Day 1: Hanoi - Lao cai
Pick up at your hotel
in Hanoi. Catch an overnight train (about 9 hours) to Lao Cai, 346 km
to the northwest. Lao Cai is the last station in Vietnam on the French
built train line toYunnan, China. Overnight on the train.
Day 2: Lao Cai - Sapa -Laochai -Tavan (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 - TaVan - GiangTaChai. You will meet
some different minority people H’mong, Zay, Red Dzao, you can see the
different colorful dresses.Free time to visit Sapa market. Overnight
at hotel in Sapa.
Day 3: Start the climb to the first camp (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
hilltribe villages. Setting out from Sapa 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.
Day 3: Trek to the second base camp (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.
Day 4: Trek to the summit and descend to the third base camp(B/L/D)
Today
is the summit day, we climb to the roof of Indochina: the peak of Mt.
Fansipan. The final climb will takes 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.
Day 5: Back to Sapa. Night train to Hanoi (B/L/D)
Today
we trek downhill all the way. We will reach Sapa 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 - Hanoi (B, L, D). Night train
Free to explore Sapa town. In the afternoon, our bus will take you to Laocai Station for the night train to Hanoi.
Arrive Hanoi at 5h00 Am. End tour.