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).

Picked up at Laocai Railway station early in the morning by bus. Arrive at Sapa round 8:00 AM. Breakfast and relax. Depart Sapa at 10:30 AM. 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. Stay the night at a local family in Tavan village. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the home-stay.

Night 2: Overnight in home-stay.

Get up early in the morning to enjoy the daily life of the ethnic minorities in the village. Breakfast; take the road to GiangTaChai village of the Red Dzao minority via the paths between terraces and through bamboo forests. Visit silver waterfall and suspension Rattan Bridge, visit the people in the village and then cross MuongHoa River up to the mountain to visit the last village of the trek - Supan village of the H'mong. Get back to Sapa by jeep. On the way back, enjoy visiting the ancient stone circle where stones are decorated with ancient carvings.

Check in hotel. Overnight in Sapa.

Breakfast, visit village of the black H'mong (Catcat), walk around visiting people in the village and the hydroelectric power station built by the French in the old days. Back town have lunch and check out hotel, free to explore the town until take bus to get to Laocai Station for the night train back to

Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi around 5.00 AM. The end of the tour.

Night 3: Overnight on the train 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