Sapa tour by Bus 3 days

Itinerary

OPT1 : One night home stay, one night at 3* hotel

Day 1: HANOI – SAPA – CAT CAT VILLAGE (L/D) - hotel

• 6:15 -Our bus  pick you up from hotel , get on big bus and depart for Sapa Town.
• 9.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city with the first comfort break
• 11.00: Second comfort break at Lao Cai city before approaching Sapa
• 13.00: Arrive at Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’Mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People.
• Get pick up from the bus office in Sapa at 12:30 PM to take you to our office
• Have Lunch and check-in the room. We will then depart from the hotel at 2:30 pm and walk down 3Km to Exploring Cat Cat
• Shin chai village of H’mong – A colonial French discovered area and a renowned resort to officials from the early twenty century.
• Arriving in Cat Cat village, visitors will be visiting the Hydropower station, the waterfall of Cat Cat village as well as learning about the culture, customs and unique people here with traditional crafts such as weaving, carved silver, hand forged agricultural tools. After that, you will walk back to Sapa (3Km)
• Relax and have dinner at 6:30 PM or 7:00 PM -Overnight at the hotel in Sapa

Day 2: SAPA – Y LINH HO – LAO CHAI (B/L/D) - homestay

• Breakfast and check-out the room before 8:30 AM.
• We will then depart from the hotel at 8:30 am to walk down 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 make our way to Lao Chai village where you will visit the Hmong home town. Stop in Lao Chai for lunch break around 1 hour.
• You will then continue to Ta Van, an established Hmong and Giay village. Here you will be warmly welcomed by a local Giay family and stay here for the night in their home-stay
• Cooking and having dinner with a local family

Day 3: GIANG TA CHAI – SAPA – HANOI (B/L)

• Get the wake up by a rooster or the pigs, have breakfast with some pancakes, hot tea or hot coffee outdoor — you will be treated to sensational views across the rice terraces. After breakfast, you'll say goodbye to the local then trek through an enchanting bamboo forest, silk waterfall 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 a car or minivan back to Sapa Town!
• Get back to Sapa at around 2:00 PM. Have a shower at our hotel. At 3:00 PM we will get a shuttle to drive you to the bus office, check-in the bus for you to go back to Hanoi.  end Sapa 3 days 2 nights by bus.

OPT2 : 2 nights staying at hotel

Day 1: HANOI – SAPA – CAT CAT VILLAGE (L/D) - hotel

• 6.30 – 7.00: Our bus  pick you up from hotel, get on big bus and depart for Sapa Town.
• 9.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city with the first comfort break
• 11.00: Second comfort break at Lao Cai city before approaching Sapa
• 13.00: Arrive at Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’Mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People.
• Get pick up from the bus office in Sapa at 12:30 PM to take you to our office
• Have Lunch and check-in the room. We will then depart from the hotel at 2:30 pm and walk down 3Km to Exploring Cat Cat
• Shin chai village of H’mong – A colonial French discovered area and a renowned resort to officials from the early twenty century.
• Arriving in Cat Cat village, visitors will be visiting the Hydropower station, the waterfall of Cat Cat village as well as learning about the culture, customs and unique people here with traditional crafts such as weaving, carved silver, hand forged agricultural tools. After that, you will walk back to Sapa (3Km)
• Relax and have dinner at 6:30 PM or 7:00 PM -Overnight at the hotel in Sapa

Day 2: SAPA – Y LINH HO – LAO CHAI (B/L/D) - hotel

• Breakfast
• We will then depart from the hotel at 8:30 am to walk down 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 make our way to Lao Chai village where you will visit the Hmong home town. Stop in Lao Chai for lunch break around 1 hour.
• You will then continue to Ta Van, an established Hmong and Giay village. Back to Sapa. Dinner and overnight in Sapa.

Day 3: Sapa –Matra - TaPhin Village - Sapa - Hanoi (B/L)

09:00 – 9:30. Our guide pick up you to the villages  visit the red Dzao in Suoi Thau, Ma Tra villages. 9km-12km trekking through the forest. Picnic lunch en –route. Reach Ta Phin village where we have chance to learn about the life styles and the custom of the red Dzao minority, enjoy landscapes…then drive back to Sapa.Have a shower at our hotel. At 3:00 PM we will get a shuttle to drive you to the bus office, check-in the bus for you to go back to Hanoi

if Day 3 is Sunday we change to go to BacHa market.

Pricing & Inclusives

Extra for Limousin bus : USD 12/ per/ oneway
for night train sleeper : USD 15/ per/one way.

Included:

• New shuttle bus with AC for Hanoi - Sapa - Hanoi
• Free pick up in Hanoi Old Quarter
• Modern bus in Sapa with experienced drivers
• English local guide escorted in Sapa
• Meals per itinerary
• Admission fee as itinerary
• Superior room in a sapa hotel or similar on twin sharing basis

Excluded:

• Beverages
• Single supplement
• Others not clearly mentioned above

Children rates:

• Free of charge for children under 4 years sharing a bed with parents.
• Surcharge 75% rate of adult for children (5-9 years) sharing a bed with parents.
• Over 9 years is adult’s rate
• A couple travels with 2 children. The 2nd Child will be charged 100% adults ticket

Surcharge:

• Quote price is applied for the booking of a group of 2 up
• The quoted price is not applied for the tour departs on: Christmas Day (24-26 Dec), Eva New Year (29, 30, 31 Dec, 1 Jan), Lunar
• New Year, Liberty Day (30 Apr), Labor Day (1 May), Independence Day (2 Sep)
• Surcharge US$30/pax for those booking departs on Holiday as mentioned above

Note:

• Old people, kids should not attend the long trek (9 km)
  You may stay overnight at a homestay for 1st night or you may do on 2nd night. Our tour leader will inform you on the bus to Sapa.
• The thing to bring:
• Warm clothes, scarf, hat, cap because the weather in Sapa is pretty unpredictable. It is normally cold in September, October,
• November, December, January, February, and March
• Due to the altitude of Sapa, it is sometimes foggy in December, January, February, and March.
• Trekking shoes, sunglasses, sun cream, insect repellent are also necessary. You should take cash with you in Vietnam Dong because the banking system in Sapa sometimes doesn’t function well. US Dollar, Euro, Australian Dollar are accepted in Sapa.
• You should take medicine with you although there are some chemist’s shops in Sapa in case you get sick.