FULL ITINERARY:
OPTION 1: HANOI - NIGHT BUS
21:00 - 21:30: Our shuttle bus will pick you up at your hotels/hostels in Hanoi Old Quarter, then departs at 22:00, transfer to Sapa town. It takes about 5,5 hours by the sleeping bus to Sapa. You will arrive Sapa at 3.30 - 4.00, you can sleep on bus until 6.00Am.
OPTION 2: HANOI - NIGHT TRAIN
20:30: Our staff from Indochina Beauty Travel will pick up at your hotels/hostels in Hanoi Old Quarter, transfer to Hanoi Train station, take the night train to Lao Cai, this train departs at 10:00 Pm – arrive in the next morning at 06:00 Am - Train cabin 4 berth with A.C - sharing cabin.
DAY 1: SAPA – LAO CHAI – TA VAN - BAN HO - THANH PHU - NAM SAI (BREAKFAST/ LUNCH/ DINNER)
6:00 Am: Our driver will pick up at the Sapa bus/train station when you arrive and transfer by shuttle bus to the hotel in Sapa.
Have breakfast at hotel.
You will be riding your motorbikes from Sa Pa town following Muong Hoa valley with a mountainous area of stunning natural beauty and rice paddy fields on terraces. On the way, we will have plenty of stops for take photos and visiting the beautiful villages of the Hmong, Zay and the Tay people. After riding through Lao Chai , Ta Van, Su Pan Villages, we will continue to pass through the Black Hmong Village to the Tay ethnic minority village of Ban Ho. Then spend time to walk around the village to visit Lavie water fall, then have lunch in a local family.
In the afternoon, your adventure continues into the Tay village of Thanh Phu, Nam Sai. And then you will be served the dinner in a local house.
Stay overnight in the bamboo huts of Thanh Phu.
DAY 2: THANH PHU - SIN CHAI - SAPA - HANOI (BREAKFAST/ LUNCH/ DINNER)
After breakfast, keep leaving Thanh Phu, you follow the trekking route built in the bottom of the valley, which offers the best way to breathe the mountain air while viewing the mountains and forests. You continue toward Sin Chai village of Red Dao minority where women wear beautifully embroidered clothes with distinctive silver jeweler and an enormous red turban. You will be attracted by the wonderful hospitable atmosphere of the Red Dao and children’ curious eyes as you pass by. Stop at a nice spot for lunch. Then you will have an opportunity to enjoy great views of an ever green valley lying along the west bank of the Red River. You arrive in Ta Thang village of Tay minority. Your motorbike will run on the flat road back to Sapa/Lao Cai.
Take a relax and have dinner before boarding the bus/train to return Hanoi.
Notes:
- Overnight on train: soft sleeper train cabin 4 berth with A.C - sharing cabin.
- Overnight on bus: You will arrive Hanoi about 3.30-4.00am, you can not continue to sleep on bus, so please prepare the accomodation for early arrival
