HA NOI – SAPA – FANSIPAN – HA NOI

(Package 6days/5nights)

 

   

Day 1: Ha Noi – Lao Cai                                                                       (D)

The guide will pack you up at the airport and transfer to Ha Noi. Check in the hotel. Free at your leisure. Have dinner at typical restaurant. After dinner you are transferred to Station to go to Lao Cai. Stay overnight on the Train.

 

Day 2: Lao Cai - Sapa (1600m)                                                     (B- L- D). 

Arrive early morning in Lao Cai and transfer by minibus to Sapa.  All day trekking to visit some minority villages. Lao Chai – Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai. You will meet some different minority people H’mong, Zay, Red Dao, you can see the different colorful dresses. Free time to visit Sapa market. Overnight at hotel in Sapa.  

 

Day 3: Sapa - Fansipan                                                                (B- L- D)

 

After breakfast in the hotel we will meet our support crew, who will carry all equipment, foods and our clothing. We will carry our day pack with water, jacket and camera only. Today we will begin the first part of our ascent with a trek through terraced rice paddies and some of the hill tribe villages. Setting out from Sa pa we descend into the nearby village of Cat Cat and cross Muong Hoa River. Past the river we start our upward trek to reach an elevation of 1,700m where we will have lunch break.

In the afternoon we will continue trek to the first base camp at an elevation of 2,300 m. The terrain in the afternoon becomes steeper and more difficult as we trek through massive Arrowroot plantations and up steeper slopes surrounded by bamboo. Our camp for the evening will be in a very small clearing on the mountain enclosed by bamboo. Sleep in bamboo hut or tent. Trekking: 7 hrs/ascend 2,300m from 1,600m (Sapa)

 

Day 3: Fansipan                                                                         (B- L- D). 

 

Today we set out for a full day trek to the second base camp. As we continue on we will pass through primary forest containing giant, century old pine trees and expanses of bamboo. Our trek will take us to an altitude of 2,900m from this elevation we have a spectacular view across to the peak of Mt. Fansipan. After lunch we start climb down to an elevation of 2,700m. Our decent will be over large boulders, down a fairly steep slope. Our camp is on the mountain slope facing west, near a mountain stream. Dinner and overnight at the base camp. Trekking: 7 hrs/ascend 2,900m/descend to 2,700m

 

Day 3: Fansipan                                                                         (B- L- D).

 

Today is the summit day; we climb to the roof of Indochina: the peak of Mt. Fansipan. The final climb will take around three hours though dense bamboo forest. Once at the summit we will spend sometime soaking up the best panorama in Vietnam. We then descend 2,700m for lunch.

In the afternoon we will descend to the third base camp where we spend the last night on mountain. Trekking: 7 hrs/ascend 3,143m/descend 2,000m

 

Day 3: Fansipan - Sapa                                                            (B- L- D)

 

Today we trek downhill all the way. We will reach Sa pa around lunch time. In the afternoon we will then be free to take shower and relax after the climb, in the late afternoon we will be transferred to the railway station for night train to back Hanoi. 

 

Day 6: Sapa – Ha Noi                                                               (B- L- D)

 

Free to explore Sa pa town. In the afternoon, our bus will take you to Lao cai Station for the night train to Hanoi.

Arrive Hanoi at 5h00 am.

 

Price includes:

 

-1 night at Hotel & 3 nights stay in tent.

- Daily breakfasts, 5 lunches and 6 dinners.

- Train with soft sleeper: Ha Noi – Lao Cai (Ac cabin of 4 persons)

- Modern air-conditioner transportation throughout the tour.

- Entrance fees as stated in the tour program.

- Local English speaking guide.

- Porters, camps for trekking. 

 

 

Price excludes:

 

- Visa to Vietnam

- International flight.

- Any meals, drinks and others rather than specified.

- Personal expenses.

- Travel insurance

 

  Recommended equipment:

• 2 pairs of thick socks
• Sandals or light footwear
• Sun-cream (with a high factor ; 10-20 )
• Mosquito repellent
• Hat or cap, with a shade
• Bathing suit
• Medicine for your own use (fever, bad stomach etc.)
• 1 pair of short trousers ( for warm days)
• Towel
• Toilet requisites

Note: The personal baggage you bring on the trek, should not exceed approx. 10-12 kg, and should preferably be packed in ordinary plastic-bags that fit easily into the soft, barrel-shaped, watertight Blue bag. This bag will only contain your baggage and your sleeping-bag

All your personal baggage in the Blue bag will be carried by the porters. You shall only carry a small rucksack with the things you need during the day (camera, water-bottle etc.)

 

Equipment we supply:

• Sleeping bag
• Sheet sleeping bag (silk)
• Sleeping mats
• Rucksack
• Waterproof Blue bag (for your baggage)
• Plastic rain coat
• Torch / flashlight
• Water-bottle
• Water-filters (to purify drinking-water)
• Cooking-gear
• Plates, cups, forks, knives, spoons, and chop-sticks

 

*** Note: Surcharges for peak seasons, Christmas and New Year Holidays, Lunar New Year Festival, extras for room, air tickets upgrades shall be applied

In case hotels in category are not available, booking will be changed to others in similar class. The prices above are subject to change without prior notice