Closer to the Culture - 3 days / 2 nights

Day 1: night train to Lao Cai Station

South Pacific Travel’s coach and guide will pick you up at your hotel and transfer you for the overnight train to Lao Cai Station. Enjoy the experience the romance of overnight train travel.

Transfer: private AC coach hotel – railway station
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation: Oriental Express 4Soft sleeper A/C shared cabin
Meal: Not applicable

Day 2: Lao Cai – Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van - Homestay (B,L,D)

We will take 1hr bus ride uphill to the beautiful town of Sapa. The ride gives you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces. Upon arrival in Sapa Town we have breakfast in local restaurant and prepare for a great trek down to the picturesque valley of Muong Hoa. We will walk on small paths and trails to reach Lao Chai and Tavan Village to visit the Tay and Day tribes , where we will have unique homestay experience among hill tribe people. Picnic lunch on the way then keep going along the bottom of the Sapa valley. Cooking demonstation with local people. Your overnight in the local house.

Transfer: Lao Cai – Sapa
Trek: 5-hrs trek/dirt paths/downhill
Meals: Breakfast, picnic lunch and dinner.
Guide: English speaking
Cooking demonstration with local people
Accommodation: Home stay

Day 3: Sapa – Cat Cat – Sin Chai – Lao Cai Station – Overnight train back to Hanoi (B, L).

Sunrise breakfast and then check in your hotel, get ready for our last trek. You first sneak through the market and leave the busy town behind. After a couple of minutes, you will follow a road going down hill to Cat Cat village. You will stop by a waterfall and a hydroelectric station. Enjoy traditional music performance there with colorful culture. Take a rest here before you trek downhill to get Sin Chai village. Enjoy beautiful scenery on the way back to Sapa town for lunch. You will have free time to discover by yourself in the afternoon. Dinner is for your choice. Back to hotel for shower and then our car will transfer you to Lao Cai station for overnight train back to Hanoi.

Transfer: Private AC coachTa Van – Sapa – Lao Cai
Trek: 8km 3hrs trek downhill. Moderate grade
Activity: Music performance
Meals: Breakfast and lunch.
Freshen up service: room available
Accommodation: Oriental Express 4Soft sleeper A/C shared cabin

Day 4: Hanoi arrival

Arrive in Hanoi Station at around 5h30. Be picked up and transfer to your hotel. Our tour ends.

Transfer: Private AC coachtrain station to hotel
Guide: English speaking