The Best Authentic Sapa Local Experience Tour

Duration icon Duration: 2 Days/ 1 Night
Trip code icon Trip Code: ORG-SPO2
Map marker icon Best places to visit: Sapa → Lao Chai VillageTa Van VillageGiang Ta Chai VillageMuong Hoa Valley → Sapa

Overview

The authentic Sapa local experience tour is the perfect option for visitors with limited time in Sapa, offering an unforgettable trek and homestay adventure. With the short time and medium trek, this Sapa community travel with homestay trip will give you deep impression of mountain life and diversity of hill tribe cultures. Homestay at stilt house of Red Dao people in Giang Ta Chai village and get the different fun and truly life of minority people.

Highlights

  • Trek through the village with soil roads and paths to reach closer the local life of minority people.
  • Discover the beauties of mountains and forest, especially rice terrace fields which is made by people hand from generations to generations as a work art once seeing from the high place.
  • Have one night homestay with local Red Dao people at Giang Ta Chai village and interact with them to understand more their culture and life.

Notes:

Authentic Sapa Local Experience Tour Travel Map

Authentic Sapa Local Experience Tour Travel Map

Itinerary Details

Day 1: Sapa Town - Sa Seng - Hau Thao - Giang Ta Chai. O/N At Homestay In Giang Ta Chai (L/D)

Day 1: Sapa Town - Sa Seng - Hau Thao - Giang Ta Chai. O/N At Homestay In Giang Ta Chai (L/D)

Full day activities

Leave your hotel in Sapa town at 8.00 am with our tour guide and driver to start your day trip. You can leave your luggage at hotel while trekking.

The driver transfers you on the main road to reach Sa Seng village where you start trekking time on Muong Hoa Valley. Trekking through villages with soil path will give you the real life of hill tribe people and their activities on terrace fields. The trekking road through villages Sa Seng, Hau Thao and Giang Ta Chai. Walk through Muong Hoa valley of magnificent landscape and meet Black H’mong in Hau Thao village, Red Zao people at Sa Seng and Giang Ta Chai village. Homestay in Giang Ta Chai village with standard facilities of community travel. There is no private bathroom. There are hot showers, mosquito net over the bed and tasty traditional food with family dinner

Note:

  • This is medium trek 14km off the beaten track.
  • Homestay at stilt house with minority people. The homestay is clean & safe so you don’t need to bring sleeping bag.
  • If you stayed in Sapa already, you can leave luggage at your hotel for starting trip. But you arrive in Sapa this morning by night train, you can take a shuttle bus or taxi from Lao Cai to Sapa town and have breakfast with shower by yourself before the trip.

Option 1: Lao Chai / Ta Van (5 km, soft trek, very touristy)

Option 2: Sapa – Suoi Ho – Ma Tra – Ta Phin village (15 km from Sapa town, easy – medium trek)

Extra charge for optional:

  • A private car pick up Lao Cai Train Station to Sapa town.
  • A room for shower after a night on train.

Day 2: Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Sapa (B/L)

Day 2: Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Sapa (B/L)

Spend morning at the village to get mountain life activities and experience. Continue to visit Giang Ta Chai Village of Red Dao minority people hidden behind old tree, bamboo forest. At the village you can see a spectacular Cau May waterfall. Trekking through rice fields, crossing suspension bridge to the other side of the river.

Then from Giang Ta Chai village, you continue trekking route up to the mountain to Su Pan Village. The land of Red Dzao and small number of Black H’mong Ethnic People, where you can visit the local family. To reach up Su Pan by trekking, the distance is so steep and hard trek when you trekking via Giang Ta Chai Village and trekking along the Muong Hoa Stream.

Then the driver picks up at Su Pan and transfer back Sapa town. End tour at your hotel in Sapa. Hope after Sapa trip you will get full experiences about local life. Happy Travel.

Note:

  • The medium trek from Giang Ta Chai to Su Pan.

Inclusions

  • PRIVATE door to door transport (new vehicle) with air-conditioned
  • Experience English speaking guide
  • Meals as mentioned above (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D = Dinner)
  • Homestay (Note: Stilt house for homestay is standard, it is a share with has the curtain to separate each mattress, share bathroom together. However, it is clean and safe for stay)
  • Entrance fees
  • Mineral water daily 2 bottle 500ml/per day
  • Permission
  • 24/7 hotline support guaranteed
  • Bank fees if payment by credit card
  • Gov tax and service charge
  • No extra charge after final confirmation

Exclusions

  • International Air Fare in & out Vietnam
  • Domestic Air Fare if any
  • Hotel in Hanoi, Sapa
  • Additional sightseeing or extra usage of vehicle
  • Other than mentioned in the itinerary
  • Personal expenses such as laundry, telephone calls, soft & hard drinks
  • Meals not mentioned in the program
  • Tips are welcomed!
  • Travel Insurance

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