Muong Hum Market - Phong Tho
- Lai Chau
Private tour, for who likes
adventure, Medium trekking
and discovering to ethnic
minorities.
Departure: Tuesday night
Note: This is a great
adventure to very, very
primitive regions of the
northwest, where you can
meet some ethnic groups who
live poorly in a basic
condition. Nothing can be
more beautiful than this if
you can do this trip in your
life time
Day 1: Hanoi - Muong Hum Market (B, L, D, home-stay)
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The first night, guide and car pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi, transfer to Hanoi Station for LC5 Train, soft sleeper, AC. Overnight on train
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Picked up from Lao Cai train station in the early morning. After breakfast we start our adventure to Muong Hum Sunday Market as we drive about 70 km along the Red-River and the border line with China. You will have the opportunity to experience spectacular scenery and more interesting to visit Muong Hum Market where some ethnic minorities come down from the mountains once a week to buy and sell household products, animals, to drink rice wine, corn wine with friends to enjoy their simple life. You will never have to be regretted to visit here. Beautiful time in life!
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In the afternoon, we trek to visit TrinhTuong Village of the Red-Dzao, then Y Ty Village, accompanied by our jeep. We will trek for about 2-3 hours through the beautiful terraced rice fields and among amazing landscape.
Day 2: Drive to Phong Tho (
B, L, D)
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Overnight in a mini hotel.
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Today we experience beautiful road trip to Sapa as we drive on the highest pass of Vietnam-Tram Ton Pass, called Heaven Gate, 1900. Viewing imposing mountain range of which Fanxipan is the highest peak in Indochina-3143m above the sea level. Stop for a nice break at the silver waterfall-the most beautiful one in Sapa. Check in Hotel in Sapa. The rest of the day is for exploring this charming French hill station.
Day 4: Lao Chai - Ta Van -
Giang Ta Chai - Trekking -
Hanoi (B, L)
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We will commence our journey from Sapa by jeep to Black H'mong village of Lao Chai along Muong Hoa Valley and Hoang Lien Son National Park then we will walk through this village to Tavan Village of the Dzay ethnic people, short break here to explore this village and enjoy a delicious picnic lunch before trekking up and down through the bamboo forest to Giang Ta Chai Village to visit the Red Dzao people and a beautiful waterfall. We cross an interesting suspension bridge, then walk up to meet your jeep back to Sapa.
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Shower and ready for being transferred to Laocai for the night train back to Hanoi
- Tents/hotel
- Meals as stated in the program (B = Breakfast ; L = Lunch ; D = Diner)
- Russian jeep
- Train ticket (return)
- English speaking guide
- Entrance fees
- VAT tax
- Drinks, Personal fee