Posted in 2 days, Hanoi Sapa Routes |
Activity: Mountain Getaway Grade: Easy Duration: 2 days and 1 night – it’s possible to extend with one or more nights. HIGHLIGHTS Do you want to visit the quiet and remote Vietnamese mountains for relaxation and are you short in time? Then this is the package for you from Sapa Travel- an authentic travel agency in the area. Your journey from Hanoi to Sapa is by the new Sapa Express. The Sapa Express limousine has luxurious modern interior design with wood and leather, spacious and soft chairs, offers you a comfortable journey for the 5-5:30 hours transfer. You will stay in Topas Ecolodge, which is located 18 km from Sapa, deep in the Hoang Lien Mountains. The 25 bungalows overlook the entire valley with the ethnic minority villages of Ban Ho and Thanh Phu, 400 altitude meters below. This package has been designed to give you the best relaxing stay in Sapa as well as the opportunity to experience the highlights of northern Vietnam; the ethnic communities with their unique cultures, the deep valleys covered by terraced rice fields, the breathtaking mountains. We recommend 1 more night at the lodge for the best relaxation. DETAILED ITINERARY Day 1: From Hanoi to the mountain retreat of Topas Ecolodge (-,-,-) From 6:30 – 7:00 AM, the Sapa Express will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi before departing Hanoi for a 5 hours transfer to the town of Sapa. From Sapa town you will enjoy another 40 minutes transfer to Topas Ecolodge on the mountain road running along the picturesque Muong Hoa valley and enormous Hoang Lien Mountain Range. The rest of the day is at your leisure and you can book an excursion to the surrounding villages. You will spend the night in your own private bungalow with a view of the valley and dotted mountain surroundings. Day 2: Topas Ecolodge – Sapa – Hanoi (B,-,-) The morning is at your leisure at Topas Ecolodge. You can either relax or borrow free of charge mountain bikes from the lodge for an exploration to the neighboring villages. You can also take a scheduled shuttle bus to Sapa to visit the town. At 14:00, Sapa Express departs from Topas Ecolodge, pick you up if you are in Sapa town, and return you to your hotel in Hanoi. Please note: – Most of our visitors regret staying only one night at Topas Ecolodge, as the journey is worth at least 2 nights of mountain quiet and fresh air – Topas Mountain Express can only pick up and return passengers at hotels/ residence in Hanoi’s Old Quarter and Tay Ho District. This package includes: • 1 night at Topas Ecolodge (twin shared Deluxe bungalow) • Indicated meals (B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner)* • Transfer by Topas Mountain Express Hanoi – Sapa – Topas Ecolodge – Sapa – Hanoi *Other...
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Posted in 5 days more |
Day 1: Night train At 20:00 or later, our guide will come to your hotel in Hanoi, get you to the station, take the night train from Hanoi to Lao Cai. Day 2: Arriving in Lao Cai in the early morning, your car will pick you up from Lao Cai Station and transfer you to Sapa town. After checking-in at your Sapa 4-star hotel you will have breakfast and free time to enjoy your room. After lunch at Bellevue Restaurant, you will trek to Cat Cat Village. Overnight at Hotel Sapa. Day 3: Have breakfast at Bellevue Restaurant then trek from Sapa to Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai and Ta Van. Have lunch then enjoy a massage & herbal bath at Ta Van Village. Return to the hotel for dinner. Overnight at Hotel Sapa. Day 4: Have breakfast at Bellevue Restaurant then take a trip to the market to buy vegetables and return to the hotel for a Healthy Cooking Class. Have lunch then enjoy a fitness programme in the hotel before having dinner later on. Overnight at Hotel Sapa. Day 5: Breakfast at Bellevue Restaurant then cycle from Sapa to Sa Seng, Hau Thao and Sau Chua enjoying the beautiful scenery and the most peaceful place in Sapa. Return to Sapa for dinner and overnight at Hotel Sapa. Day 6: Have breakfast at the hotel and get a free day for shopping. Return to Lao Cai Station at 5:30 p.m. for the night train back to Hanoi. *Note: All meals and drinks are low fat, sugar free and contain no alcohol. If you choose to stay for 7 nights/ 6 days you can trek from Trung Chai to Ta Phin Village and receive a herbal bath lesson from Red Dzao who escorts guests to the forest to collect herbs then teaches them how to set up a fireplace and herbal bath. Hotel to be used: the Sapa U Resort BOOKING To book this retreat package in Sapa, contact our expert at Sapa Travel. The sales manager will response within 24 hours. Email: info@travelsapa.com Website: http://www.travelsapa.com Tel: +84912217448 (Mr....
