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Hill Tribe Villages Northwest Vietnam Adventure
Expedition – 11 Days/ 10 Nights
Duration: 11 Days/ 10 Nights
Depart From: Hanoi
Destinations: Hanoi - Lao Cai - Sapa –Trinh Tuong - Lung Po - Y Ty – Bat Xat - Den
Sang - Nhiu Co San – Sapa – Lung Khau Nhin Market – Muong Khuong - Cao Son
Market – Coc Ly Market – Simacai market - Hanoi.
Description: The 11 days Hill Tribe Villages Northwest Vietnam Adventure
Expedition trip covers a wide range of Vietnam hill tribe villages in Northeast
Vietnam, with visiting the Ha Nhi minority villages, Black Hmong minority villages,
Black Lolo minority villages, Red Dao minority village, Tay and Nung minority
villages. You also chance to visit many colorful ethnic minority markets, home-stay
experience and immerse yourself into different culture and customs. This trip is
specially designed for the ones who love adventure, deeply in love with ethnic
minority village’s expedition and photography.
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Brief Itinerary
Tour Dates Destinations Meals Included
Day 1 Hanoi – Lao Cai D
Day 2 Lao Cai - Sapa B, L, D
Day 3 Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Sapa B, L, D
Day 4 Sapa - Muong Hum - Trinh Tuong – Lung Po –
Y Ty
B, L, D
Day 5 Y Ty - Ngai Thau - Den Sang - Nhiu Co San B, L, D
Day 6 Windy Pass – Sang Ma Sao B, L, D
Day 7 Y Ty – Muong Hum – Sapa B, L
Day 8 Sapa – Lung Khau Nhin Market – Muong
Khuong
B, L, D
Day 9 Muong Khuong – Cao Son Market – Coc Ly
market
B, L, D
Day 10 Simacai market – Lao Cai - Night train to
Hanoi
B, L, D
Day 11 Hanoi – Arrival. B
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi – Lao Cai
In the evening, meet up our guide and driver, transfer to Hanoi railway station to
take a night train to Lao Cai. Overnight on train.
Accommodation: Sapaly Train
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Day 2: Lao Cai - Sapa (B/L/D)
Upon arrival Lao Cai railway station, you will be met our tour guide and driver,
then transferred to Sapa Town. Have breakfast before the trip starts. Drive to Y Linh
Ho village and start trekking downhill to Muong Hoa Valley through rice paddies
and small hamlets to learn the life of hill tribes here. Communication exchange with
local people in Lao Chai village. Cook & have lunch at local family. After lunch, you
will continue trekking through villages and rice terraced fields to Ta Van village
settled by Dzay ethnic which is supposed to be the most beautiful village in the area.
Have dinner and overnight at a local family in Ta Van – homestay of the Dzay
people village.
Accommodation: H’mong home-stay
Day 3: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Sapa ( B/L/D)
Leave the family, we continue trekking tour to the Red Dao people at Giang Ta Chai
village where we also see a lovely waterfall. The Red Dao women have very
colourful red embroideries and coins on their clothing, on their head they wear a red
scarf. Some of the women have shaved off their eyebrows because of a nice Red Zao
legend. We continue along small paths in the rice fields, cross the Muong Hoa River,
Suspending Bridge and walk up to Supan village where you will meet the transfer
back to Sapa. Have lunch at the local restaurant. Free for leisure - shopping and visit
Sapa town, Sapa market in the afternoon. Overnight in Sapa.
Accommodation: Sapa View Hotel
Room Type: Superior Room
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Day 4: Sapa - Muong Hum - Trinh Tuong – Lung Po – Y Ty (B/L/D)
After breakfast, our driver and guide will take you from Sapa to the O Qui Ho Pass
to start our adventure tour by trekking down to Y Ty Village. After a long trek, we
will stop for a break and taste the local dishes in Mong Xoa before our car take us to
Trinh Tuong village(35km) which is home to the famous houses with rammed earth
walls drawing the eyes of many photographers. There, we will have chance to
communicate with the friendly locals, deeply understand the life of the highlanders
as well as how they build their rammed-earth houses.
