Itinerary

Night 1 (Thursday): Hanoi – night train to Lao Cai

Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi and transfer to the railway station for the night train (Victoria Express) to Lao Cai. Overnight on the train (Superior cabin, 4 people in one cabin)

Day 1 (Friday): Lao Cai – Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa (B)

The train arrives at Lao Cai Station, bus picks up and transfer to Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa. Breakfast upon arrival. Check in your room.
In the afternoon, free time at your own.
Lunch and Dinner by your own and overnight at Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa.

Day 2 (Saturday): Visit Can Cau Market on every Saturday (B, L, D)

After breakfast at Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa, drive to Can Cau Market – a small but very colorful market. Opening only on Saturdays, it always delivers a very photogenic display of Flower Hmong , Nung and Phu La ethnic costumes. Local lunch.
Dinner at restaurant and overnight at Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa.

Day 3 (Sunday): Sapa – Lao Cai (B)

Breakfast at Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa. You have a day at your leisure.
At the end of the day, transfer to Lao Cai by bus and take night train (Victoria Express Train) to Hanoi. The train will arrive in Hanoi around 6h00 am. End of trip.

Price
Inclusion:

• Transfer from hotel to Hanoi railway station
• Transfer per program
• English speaking guide during the day tour
• Roundtrip train Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi on Victoria Express Train (Superior cabin)
• 2-night accommodation in Superior room including breakfast
• Meals as indicated 

Excludes:

• Insurance
• Pre and post trip accommodation
• Private expenses
• Drinks and Beverage
• Other things not mentioned on included list

Notes:

• Bring walking shoes, raincoat, jacket, extra clothes, torch, insect repellent and sunscreen…
• Please take your passport to check in hotel.
• No Victoria train on Saturday
• Beware of your luggage and money
• Inform in advance if you are vegetarian.
• All customers must obey the order of your tour guide for your safety.
• Passengers are advised not to take along big luggage for convenience

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Itinerary

Night 1 (Friday): Hanoi – night train to Lao Cai

Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi and transfer to the railway station for the night train (Victoria Express Train) to Lao Cai. Overnight on the train (Superior Cabin with dining carriage)

Day 1 (Saturday): Lao Cai – Sapa – Ta Van village  (B,L,D)

The train arrives at Lao Cai Station, local guide picks up and transfer to Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa. Breakfast upon arrival.

Get downhill to the valley for 2 villages of the Black H’mong and the Day people including Lao Chai, Ta Van. Lunch on the way

Get up to the road for a car back to Sapa. Check in Victoria Resort. Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at Victoria hotel

Day 2 (Sunday): Visit to Bac Ha Market – Lao Cai. Night train to Hanoi  (B, L, D)

Breakfast at Victoria & Spa and begin the day with a visit to Bac Ha Market filled with many different hill-tribe peoples. This is the most colorful market in North of Vietnam. At the market, you have chance to enjoy Bac Ha people’s simple but unique kinds of food with special wines made from rice, cassavas, corn and different sorts of fruits such as plumps, apples, peaches…and talking to the minorities through the guide’s interpretation.
Leave the market and transfer to Lao Cai by car. Take the night train (Victoria Express Train) to Hanoi.

The train will arrive in Hanoi around 4h30 am. End of trip.

Price

Inclusion:

• Transfer from hotel to Hanoi railway statiton
• Bus Lao Cai – Sapa
• Private transfer Sapa – Bac Ha market – Lao Cai
• Pick up from Ta Van village
• English speaking guide during tour
• 1 night at Victoria & Spa
• All indicated meals (B as breakfast, L as lunch, D as dinner)
• Return train ticket Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi (Victoria train, superior cabin with soft sleeper in 4-berth AC cabin)
• All entrance fees to the indicated places.

Exclusion:

• Insurance
• Pre and post trip accommodation
• Private expenses
• Drinks and Beverage
• Bank charge (for payment by credit card via Paypal, Bank transfer)

Notes:

• Bring walking shoes, raincoat, jacket, extra clothes, torch, insect repellent and sunscreen…
• No Victoria train on Saturday
• Please take your passport to check in hotel.
• Beware of your luggage and money
• Inform in advance if you are vegetarian.
• All customers must obey the order of your tour guide for your safety.
• Passengers are advised not to take along big luggage for convenience

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VACATION

Itinerary

Night 1: Hanoi – night train to Lao Cai

Our staff will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi and transfer to the railway station for the night train to Lao Cai. Overnight on the train (A/C, soft sleeper cabin of 4 people)

Day 1: Full day cycling – Topas Ecolodge (B,L,D)

The train arrives at Lao Cai Station, local guide picks up and transfer to Sapa, where you enjoy your breakfast at a local restaurant.

