Challenge your feet with hard trekking in Sapa, the heart of Vietnam’s remote Northwest. Enjoy stunning beauty of nature while following foot paths up and down mountains, through rainforest, terraced rice paddies, crossing river and water streams. Trek from village to village of different ethnic minorities including H’mong, Zao, Tay, Xa Pho and more. Paying visit to local homes, witnessing daily life activities and especially village home staying will bring the interesting insight of local life. This trekking tour is a great chance for you to enrich your knowledge with unique culture and customs of hilltribe groups, experience their hospitality at their homes and set foot on unexplored areas.

HARD TREK SAPA 7 DAYS

Day 1: Hanoi - Lao Cai by overnight train

Meet our guide at hotel lobby. We will be traveling in a first class soft sleeper cabin up to Lao Cai. Train leaves Hanoi at 22:00 and arrives at Lao Cai at 7 am.

Day 2: Sapa - Lao Chai & Ta Van Hill tribe Villages (B/L/D)

Meet our driver at Lao Cai Railway Station; we transfer to hotel for a shower, breakfast and morning coffee. We embark on a trek from Sapa town to Lao Chai and Ta Van villages, home to Black Mong and Day tribes. Tonight we spend a first night with local family. The sleep should be more rustic than you could be used to.

Day 3: Ta Van - Seo Trung Ho village (B/ L/ D)

Trek of today is hard. We trek from the Village of Day to Seo Trung Ho village of Red Dao village, it takes us around 6 hours, and most of time is up to mountain. We encounter many tribes, rivers, rainforest. Our friendly guide often said to us we go up to the heaven today and down to the hell tomorrow. We stay tonight at Seo Trung Ho village.

Day 4: Seo Trung Ho - Ban Ho Hill tribe Villages (B/ L/ D)

We have full day trek from Seo Trung Ho village that will take us along buffalo paths and trails and through several hill tribe villages. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people you will meet. Stopping for a picnic lunch on the way we will spend the night with a family in Ban Ho village, inhabited by the Tay ethnic minority.

Day 5: Ban Ho Village - Thanh Phu Village (B/L/D)

After enjoying breakfast we depart for a 3-hour trek to Thanh Phu village, home of Tay people. Check in our guest for tonight first then we head out for a walk to My Son, Nam Sai, Nam Cang, Nam Nhiu villages, home of numerous tribes including Tay , Red Dao, and Xa Pho. We trek back to our Thanh Phu village. We stay in their traditional long house on stilts.

Day 6: Thanh Phu - Sapa (B/L/D)

Bidding farewell to our graceful host in Thanh Phu and its friendly people we head back to Sapa town. We have lunch here and then last minutes to shop before transfer to Lao Cai Railway to catch the night train 2115/05:00 to Hanoi.

Day 7: Arrive Hanoi

The train arrives at 05:00 am. Our guide arranges a transfer to your hotel. End of the trip.

List of hotels recommended by New Vision Tour
Cities	Hotels List	Room Type
Superior Category /  3-star hotel
Sapa	King Express Train	4 berth cabin
	Homestay	Standard

 

Special note:

List of hotels is recommended by New Vision Tour. Please feel free to advise hotels you prefer in each category or combine hotels category at your wish (tour price will be changed accordingly).

Group size	Valid from now Price per person in USD for private party of
	1	2	3-4	5-6	7-9	10-14	Sgl Sup
Superior	769	580	517	479	450	437	N/A