Can Cau market tour
Travel itinerary for Sapa to Can Cau Market on Saturday, start from your hotel very early in the morning. Organized trip by Sapa Travel
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Sapa biking tours
Sapa Biking Tours Duration: 1 day Start: from Sapa End: in Sapa INTRODUCTION What better and more exciting way to get off the beaten path and experience the incredible scenery and diverse culture that Vietnam has to offer than on one of our modern mountain bikes? Together with our experienced guides you’ll ride through breathtaking mountain passes, visit markets in remote hill tribe villages, and interact with the locals as they indulge their curiosity in you and your cool bike. This tour is operated by Sapa Travel in Lao Cai, Vietnam with professional guides. sapa biking tours word file sapa biking tours pdf file DESTIONATION – Sapa area, nestled valleys, mountainside roads, high passes HIGHLIGHTS – Exploring the road less traveled – Great mountain biking experience – Breathtaking scenery in Vietnam’s mountain green – Meeting colorful hill tribe people – Two options to choose from for different cycling preferences ITINERARY [Option 1] Sapa – Ban Khoang – Lao Cai Meals: lunch | Accommodation: N/A We drive for the first part of a 20km journey before leaving the support vehicle and biking on a hidden high country road along the Chinese border. A mixture of sealed roads and dirt, this route only become accessible in 2010 and thus provides a great chance to see unspoiled areas in an eco-friendly way. We’ll wind our way higher and higher into the green mountains with deep blue skies and fluffy white clouds above, but don’t worry, your guide will always be there for you, and we’ll make sure that we proceed at whatever pace you desire. Stop often to savor your precious moments in this hidden corner of the country. You will be cycling for a half day at an altitude of 1.400-1.600m before descending into Lao Cai. [Option 2] Sapa – Golden Stream Valley Meals: lunch | Accommodation: N/A This day trip offers a mixture of dirt roads, single track trails, some trekking with the bike and steep downhill freewheeling. Our route takes us through a variety of natural terrain as well as cycling between villages with a few trails running through a local house’s backyard (don’t worry, the easygoing locals don’t mind!). If you are the first rider to arrive in a village their jaws may drop to the ground, but by the time the last rider passes through everyone has come out of their homes and are bouncing up and down with excitement – as eager to meet and understand you as you are of them. Pause to stop and chat with the help of your guide. Shake a lot of hands. Trade stories. Come away changed. This is a thoroughly memorable adventure for experienced cyclists. Note: Sapa Travel will pick up you from your hotel in Sapa PRICE IN USD PER PERSON in 2018, 2019 Number of persons 1 person 2 persons 3-4 persons 5-8 persons...
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Visiting different minority ethnic groups who live in remote area, spending a night in a home-stay of a Red Dzao family; enjoy beautiful scenery along the trip. Itinerary: Day 1: Sapa – Ban Ho – Thanh Phu – Sin Chai (L, D) Met up at your hotel in Sapa by Sapa local guide and driver then transferred to Ban Ho. We will trek through the scenic valley of “Ban Ho”. This is a village of Tay ethnic minority. The Tay preserve a traditional and fairly developed agriculture with cultivation of all kinds of plants including rice, maize and sweet potato as well as seasonable fruit and vegetables. Then we continue walking to Thanh Phu village where your lunch will be provided in a local house. After lunchtime, you head to Sin Chai village. This is a village of of Red Dao people. Dinner and overnight at the village. Approx: 1-hour driving/ 5 hours walking/ 1-hour lunch. Day 2: Sin Chai – Ben Den – Lao Cai (B, L) After breakfast, we will start our day with a long trek towards Lao Cai. The route from Sin Chai, one of the most remote area in Sapa offers beautiful scenery and landscape. The trek will take us through rice paddy fields, bamboo forest, old trees jungle. Your lunch will be provided at Nam Ket. After lunch, we will trek downhill. Upon arriving in Ta Thang village, a Tay village we will be greeted again by our driver who transfer us then to Laocai station for our journey back to Hanoi. End. Approx: 0.5-hour driving/ 7.5 hours walking/ 1 hour lunch. Note: This trip will easily combine with the transfer to Lao Cai railway station without passing by...
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Visit the Black H’mong ethnic in Cat Cat and Y Linh Ho villages. Enjoy the sceneries along the way trekking and the waterfall in Cat Cat, Lao Chai village with Tay and Dzay tribes. TaVan village is so nice in the valley of Sapa where is supposed to be the most beautiful place in the area. Itinerary: Get started: Take the night train from Hanoi Railway Station to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train. Day 1: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van 05h30: Arrive in Laocai early in the morning. Bus to Sapa, and breakfast. 10h00: Start trekking to Muong Hoa valley to visit 3 villages of the H’mong and the Dzay (Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van). Lunch on the way. 14h30: Back to Sapa and spend the night at hotel. Day 2: Sapa – Cat Cat – Sapa – Lao Cai 09h00: A walk to Cat Cat village to visit the H’mong, the hydro electric power station built by French people and silver waterfall 11h00: Walk back to Sapa and free to explore the town. 17h00: Get on the bus to Laocai station for the night train to Hanoi (air-con. berth). The end of the...
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Very rural seldom visited market, where you can meet ethnic groups that are only found in this particular district of Vietnam, mostly Hmong, Nung, Tou Zi, Pa Zi and Tou Lao. Along the road, in a landscape of mountain peaks, numerous Nung et Hmong villages
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