Sapa-Bac Ha market-Mu Cang Chai

7:30 You will be picked up at your hotel early in the morning (about 7.30 AM) and set off 7-hour drive to Sapa. Our drive  is mostly on the HW Noi Bai – Lao Cai, the longest highway in Vietnam. The scenic drive from the Red River Delta, through the midland to Lao Cai province, will be a good start for your trip.

Lunch break at local restaurant after 5hours drive.

Continue your mountain road journey into Bac Ha town. We arrive in the town around 15:00, take walk around village of flower H’Mong and short visit to H’Mong King palace. Move to your hotel for check in.

      Meals: lunch/dinner
      Accommodation: Mini hotel in Bac Ha

Today, we visit Bac market,  which is held every Sunday. It is the biggest minority peoples market in Northwest Vietnam. Alive with the bright colours and extravagant costumes of the local people, here you will meet Flower Hmong (Red Hmong), Black Dao, Tay, Nung, La Chi, Phu La and other minority groups who come from far and wide to buy and sell a wide variety of goods and livestock, to exchange news and to renew friendships.

In the past the market was a centre for trading horses but now that motorbikes have replaced them it is more common to see buffalo, cows, goats, fish and other livestock being traded. The market opens at around 7.30am and closes mid-afternoon, so an early start is advisable.
We then head to Sapa where we will have lunch break.

Transfer to Y Linh Ho, a village inhabited by the Hmong minority. This is a great opportunity to take photographs of hereditary terraces that are estimated around 100 years old. From Y Linh Ho we will start our trek to Lao Chai village where you will visit the Hmong home town. You will then continue onto Ta Van, an established Hmong and Giay village. Here you will be warmly welcomed by local Hmong family and stay here for the night in homestay.

      Meals: Breakfast/ lunch/ dinner
      Accommodation: Homestay

On the morning of the second day open the window and have a look outside — you will be treated to sensational views across the rice terraces. After breakfast you'll trek through an enchanting bamboo forest to Giang Ta Chai.

After a few hours of trekking, we will stop and enjoy a picnic lunch with our scenic views. We then walk back to the main road and catch the private car back to Sapa Town.

Stay at leisure for the remainder of the day.

     Meals: Breakfast/ lunch
     Accommodation: Sapa

This morning, we conquer Fanxifang, 3143 meters above sea level – the highest peak in Indochina.

Exploration of this mount used to be not easy for many people until recently when cable cars and mountain rail system were built.
Start your tour with short mountain railway ride through the scenic Muong Hoa valley to cable cars station.  We then embark cable car ride over the mighty Hoang Lien range.

Challenge your self with climbing some 600 steps to the mount’s peak. The view of the surrounding landscape is so breathtaking.
You can use Funicular to easy your conquer so you only have to work some one hundred steps.

We then get back to the Sapa for lunch at local restaurant.
This afternoon, we leave for Mu Cang Chai.

      Meals: lunch/dinner
      Accommodation: Homestay or Lodge

This morning, we will get a transfer to a trekking point for the whole day trek to enjoy Vietnam’s national rice terrace heritage.

Our trek will start from Che Cu Nha commune to La Pan Tan Commune. It is around 13 km. This trek will definitely offer us a good opportunity to see the main spots and admire the beauty of amazing rice terraces that Mu Cang Chai has to offer.
We will also be able to visit a few villages of the H’mong hill tribe scattered in the area.

Get picked up by our private vehicle around 4.00 PM. Transfer to resort where you stay overnight in  a private bungalow.

     Meals: Breakfast/ lunch/ dinner
     Accommodation: Bungalow

After breakfast, we will check out of the room and make our way back to Hanoi. Lunch on the way. Arrive Hanoi late in the afternoon. Finish the tour at your hotel in Hanoi.  

     Meals: Breakfast/ lunch