Sapa Explorer Tour

Depart your Hanoi hotel early in the morning to join your express coach for a wonderful ride to Sapa by the new Noi Bai – Lao Cai highway.

Sit back and enjoy the beautiful landscape along the road before you arrive in to Sapa at around 1:00 pm where you will be picked up by local guide and shown to your hotel.

After lunch at a local restaurant, visit Ham Rong Mount with its botanical garden, an ideal platform to soak up the panoramic view of Sapa.

After breakfast at the hotel, drive from Sapa town down to Lao Chai village.

The views of the Muong Hoa Valley and magnificent surroundings of mountains and rice terrace fields can be seen from this road.

Along the road, people from many ethnic minority groups (H’mong, Zay, and Red Dao) are likely to be met, and there are stalls along the way that serve tea, fruits and sweets.

Soon after turning off the main road and taking a local path, you will arrive in the Black H’mong village of Lao Chai, where you will experience the daily life of the villagers.

Continue walking from Lao Chai to Ta Van village, where the Zay hill tribes live.

Here you take a rest and enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by your local guide in a local house.

After lunch, continue walking to the meeting point for your transfer back to Sapa town.

The rest of the day is at leisure.

Discover Sapa town on your own, its bustling market, the colourful dresses of the ethnic people, tea and coffee shops as well as the local life in this mountain town.

Today enjoy a full day of trekking.

Visit Suoi Ho village with its tea plantations and cardamom gardens. Follow the buffalo trails to visit the hospitable villages of the Black Hmong minority people in Ma Tra. After passing a school and enjoying scenic views en route, a picnic lunch will be served.

After lunch, continue trekking to Ta Phin village where you will meet Red Dao people who are famous for their weaving skills. Proceed to the meeting point and transfer back to Sapa. After a short rest (time permitting), transfer to Lao Cai railway station where you will board the overnight train to Hanoi at around 9:00 pm.

Please note your guide will not accompany you during the train trip. The train schedule is subject to change. Private compartments on request at a surcharge. Train journeys are part of a great experience, cabins are shared with other local passengers (unless private cabin is requested an all berths are paid for). Restrooms at either end of the carriage completes the local experience. 

You will arrive back to Hanoi around 5:20 am and transfer either back to your Hanoi hotel or to the airport for your onward journey.