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Day 1 – Ha noi – Tuyen Quang – Viet Quang (L;D)
8:00: You will be met up with Lotussia Travel team at your hotel in Hanoi. Enjoy a fulll day transfer from Hanoi to Viet Quang town, Ha Giang Province. We may make several breaks along the way for resting and sightseeing. Lunch will be provided in a local restaurant in Tuyen Quang. We will arrive Viet Quang in mid afternoon. The rest hours is set free to relax and have preparation for 3 days trekking afterwards.
Day 2 – Viet Quang – Vi Xuyen – Cao Thang (B,L,D)
We will leave Viet Quang at 08.00 for a 1.5 hour drive to Vi Xuyen Town. Upon our arrival in the town, we will turn left taking a narrow paved road running to Trung Son. This portion of the road trip offers stunning landscapes.
The trek begins from here(1,110ft) for about 6 hours along a tream which running between 2 high mountain ranges, through Trung Son, passing small villages of the Tay peopoles scaterring on the low land of the narrow valley and Zao peoples on the higher hilly land gradually uphill to Cao Thang where maily inhabated by the Zao ao dai(Zao with long dress) ethnic peoples. Settle down at a local homes, freshen up and relax
Day 3 – Cao Thang – Hop Thang village (B,L,D)
Breakfast and leave Cao Thang Village at 08.30. The trail winds its way uphill for about 4 hours via several small villages of the Zao peoples to the top of the pass(Heaven Gate) at the hight of 3975ft. As the trails gets higher, the stunning view of the region opens wider and the population gets thinner. The clients will enjoy magnificent landscapes of the terraced fields below the trails and thick forest covering the higher land and mountains.
Long lunch break at the Heaven Gate and from here great view of the two side of the Tay Con Linh opens as wide as one’s sight.
The way down is about 6 km and little bit steep and narrow for the first 2 km and then getting easier as the trails comes down to the lowerland, passing a small hamlet of the Co Lao ethnic peoples before arriving to Hop Thang. Walking around this village of the Zao peoples which sits on a earthen hill and over looking down a stunning valley.
Day 4 – Hop Thang – Hoang Su Phi – Xin Man – Bac Ha (B,L,D)
Leaving Hop Thang Village at 08.30 and follow a narrow trails downhill for about 4 hours through Hop Thang village to the center of Trung Thang Commune and then continue to Thanh Village, home to the Nung, Tay, Han and Hoa ethnic peoples. Walking around the village and paying visiting to local homes before picked up and transfer to Hoang Su Phi Town Let for Lunch.
Transfer by road to Bac Ha via Xin Man Town Let. Clients will enjoy many photo stops and paying quick visit to some small hamlets of the Flower H’mong along the way and arrive in Bac Ha at about 17.00.
Day 5 – Bac Ha – Sapa – Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan – Topas-ecolodge (B,L)
Breakfast and leaving Bac Ha along road 155 downhill to Lao Cai(72 km) with stops along the way to visit a small hamlet of the Phu La ethnic peoples, taking a short walk uphill to see tea plantation before Lao Cai. Enjoy a coffee break at Lao Cai City before drving uphill for an hour to Sapa.
Arriving in Sapa at noon, lunch break in a restaurant and then spend half an hour walking around this charming town. Leaving Sapa town at 13.30 and drive southwards for 12 km to Ta Van Vilage. Start trekking from Ta Van to Giang Ta Chai Village of the Red Zao(1,5 hours) through terraced rice paddies and bamboo forest. After visiting local homes at Giang Ta Chai, the group will cross Muong Hoa River and then trekking uphill to Su Pan village of the H’mong and down to the motor way.
Pick up and transfer for half an hour to Topas ecolodge, check in and relax.
Day 6 – Topas Ecolodge – Sapa – Binh Lu – Lai Chau (B,L,D)
Breakfast and check out Topas Ecolodge at 08.00. Picked up and transfer 32 km via to Sapa and Tram Ton Pass. Enjoy a short break at the Silver Waterfall for a miring this nature wonder and then 20 minutes at Tram Ton Pass(Heaven Gate) for stunning scenery of Fasipan Mount and Sapa Valley as well as great view of the west side of Hoang Lien range.
Continue driving 27 km downhill to Chung Vat village of the Red H’mong. Walk for an hour to visit this village which beautifully sits near the food of the pass by the side of a river before continue 8 km to Binh Lu Town let, lunch break here.
After lunch, take a short drive 2 km through the lush Binh Lu Valley to Pa Pe village of the Lu ethnic peoples who where beautiful traditional costumes and still dye their teeth black. Walk for half an hour to visit this village before continue the road trip to Lai Chau Town(Old Tam Duong). Arriving in Tam Duong at about 16.00, check in hotel. The rest of the afternoon is for exploring villages of the tribal peoples in the country side including the Black Zao and Zao Tien(Zao with coins) and enjoy a peaceful walk to see tea farm in the suburb of Lai Chau.
Day 7 – Lai Chau – Sin Ho – Muong Lay – Dien Bien Phu (B,L)
Leaving Lai Chau at 08.00 for a drive through the beautiful region along the back road for nearly 3 hours to Muong Lay(Old Lai Chau Town) via Sin Ho district. The road trip offers stunning landscapes of large valley, fabulous forest and the group will take some short stops along the way to pay visit to villages of the Red H’mong and Thai peoples before arriving to Muong Lay town let. Spend half an hour walking around Muong Lay valley before having lunch.
Arriving in Dien Bien Phu at about 15.00 and spend the rest hours in the afternoon for historical sightseeing around Dien Bien Phu former battle fields famous for the last campaign of the Viet Minh( Vietnamese communist forces) against the French colonial army. The sights for visiting include the A1 hill, Dien Bien Phu Museum, the head quarter of the French army and the beautiful Muong Thanh valley.
Day 8 – Dien Bien Phu – Tay Trang. Cross the border to Laos (B)
Break first, check out hotel and transfer 42 km to Tay Trang border gate for the next portion of the trip for Laos.
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