Day
1 : Friday: Arrive Hanoi - Lao Cai ( D ) (Train)
Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi. Catch an overnight train (about 9
hours) to Lao Cai, 346 km to the northwest. Lao Cai is the last station
in Vietnam on the French built train line toYunnan, China. Overnight
on the train.
Summary
Transfer hotel – railway station: AC vehicle
Accommodation: Soft sleeper in AC cabin
Day
2 : Lao Cai - Sapa -Laochai -Tavan (1600m) (B,L,D).
Arrive early morning in Lao Cai and transfer by minibus to Sapa. All day
trekking to visit some minority villages. Lao Chai - TaVan - GiangTaChai.
You will meet some different minority people H’mong, Zay, Red Dzao,
you can see the different colorful dresses.Free time to visit Sapa
market. Overnight at hotel in Sapa.
Summary
Transfer Laocai – Sapa: 1 hr
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa
Activity: Free at leisure
Meals: Breakfast , Lunch, Dinner
Day
3 : Start the climb to the first camp (BLD).
After
breakfast in the hotel we will meet our support crew, who will carry
all equipment, foods and our clothing. We will carry our day pack
with water, jacket and camera only. Today we will begin the first
part of our ascent with a trek through terraced rice paddies and some
of the hilltribe villages. Setting out from Sapa we descend into the
nearby village of Cat Cat and cross Muong Hoa River. Past the river
we start our upward trek to reach an elevation of 1,700m where we
will have lunch break.
In the afternoon
we will continue trek to the first base camp at an elevation of 2,300
m. The terrain in the afternoon becomes steeper and more difficult
as we trek through massive Arrowroot plantations and up steeper slopes
surrounded by bamboo. Our camp for the evening will be in a very small
clearing on the mountain enclosed by bamboo. Sleep in bamboo hut or
tent.
Summary
Trekking: 7 hrs/ascend 2,300m from 1,600m (Sapa)
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day
4: Trek to the second base camp
Today we set out
for a full day trek to the second base camp. As we continue on we
will pass through primary forest containing giant, century old pine
trees and expanses of bamboo. Our trek will take us to an altitude
of 2,900m from this elevation we have a spectacular view across to
the peak of Mt. Fansipan. After lunch we start climb down to an elevation
of 2,700m. Our decent will be over large boulders, down a fairly steep
slope. Our camp is on the mountain slope facing west, near a mountain
stream. Dinner and overnight at the base camp.
Summary
Trekking: 7 hrs/ascend 2,900m/descend to 2,700m
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5:
Trek to the summit and descend to the third base camp
Today is the summit
day, we climb to the roof of Indochina: the peak of Mt. Fansipan.
The final climb will takes around three hours though dense bamboo
forest . Once at the summit we will spend sometime soaking up the
best panorama in Vietnam. We then descend 2,700m for lunch.
In the afternoon
we will descend to the third base camp where we spend the last night
on mountain.
Summary
Trekking: 7 hrs/ascend 3,143m/descend 2,000m
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6:
Back to Sapa. Night train to Hanoi
Today we trek
downhill all the way. We will reach Sapa around lunch time. In the
afternoon we will then be free to take shower and relax after the
climb, In the late afternoon we will be transferred to the railway
station for night train to back Hanoi.
Summary
Trekking: 4 hrs/descend 1,600m (Sapa)
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Arrive Hanoi at 5h00 Am. End tour.
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