DAY 1: Hanoi – Sapa Town – Cat Cat Village (L,D)
6:00-6:30: Pick up at hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter or meeting point, get on bus and depart for Sapa Town. We drive on Hanoi - Lao Cai Express way, there are 2 rest stops.
13:30: Arrive at Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, and Tay ethnic people. And wait at the bus station for the tour guide and driver to pick you up to the hotel and have lunch.
14:30: Take a short walk to the gate of Cat Cat village, which is the home of Black H’mong ethnic people. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photos with the bridge and waterfall; then you will walk up hill for the bus to pick you up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon. The trekking distance is about 2.5km and it lasts for 2 hours.
17:00: Come back to Sapa Town. Have dinner at local restaurant then overnight at Sapa Town hotel with 3-star standard room.
Day 2: Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van (B,L,D)
7:00-8:30 Have breakfast at the hotel and waiting for tour guide and car coming.
8:30-8:45 Trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain. The trekking distance is about 12km and it lasts for 4 hours.
12:00 – 13:30 Have lunch with delicious Vietnamese dishes made by the family. In the late afternoon, you arrive at Ta Van Village - home of the Dzay ethnic group.
15:30 The tranfer car will pick you up to come back to Sapa Town.
18:00 Have diner at local restaurant. In the evening, you have free time to discover night activities in Sapa Town. You can enjoy roasted corn, baked eggs beside charcoal fire or go shopping. Especially on Saturday night, we highly recommend a stop at the Love Market which is one of unique cultures of ethnic minorities HMong, Dzao in Lao Cai in particular and North West
