FROM HANOI: 2-DAY OVERNIGHT SAPA TOUR BY LUXURY TRANSFER

Information

Discover the beautiful area of Sapa on an overnight tour from Hanoi. Travel by sleeping bus from Hanoi and trek to various minority villages.

Highlights

• Admire the mountainous landscapes en route to Sapa
• Enjoy treks to Cat Cat, Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai and Ta Van villages
• Learn about the cultures of the ethnic minorities living in the Sapa area

Full description
Head to Sapa on a two-day guided trip from Hanoi. Enjoy an overnight stay in the mountains of northern Vietnam, trek to ethnic minority villages, experience local culture, and try local cuisine.

Day 1: Transfer from Hanoi to Sapa - Cat Cat village (L,D)
- Morning: A limousine will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi at around 7am, then depart for Sapa, takes about 6 hours. You’ll get there by noon, check in your room in your hotel, have lunch and rest a little bit.

- Afternoon: An electric car takes you down to the South-west of Sapa (around 4 km) to visit Cat Cat village of the Black H’mong. Relax at the foot of the stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during colonial time in Vietnam. Enjoy lunch by the side of the river.

- Evening: After dinner, you are free to explore the charm of Sapa by night, enjoy roasted corn, baked eggs beside a charcoal fire or go shopping.

- Overnight in Hotel in Sapa (you can choose a 3/4 stars hotel)

Day 2: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van (B,L,D)
- Morning: Have breakfast in the hotel. And then 6km down to the south east of Sapa along the side of Muong Hoa valley to Y Linh Ho village of the Black H’mong. Continue on 2km of trekking down to Lao Chai village of the H’mong.

- Enjoy a cooking class and lunch at a local family, and then walk through terraced rice fields to Ta Van village of the Dzay minority people. It gives you a worth chance for you to learn about the local house architecture which is full of their daily life styles and exclusive custom. Enjoy the landscapes.

- Afternoon: around 2pm you’ll be back and pack your things. Say good bye and preapre to leave Sapa, get on the limousine back to Hanoi at 2.30pm.

- Evening: around 9-10pm drop off at your hotel in Hanoi.


Includes

• Round-trip luxury transportation between Hanoi and Sapa
• Pickup and drop-off at hotels in Old Quarter Area
• Local transfers in Sapa with experienced drivers
• English-speaking guide in Sapa
• 1 dinner
• 2 lunches
• 1 breakfast
• All entrance tickets to sites mentioned
• Deluxe room with a mountain view at a 3-star hotel

Excluded

• Drinks
• Personal expenses

Not suitable for

• People with mobility impairments
• Wheelchair users

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Important information

What to bring

• Passport or ID card
• Comfortable shoes
• Sunglasses
• Sun hat
• Camera
• Insect repellent

Not allowed: Pets
 

Know before you go:

• On day 2, if you do not want to do the long trek the tour leader will organize a visit to another place. You will be responsible for all tickets and transportation fees
• Older people should not do the long trek (9 km) as it is challenging and dangerous in case of rain
• Bring warm clothes, a scarf and a hat or cap as the weather in Sapa is unpredictable. It is normally cold from September-March
• Due to the altitude in Sapa, it is sometimes foggy from December-March
• Bring cash with you in Vietnamese Dong, as banking systems in Sapa sometimes do not function. US Dollars, Euros and Australian Dollars are accepted in Sapa
• Bring medicine with you although there are some chemists in Sapa if you become