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| Muong Hum market |
Visit Muong Hum market on Sunday & minorities in Muong Hum , Muong Vy
( 3 days - 4 nights )
Get started: Pick up from your hotel and tranfer to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at 9:15 PM to get to Laocai Station. Overnigh on the A/c soft sleeper cabin.
Day 1 (Sunday): Laocai - MuongHum – Sapa ( B,L, D)
Picked up at Laocai Train Station to transfer to Muong Hum market. It takes almost 2 hours to get to MuongHum - a small & traditional market situated among ethnic villages. The market deeply shows the typical cultural features of Vietnam's remote areas. Leave the market and transfer to Sapa. On the way, spend time visiting a cave called MuongVy or "ThuyTien" , visiting a village of the Black H'mong and then reach Sapa and check in hotel. Lunch in Muong Hum and dinner in Sapa.
Day 2: Lao Chai – Ta van: 6 hours trekking, 15 km, 3 villages ( B, L, D )
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart Sapa for the trekking at 10:00 AM. Take the main road by jeep and go down hill to the valley. Cross MuongHoa River to get to the other mountainside for 3 villages with rice terraces: Y Linh Ho, Laochai, and Tavan. Stay the night at a local family in Tavan village. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the home-stay.
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart Sapa for the trekking at 10:00 AM. Take the main road by jeep and go down hill to the valley. Cross MuongHoa River to get to the other mountainside for 3 villages with rice terraces: Y Linh Ho, Laochai, and Tavan. Stay the night at a local family in Tavan village. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the home-stay.
Day 3: Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Sapa: 5 hours trekking, 14 km, 2 villages ( B, L, D )
Get up early in the morning to enjoy the daily life of the ethnic minorities in the village. Breakfast, take the road to GiangTa Chai village of the Red Dzao minority via the paths between terraces and through bamboo forests. Visit silver waterfall and suspension Rattan Bridge, visit the people in the village and then cross MuongHoa River up to the mountain to visit the last village of the trek - Supan village of the H'mong. Get back to Sapa by jeep. On the way back, enjoy visiting the ancient stone circle where stones are decorated with ancient carvings. Reach Sapa. Then take bus to LaoCai Station for the night train to Hanoi. Overnigh on the A/c soft sleeper cabin.
Arrive in Hanoi round 4:30 AM. The end of tour.
Tour price includes :
- Pick ups, transfer & sightseeing as per program by A/c private Russian jeep or minibus
- Full meals as per the tour program (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
- English/French-speaking guide
- Entrance fees
- 1night’s home stay arrangements
- 1 night’s hotel accommodation based on Twin/double room share
- Train tickets: Hanoi - Laocai - Hanoi (soft sleeper with air-conditioning)
Tour price excludes :
- Travel Insurance
- Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program
- Personal expense
Notes: Advised to take good walking shoes, raincoats, jackets, torch, insect repellent and sunscreen...