Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Homestay (15 km or 6.5 hours)
Y Linh Ho - The tour starts at SAPA. Our local guide will meet you at your hotel in Sapa Town or in front of the local main church. After a brief introduction, you will be taken 2km down to Cat Cat’s road, a well-known village of the Hmong minority. From there, you will be reaching the hanging bridge of the Muong Hoa river and then continue uphill into the mountains and through a bamboo forest. You will then head down to Y Linh Ho village and have lunch at a small, traditional restaurant ran by a local Hmong family.
Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan -Ban Ho – Homestay (18 km or 6.30 hours)
Giang Ta Chai Village - Enjoy a cup of hot coffee or tea and discover your homestay’s surrounding area and the nearby rice fields. After breakfast, you will be retaken uphill into the mountain till the waterfalls of Giang Ta Chai. You will then enter the Red Dao area where, together with your local guide, you will learn more in detail about their culture and daily life. After a short visit at a Red Dao family, you will then head back to the waterfalls by taking an alternative trail and across a second hanging bridge. You will then have your lunch in Giang Ta Chai village at a small, local restaurant run by a Hmong family.
Ban Ho – Nam Tong – Sapa (3km around 3 hours)
Ban Ho Village - After breakfast on the 3 days, we will visit the traditional houses and learn about the Tay culture then go to Nam Tong village.
- 1 big bottle of water per person
- Transport back to Sapa after tour ends in villages
- Lunch included
- Dinner provided
- Accommodation: Homestay in local village
- Breakfast available
- Personal travel insurance
- Extra drinks (soft drink, beer) at the homestay: 2 USD/ bottle
- Tips, Holiday surcharge
During this excursion, our tour leader will escort you to five distinct villages inhabited by the Hmong, Giay, and Red Dao ethnic groups. The journey affords an opportunity to appreciate breathtaking mountain scenarios, as well as Sapa’s largest river and valley. Additionally, you will get to glimpse the renowned rice terrace fields and gain insight into the culture, customs, and practices of Sapa’s three primary ethnic minorities. Not stopping at that, our tour guide will acquaint you with the unique matrimonial customs of the Hmong, their rice cultivation methods, residential construction techniques, and lots more!
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
