Night 1            Hanoi / Lao Cai (Overnight on train)

Your train ticket(s) will be delivered to your hotel in Hanoi. Transfer yourselves to train station for night train to Lao Cai. Overnight on 4 berth soft sleeper sharing cabin.

 

Day 1               Lao Cai / Sapa / Cat Cat - Sin Chai (B)

Get pick up early by our private transfer to Sapa. Check in hotel (if room available) and have breakfast in local restaurant. Around 9.00, trek around 10 km to visit 2 villages of the Black H\'mong-Cat Cat. Transfer by car from Cat Cat back to Sapa roughly at 12.00. Afternoon, free to enjoy yourselves in the town, visit the Sapa Market and Church and explore the town.

*Early check in upon on availability

 

Day 2               Sapa / Lao Chai - Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai  / Sapa (B,L)

After having a breakfast, you will start your journey from Sapa by car to Lao Chai village, home to Black H’mong ethnic minority people. You will enjoy a pleasant walk from Lao Chai to Tavan village, home to Dzay hill tribal people. Here you will have a rest and enjoy delicious lunch, prepared by your guide in a local house.  After lunch the walk continues for about 2 hours through a bamboo forest, waterfalls and mountainous scenery to Giang Ta Chai village, home to Red Dzao ethnic group. After exploring the village and taking a rest at the nearby waterfall to refresh, you will be picked up by car back to Sapa at the end of the trip. Overnight in Sapa.

 

Day 3               Sapa – Dragon Mountain – Lao Cai train station/ Hanoi      (B)

After breakfast at the Hotel, the guide will take you to visit the Dragon Mountain in Sapa, where you can enjoy the beautiful view over Sapa town, enjoy the traditional Music (at 9am), to walk around black rock mountains and many kinds of flowers like orchids and roses. Then you will come back to the hotel to take a rest before check-out. Free in the afternoon.

Late of the day, get pick up and transfer to Lao Cai for catching night train to Hanoi. You can have a dinner on your own at one of the restaurants around Lao Cai Station.

 

Day 4   Hanoi Arrival

Arrive in Hanoi at about 5am

End of services./.

 

Included:

·         Accommodation based on double/twin occupancy

·         All escorted sightseeing tours with English speaking tour guide

·         All entrance and visiting fees

·         All private transportation with A/C

·         Train tickets Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi on 4 berth soft sleeper sharing cabin

·         Meals specified per program (B: Breakfast/ L: Lunch/ D: Dinner)

·         Taxes, service charges, Bank fees (if paying by credit cards)

Excluded:

·         Meals, Beverages which do not specify in the program

·         Personal travel insurance

·         International flights to and from Vietnam

·         All personal expenses

·         All gratuities and tips to driver and tour guide

List Of Accommodation in Sapa Town Recommended

 

City	Standard	Superior	Deluxe
Sapa	Sapa Rooms	Chau Long	Victoria Sapa & Train

 

If, at the time of booking, any hotels or rooms in the list above are fully booked, we will endeavor to find accommodation of a similar standard elsewhere. If the only available accommodation is of a higher or lower standard, we will revise the price accordingly and consult you immediately.

PACKAGE RATES (per person):  valid until 31 Dec, 2012
Number in group	2	3-4	5-8	S.R.S
Standard	320 US$	289 US$	261 US$	80 US$
Superior	341 US$	310 US$	283 US$	101 US$
Deluxe	601 US$	570 US$	542 US$	196 US$

 

 

 

 

 

 

*S.R.S: Single Room Supplement

*Note: Victoria Express does not run on every Saturdays. Price is change-able on the day with Dining carriage and without Dining Carriage. Please contact us for an exact price of Victoria Option.

*At the time of quotation, Travel Sense Asia reserves the right to adjust prices to take account of unusual movements in currency markets, hotel and transport costs as a result of inflationary price pressures in oil and other commodity markets.