Off The Beaten Path

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4 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 2 more

In this tour, Trekkingtoursapa’s guide will take you to visit 5 different villages of the Hmong, Giay, and Red Dao ethnic minorities.

The tour will give you the chance to enjoy fantastic mountain landscapes as well as to see Sapa’s biggest river and valley. You will also see the famous rice terrace fields and learn more about the culture, customs, and traditions of the three main different ethnic minorities in Sapa.

Our tour guide will also introduce you to Hmong’s unique marriage traditions, rice fields, work and house building techniques, and much more!

Note: If you book a tour for many people, we will have a discount

What's Included

1 big bottle of water/per person
Transport back to Sapa after ends of the tour in villages
Accommodation Homestay - 3 ngihts
Lunch (Optional[4])
Lunch
Dinner (Optional[4])
Dinner
Breakfast (Optional[3])
Breakfast
Local Guide
Village entry fees
Personal travel insurance
Extra drinks (e.g. bottled water or beer) at the homestay
Tips

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

We will meet at your hotel in Sapa town OR in front of Sapa’s main church When you arrive in Sapa, if you have the internet on your phone, please try to search on the google map this address call: "Notre Dame Cathedral Sapa" or " Nha Tho Da Sapa " in Vietnamese When you arrive there if you do not see our guide or we have not arrive there yet. You will see many people invite you to join their tour, but please keep your time waiting for us, we will arrive soon.

OR
Meeting point

Meeting Plan: At the right time, our guide will be there with your name; he/she will ask some people who are staying at the Church. So make sure you be there at the time.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 4 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    Trekking through terraced rice fields and small traditional villages.

    2 stops
  • 1

    The tour starts at 9 am. Our local guide will meet you at your hotel in Sapa Town or in front of the local main church. After a brief introduction, you will be taken 2km down to Cat Cat’s road, a well-known village of the Hmong minority. From there, you will be reaching the hanging bridge of Muong Hoa river and then continue uphill into the mountains and through a bamboo forest. From there, you will get the chance to admire some of the biggest and most beautiful rice terraces in Vietnam as well as enjoy the majestic mountain view on top of the Hoang Lien Son mountain. You will then head down to Y Linh Ho village and have lunch at a small, traditional restaurant ran by a local Hmong family

    1 hour Admission ticket included
  • 2
    Ta Van Village

    From there, you will get the chance to admire some of the biggest and most beautiful rice terraces in Vietnam as well as enjoy the majestic mountain view on top of the Hoang Lien mountain.

    1 hour Admission ticket included
  • Day 2

    Trekking up to the 1.900 meters - Mountain views adventure

    1 stop
  • 3

    We will arrive Seo My Ty village (a small village of Ta Van). We can sail on the lake, catch fish, and cook dinner with local people if you want. Then, rest, take a shower, and have dinner.

    6 hours Admission ticket free
  • Day 3

    Trekking to the Black Hmong & Red Dao ethnic minorities villages

    1 stop
  • 4

    We’ll continue the trek to Seo Trung Ho village – a village of Red Dao people. To get there, you will have to go through a forest trail and then follow a dirt road. Going about 1.5 hours to 2 hours, you will reach the water pipeline of Seo Trung Trung Ho hydroelectricity. From here, you can see the village of Su Pan, Ban Ho, Seo Trung Ho, and the nature view of Sapa. After that, we will walk down the ridge to the Hmong village and have lunch here. Then we will walk to the Red Dao village and take a rest there.

    2 hours Admission ticket included
  • Day 4

    Trekking downhill to explore the culture of Tay ethnic minority group

    1 stop
  • 5

    This is the last day of the experience. We will continue hiking with it easier road. We will walk through Ma Quai Ho, a small Hmong village and lunch at Ban Ho.

    2 hours Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Supplied by Hmong Trip Adventure & Culture

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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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