We will then continue driving along the border with China to reach Lung Po (22km)
where the Red River start its flow into Vietnam land and meet a blue water spring.
It’s no doubt that the scenery here is so adorable and poetic. After a short break here
to relax and enjoy peaceful moments with bird songs surrounding, our journey will
be continued to Y Ty valley by car to reach a vantage point for cloud watchers. This
trekking day will end in Y Ty, we will stay in a local home-stay and enjoy the dinner
with local foods.
Accommodation: Home-stay
Day 5: Y Ty - Ngai Thau - Den Sang - Nhiu Co San (B/L/D)
After a deep sleep at the home-stay and an energy breakfast, we will trek through
the path hidden in the clouds of Y Ty - Ngai Thau to Den Sang, then our car will pick
we up then we depart to Sang Ma Sao Village for another 8-km trekking along the
rough rocky routes to Nhiu Co San Village.
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After enjoying a local lunch, we will trek and discover the ancient stone path hidden
in the forest. 30kmstone road from the last century riskily located along the stream
and deeply connecting into Hoang Lien jungle will surely amaze you. We’ll then
stop for camping in the forest, next to the stream in the primary forest. Dinner and
exciting camp-fire will be served and we’ll sleep overnight in camp.
Accommodation: Tent in the jungle
Day 6: Windy Pass – Sang Ma Sao (B/L/D)
On this day, we will conquer the windy pass by trekking through the ancient stone
trail, visiting the ancient tombs of the workers sacrificed in building this road at the
top of the pass. We will then return back to the start trekking point and be picked-up
by driver to go back to Y Ty to have a late dinner.
Accommodation: Home-stay
Day 7: Y Ty – Muong Hum – Sapa (B/L/-)
This day will bring you back to Sapa town. On the way, you’ll have a chance to join
in Muong Hum Scarborough fair before passing the rough way through the heaven
gate to turn back to Sapa and end this adventure tour of conquering the Nhiu Co San
peak. Overnight in Sapa.
Accommodation: Sapa View Hotel
Room Type: Superior Room
Day 8: Sapa – Lung Khau Nhin Market – Muong Khuong (B/L/D)
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After breakfast, we will drive to Lung Khau Nhin (110 km / 1h 45m from Sapa, or 65
km / 1 hour from Lao Cai).
Lung Khau is a small market very close to the border with China, close to Muong
Khuong town. The Black Dao, Dzay, Tay, Flower H'mong (Red H'mong) minority
peoples all attends this market.
Lung Khau Nhin market is held every Thursday starting around 7.30am and closing
in the early afternoon. The market is set in beautiful scenery and is very remote. It is
a very ‘authentic’ market with few tourists visiting. The market mainly sells
vegetables, seeds and livestock for the minority peoples.
A typical itinerary for a day at Lung Khau Nhin Market would be:
Spend time walking around the market taking in the sights and sounds and perhaps
trading with the local people.
Our lunch will be served at Muong Khuong town.
On the way back we will stop in Muong Khung and pay a visit to pineapple and tea
plantations.
In the afternoon, we will strolling around the Muong Khuong, visit some hill tribe
villages and have free time to taking photos and enjoy fresh air at this remote area.
Overnight in Muong Khuong.
Day 9: Muong Khuong – Cao Son Market – Coc Ly market (B/L/D)
Enjoy breakfast at Muong Khuong, we will drive toward to visit Cao Son Market.
Cao Son Market is a small/medium sized market held every Wednesday. Set among
beautiful rolling mountains this is a colorful market full of local products and
handicrafts. Here you will find Flower H’mong, Black Zao, Nung, Tu Di, Pa Di
ethnic form villages in the surrounding region but many come from China to add
more colors to the market. Cheerful and smiling faces are everywhere at the market
place and the peoples behaved like close friends meeting again after long time away.
It is easy to realize women from different groups through traditional costumes they
wear while men’s dresses are similar.
As with most markets, it starts early. So an early start is again advised. A typical
itinerary for Cao Son Market would be:
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Enjoy spending time walking around the market taking in the sights and sounds (not
to mention tastes) and perhaps engage in some business with the local people.
