Sapa - Vietnam
With one days touring Sapa’s highlights, and 2 days hard trekking, This option offers an easiest track to conquer Fansipan Mountain. You will start your trekking from Tram Ton Pass along a tough trail up and down the steep mountains through primitive forest and take the same way back. Stay overnight in a tent for one night in the middle of the forest.
Take overnight train from Hanoi to Lao Cai
Please, be ready at your hotel lobby at 20.00 for a short transfer to Hanoi railways station for taking the overnight train (first class 4 beds cabin with air-condition) which arrive in Lao Cai city, near the Chinese border next morning.
If trains are unavailable, you will be picked up at your hotel in time to catch the 10PM sleeper cabin bus to Lao Cai.
The train/bus arrives at Lao Cai early at about 06.00, meet your guide and driver upon your arrival to Lao Cai station and an hour transfer uphill the Hoang Lien Son mountains to Sapa. Great views of valleys and terraced rice fields! After Breakfast, you will enjoy a walk around Sapa for a brief introduction of this charming town. At the market, you will meet ethnic minority peoples of different groups wearing their traditional costumes made by themselves who come every day selling local products includes vegetable, bamboo shoot, mushroom, medicinal herbs and souvenirs…there are chances for getting intact with them and taking photos. Later you will follow the footsteps uphill to the top of Ham Rong Mountain for over viewing beautiful scenery of the town and surrounding area, paying visit to an orchard garden and a mini museum which tell you a lot about ethnic minority people living in Sapa and the northwest region. The rest of the day is set at your leisure.
• Accommodation: hotel in Sapa
Take a jeep transfer 18 km via Silver Water Fall to Tram Ton Pass at 1,900m. From here trek through thick tropical jungle, passing some isolated Black H’mong hamlets. Stop for Lunch at a nice sport with great view of the west side area.
Continue through the thick jungle, the trail gets narrower and steeper. Some part is really slippery and dangerous but the nature get wilder and wilder. We reach to the top of a mountain at 2,900m where our camp will be set for staying overnight.
• Accommodation: Overnight in tent
Wake up and Breakfast, we follow a narrow trail passing through forest and bamboo bushes, which get smaller and shorter as we approaching to the peak. After 2 hours challenging up the steep path, you will reach to the top Fansipan Mount. Congratulation! Staying here to enjoy your success as well as great view of a ever green scenery stretching under your feet.
The way back, of course less hard but still dangerous. Arriving back to the 2,900m camp at noon, we have long break for Lunch and recovery and then continue the same way back to Tram Ton pass where our car will pick us up for a transfer back to Sapa at your hotel.
• Accommodation: hotel in Sapa
Today is set at your leisure in Sapa but be kindly notice that your hotel room is not booked for late check out. Pick up and transfer to the 3PM limousine bus back to Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi at about 10p.m.
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