Sapa trekking and homestay
Credit : kwan Pham - Germany
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Print| Vietnam | |
| Difficulty level: | Easy |
| Suitable for (Age): | 5+ |
| Trip duration: | 2 Days |
| Recommended Months: | January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December |
| Day 1: | Hanoi - Laocai – Sapa- Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Tavan villages. You are picked up at your hotel or airport to transport to train station by guide and driver. Arriving at Laocai train station in the early morning, you will be welcomed by local guide and driver and transferred to Sapa town. Having breakfast at the local restaurant before having a short walk of 6km to Y Linh Ho and Lao Chai villages where excellent panoramas of the large valley, rice terraced fields and the Hmong villages are offered. You can take a small local path leading into the bottom of Muong Hoa valley where the Hmong tribe stay, coming into some native houses to study how they make handicraft from natural materials such as hemp and indigo. Picnic lunch will be served next to Muong Hoa river. After having lunch, you continue to trek about 5km more to Tavan village which is inhabited by Dzay and Red Dzao tribes. You can see how the Dzay tribe makes perfumed incense and stone products. There you have home stay at the local house and cooking class |
| Day 2: | Ta van – Giang Ta Chai - Hau Thao Villages After having breakfast at the home stay, the trek continues forwards the Red Dzao people in Giang Ta Chai. On the way, you will trek up and downhill and then through bamboo forest. The village of Giang Ta Chai is the next stop, which you will reach by following a path over a Rattan bridge. Lunch will be provided near a waterfall, just before arrival at the village. Eventually, the trek returns to the hill of Hau Thao village, you will get back to Sapa town by car, having shower and dinner before going to the train station to catch the night train to Hanoi. |
Tips
Sleeping at the home stay is the nice experience, you can study more from the daily life of Sapa tribes. Especially, you can know how to make some special Vietnamese foods. There are many different routes to reach the above villages. If you like to escape from other tourist, you should follow the mountain trails which is really nice but I need to be strong enough do to this one. If you can not walk for a long way, you can go by car to the Muong Hoa valley and then trek for 4km from the first village to the home stay. However, you do not want to lose the nice landscape along the way, you can trek about 9km along the main road. When you talk to the local guide, Mr.Viet, he can help you choose the best option for you. He always makes the perfect trip for tourist. Here is his email address: thoviet_dl@yahoo.com.vn, his handphone: +(84)974839873 and his website: vietsapatravel.comPhotos
Photo by: Kwan Pham
Sapa mountain view |
Muong Hoa valley |
Sapa view in the late afternoon |
children in the Tavan village |
landscape from homestay |