Vietnam Adventures Travel is a fully escorted tour and best-available all year round; the only thing you need to prepare in advance is the international air-ticket from/to your country.
If you don’t have enough time to complete visa before your departure, we will help you to obtain visa on arrival easily (getting visa at the airport, on your arrival).
Day 1: SAPA – TA VAN – GIANG TA CHAI – BAN HO (B-L-D):
The bus ride uphill to Sa Pa takes a little over an hour, giving you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces. You'll have breakfast in a local Restaurant, then meet with our local guide and drive (30 minutes) to the Golden Stream Valley, stop at Ta Van village. Walk down to the village from the main road and start trekking through Ta Van village to Giang Ta Chai village. The trekking route offers some challenge as you balance on the rice terraces and a small trial on the steep mountainside. The vegetation is dense as the trail leads up to a peaceful village of the Red Dzao hill tribe perched on the Hoang Lien mountainside. Head down hill an relax by a local stream for a picnic lunch. In the afternoon trek about 1.5 hours uphill before descending down to the quaint Tay Hill Tribe village of Ban Ho. After checking into the home stay, your guide will lead you to La Vie waterfall for a fresh shower. Dinner and overnight in home-stay.
Day 2: BAN HO – THANH PHU – SAPA - HANOI (B-L):
After breakfast you will start the day with an easy trek on dirt paths, enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the valley with its traditional stilt houses and rice terraces. Make your way along a stream to cross a hanging bridge before getting to Thanh Phu Village. In this picturesque valley you'll pass some remote villages of the Tay and Xa Pho hill tribes set amongst the rice and corn fields. After a picnic lunch, you will walk the other way back to the meeting point where our driver is waiting for you to take you back to Sa Pa (3:00 pm). Shower at our hotel in Sa Pa. Then you will be transferred back to Lao Cai for the night train back to Ha Noi.
We can arrange additional customized trips for you if the above itineray does not match your expectations.