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Sapa vacations - Muong Hum Market (On Sunday)

There are excellent areas for hiking through lush mountain valleys to the remote villages of diffirent minorities, including the Black H'mong and the Red Dzao...But to discover more about the daily lives of the hill tribes in Vietnam Muong Hum market is one of the destinations.

Get started: Sapa Travel Today's taxi takes you to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at 21:15 to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.

 

Day 1: (Sunday): Lao Cai – Muong Hum Market - Sapa
Picked up at Laocai Train Station to transfer to Muong Hum market. It takes almost 2 hours to get to Muong Hum -a small & traditional market situated among ethnic villages. The market deeply shows the typical cultural features of Vietnam's remote areas. Leave the market and transfer to Sapa.  On the way, spend time visiting a cave called MuongVy or ThuyTien , visiting a village of the Black  H'mong and then  reach Sapa and check in hotel. Lunch in Muong Hum and dinner in Sapa.

 

Day 2: 5 hour Sapa Trekking, 12 km, 3 villages.
Breakfast at Bamboo Sapa Restaurant. Depart Sapa for the trekking at 10:00 AM. Take the main road (3 km) and go down hill to the valley. Cross MuongHoa River to get to the other mountainside for 3 villages with rice terraces: Y Linh Ho, Lao chai, and Ta van. Stay the night at a local family in Ta van village. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the home-stay.

 

Day 3: 4 hour Sapa trekking, 10 km, 2 villages.
Get up early in the morning to enjoy the daily life of the ethnic minorities in the village. Breakfast, take the road to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Dzao minority via the paths between terraces and through bamboo forests. Visit silver waterfall and suspension Rattan Bridge, visit the people in the village and then cross MuongHoa River up to the mountain to visit the last village of the trek is Supan village of the H'mong. Get back to Sapa by jeep. On the way back, enjoy visiting the ancient stone circle where stones are decorated with ancient carvings. Reach Sapa. Then take bus to Lao Cai Station for the night train to Hanoi. Dinner on the train. Arrive in Hanoi round 4:30 AM. The end of tour.

 

--- Number of Persons in Group/Pax ---
Price in US dollars per person - Private tour

Class

2 pax

3 - 4 pax

5 - 6 pax

7 - 8 pax

Single SUPP

Standard (2*)

217

187

163

145

15

Mid-range (3*)

230

200

176

158

25

Superior (3*+)

245

215

191

173

40

Deluxe (4*)

280

250

226

208

70

 

As indicated: (A/C= Air-conditioning, O/N= Overnight, B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)

 

Tariff for this trip: The tariff may differentiate according to number of participants and the high or low seasons in Vietnam. Please contact our travel consultant for the price of this trip.

 

Tour include:

Food (All meals on the tour), English speaking guide, Entrance fees, Accommodation (Hotel and home-stay), Return train tickets  Hanoi-Laocai (soft sleeper with air-conditioning), Bus return tickets Laocai-Sapa, Jeep as the program (motorbike for group of 1 person).

 

Excludes: Insurance, Drinks, Phone calls and other private expenses, VAT

Notes: Advised to take good walking shoes, raincoats, jackets, torch, insect repellent and Sunscreen...