Lotus Travel Services., JSC

Sapa - Saturday package tour 
Lao Cai-Bac Ha Sunday market - Sapa - Lao chai - Ta van - Sapa - Lao Cai
 
4 days
 
Day 01: (SAT) Hanoi �Night train to Sapa
Our tour will be started at 20:45 at the lobby of the hotel. We will be met by our guide and transferred to the Hanoi Railway station for the overnight train to Sapa.
 
Day 02:(SUN) Lao Cai-Bac Ha Sunday market-Sapa
Up on arrival in Lao Cai Railway station we will be met by our local guide. Having our breakfast at the restaurant near here, we take a relax for a while and we will transfer up to Bac Ha Market after that. There will be 2hour driving to the mountainous area but we will be freshen up by the atmosphere and splendid view on the way. Bac Ha market is the largest market in the region where 10 ethnic minority people gather to buy and sell, eat and drink together with. We may choose some homemade handicrafts and clothes, and take a lot of colorful pictures of the Flower H�ong people here. After our lunch at a fine restaurant in Bac Ha we will have 2 hour trek to Ban Pho village, home of Flower H�ong people. In the village we can have a look in their houses and understand little about their lifestyle and traditional customs with the guide of our guide. Especially, we can try homemade wine from corn. Then we will take car again and transfer to Sapa town where our comfortable room is waiting for us. (B)
 
Day 3:(MON)  Sapa-Lao chai-Ta van-Sapa �Lao Cai
Our tour will be started after breakfast. We will embark on a lovely trek that will take us along buffalo paths and trails and though several hill tribe villages, Lao Chai and Ta Van, home of the black H�ong and Dzay ethnic minority people. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people we can meet.  Once on the valley floor we can really appreciate the wonderful scenery that surrounds us. The walls of the valley are covered with multi-layered rice terraced fields and scattered villages. Return to Sapa by our waiting vehicle. In the afternoon we transfer back to Lao Cai Railway station for a night train to Hanoi. (B)
Trekking distance 10 km
 
Day 4 (TUE) Hanoi
Up on arrival in Hanoi very early morning, we transfer back to our hotel. End of services.
 
Hotel: OPTION 1
Sapa: Bamboo Sapa
Train: Ratraco train �4 soft sleeper berth cabin
 
Trip price based on American US dollars:
 

Tariff valid from July to 31 October 2007
 
Note: There is no Victoria train on Saturday so there is no option for Victoria train.
 
Hotel: OPTION 2
Sapa: Victoria  Sapa resort �Superior room
Train: Ratraco train �4 soft sleeper berth cabin
 
Trip price based on American US dollars:
 
 

Tariff valid from July to 31 October 2007

Included
English speaking guide in Hanoi and Sapa
Transfer and transportation in Hanoi and Sapa
Return train from/to Hanoi
Meals indicated in itinerary
Entrance fees
Water on day trek (01 bottle of water/day)
 
Excluded
Personal travel insurance (compulsory)
Personal expenses: Bar, Telephone and Laundry bills
Tips and gratuities
 
What to bring
Good pair of walking shoes
Raincoat
Camera and film