3D2N- Rice Terraces Treks & Easy rider from Sa Pa

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Sapa - Khau Pha by local bus, 200 km ~ 6.5-7 hours
1 stop
1
9:00 AM: The local bus departs from 599 Dien Bien Phu in Sapa town and take you to Khau Pha, Mu Cang Chai. It's advisanle to be at the bus pick-up point 15 minutes before the departure time. After a 6-7 hour drive (with a couple of breaks on the way), you will arrive at Khau Pha at around 3:00 PM. Your homestay owner will wait and pick you up by motorbike down to the village. Check in your homestay, have dinner and overnight at homestay. *Your accommodation is provided by a local family in their traditional house on stilts. There’s no private room and you’ll sleep on the floor in a large communal area. The sleeping corner is set up with a single mattress (thin, but adequate), blankets (ditto), pillow, and mosquito net. The restroom is at international standard and a few steps from the main house. A private stilt house is available in case you want more privacy. Please check with our travel consultant for its availability and surcharge fee.
12 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Khau Pha - Che Cu Nha - La Pan Tan, full-day pillion motorbike tour
3 stops
2
With 2 full days in Mu Cang Chai, you can choose what to do first: a pillion motorbike tour with a local guide and rider or rice terrace treks with a local guide. For smooth organizing, please let us know while you make the booking. After breakfast, your motorbike rider will take you from the village to Mu Cang Chai town by passing the Khau Pha pass. First of all, you will visit a village in the outskirts of Mu Cang Chai, where you will not only admire a massive system of terraced rice fields but also have an opportunity to meet a H’mong family and learn about their culture while strolling around the village. After that, you will visit a green bamboo forest and the tidiness makes you think about Arashiyama Bamboo Grove in Kyoto. You will stop here and have a picnic lunch under bamboo foliage.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
3
In the afternoon, the ride continues to take you to some iconic places of Mu Cang Chai such as Mam Xoi Hill, Mong Ngua Hill in La Pan Tan Commune, and Che Cu Nha Commune. The road is sometimes pretty bumpy but the scenery is truly amazing. In the high season of tourism (end of Sep. to the middle of Oct.), your local guide will take you to alternatives of Mam Xoi and Mong Ngua Hill which are not less impressive but you might be the only traveler there.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
4
On the way back to the homestay, we will stop at the peak of Khau Pha Pass for the fascinating captivation of rice terraces down Lim Mong Valley. As the highest point in the region overviewing the large valleys, Khau Pha Pass has been selected as a great location in Vietnam for paragliding sports. Enjoy the dinner prepared by the Thai’s ingenuity. Overnight in a shared stilt house.
8 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Lim Mong, Full day trekking & discovery of untouched valley - Hanoi, by sleeper bus
3 stops
5
Departing early in the morning at around 7 AM from your homestay up to Ta Dzong village on the other side of Lim Mong Valley where we will start trekking. On the way, you will be able to admire the whole Lim Mong Valley in the morning. From Ta Dzong village, we will go along a narrow path into the small creek of Nam Kim Stream. Along the way, you will see the mountains, winding streams, and rice terraces of the H’mong. After more than 1 hour of walking, we will rest at the big creek of the Stream. Then, cross a tiny suspension bridge, follow the road with rice terraces on both sides, and head up to Khao Nha Duoi village. This is a village of H'mong people who live high up in the mountains, near the wild forests, hence they still preserve a deeply rooted lifestyle. Have a picnic lunch or stay at a homestay in the village for lunch. After lunch, we will continue to be on the road. If there is enough time, we can visit a waterfall with water pouring down from the top of the mountain.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
6
After 2 hours of walking, we will reach the intersection of three streams: Nam Kim, Nam Lung, and Mong Han, cross the stream, follow the mountain trails, and return to your village. After dinner, soak your feet in the hot wild-leaf water to relax or have an herbal bath with leaves picked from the forest.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
7
Hanoi
10 PM transfer by motorbike to the bus pick-up point and catch the sleeping bus at 10:30 PM to Hanoi, arrive in Hanoi at around 5 AM, transfer back to Hanoi Old Quarter. End of our service.
Admission ticket free

Additional info

• 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

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