Posts

Showing posts from October, 2012

Sapa Trekking Home Stay 2 Days

Sapa Trekking Home Stay 2 Days Night 1: Hanoi - Sapa 8:30pm depart from your hotel in Hanoi by car to the rail way station and catch the 10:00pm night train to Lao Cai (soft sleeper with air-con), arrive 5:30 or 6:00am. Day 1: Sapa trekking (B, L, D) A local guide will meet you at the station and get in a bus. The bus ride uphill to Sapa 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 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 trail 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 and relax by a loca