Itinerary
- Day 1
Hanoi to Sapa
Your driver meets you at your hotel in Hanoi's old quarter and takes you to the train station. From there, you'll board an overnight train heading to Sapa. You'll have a soft sleeper cabin where four passengers share the space, so you can settle in and get some rest during the journey.
Included Activities
- Transfer from hotel to train station
Landmarks Hanoi Old Quarter Sapa 
- Day 2
Hmong & Dzay Villages Trek
After arriving at Lao Cai station, you start a 12 km trek visiting Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, and Ta Van villages where Hmong and Dzay minorities live. You'll have lunch with a local family in Ta Van, then keep hiking through more Dzay and Hmong settlements. By evening, you stay with a local family to see how they live and learn about their customs and traditional embroidery work.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at local family in Ta Van), Dinner
Included Activities
- 12 km trekking through Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, and Ta Van villages
- Visit Hmong and Dzay minority villages
- Lunch at local family in Ta Van
- Explore Dzay and Hmong villages
Landmarks Y Linh Ho Lao Chai Ta Van Lao Cai Station 
- Day 3
Red Dzao & Tay Villages Trek
Your host family makes pancakes for breakfast before you head out trekking toward Giang Ta Chai and Su Pan villages, home to Red Dzao people. Around midday you'll have a picnic lunch, then continue walking to Ban Ho situated in a beautiful valley. This area has Tay minority families living in traditional stilt houses. You'll spend the night with a local Tay family.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Pancake made by host family), Lunch (Picnic lunch), Dinner
Included Activities
- Pancake breakfast made by host family
- Trek to Giang Ta Chai village
- Trek to Su Pan village of Red Dzao minority
- Picnic lunch
- Trek to Ban Ho village
- Visit Tay minority stilt houses
Landmarks Giang Ta Chai Su Pan Ban Ho - Day 4
Lavie Waterfall & Return to Hanoi
You walk 2 km to Lavie Waterfall, which the French named during colonial times. There's time for swimming in the water before hiking up the mountain to Nam Toong hamlet where Red Dzao people live. After heading back to Ban Ho, a car takes you to Sapa and then a bus to Lao Cai station. You'll catch the evening train returning to Hanoi.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- 2 km walk to Lavie Waterfall
- Swimming at waterfall
- Visit Nam Toong hamlet of Red Dzao minority
- Return to Ban Ho
- Car transfer to Sapa
- Bus transfer to Lao Cai station
Landmarks Lavie Waterfall Nam Toong - Day 5
Arrival in Hanoi
The train pulls into Hanoi early in the morning. Your tour ends here as you arrive back in the city.
Landmarks Hanoi
