Enjoy the best of Northern Vietnam

Code: NV04
Routes: Hanoi – Sapa – Halong – Hanoi
Feature: For those with interest in the cultural mosaics and inspirational landscapes of Northern Vietnam, and those with limited time, this is truly ideal for you. A panorama of diverse beauty from Hanoi’s lively Old Quarter, to Sapa’s mountains, terraced rice paddies and ethnic minorities, to the magic and treasures of Halong Bay.

Itinerary in Detail:

Viet Discovery Co

Private tour, easy stylee, every Friday night

Note: For this beautiful market trip you have to start from Hanoi on Friday night.

Viet Discovery Co.

Private easy trek 2 days 3 nights

Day 1: (Wednesday): Lao Cai – Cao Son market – Sapa (B, L, D)

Code: MP02
Routes: Hanoi - Mai Chau - Pu Luong - Hanoi
Duration:2
Feature: Mai Chau is the mountainous townlet of the Thai people. It is one of the most picturesque regions of Vietnam’s Northwest. Nearby, the Pu Luong Nature Reserve is an area with outstanding beauty and biodiversity and worth exploring by foot.

Code:

SM03M
Routes:
Sapa - Ta Phin - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Sapa- Bac Ha
Duration: 3
Feature:

A tour maybe only offered by Footprint, this perfect combination of trek and journeys away from the crowds. Homestay at a traditional Dao home. Learn and participate in village life and truly feel the warmth and hospitality of these incredible people. In addition, visit the most colorful tribal market in Vietnam…

Code: SM03
Routes:

Sapa - Ta Phin - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Sapa
Duration: 3
Feature:

This 3-day, 4-night tour is a perfect combination of trek and culture while visiting the Dao and Black Hmong hill tribe villages at a pace and style that compliments you. This is an unforgettable soft adventure to Sapa that should be part of everyone’s time in Vietnam, yet probably only offered by Footprint.

Router: Hanoi - Fanxipan

Duration: 4 Days/5 Nights
Depart From: Ha Noi
Return To: Ha Noi
Activities:Hiking Trekking Tour
Tour Code: SPA3
Itinerary
This 4 days adventure tour ends at the top of Mount Fansipan, the “Rooftop of Indochina”. Enjoy the colonial charms of Hanoi before meeting the Black H’mong tribe in Sapa and camping under the stars on the slopes of Mount Fansipan

Feature: After a short drive by van we begin our trek South of Sapa starting from the Hmong and Zay village of Ta Van. Continue along the picturesque Muong Hoa valley, and visit different hill tribe villages on a semi-challenging day in Sapa’s inspiring mountains…Be prepared to be taken off the beaten track and travel away from the crowds and homestay in the cozy Tay village. While in the village learn about the Tay culture, visit the natural warm spring or possibly swim in the local swimming holes. This experience will truly bring you an unforgettable Sapa adventure.

Feature: This 3-day, 4-night tour is a perfect combination of trek and culture while visiting the hill tribes’ villages at a pace and style that compliments you. Journey away from the crowds and homestay a traditional Dao home. Learn and participate in village life and truly feel the warmth and hospitality of these incredible people. This is an unforgettable soft adventure to Sapa that should be part of everyone’s time in Vietnam, yet probably only offered by Footprint.

Itinerary in Detail:
Day 1: Hanoi - Lao Cai - Sapa, trek to Ta Phin
trek to Ta phin Sapa Lao Cai, Vietnam(The night before: 8:00 pm transfer from your hotel to the Hanoi train station for boarding at 9:15 pm. You will be in shared AC soft sleeper cabins of 4 to travel North to Lao Cai town.) Today’s Morning: The train arrives in Lao Cai at about 6:00 am where your Footprint guide will welcome you. Look for the “Footprint Travel” sign when you exit the train station. Then take a morning drive through the clouds by car / van to Sapa (about 1.5 hours). When you arrive in Sapa you will be taken to a local restaurant for a morning shower & breakfast. Then we will take short ride from Sapa to our trekking base where we start our trek through terraced rice fields and Hmong villages. Chances to meet and talk with locals working in the fields are plentiful. We will break for a picnic lunch en route then continue trekking to Ta Phin village of the Dao people (~4 hours). Your Dao host family will warmly welcome you to their traditional home where we will share in an ethnic style dinner and stay the night.
Inclusion: Transfer, guide, homestay, train ticket, entrance fee, all meals, permit
Day 2: More trekking and back to Sapa
Sapa tour, more trekking and back to SapaAt the first of gleam of daylight, you will see and hear the sounds of morning village life. You can join them in some of their activities, like feeding the animals, cleaning the houses, gardening or preparing breakfast. After breakfast, we will complete our trek on valley route to the main road (~2,5 hours) linking Lao Cai and Sapa. Alternatively, for this long trek, you can choose take a short morning wander around the village for about 1 hour, resulting in more time spent with the host family and other villagers. For both options, you will be supported by our car / van back to Sapa (30 min). When we arrive back in Sapa we will check in to the hotel, shower, and break for lunch. At 2:30 pm we will visit the gardens of beautiful Ham Rong mountain & take part in a traditional ethnic music performance put on by the ethnic minority people. Then return at your own leisure with free time to discover the secrets of this colorful town. Overnight at the hotel 2 star in Sapa town
Inclusion: Transfer, guide, hotel, breakfas, entrance fee,
Day 3: A visit Hmong village, then Lao Cai for night train to Hanoi
Sapa night train to HanoiWake up in Sapa town, breakfast at the hotel then enjoy the morning with some of your new friends that you may have met the afternoon before. You have the entire morning and lunch for free time and visiting the lively markets. At 2 pm travel by car/van to visit the Hmong village of Sin Chai to learn more about the Hmong people in an area close to the tourist path but still untouched. You will return to Sapa then and finally depart for the Lao Cai train station at 5:30 pm. The train leaves Lao Cai at 8:15 pm and arrives after a pleasant sleep to Hanoi at about 5:00 am. Please find your own way to your hotel, a taxi normally costs you a set of 50,000 dong to the hotel in the city center.
Inclusion: Transfer, guide, train ticket, breakfast,entrance fee,

Feature: This 3-day, 4-night tour is a perfect combination of trek and culture while visiting the hill tribes’ villages at a pace and style that compliments you. Journey away from the crowds and homestay a traditional Dao home. Learn and participate in village life and truly feel the warmth and hospitality of these incredible people. In addition is a visit to the most colorful tribal market in Vietnam, Bac Ha, this is an unforgettable soft adventure to Sapa that should be part of everyone’s time in Vietnam, yet probably only offered by Footprint.