Price: 145 US$ (included taxes & service charge)
Routes: Hanoi - Sapa - Matra -Tafin - Thac Bac - Cat Cat Village - Hanoi
Duration: 1day
Depart from: Hanoi
Return to: Hanoi
DETAILED ITINERARY
Night before: Hanoi - Lao Cai
Our tour guide will pick you up at hotel lobby to escort you to the Hanoi railway station for night train with soft sleeper class which is compartment for 4 passengers per cabin to Laocai in the evening. Overnight on the train.
Day1: Lao Cai - Sapa - Matra -Tafin - Thac Bac - Cat Cat Village (B,L,D)
+ In the morning - Arrive in Lao Cai. Get to the exit of the train station where you can find your name sign held by Sapa Pathfinder guide. The bus ride uphill to SaPa takes a little over an hour, giving you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces.
After breakfast, gear up for your exciting ride. Your ride will be mostly downhill through the suburb of Sapa. You pass by Sapa town to ride along the smoothy road for 3 km, then get off the main road to head to Ma Tra village where is the home of the H'Mong people with scenic lanscape of the mountain, rice terrace, corn field and pine hill before heading downhill to Ta Phin. In Ta Phin, you will witness the daily life of the Red Dao and Black Hmong minorities. You will also have time to take a short walk around the village. Keep riding up hill then down hill through the forest to Takko pass. Then back to Sapa to have lunch.
+ In the afternoon- You will go up hill to the famous Silver Waterfall and then onto Tram Ton, the highest mountain pass in Vietnam at 1,800 m above sea level for enjoying the magnificence of Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range as well as over viewing spectacular landscapes of the whole area. On the way back, you may keep moving down hill to visit the ancient village of Cat Cat with Fairy waterfall, Muong Hoa River.
Back To Sapa to have diner and get transferred to Lao Cai train station.
Overnight on the train.
Day2: Hanoi arrival
Reach in Hanoi around 06: 00 am; tour finishes at railway station. Return to your hotel on your own.
Trip includes:
All transfer & transport
Meals as mentioned in the itinerary (B- breakfast, L- Lunch, D- dinner)
Return train tickets Hanoi- Lao Cai- Hanoi (soft sleeper with air- condition, 4 berths)
Local English/French speaking tour guide
Entrance fee & permission.
Trip excludes:
Travel insurance
Pre-post accommodation in Hanoi
Other meals & drinks
Admission fees during free time
Personal expenses such as shopping; telephone, laundry and bar bills etc.
Tips and gratuities
All other services not made on the written form