Sa Pa Trip Overview
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!
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Sa Pa, Vietnam
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Sa Pa, Lao Cai, Vietnam
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!
Itinerary
Day 1: Day 1: Sa Pa – Hang Da – Hau Thao (15km around 5.5 hours)
Stop At: Hang Da Village, Hau Thao Village, Sapa Vietnam
In the morning at 9 am. Trekkingtoursapa’s guide will meet you at your hotel in Sapa or in font of Sapa’s main church. After a short introduction, it will take 1km uphill on a small trail to the mountain views where you will get to see the Fansipan mountain 3.143 m, highest in Indochina and see all of Sapa town. From here, you will get to see the famous and most significant rice terrace fields in Vietnam (in Muong Hoa valley) as well as see the most significant river and valley in Sapa. After enjoying the beautiful landscape, we will continue our way on mountainside down to Hang Da, a village of Black Hmong minority. The tour will give you the chance to see some animals such as buffalo, cores, pigs. And then we will have lunch at a small restaurant run by a local family
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Hau Thao, Hau Thao, Lao Cai Province
After lunch, we will make our way on a little road down to Hau Thao, a village of Black Hmong ethnic minority. Here you will see the local’s daily life if it’s the right time you will get to see the local people are working on the fields such as harvesting or planting rice. We will be warm welcoming by the Black Hmong family at their homestay in Hau Thau village
Duration: 4 minutes
Meals included:
• Lunch: We provide vegetarian foods as well (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
• Dinner: We provide vegetarian foods as well (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
Accommodation included: The homestay is shared, but we can provide a private room, please message to us before.
Day 2: Hau Thao – Giang Ta Chai – Ta Van – Lao Chai– Y Linh Ho – Sapa (16km around 6 hours)
Stop At: Giang Ta Chai Village, Ta Van Commune, Sapa 008420 Vietnam
After a nice breakfast in the homestay, we will begin the trek of the next day. From Hau Thao village we will be walking down to the Giang Ta Chai village where you will get to see the waterfall as well as to see the Red Dao minority. After that, we will continue trekking uphill to the Hoa Lien Son mountain range (where is high 1.850m above level sea). From here, you can see the panorama view of Muong Hoa valley
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Ta Van Village, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
After enjoying the pictures, we will head downhill to Ta Van village where you can see both Giay and Black Hmong minorities.
Meals included:
• Breakfast: We provide pancakes, rice, etc (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
• Lunch: We provide vegetarian foods as well (Note: Not include a drink in the restaurant and homestay).
No accommodation included on this day.
