At  8:30 pm transfer from your hotel to the Hanoi train station for boarding at 9:15 pm. You will be in shared AC soft sleeper cabins of 4 to travel North to Lao Cai town. The next morning: The train arrives in Lao Cai at about 5:00 am where your  guide will welcome you at exit the train station. Then take a morning drive through the clouds by car / van to Sapa (about 1.5 hours). When you arrive in Sapa you will be taken to Sapa Vista Hotel for a morning shower & breakfast, then prepare for the trek as detailed below:

We use Livitrans Express train, Ratraco travel train or other train on your request for this trip

After freshening up and having breakfast you are free to take a walk around the charming little town of Sapa. Pay a visit to the fascinating market and or the old cathedral where you can meet and greet some of the local ethnic minority people. The Black H'Mong and Red Zao come into town daily to sell their farming produce and hand made crafts - you will spot them easily in their bright traditional dress. 
At 9:30, back at the Sapa Pathfinder office we will set off to begin trekking and exploring the Muong Ho valley. 
A 12kms of trekking will see us visit Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai villages. Here we will have lunch with a local family or in a drinking shop by the river, we continue hiking to Ta Van village (here resides the Dzay people) where we settle for the night in a local village family home. This provides a great opportunity to share their customs and home life. Your tour guide and host family will set up a temporary cooking class so you can share a Vietnamese cooking experience!

• Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are all included
• Accommodation: hotel 3 star

You will stay at 3 star hotel in the centre of Sapa town 

A walk down to the South-west of Sapa (around 4 km) to visit Cat Cat village of the Black H’mong. Relax at the food of the stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam. Enjoy picnic lunch by the side of the river, and then next 3 km to Sin Chai, the village located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain, “the roof of Vietnam and Indochina”. From here you can enjoy huge stunning landscapes before climbing up on the way a jeep to return to Sapa.

• Breakfast, Picnic Lunch and dinner are all included.
• Trekking level: 4/10
• 7KM trekking, 3Km driving from Cat Cat back to Sapa
• Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner are all included
• Overnight on the train

The trek lead you through beautifull Sapa landscape and the rice field

At 5:30pm, you will be transferred by a shared bus to Lao Cai station, where you will then take the night train back to Hanoi. We hope you have enjoyed your time in Sapa and your experience with Sapa Pathfinders.