9.00AM, transfer uphill to Heavens Gate (Tram Ton Pass), the highest pass of Vietnam. From here, having the bird’s-eye view of the breathtaking Muong Hoa valley. Getting on your bike and start descending into the Sapa valley. After leaving Sapa town behind for a while, you make a turn and follow a dirt road to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai.

From Lao Chai, reach  a village inhabited by the Giay tribe. Stop in a local house, enjoy lunch and have time to explore the village. After lunch, continue your ride along the valley.

In the mid afternoon, arrive at Topas Ecolodge, check in to your bungalow and enjoy the view over the valley and dotted mountain surroundings. Dinner and overnight at Topas Ecolodge.

Day 2: Topas Ecolodge – Biking to Lech Dao village – Topas Ecolodge (B,L,D)

After breakfast, start the cycling trip by following the main road for three kilometers to Lech village of the Red Dao minority, observing the magnificent valley view on the way. From here, leave your bikes and take a short walk on dirt road to visit a traditional Red Dao family. Back at the parking place to take a further ride to the new Lech village, where you will take a longer break to learn how the women in their doorways doing their embroidery, which the Red Dao people are very famous for. From the village, head back to the Lodge for lunch.

The afternoon is at your leisure. Dinner and overnight at Topas Ecolodge.

Day 3: Topas Ecolodge – Sapa – Lao Cai (B)

The morning is at your leisure at Topas Ecolodge.
At 09h00 you will take the Topas Ecolodge shuttle bus to Sapa. The afternoon is at your leisure to visit the town. At 17h30, you will take the shuttle bus to Lao Cai for the night train back to Hanoi. End tour

Price

Inclusion:

• All indicated transfer by Topas Ecolodge Shuttle Bus
• English speaking guide during tour
• 2 nights at Topas Ecolodge 
• All indicated meals (B as breakfast, L as lunch, D as dinner)
• Return train ticket Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi (soft sleeper in a 4-berth AC cabin).
• Bicycles, helmets and biking gloves
• All entrance fees to the indicated places.

Exclusion:

• Insurance
• Pre and post trip accommodation
• Private expenses
• Drinks and Beverage
• Bank charge (for payment by credit card via Paypal, Bank transfer)

Notes:

• Bring walking shoes, raincoat, jacket, extra clothes, torch, insect repellent and sunscreen…
• Please take your passport to check in hotel.
• Beware of your luggage and money
• Inform in advance if you are vegetarian.
• All customers must obey the order of your tour guide for your safety.
• Passengers are advised not to take along big luggage for convenience

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VACATION

Itinerary

Night 1: Hanoi – night train to Lao Cai

Pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi and transfer to the railway station for the night train to Lao Cai. Overnight on the train (A/C soft sleeper cabin of 4 people)

Day 1: Full day cycling – Topas Ecolodge (B,L,D)

The train arrives at Lao Cai Station, local guide picks up and transfer to Sapa, where you enjoy your breakfast at a local restaurant.
9.00AM, transfer uphill to Heavens Gate (Tram Ton Pass), the highest pass of Vietnam. From here, having the bird’s-eye view of the breathtaking Muong Hoa valley. Getting on your bike and start descending into the Sapa valley, observing the fantastic scenery of mountains and rice paddy fields along the way. After leaving Sapa town behind for a while, you make a turn and follow a dirt road to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai.
From Lao Chai, reach a village inhabited by the Giay tribe. Stop in a local house and enjoy lunch and have time to explore the village. After lunch, continue your ride along the valley.
In the mid afternoon, arrive at Topas Ecolodge and check in to your bungalow and enjoy the view over the valley and dotted mountain surroundings. Dinner and overnight at Topas Ecolodge.

