From Hanoi: Sapa 3 days tour with homestay experience

Detail Itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi – Sapa by bus & Half day trekking tour

6.30 – 7.00: Pick up from your hotel/accommodation, get on a big bus and depart for Sapa Town. Follow the highway to Lao Cai city with 2 breaks on the way.

Around 13.00: Arrive in Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’Mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People. Welcome drink and itinerary briefing, enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes.

14.15: A short drive to Y Linh Ho then trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain. You approach Ta Van village where Dzay Ethnic People inhabits in the late afternoon. Trekking distance is about 9 km and it lasts for 3.5 hours

17.45: Check-in homestay; get to know the family of Dzay People. Spend time to enjoy mountain life on Sunset. You may attend cooking local dishes with the family and enjoy dinner in peace.

In the evening, you can join the local bar nearby with music and socialize with other tourists then overnight at The Yen Homestay in Ta Van Village.

• Meals included: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: Medium trek Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai village – Sapa

8.00: Have breakfast prepared by the family and start a new day with a more interesting trek route via rice paddies where you have a nice photo session of the amazing surrounding landscapes, through the bamboo forest, stop to have a panorama view of Giang Ta Chai village – home of red Dzao People.

11.00: Trek through the Giang Ta Chai Bridge to the main road, bus picks you up to come back to Sapa Town.

Trekking distance is about 4 km and it lasts for 2 hours

12.00 – 14.00: Welcome drink at the hotel, have lunch with delicious Vietnamese dishes, and check-in procedures

14.30: A short drive to the gate of Cat Cat village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located 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 the bridge and waterfall then you will walk uphill for the bus to pick up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon.

16.30: Come back to Sapa Town. Have dinner and overnight in the hotel with night activities.

• Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Freely discover Sapa & return to Ha Noi

In the morning: Have breakfast at the hotel and free times to discover Sapa town by yourself.

Around 11.00: Check out and clear all the bills then having lunch at the hotel. 

Relax and leisure on your own, have the shower in the public bathroom in the hotel if you want.

14.45 – 15.00: Meet all group members at the hotel to get ready for Hanoi.

15.30: Get on the bus to go back to Hanoi with two comfort breaks.

21.15: We say goodbye to you at your hotel/stay

• Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch