MOUNTAINS, RICE FIELDS AND ETHNIC GROUPS OF NORTHERN VIETNAM

 Day 1 Hanoi – Lao Cai

Meals: - / - / -

 

Evening (around 20h00)

Pick-up by your English speaking guide at the reception of your hotel – Transfer by private a/c vehicle towards Hanoi Railway Station – Embark on the Orient Express night train (berths cabin) – Journey to Lao Cai (without guide on board)

 

Accommodation on board (sharing 4 berths cabin)

 

Day 2 Lao Cai - Sapa

Meals: B / L / -

 

Pick-up at Lao Cai Railway station and private vehicle transfer to Sapa – Arrival at your hotel – Check-in

 

Breakfast served at your hotel

 

Morning:

Departure for the first hike towards Cau May – You pass over the Muong River and continue towards the Hmong village of Lao Chai – You continue towards a village of ethnic group Giay – Main point of this morning are superb terrace rice fields

 

Lunch served in a local restaurant

 

Afternoon:

Resume the hike passing through a forest of giant bamboo trees – You will discover a village of Red Dao ethnic group – Stop and relax at a waterfall – Continue towards the place where your vehicle awaits you – Transfer back to your hotel

 

Dinner at leisure and not included

 

Overnight at the Sapa Legend Hotel – Superior room

 

 

Day 3 Sapa - Lao Cai - Hanoi

Meals: B / - / -

 

Breakfast served at your hotel.

 

Morning :

Departure for a 2^nd hike in direction of Cat Cat, where landscapes are amazingly beautiful – Continue the hike through rice fields next to the tropical forest of the Hoang Lien National Park – Visit a village of Hmong ethnic group – Back to Sapa – Check-out.

 

Lunch at leisure and not included

 

Afternoon:

Visit Ham Rong Mountain and the superb Ocean of Clouds – Transfer back to Lao Cai by private a/c vehicle – Embark on the Orient Express night train (berths cabin) – Journey to Hanoi (without guide on board)

 

Accommodation on board (sharing 4 berths cabin)

 

 

Day 4 Hanoi

Meals: - / - / -

 

Arrival in Hanoi Railway station – Pick-up by your English speaking guide and transfer by private a/c vehicle to your hotel in downtown Hanoi or at the airport

 

BOOKING NOW