Day 2: Topas Ecolodge – Biking to Lech Dao village – Sapa – Lao Cai (B,L)

After breakfast, start the cycling trip by following the main road for three kilometers to Lech village of the Red Dao minority, observing the magnificent valley view on the way. From here, leave your bikes and take a short walk on dirt road to visit a traditional Red Dao family, where you experience the culture of the minority villagers who are living peacefully the same way of life as their ancestors. Back at the parking place to take a further ride to the new Lech village, where you will take a longer break to learn how the women in their doorways doing their embroidery, which the Red Dao people are very famous for. From the village, head back to the Lodge for lunch.
At 14h00 you will take the Topas Ecolodge shuttle bus to Sapa.
At 17h30, you will take the shuttle bus to Lao Cai for the night train back to Hanoi. End of trip

Price

Inclusion:

• Transfer from hotel to Hanoi railway station
• All indicated transportation
• English speaking guide during tour
• 1 night at Topas Ecolodge (twin shared Deluxe bungalow)
• All indicated meals (B as breakfast, L as lunch, D as dinner)
• Return train ticket Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi (soft sleeper in a 4-berth AC cabin)
• Bicycles, helmets and biking gloves
• All entrance fees to the indicated places.

Exclusion:

• Insurance
• Pre and post trip accommodation
• Private expenses
• Drinks and Beverage

Notes:

• Bring walking shoes, raincoat, jacket, extra clothes, torch, insect repellent and sunscreen…
• Please take your passport to check in hotel.
• Beware of your luggage and money
• Inform in advance if you are vegetarian.
• All customers must obey the order of your tour guide for your safety.
• Passengers are advised not to take along big luggage for convenience

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VACATION

Itinerary

Night 1: Hanoi – night train to Lao Cai

You will take the night train from Hanoi Station to Lao Cai.

Day 1: Full day walking – Topas Ecolodge (B,L,D)

The train arrives at Lao Cai station at approx. 05h30. Here you will take the Topas Shuttle bus to Sapa, where you have your breakfast at a local restaurant.
At 9h00, you will commence the excursion today with a walk through the town of Sapa and along a dirt trail through vegetable gardens and rice paddy terraces. The spectacular scenery of Muong Hoa valley gradually appears within your eyesight. You will then reach the river running at the bottom of the valley and continue the walk on the bank of the river. You eventually arrive in Y Linh Ho village of Black H’mong minority, where you will take a rest and have lunch at a nice spot.
After lunch, the walk from Y Linh Ho village to Lao Chai village of Black H’mong minority is almost on the hillsides. The view of the valley is more and more extending and stretching to the horizon. You take a stop at Lao Chai village to visit a local house, before following the dirt path linking the village with Ta Van village, the only one in the valley inhabited by Giay minority. From Ta Van, you will have a transfer to Topas Ecolodge. You check in to your bungalow and enjoy the view into the valley and dotted mountain surroundings.
Dinner and overnight at Topas Ecolodge.

Day 2: Topas Ecolodge – hiking to Lech Dao village – Sapa – Lao Cai (B,L,-)

After having breakfast, you will take a half day walk to visit the Lech village of Red Dao minority. You will follow the road for a while before descending towards a river. Going through rice paddy terraces gives you many opportunities to enjoy the magnificent valley view. You cross the river by a bridge made of stone and then follow a trail going up to the village. You will be able to spend some time at the village to experience daily life, and learn how the women in their doorways doing their embroidery. From the village, you head back to the Lodge for lunch.
At 14h00 you will take the Topas Ecolodge shuttle bus to Sapa.
At 17h30, you will take the shuttle bEnd of trip.

Price

 Inclusion:

• English Speaking Guide during excursions.
• 1 night at Topas Ecolodge (twin shared Deluxe bungalow).
• All indicated meals (B as breakfast, L as lunch, D as dinner)
• Return train ticket Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi (soft sleeper in a 4-berth AC cabin).
• All indicated transfer by Topas Ecolodge Shuttle Bus (private transfer from Ta Van village to Topas Ecolodge on day 2)
• All entrance fees to the indicated places.

