SMT1: Sapa - Cat Cat - Lao Chai -Ta Van - Dzang Ta Chai 3 days 4 nights

SMT1: Sapa – Cat Cat – Lao Chai/Ta Van –Dzang Ta Chai  3 days 4 nights

Destination: Hanoi - Sapa  – Cat cat – Lao chai – Tavan – Dzang Ta Chai villages

Starts in: Ha Noi

Ends in: Ha Noi

Duration: 3D-4N

Tour code: SMT1

 Tour Highlights:

This trip will bring you to the Cat Cat Village and waterfall, the villages of Lao Chai, Ta Van and Dzang Ta Chai in the beautiful Muong Hoa Valley and to Sapa town. You will spend 3 days for trekking through the various villages and experience charming Sapa

Detailed Itinerary in Details
 
Night 1: Hanoi – Sapa night train 
Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi, transfer to the train station to take the night train to Lao cai. The train leaves Hanoi around 20:30. Overnight on train. 

Day 1: Lao Cai – Sapa – Cat Cat ( B,L,D )

After meeting a guide at Lao Cai railway station we transfer to Sapa town. You will have a breakfast and take a rest before starting the half-day walk to Cat Cat village occupied by the Black H’mong tribe. You will experience the tribal way of life while enjoying wonderful views of the terraced rice paddy fields and the waterfall in Cat Cat. We will come back Sapa town and have lunch at local restaurant then you will check in hotel and have a free time in the afternoon. You can discover a lot of tourist places in Sapa. Dinner will be in the hotel restaurant then you spend the night in the hotel.

Day 2: Lao chai - Ta van hill tribe village  night train back Hanoi (B, L) 
 After having breakfast at  hotel we embark on a lovely trek that will take us along buffalo paths and trails and through several hill tribe villages Lao Chai & Ta Van, home to Black H'mong, and Dzay people. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people you can meet.  Once on the valley floor you can really appreciate the wonderful scenery that surrounds you. The walls of the valley are covered with multi-layered rice terraced fields and scattered villages. Enjoy lunch at a family in Lao Chai Village.
Afternoon do the a tour to continue along the bottom of Muong Hoa Valley to get to the Dzay tribe village of Ta Van to experience their life style while staying in a local family’s cottage.

Day 3: Ta Van – Dzang Ta Chai – Sapa ( B, L, D )

After having breakfast in the village homestay, you will begin your trek to Dzang Ta Chai of the Red Dzao tribe. You can understand the difference between the way of life of the different tribespeople. You will have lunch in the village before continuing your trek through the amazing scenery and to the beautiful waterfall. Around 2pm you will be picked up from the main road by car to take you back to Hotel in Sapa town. Along the way you may stop to take some photos of fabulous valley enroute to Sapa. When you arrive in Sapa, you will have enough time to freshen up with a shower and have dinner in the local restaurant before catching the car back to Lao Cai for the night train to Ha noi.The guide sees you off at Lao Cai train station and takes you on the train.Overnight on the train. Arrive in Hanoi early  morning next day, around 05:00AM, please take a taxi to your hotel. End of tour. 
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Accommodation Options

  
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Tour includes:

• All accommodation with daily breakfast at selected hotels.
• All tours & transfers in private air-conditioned vehicles
• Private English or French  speaking guide
• Meals as indicated in the itinerary  at local restaurant with local foods (B= breakfast; L=Lunch; D = Dinner)
• Round tirp train ticket with soft sleep 4 berth/cabin Hanoi – Lao cai, Lao cai – Hanoi
• Entrance fees and permits for all sights visited
• Mineral water & towel
• Government taxes & Service charges

 
Tour excludes:

• Pre & Post trip
• Meals not indicated in the itinerary
• Surcharge on Christmas, New Year and our Lunar New Year
• Personal travel insurance
• Personal expenses such as Telephone and Laundry bills, soft drink during meals

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