with horses, buffaloes, cats, dogs, chickens for sales. You will experience the cultures and lifestyles of the hill tribes. Back to Bac Ha around noon, after checking into hotel we can enjoy a walk to visit the H’mong King’s former residence and Ban Pho where villagers make the local maize alcohol.

Day 4: Bac Ha – Lao Cai Station - Hanoi (B, L)

After breakfast at hotel .A walk to BacHa market. Visit one village and an old building called The H'mong king's house. Breakfast and the beginning of the day on which you visit a big market filled with many different hill-tribe peoples. This is the most colourful market in North Vietnam. At the market, you have chance to enjoy BacHa people's simple but unique kinds of food with special wines made from rice, cassavas, corn and different sorts of fruits such as plumps, apples, peaches... talking to the minorities through the guide's interpretation. Leave the market for the H'mong King's house (King Hoang A Tuong) built by the French colonists and the Chinese in 1920. Return the town for lunch. In the afternoon, spend time visiting another village (BanPho village) Say good bye to BacHa and get back to Sapa. On the way back, drop in to see the Vietnamese and Chinese Harbor Mouth in LaoCai . Overnight Train back Ha Noi .Arrive Ha Noi at 5 h00 . End of great trip.

Inclusions:

• Local English speaking guide
• Accommodation with daily breakfast
• Activities as per itinerary.
• Permits, entrance fees, meals, transportation

Exclusions:

• Visa arrangement
• Arrival and departure transfers
• Meals other than those listed
• Travel insurance, International flights
• Drinks, tips, laundry and other items not mentioned.