DETAILED ITINERARY.

8h30pm take taxi from your hotel in Hanoi to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at at 9:30 PM to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.(4 people/cabin or 2 people/cabin on request).

06:00 - Arrive at Lao Cai train station. Welcome by your local guide and driver. Transfer to your Sapa for breakfast & relax. Take a jeep ride for the first part and go down hill to the valley. Cross Muong Hoa River to get to the other mountainside for 2 villages of the H'mong and the Dzay - LaoChai and TaVan village. Picnic lunch on the way. Dinner. Spend the night at hotel.

Night 2: Overnight in hotel.

Take a jeep ride 5 km to the North East of Sapa. From here, take off jeep to visit Matra village of the H'mong people. After this village, do a 4-hour trek through the mountain and reach Taphin village - a handy craft traditional village of 2 different minorities: the Red Dzao and the Black H'mong. Mountains surround the village and the landscapes are beautiful. Have picnic lunch at village. In the afternoon, the jeep wait for you and take you back to Sapa. Overnight at hotel.

Night 2: Overnight in hotel.

Free to explore the town, go to the market by yourself. In the afternoon, take bus to Laocai Station for the night train to Hanoi (air-con. berth). The end of the tour.

Sleep on the train.(4 people/cabin or 2 people/cabin on request).

PACKAGE COST:

Rates are in USD per person, based on twin shared, valid from Jan 1^st 2012 to Dec 31^st 2012

INCLUSIVE OF ABOVE PRICES:

v  Private car/mini van in Sapa & taxi for short transfer hotel in Hanoi to railway station & railway station to hotel in Hanoi

v  Soft sleeper in joined cabin 4 berths with A/C

v  All entrance fees

v  English or French speaking guide

v  All meals as indicated

v  Accommodation as mentioned

EXCLUSIVE OF ABOVE PRICES:

v  Visa application fee to Vietnam

v  Personal expenses

v  Other meals and drinks

v  Late check-out & early check in for accommodation at the places

v  Airport tax and departure tax

v  All other services not made on the written form

v  Insurance

v  Tips and gratuities

WHAT TO BRING: 

v  Sun block

v  Camera + Film

v  Insect repellent

v  Original Passport

v  A wide brimmed hat

v  Sun glasses.

v  Proper shoes