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
3: 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
4: 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
5: 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
Day
6 : Sapa - Hanoi (B,L,D). Night
train
Free
to explore Sapa town. In the afternoon, our bus will
take you to Laocai Station for the night train to
Hanoi.
Arrive
Hanoi at 5h00 Am. End tour.
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