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Night 1: Hanoi -Laocai (Overnight on the train)
8h30pm Our taxi will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at at 9:30 PM to depart for Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.
Day 1: Sapa – Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Ban Ho
12 km by jeep then trek down hill to Ta Van village of the Dzay minority. Follow along the side of Muong Hoa stream to Giang Ta Chai village of the red Dzao where we have lunch at a local family. After lunch, we keep hiking to Ban Ho, the village lies in the beautiful valleys, home-stay at the Tay minority house to experience the architecture of their traditional house on stilts and spend time beside them to exchange the cultures and knowledge.
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- Home-stay at the Tay local house
Day 2: Around Ban Ho – Sapa
2km walking to a very nice waterfall discovered and named “the Lavie†by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam. Enjoy swimming then picnic-lunch on the bank. In the afternoon trek 4 km up to the main road o get the jeep to return to Sapa.
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Day 3: Bac Ha market (on Sunday only)
Located at 110km from Sapa, Bac Ha mountain town is well-known by travelers with the most colorful market of the hill tribes in the North of Vietnam. This every-Sunday-market attended by at least 8 ethnic groups and last from 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM. It is also chance for tourists to discover the H’mong King’s palace (old building built by the French & Chinese).
In the afternoon, we go for a light trek to visit Ban Pho, the village is home to flower H’mong minority. We are invited to enter several local houses to have some green tea, corn wine, listen to the host talking about their family, talk to them… and then enjoy landscapes on a roundabout way to Bac Ha for get back to Lao Cai to catch the train to Hanoi or continue up to Sapa
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– Bus to Lao cai Station
Day 4 : Hanoi.
Arrive in Hanoi round 5:00 AM. Tour ends
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H’mong women sell brocade products along the way to the mountain.
A tourist passes through the heaven gate.
Wild white daisy blossoms in the mountain.
month in Hai Cat village Huong Tho commune, Huong Tra district). Visitors can reach the site by street or by boat to take part in the festival. The festival is a solemn accasion for the gong sounds. Later these participants make offerings to their ancestors and take part in the holy mother procession. At the end of the festival, the jubilant participants return to their boats.
northeast of central Hue city. The village lies along the lower section of the southern bank of the Perfume river. The festival often takes place on the ninth and tenth days of the first lunar month. A wrestling competition is a major part of the event, often taking place in the temple’s yard. The competition lasts from morning to afternoon with competitors of different ages. To enter the semi-final round, each wrestler must beat three competitors. In the exciting semi-final round, losing wrestlers are immediately out of the competition, which attracts wrestlers from neighboring villages and Hue city.
The boating competition was closely associated with traditional festivals of fishermen to pray for rains or good fishing seasons in the past. Each year, in front of Phu Van Lau harbor on the Perfume river, the Nguyen dynasty often hosted a boating competition to welcome the traditional lunar new year. A mandarin, on behalf of the royal court, paid worship to ancestors and deitied before signaling the start of the competition. The competition reflects the skills anf the sense of solidarity between team members as well as the seafaring experience.