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Posted in 2 days, Hanoi Sapa Routes |
This 2 day tour is designed for travelers who want to spend a short trip to Sapa. This short excursion from Hanoi is to save your time but you still visit the most popular travel sites in Sapa, stay overnight in a good hotel to be comfortable, much lower cost than going by night train, especially you can enjoy the friendly services provided by Sapa Travel. Duration: 2 days 1 night Destinations: Sapa, Cat Cat, Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van Route: Hanoi- Lao Cai highway- Sapa- Cat Cat Village- Y Linh Ho Village- Lao Chai Village- Ta Van Village- Lao Cai- Hanoi Departure: Everyday from Hanoi Picking up point: at your hotel in center of Hanoi. OUTLINE Day 1: Hanoi- Lao Cai by bus- Sapa- Cat Cat village Day 2: Y Linh Ho- Lao Chai- Ta Van- Lao Cai- Hanoi DETAILS Day 1: Hanoi – Sapa by bus with a short trek to Cat Cat village (L) 06.30 – 07.00: Pick up from your hotel/stay, get on big bus and depart for Sapa. 09.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city with the first comfort break 11.00: Second comfort break at Lao Cai city before approaching Sapa 13.00: Arrive Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People. Welcome drink and itinerary briefing Enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes, check-in procedures 14.30: A short drive to the gate of Cat Cat village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photo with bridge and waterfall then you will walk uphill for bus to pick up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon. Trekking distance is about 2.5 kms and it lasts for 2 hours 17.00: Come back to Sapa Town. Have dinner on your own account and overnight in hotel with night activities. Day 2: Sapa – Hanoi by bus with a long trek Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van (B/L) 07.00 – 7.45: Have breakfast at hotel and prepare light pack for trekking 08.00: A short drive to Y Linh Ho then trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain after that heading to Ta Van village – home of Dzay ethnic people. Trekking distance is about 9 kms and it lasts for 3.5 hours 11.30: Bus picks you up at Ta Van Bridge to Sapa. 12.00 – 15.00: Have a shower at hotel, check out and have lunch and time at leisure on your own. 15.00: Meet...
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Posted in 3 days, Hanoi Sapa Routes |
Now in 2015, you can save a lot when travelling to Sapa. The bus trip is comfortable from Hanoi via the new highway. Sapa Travel has designed the trip to Bac Ha and Sapa by bus with severe budget at attractive prices
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Posted in 1 day, Sapa Excursions, Trekking |
Sapa Off the Beaten Track Tours have been designed to give our more active and adventurist clients the opportunity to forgo some of life’s general comforts, see real village and country life, enjoy home-stays with tribal groups, and head off with a sense of adventure. This off the beaten track tour is valid in 2015 upwards. Highlights: Leave the busy life behind to enjoy a nice walk in a quiet area. Inhabited by the Red Dao and Hmong peoples. This valley is quiet and non touristic which is quite different from Ta Phin or Muong Hoa valleys where the local peoples have changed much because of the strong influence of tourism. So, you do not go to the touristy places. Go & Travel different routes and we call “off the beaten track”. Let’s see the details of Sapa 2015- the new itinerary from Sapa Travel Itinerary: We will visit the following villages in Sapa: Ban Khoang (Dzao) – Ta Giang Phing (Hmong and Dzao) Met up at your hotel in Sapa by local guide and driver for a short road transfer heading northwards of Sapa along national road 4C to O Quy Ho with several stops for magnificent landscapes of Fansipan, Sin Chai valley and especially amazing flower and vegetable farms . Then turn right to follow a narrow road for half an hour getting through the wild region with thick rain forest covering walled-up mountains, passing several waterfalls