After visiting Cao Son market, we will drive to Coc Ly market.
We visit the market with all colorful ethnic people such as Flower Hmong, Phu La
and Dao Tuyen who gathers to buy and sell.
Before lunch we go on a short trek to the nearby village of Sa Koun Ho which is
inhabited by the Flower Hmong and Black Dao minority.
We enjoy lunch in a local restaurant before we leave Coc Ly and drive to Trung Do
village - inhabited by Tay minority. From the village we go by boat down the river,
where we experience the magnificent sight of the beautiful caves and bustling life on
the riverbank. The boat trip takes us about 2-2 1/2 hours before we are picked up by
our car. The car takes us back Cao Son Lodge for taking rest after long day trekking
boating.
Accommodation: Cao Son Lodge
Day 10: Simacai market – Lao Cai - Night train to Hanoi (B/L/D)
In the morning, after enjoying breakfast at Cao Son lodge, we will drive toward to
visit Simacai market (Sunday market).
Hiding itself in the mountains and forest at the far end of a tough road, Si Ma Cai
Market is often referred to as one of the remotest tribal market of the region and
rarely visited by tourists. Every Sunday, Simacai market attracts some thousands of
Flower H’mong, Zao, Phu La peoples from villages in the region come to shopping,
enjoying themselves meeting friends and relatives…after hard working days.
They spend most of their time at the market talking, chatting and also drinking a lot.
The market place is simply a large ground near the recently developed town let of
Simacai District with some thatched huts built to accommodate shops and food
stalls. Every Sunday, Simacai market attracts some thousands of Flower H’mong,
Zao, Phu La peoples from villages in the region come to shopping, enjoying
themselves meeting friends and relatives…after hard working days. They spend
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most of their time at the market talking, chatting and also drinking a lot.
In recent years, the charms of Si Ma Cai have been awakened and have become
attractive to travelers due to the flower-colored clothes of the Mong and Red Dao
ethnic peoples, by the greenery of mountains and hills, and by the legends.
The quiet Si Ma Cai bustles on Sunday as Mong, Dao and other ethnic peoples arrive
from different directions for a hill-tribe market. There, they buy and sell meat,
vegetables, fruit, clothes and other necessities of life as well as swap fun stories after
a week of hard work.
The Si Ma Cai market remains distinct to its origins since locals sell what they
harvest from the forest and business is just a matter for locals, no traders bring items
from Hanoi or elsewhere.
In the afternoon, we will drive back to Lao Cai train station.
Free for leisure - shopping and visit Lao Cai city.
Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. After dinner, we will walk back to train station,
take a night train back to Hanoi.
Accommodation: Sapaly Train
Day 11: Hanoi – Arrival.
Today morning, you will arrive Hanoi at around 5:25 AM. Meet up our guide and
driver, transfer back to your hotel in Hanoi. Tour ends.
Tour Price:
Inclusions:
Private transportation with A/C
English speaking guide (Another languages upon request).
Local porters (for carrying cooking foods).
Meals mentioned as in the itinerary (Foods served with local specialty tasty dishes,
water, tea, coffee and even local wine)
Sleeping bag
First aid kit
Tent and waterproof canvas
Entrance and local permission fees
Insurance
Home stay or hotel fee
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Green Discovery Indochina Head Office
Address: 17A/28 Nguyen Hong, Dong Da Dist, Hanoi,Vietnam
Tel : +84 439381242 Fax: +84 439381242 Mobile:+84987184390
E-mail : [email protected]
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Exclusions:
Personal wearing and accessories
Tips for porter
All services not listed above
What to bring for this trip:
Bring your hiking boots or any suitable footwear you have for walking.(and extra
light sandal suggested to cross the stream)
Light and comfortable long-sleeved T-shirt ( 1pc per day)
Socks (01 pair for each day)
01 pullover
01 warm coat
Backpackfor trekking
Hat
Long-life Flashlight
Personal knife or universal tools)
Camera (compact camera are suggested)