Sapa Valley Trek and Homestay: Explore Mountain Landscapes and Ethnic Minority Cultures in 3D2N Tour

Embark on a 3D2N trekking adventure in Sapa Valley, immersing yourself in stunning mountain landscapes and the rich cultures of Hmong, Giay, and Red Dao ethnic minorities.

Duration: 3 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Homestay (15 km or 6.5 hours)

Y Linh Ho - The tour begins at 9 am. Our local guide will meet you at your hotel in Sapa Town or in front of the main local 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 reach 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 run by a local Hmong family.

Ta Van Village - After the break, you will make your way to Ta Van, a village of the famous Giay minority, where your local host family will welcome you. You will then have some time to rest, take a hot shower, and get ready for your dinner – if you want, you will also have the chance to take part in an informal cooking class!

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 explore your homestay’s surrounding area and the nearby rice fields. After breakfast, you will be taken uphill into the mountain until you reach the waterfalls of Giang Ta Chai. You will then enter the Red Dao area where, together with your local guide, you will learn more about their culture and daily life. After a short visit with a Red Dao family, you will head back to the waterfalls by taking an alternative trail and crossing a second hanging bridge. You will then have lunch in Giang Ta Chai village at a small, local restaurant run by a Hmong family. After the break, our bus will be waiting for you, and you will head back to Sapa Town.

Ban Ho Village - After the break, we will make our way to Su Pan, a community of the Black Hmong minority. Then we will continue walking to Ban Ho village, where you will meet three ethnic minorities: Red Dao, Tay, and Black Hmong. A Tay family will welcome us to their home. You will then have time to rest, take a hot shower, and wait for your dinner.

Ban Ho – Nam Tong – Sapa (3km around 3 hours)

Ban Ho Village - After breakfast on the third day, we will visit the traditional houses and learn about Tay culture, then go to Nam Tong village.

What's Included
  • 1 night homestay accommodation
  • 1 big bottle of water per person
  • Transport back to Sapa after the tour
  • Lunch included
  • Dinner included
  • Breakfast included
  • Local guide provided
  • Village entry fees covered
What's Not Included
  • Personal travel insurance
  • Extra drinks (e.g. bottled water or beer) at the homestay
  • Tips
Additional Information

In this tour, Trekkingtoursapa’s guide will take you to visit 5 different villages of the Hmong, Giay, and Red Dao ethnic minorities.

The tour will give you the chance to enjoy fantastic mountain landscapes as well as to see Sapa’s biggest river and valley. You will also see the famous rice terrace fields and learn more about the culture, customs, and traditions of the three main different ethnic minorities in Sapa.

Our tour guide will also introduce you to Hmong’s unique marriage traditions, rice fields, work and house building techniques, and much more!

Location
Notre Dame Cathedral
Meeting Plan: At the right time, our guide will be there with your name; he/she will ask some people who are staying at the Church. So make sure you be there at the time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Raffthetiger
Sep 15, 2024
Mountains and valleys! - Had a great time exploring the sunny valley and mountains close to Sapa. Our guide Soso showed us the rice harvest, explained her peoples customs and was very knowledgeable about the local flora. Cozy homestays, lots of good food and views for years!
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Isagevers
Aug 29, 2024
Unforgettable experience! - Wow! The 3D2N trek is an unforgettable experience! 3 days walking through the beautiful nature of Sapa is something I would recommend to anyone coming to Vietnam. Continuously beautiful views, nice encounters with the locals, super nice homestays and great food! Me was our Guide, and she was really great! She told very fun and interesting facts about the area, told a lot about her own life in the Black Hmong tribe, had answers to all our questions, and she also helped super well during the sometimes challenging parts of the hike. She even took us on the 2nd day to her own house, and her parents' house, where we were allowed to help harvest the rice! In short: highly recommended for your visit to Sapa!
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Daanbekkers
Aug 29, 2024
Unforgettable experience! - Just completed the 3d2n trekking under the professional guidance of Me. Beautiful scenery, friendly people, delicious food and great homestays. Good mix of nature / hiking and insights in local culture. Our guide - Me - really went the extra mile to show us the life of the local people and provided all the information (in great English) to make this an unforgettable trip. Highly recommend!
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Excursion31221585154
Aug 21, 2024
Great guided tour! - Great experience! Sai was the tour guide and she was really helpful and kind. The homestay we slept was nice and the food too! We recommend this tour!
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398ariannan
Aug 16, 2024
Great experience - We had an amazing time trekking in the rice fields of sapa. Our guide So leaded us through hidden paths in the mountains and told us about the local culture. The homestays were nice and the host families were really friendly.
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Montana
Aug 9, 2024
Trekking in Sapa with So - We had a great time trekking through the Sapa Villages. Our guide, So, was informative, kind and very eager to teach us about the local culture. We could not recommend doing a tour with him, or the company, more! Thank you, So!
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Sabihac2022
Aug 8, 2024
Great experience at SaPa - We had a fantastic time trekking through Sapa with our guide Ly. She is an amazing guide and helped us through the difficult parts of the trek. We learnt a lot about the local culture, her life and the people. It was an unforgettable experience, and I would highly recommend it.
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Coberbeck
Jul 31, 2024
Awesome Trekking Tour - I (w, 27) booked a tour alone over three days and two nights and it was incredible. I was assigned Sang Lo as a tour guide and I am so overjoyed to have met her! At first I had some concern because I have never gone on a tour like this before and it should rain very heavily in the three days. But Sang was just so sweet and took my worries away. She told me so much about the different villages and locals with their culture and way of life. The nature and trails were fantastically beautiful, I had such incredible days and got to collect so many unforgettable impressions. The overnight stays at the homestays were also really nice - the people were so warm and especially the meals were so delicious and cozy! I would book the tour again and again! Especially as a woman traveling alone, it was just the thing and gave me a wonderful time! Thank you❤️
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Andrewirwin14
Jul 26, 2024
MUST DO! Amazing hike and a great challenge. - Exceptional 3 day trek with Tong around Sa Pa and its surrounding villages. It was a real pleasure to be integrated with her family and tribes people with trying on their clothing, learning some of their cultural ways and being embraced with only joy and happiness. The homestay’s were also so neat and tidy, showers were excellent and food was delicious and abundant (definitely none of us were hungry at any point!). I would highly recommend anyone to do this trip and if you are to select the more challenging walk, be ready to be ascending and descending a lot.
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V1499tnkatiey
Jul 25, 2024
3 D 2 N homestay trek - Highly recommend this tour company. We did the 3D 2N Sapa Valley Trek and homestay experience. We were the only ones who booked so ended up getting a private tour, though we met plenty of travellers on the way! Our guide, Xu, was amazing. She was a wealth of knowledge and taught us about the day to day life of the local villagers. She was so kind and patient and always gave us options to go the easy or harder way. I did not bring a hat and she kindly went to her sisters village and borrowed one fof me. We saw amazing rice fields, rivers, mountains, waterfalls, animals (cow, buffalo, chicken, ducks), met many locals (and their children) and the homestays and meals were above our expectations. The weather was amazing for rainy season, though im sure Xu would have thought of alternate routes for us if it did rain. The actual tour company had excellent communication, highly organized, and helped us book trains to and from. They had many tips for us. We were able to shower at the office after our trek and before a long ride back to Hanoi. Overall very pleased with our once in a life time experience.
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