ONE DAY TOURS
- Option 1: Matra and Taphin
Get to know the daily life styles and specific custom of the Red Dao minority among stunning landscape. We will take a jeep to Matra village of the Red Dzao then about 9 km trekking thought the forest to Ta Phin village. Visit Ma Tra and Ta Phin village, picnic lunch on the way and the jeep to return to Sapa from Ta Phin.
- Option 2: Lao Chai - Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai
The guide will pick up you at your hotel. First we take 6 km by jeep then 2 km walk down to Lao Chai village and on terraced rice fields to Ta Van, village of the Dzay minority. Lunch at a local family. Learn about their daily life, jobs and specific custom. A highlight of the day is trekking through bamboo forest to Giang Ta Chai home to the Red Dzao minority. Visit a wonderful waterfall and a suspension rattan bridge on the way to the main road for a jeep to return to Sapa.
- Option 3: Bac Ha market (only on Sundays! )
120 km from Sapa, Bac Ha mountain town know to travelers as most colorful market of the hill tribes of the Northwest Viet Nam . Every Sunday market held by more than 8 ethic groups : Tay , Dzay , Black Dzao , Flower Mong...
Attend the market you will find back the actual case of trading barter by cattle , handicrafts ..
In the afternoon, walk to visit Ban Pho home to the Flower H'mong minority and visit the Cat King house. then drive back to Lao Cai station for a night train to Ha Noi or drive back to Sapa again.
- Option 4: Mountain bike tour
Depart from Sapa at 8: 00 am. Your support vehicle will transfer you to the starting point at the Silver Waterfall. A 3-km climb (about 50 min) over stunning Tram Ton Pass (the highest in Indochina) provides great view of the Hoang Lien Son Valley before a free-wheeling 26 km (about 1.5 hrs) glide to Binh Lu Junction. Binh Lu area is dotted with the villages of many hill tribes including: Thai, Dzao, H'Mong, Lu and Nung. After lunch, cycle 8 km to visit a Thai village and explore the Fairy Cave before meeting your support Jeep for a drive back to Sapa. Tour ends around 4 pm.
*Note : If you leave Sapa on a Sunday morning, you can choose to leave earlier or to save some time by taking the van to the top of the Pass, before gliding down to the Binh Lu Market.
- Option 1: Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan
DAY 1:16 km trekking visit to Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van and Giang Ta Chai village picnic lunch, dinner and stay overnight in the Red Dzao family (Giang Ta Chai village)
DAY 2: 10 km trekking throughout unexplored mountain and forest via beautiful waterfalls and Rattan hanging bridge visit Su Pan, where black H'mong and Tay minority live together. Return Sapa by jeep from Su Pan.
- Option 2 :Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Ban Ho
Day 1: 12 km by jeep then trek down hill to Ta Van of the Dzay minority. A longside Muong Hoa stream to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Dzao, lunch at local family. After lunch continue hiking to Ban Ho to the Tay minority, the Tay have their own traditional house on stilts and we will enjoy our homestay night with a family to know their daily life, affairs and typical custom.
DAY 2: 2 km walking to a very nice waterfall discovered and named "Lavie " by the French during their colonial time in Viet Nam, enjoy swimming, then lunch. In the afternoon trek 4 km to reach the jeep to return to Sapa.
- Option 3: FanSiPan climb the roof Indochina, 3143m
DAY 1: Jeep to Silver waterfall. Tran Ton Pass. Start a strenuous trek of about 8 hrs through primitive forest, plenty of streamlines and bamboo forest. Camping and cook dinner at elevation 2700m, this is a night sitting around the campfire friendly and adventurous and may be once in a lifetime experience .
DAY 2: After breakfast a hard trek head up to the summit. At the top you will be vanquisher. Enjoy yourself, take the pictures and lunch then descend on the way down to the mountain foot and take the jeep back Sapa.
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