Thursday Night:
8:30pm Depart from your Hotel in Hanoi by private car to the railway station and catch the 9.30Pm night train to Lao Cai. Arrive 5:00 or 5:30Am.
Friday: (B-L-D):
Have breakfast in a local restaurant, then drive 100km through the Bac Ha Mountains to Bac Ha Town. Take in this colourful Flower H’mong market perched high on the mountain side with an amazing view of the local valley sculpted with rice terraces and plum trees, then enjoy 12km on a Russian Jeep or trekking through dirt road along a high country plateau to Lung Sui and Seng Sui Flower H’mong villages . The last 12km is an easy down hill on tar road back to Bac Ha town. Check in to your hotel and have lunch. After lunch you’ll do an 8km loop around Bac Ha to visit the locals, stopping in Ban Pho village, then you’ll hit a single trail and dirt road winding throuth plum gardens and rice fields, past local homes and inhabitants of the villages surrounding Bac Ha. Dinner and Overnight in your Hotel in Bac Ha.
Saturday:(B-L-D):
This day starts with the famous Bac Ha market, where colourful hill tribes gather to buy and sell their wares or just hang around trading stories and drinking the fiery home made Corn Whiskey. After lunch at the hotel you’ll check out and start riding 24km down the mountain road winding its way around the steep tiered rice terraces and plum orchards. The Jeep ride back to Sa Pa takes a little over an hour giving you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces. Check in hotel in Sapa. Enjoy of your free time in Sapa Town until the night comes Return to Hotel , time for a shower and relax before heading out for dinner. Overnight in hotel.
Sunday:(B-L):
In the morning start trekking (5hrs) down the valley along local trails and across rice paddies to visit Black H’Mong, Dzay and Red Dzao minority with picnic lunch along the way. Jeep ride back to Sa Pa. You’ll be able to shower free in Hotel before sitting down to dinner. Bus departs in Sa Pa 4:30Pm, arrive Lao Cai 6:00Pm Night train back to Ha Noi. Trip ends 5:00-5:30Am at Ha Noi station.
Rates are valid from 01 October 2007 to 30 December 2008 by Vietnam Adventures Travel Co., Ltd. All rates are quoted per person in US dollars. Rates are net and inclusive of service charges and 10% VAT. Rates are subject to change according to market fluctuation if necessary.