8.00 pm – tour guide come to pick you up from your hotel then transfer to Ha Noi Railway Station and catch the night train to Lao Cai (overnight on the train, the cabin with 4 berths, soft sleeper and air-conditioning)., Arrive Lao Cai 5:30 or 6:00am.

Meals: Non
Accommodation: On train to Sapa (4berths soft sleeper/ 1 cabin)

The train arrives at around 6:00 am. Look for the “TTJ’s Logo & Your Name” sign when you exit the train station, as our guide will pick you up there and transfer to the former hill station of Sapa. After having breakfast at local restaurant, Walking through the town for about 20 minutes before turning to a dirt road to Ma Tra Village, where inhabited by Black H’mong ethnic. Continue trekking up the village and getting through paddies fields will lead you to an ancient Catholic abbey, built by French colonists. Walk 2 km more to reach Ta Phin Village for exploring the daily life of Red Dzao. Here you have a good choices to buy woven and textile brocades, which is made by ethic people and having picnic lunch before exploring village and Ta Phin Cave and small hamlet of Black H’mong people. Then back to Sapa. Free time.

Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa

Breakfast at your hotel, the guide pick you up and transfer to Coc Ly Market is a very small market where you will get the unique opportunity to meet several ethnic minorities such as the Flower H’mong, Black Dao, Phu La, Nung and Tay. You will see the ethnic people gather to buy and sell goods, dine and drink, or just wander to enjoy the ambience of the montagnard market by the Chay River. After spending around 2hours by car. Arrive the Coc Ly market; join local ethnic peoples of the morning to enjoy the exciting atmosphere as well as activities of this weekly market. Have lunch at local restaurant. Continue with the boat trip on Chay River. Enjoy scenic view from river and trek to Dzao, Tay minority villages. On the way back  stop halfway down the river to visit Trung Do Village, a village of the Tay minority people.  Take time to explore the farms where they grow exotic chillis and jack fruit. Sail a further 15 minutes down stream to Bao Nhai village. Continue on to  visit Vietnam – China International Border Gate. Then transfer back to Lao Cai Station for a night train back to Hanoi.

Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
Accommodation: On train to Hanoi (4berths soft sleeper/ 1 cabin)

Early in the morning, you arrive in Hanoi. The guide pick you up and transfer you to your hotel. Your journey with The Time Journeys is now complete…

Meals: Non
Accommodation: Non

Have a nice journey!
The time journeys can arrange additional customized trips for you if the above itinerary does not match your expectations.

Everything you need to know about Sapa
– Sapa
– Sapa terraced rice fields in Vietnam
– Fansipan Mountain in Sapa