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)

• 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

• 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!

• 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.

• We arrive near Ngai Thau Villagee (camp site), where we put the tent to spend the night, sleeping under the blanket of stars in a mysterious and dream-like environment. Great experience in life !

Day 2: Drive to Phong Tho ( B, L, D)

• Today we invite you a visit to Ma Lu Thang Village of the H'mong where you can learn a lot from their simple life that you can not find anywhere in our modern world. We continue our drive through extremely beautiful scenery. Stop over at a hot Spring in PhongTho for break.

• Overnight in a mini hotel.

Day 3: Tam Duong - Binh Lu - Sapa ( B, L, D)

• 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)

• 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.

• Shower and ready for being transferred to Laocai for the night train back to Hanoi

Price: US$/ 01Pax

Including features:

• Tents/hotel
• Meals as stated in the program (B = Breakfast ; L = Lunch ; D = Diner)
• Russian jeep
• Train ticket (return)
• English speaking guide
• Entrance fees

Exclusive:

• VAT tax
• Drinks, Personal fee

NOTE: What shoud bring: Good trekking boots, rainwear, 2 sets of clothes, socks, towel, swimming suit, Camera and film, flash light, Medicine for personal use.

Tags: SAPA travel, Sapa Vietnam, Sapa homestay, Sapa trekking tour, north vietnam tours, Sapa Vietnam tours, Sapa Adventure tour, Vietnam market tour