6 DAY(S) Daily Tours
SaPa & HaGiang Discovery
6 DAY(S) Daily Tours
Hanoi-SaPa-HaGiang
Description
Highlights
- Interact with H’mong people in Sa Pa and Ha Giang, learn about their traditions, clothing, and daily life, and experience an authentic cultural immersion
- Trek through stunning valleys, mesmerizing rice terraces, and scenic river paths, offering picturesque views at every step.
- A boat ride in Nho Que river in the midst of the towering limestone karst formations.
- Visit the Palace of H’Mong King Vuong Chi Sinh
- Take a cable car to Fansipan – The roof of Indochina
Itinerary
After breakfast, take 6-hour drive to Sapa by sharing bus to Sapa without guide. On arrival, check in hotel for a rest
In the afternoon, The journey will be mostly driving downhill toward Lao Cai, before taking a left turn into a small paved road leading to Ta Phin village.
Here you can experience the unmixed cultural life of Black Hmong and Red Dao minorities, 2 largest ethnic groups in the area. They live happily together while maintaining their own tradition from generation to generation.
You can recognize them by dressing while they are both very famous of handicraft.
Enjoy walking among local people. The trip also offers you the opportunity to visit the local houses as well as visit the local caves. Back to Sapa for overnight
After breakfast, private transport will take you to Silver Waterfall, the highest in Vietnam with a 300m drop. An ascent to the base of the waterfall will enable you to explore the surrounding landscape. This is a famous spot and is regularly visited by monks to pray. Then we continue our drive uphill to the Heavens Gate, the highest stretch of road in Vietnam as well as the provincial border of Lao Cai and Lai Chau provinces. Enjoy fantastic view over the valley!
After that we will be transferred to cable car station where we will have 25 minutes travelling to Fansipan Mountain where is considered to be the most beautiful landscape of Vietnam now. Reach the altitude of 2800 meters, you have a good time to see the view and take photos, visit pagoda the spiritual destinations and trek up to 600 steps you will reach the peak of Fansipan – the Roof of Indochina. (Spend about 1,5 hours for hiking and taking photos). Back to Sapa for overnight
At 8AM, you will commence your short journey by driving south toward Muong Hoa valley. You will then start your walk by descending into the valley, which is the largest rice paddy terraced among Sapa area. The guide can provide you interesting information about rice. If you visit the valley sometime in between May and October, you will be able to observe and experience how the local do planting and harvesting, one of the most important activities in the daily life. The walk takes you from Lao Chai village of Black Hmong minority to Ta Van village of Giay minority including a visit to the local Catholic Church. After lunch (at your own account), the car will return you to Sapa.
Free till 15:30, you will be get on the sharing transfer from Sapa to Ha Giang
Upon arrival to Ha Giang at 10PM, check in hotel for overnight
8.30am: Tour is start at your hotel in Ha Giang city, our tour guide and drivers will brief for you how to be safe to sit behind with easy riders.
On the first day, you will see a big change in the scenery when you drive into the mountain roads. We will stop at Bac Sum Slope to enjoy the view and have drinks before arrival the town of Quan Ba. The tour takes you through the Dong Van Karst Geopark – a major geoheritage site in Vietnam. You will see a lot of terrace rice field, thousands of limestone rocks and magnificent views and hidden villages at the Valley. People will be working on the land and you will get a taste of rural north Vietnamese countryside life. Our riders also take you to the Quan Ba Heaven gate & Twin mountains – the famous viewpoint in Ha Giang. We will have lunch in local restaurant in Yen Minh Town. After lunch, we drive to Dong Van Town, you will make a stop at Tham Ma Slope and the residence of the Vuong’s family, which is still called Hmong King Palace. Then we will check in hotel and have dinner in Dong Van Town.
Overnight at Hoa Cuong hotel (or similar)
After breakfast, we leave Dong Van Town, our easy rider will take you to see the most beautiful part of the whole journey, located on the Happiness road connecting the towns of Dong Van and Meo Vac, Ma Pi Leng Pass. The legendary pass is well known for craggy cliffs and breath-taking views. It is the most ragged pass in the north, often referred to as the “king” of the passes in Vietnam! The whole road is winding through the cliffs and overcomes Ma Pi Leng pass at an altitude of 2,000 meters.
To show you the full beauty of the pass, we will Ride down the breathtaking Sky Path to admire the scenery of the whole valley and Nho Que river. Then ride to see panorama of Ma Pi Leng Pass and take unforgettable pictures. Standing on the peak of the pass, you will feel overwhelmed by the majestic space of mountains and rivers.
We will continue our journey to more distant villages. From there, you will know how people live in remote parts of Vietnam. We will drive through the villages Lung Ho, Mau Due and Meo Vac, where we will have a pit stop for a lunch and drink. From Meo Vac Town we will continue through mountainous trail road area of Ha Giang province to Du Gia Village with amazing landscape and famous village there are 7 ethnic minority live at the same village, you will see colorful village and a lot of culture, where we will spend over at a nice bungalow
After breakfast, we will explore hidden beautiful waterfall – Du Gia waterfall. Then we will continue our journey again, our last day still bring you the amazing feeling about nature and landscapes, we will take the road back to Ha Giang. But it doesn’t mean end of attractions. We will cross Quan Ba town and Bac Me. Some people say it looks like fairy’s breasts! After adventurous ride we will be back to Ha Giang afternoon, then take the sharing transfer back to Hanoi
Inclusion
- Accommodation at all places including breakfast (on basis of 02 people / double / twin at hotel or sharing dorm at homestay)
- Travel on private, modern & comfortable air-conditioned vehicles with a caring driver for all transfers and ground transportation (except the days with sharing transfer)
- Meals as mentioned in the program (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
- Entry fee for all mentioned sites for visit
- Boat trips as mentioned in the program
- Qualified local tour guides during the whole trip (except the break time or program clearly mentioned “WITHOUT GUIDE”)
Exclusion
- International flight tickets & Vietnam visa
- Transportation vehicles not listed in the program
- Meals not mentioned in the program
- Drinks, telephone, laundry and all that is not clearly mentioned in the “Price includes”.
- Tips and personal expenses
- Insurances
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