6 Day Trek In Sapa

6 Day Trek In Sapa

On this trip you have an opportunity to explore one of the most beautiful parts in Sapa area, which is under protection of Hoang Lien National Park. The night you spend in campsite nearby a river will be memorial moments along the trek. You will also be able to meet several different minorities, which cannot be found in other areas of Sapa, such as Giay in Muong Hoa valley, Tay and Xa Pho in Ban Ho valley. Both valleys are beautiful with mountainous surrounding and rice paddy terraces.

Itinerary

Day 1: Sapa - Cat Cat - Y Linh Ho – Tavan (-, L, D)

Pass By: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
Met up at your hotel in Sapa by local guide and your trek will start through the market and leave the busy town behind. After a couple of minutes, you follow a road going downhill to Cat Cat village. You will stop by a waterfall and a hydroelectric station for a while before you trek on a dirt trail through rice paddy terraces. You also will enjoy spectacular scenery while walking along a narrow river. You eventually arrive in Y Linh Ho village of Black Hmong minority, where you can take a rest while you are served lunch nearby the river.
After lunch, you head Muong Hoa valley. You will pass through Lao Chai village of Black Hmong minority and then Tavan village of Giay minority by following a very popular trekking route. You will spend the night in local house of Giay minority. You will be able to take a walk to enjoy the valley view as well as swim in the river nearby.

Approx: 5 hours walking/ 1-hour lunch.


Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at homestay

Day 2: Tavan - Seomity (B, L, D)

Pass By: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
After having breakfast, you start today’s trek, which is mostly uphill until lunchtime. Whenever you stop for a rest, you will be able to enjoy valley view. Before noon, you stop again at a nice spot for lunch.
The trek will be softer in the afternoon. But the scenery becomes even more beautiful. You pass by Seomity village of Black Hmong minority before you arrive in a campsite, which locates nearby a river outside the village. While porters put up tents and cook dinner, you can take a walk to stretch the legs.

Approx: 4/5 hours walking/ 1 hour lunch


Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at homestay

Day 3: Seomity – Den Thang - Ta Trung Ho (B, L, D)

Pass By: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
The trek today takes you through beautiful rice paddies and over old suspension bridges. You will trek on small trail sneaking through rainforest. You arrive in Den Thang village of Black Hmong by noon. Here you stop for lunch either nearby a river or in a local school according to the weather.
After lunch, the trek will becomes tough on tinny footpath going up and down, which requires a lot of concentration. You will reach to Ta Trung Ho village of Red Dao minority where you spend the night in local house. Both the valley and the village have just received foreign visitors. The night will be even more interesting when you are in the wonderful hospitable atmosphere of the Red Dao.

Approx: 6 hours walking, 1-hour lunch


Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at homestay

Day 4: Ta Trung Ho - Nam Toong – My Son – Thanh Phu (B, L, D)

Pass By: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
You are now at the fringe of the rain forest by the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochina with its 3143 m, is located in this mountain range. You will start the trek today by ascending to Nam Toong village of Red Dao minority. Here your lunch will be prepared in a local school.
After lunchtime, you descend to the valley where locates My Son village of Xa Pho minority, one of the smallest groups ethnic in Northern Vietnam. From there you take a short walk to Thanh Phu village of Tay minority. Here you spend the night in traditional house of the Tay. You can take a walk to explore local daily life while your dinner will be served with Vietnamese dishes.

Approx: 7 hours walking/ 1-hour lunch


Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at homestay

Day 5: Thanh Phu - Nam Cum – Sin Chai (B, L, D)

Pass By: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
Today’s trek will be relatively short and soft. Once leaving Thanh Phu, you follow the trekking route built in the bottom of the valley, which offers the best view to the surrounding mountains. You stop at a nice spot for lunch.
After lunchtime, you continue the walk toward Sin Chai village of Red Dao minority where the night will be spent in a local house in the village.

Approx: 3 hours walking/ 1-hour lunch


Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at homestay

Day 6: Sin Chai - Thanh Phu – Ban Ho – Sapa (B, L, -)

Pass By: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
From Sin Chai you will start heading towards Ban Ho. You will trek along the riverbank where you can enjoy a refreshing swim nearby a waterfall. At Ban Ho, your lunch will be prepared and served in a friendly local Tay family's house.
On the last hours you can enjoy the valley view one final time while trekking upward Supan. Here your car will take you on journey back to Sapa. On the way you still have many opportunities to enjoy magnificent views of valleys and mountain.

Approx: 1-hour driving/ 5 hours walking/ 1-hour lunch


Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.