Exclusion:

• Insurance
• Pre and post trip accommodation
• Private expenses
• Drinks and Beverage

Notes:

• Bring walking shoes, raincoat, jacket, extra clothes, torch, insect repellent and sunscreen…
• Please take your passport to check in hotel.
• Beware of your luggage and money
• Inform in advance if you are vegetarian.
• All customers must obey the order of your tour guide for your safety.
• Passengers are advised not to take along big luggage for convenience

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Itinerary
Night 1: Hanoi – night train to Lao Cai

You will take the night train from Hanoi Station to Lao Cai.

Day 2: Full day visit to a Market – Topas Ecolodge (B,L,D)

The train arrives at Lao Cai Station approx at 5h30 where our guide and driver are waiting. You will enjoy your breakfast in a local restaurant in Lao Cai.
You will then go from Lao Cai to one of the markets, depending on which day today is. There are the markets of Coc Ly (or Ban Cam on Tuesdays), Lung Khau Nhin (Thursdays), Can Cau (Saturdays) and Bac Ha (or Muong Khuong or Muong Hum on Sundays), all located in the surrounding mountainous area, 70 – 90 km from Lao Cai. All of the markets are colorful with many different hill tribes living around the market, gathers in a morning of the week. They come to the market not only for purchasing their local products, but also for their special social event.
In the mid afternoon you will be transferred to Topas Ecolodge. You check in to your bungalow and enjoy the view of the valley and dotted mountain surroundings.
Dinner and overnight at Topas Ecolodge.

Day 3: Topas Ecolodge – Sapa – Lao Cai (B,L,D)

The morning is at your leisure at Topas Ecolodge. If you would like to buy a half day excursion to the beneath valley, where the friendly ethnic minority people lives, the Lodge staff can assist you with tours and information.
It is at your choice to take either the shuttle bus departing at 9h00 or at 14h00 to Sapa.
At 17h30, you will take the shuttle bus to Lao Cai for the night train back to Hanoi. End of trip.

Note: It is possible to change the market day to day 3 if there is no market on day 2. In that case you will take the Topas Ecolodge shuttle bus directly from Lao Cai Station to Topas Ecolodge, and have the whole day 2 relaxing at the Lodge.

Price

Inclusion:

• English Speaking Guide during excursions
•  1 night at Topas Ecolodge (twin shared Deluxe bungalow)
•  All indicated meals (B as breakfast, L as lunch, D as dinner)
•  Return train ticket Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi (soft sleeper in 4-berth AC cabin)
•  All land transfer as indicated.
•  All entrance fees to the indicated places.

Exclusion:

• Insurance
• Pre and post trip accommodation
• Private expenses
• Drinks and Beverage
• All other services not mentioned as inclusive
  
• Bank charge (for payment by credit card via Paypal, bank transfer)

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ItineraryMet up at your hotel by local guide and driver then transferred to Su Pan Village. There we start our trekking day by walking downhill through the breathtaking scenery. We will trek through rice paddy fields until we reach Ban Ho village. This is a Tay village. We have a short visit of local house before a suspension bridge the a nice house where your guide will prepare your delicious lunch. After lunch, we continues our walk to another village. This is a Red Dao village this time, called Nam Toong. Stop by a nice house to taste a cup of tea before heading back to Ban Ho. Swimming is possible but you absolutely should check your guide’s advice before jumping on the water. Our vehicle is waiting for us for the journey back to Sapa from Ban ho.

Price

 

Tour includes:

• Transportation
• English speaking guide
• Entrance fee
• Picnic lunch

ItineraryPick up at your hotel in Sapa in the morning and first sneak through the Sapa 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 continuing the 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 toward 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 return Sapa from Tavan by car.
End of services.

Price

 

 Tour includes:

• Transportation
• English speaking guide
• Entrance fee
• Picnic lunch

ItineraryMet up at your hotel in Sapa by local guide and driver then travel by car downhill to Mong Sen where we starting a dirt trail through rice fields and villages. Enjoy spectacular view along the way. Your picnic lunch will be provided on spot.

After lunch, we continue our trek downhill towards Taphin village inhabited by ed Dao and Black Hmong minorities. These are two largest ethnic groups living in Sapa area. Stop by some house to meet local people and talk with them to understand their culture, customs and traditions. Late afternoon, we will trek back to to main road to get on our vehicle for the journey back to Sapa. End tour.

Price

Tour includes:

• Transportation
• English speaking guide
• Entrance fee
• Picnic lunch

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