before arriving to Ban Khoang, a village of the Red Zao ethnic peoples who live their unique way of life and well maintain their traditional values. The village looks prosperous thanks to the combination of wet rice cultivation on the terraced fields with cardamom farming under the shade of trees in thick forest. Spend over an hour walking to explore this remote village for a brief understanding of local life. Leaving Ban Khoang and process along the road for about 10km to Ta Giang Phin valley inhabited by the Black Hmong who live in some small villages scattering along a peaceful stream. Enjoy an hour lunch break on the bank of a stream before walking along village path which connects village to village to witness daily activities of local life such as plough and harrow the fields, growing, harvesting or doing some house work. In leisure months men often gather to built new houses or repair parts of old ones while women stay home making their traditional costumes. The walk ends in mid afternoon, picked up for the road ride back to Sapa. PRICE in USD per person Number of persons 2 3 4 5 6-7 8 Price 38 30 27 26 24 23 INCLUDES: Picnic lunch, tour guide, transport, village entrance fees EXCLUDES: Drinks, personal travel insurance, tips Tour name: Off the beaten track Sapa 2015 Duration: 1 days Start: Sapa End: Sapa Route: Sapa town —>...
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Posted in In the North |
For the first time travellers will be able to explain the key sites of Northern Vietnam by Luxury Train and river ship traversing the Red River delta and its main tributaries, connecting the wonders of Halong Bay with the excitements of down town Hanoi, and then on into the interior, well off the beaten track. Sailing deep into Highland Vietnam we will discover the mountain villages and a number of tribal areas. We will go as far as is navigable up the Song Red River and then down the little known Da or Black River. BOOK THIS PACKAGE: Person in charge: Mr. Tran Quoc Long Telephone: +84912217448 Email: Personal email at longquoctran@hotmail.com and his email at work info@travelsapa.com OUTLINE Day 1: Hanoi – Lao Cai station for Sapa Day 2: Lao Cai – Sapa (B/L) Day 3: Sapa – Lao Cai – Viet Tri (B/L/D) Day 4: The Upper Red River (B/L/D) Day 5: Da River (B/L/D) Day 6: Hoa Binh (B/L/D) Day 7: Mai Chau (B/L/D) Day 8: The Lower Red River (B/L/D) Day 9: Hanoi (B/L/D) Day 10: Further explorations of Hanoi (B/L/D) Day 11: The Duong River (B/L/D) Day 12: The Kinh Thay River (B/L/D) Day 13: Halong Bay- Hanoi (B) Meal note: B= breakfast, L= lunch, D= dinner DEPARTURE SCHEDULE: 8 July 2018 8 August 2018 8 September 2018 8 October 2018 28 October 2018 17 November 2018 27 December 2018 16 January 2019 5 February 2019 25 February 2019 16 March 2019 DETAILED ITINERARY Day 1: Hanoi – Lao Cai for Sapa Our luxury adventure trip starts with an overnight train journey from Hanoi to the border town of Lao Cai. Our TravelSapa English assistance will pick up & bring you to the Hanoi Station at 120 Le Duan Str., Hanoi for getting on the Victoria Express departure at 21:55-08:00. Day 2: Lao Cai – Sapa The Victoria Express train arrives at the Lao Cai train station at approximately 6:00am. There will be a vehicle from Sapa Travel Company waiting to transfer us to Sapa. The drive to Sapa is only 33 km but it takes around 1.5 hours. Once at Sapa, we will check into Victoria Resort and Spa (Early check-in subject to availability) and have breakfast at the Ta Van Restaurant of Victoria Resort and Spa and then enjoy a free morning to explore around town. Meet your guide from Sapa Travel in the hotel lobby at 14:00 for a walking tour to the hilltribe villages of Cat Cat, home to the H’mong ethnic minority peoples. As you walk to the villages nestled in the valley below Sapa, you will meet some of the local minority people on their way to and from Sapa. In the village you have the opportunity to share cultural experiences with the families that live in the area. Overnight at Victoria Sapa Resort and Spa. Day...
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