Sapa - Thursday Package

Duration: 3 days/ 4 nights
When: Depart every Thursday
Highlights: Sapa Hill station -Lao chai -Ta van Village -Can Cau Saturday market

Hotel: OPTION 1
Sapa: Bamboo Sapa
Train: Ratraco train – 4 soft sleeper berth cabin

Trip prices in American US dollars:

Group size	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Cost/person	$208	$173	$152	$145	$140	$134	$131	$127	$125
Trip price valid from July to 31 October 2007

Note: The Victoria train does not operate on Saturday so there is no option for Victoria train.

Hotel: OPTION 2
Sapa: Victoria Sapa resort – Superior room
Train: Ratraco train – 4 soft sleeper berth cabin

Trip prices in American US dollars:

Group size	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Cost/person	$236	$200	$180	$173	$167	$162	$158	$155	$153
Trip prices valid from July to 31 October 2007

Included
English speaking guide in Hanoi and Sapa
Transfer and transportation in Hanoi and Sapa
Return train from/to Hanoi
Meals indicated in itinerary
Entrance fees
Water on day trek (01 bottle of water/day)

Excluded
Personal travel insurance (compulsory)
Personal expenses: Bar, Telephone and Laundry bills
Tips and gratuities

Itinerary:

Day 01: (THU) Hanoi – Night train to Sapa
Our tour will be started at 20:45 at the lobby of the hotel. We will be met by our guide and transferred to the Hanoi Railway station for the overnight train to Sapa.

DAY 2: (FRI) Sapa-Lao Chai-Ta Van
Up on arrival in Lao Cai Railway station early in the morning we will be met by a local guide who will escort us to Sapa town. After checking in hotel, we enjoy our breakfast at the hotel restaurant and relax. Our tour will be started after that. We will embark on a lovely trek that will take us along buffalo paths and trails and though several hill tribe villages, Lao Chai and Ta Van, home of the black H’mong and Dzay ethnic minority people. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people we can meet. Once on the valley floor we can really appreciate the wonderful scenery that surrounds us. The walls of the valley are covered with multi-layered rice terraced fields and scattered villages. Return to Sapa by our waiting vehicle.
Trekking distance 10 km
Today Breakfast & Lunch included

DAY 3: (SAT) Can Cau Saturday market
We have our breakfast at the hotel and then check out hotel. Our tour today will be Can Cau Saturday market, about 120km from Sapa. It takes us 2 hours to get there. This is a colorful market situated in a small village in the mountainous area. Here we will meet several different minority groups but mainly the Flower H’mong people. They join the market to buy and sell clothes, vegetables, meet and cattle. At noon time we drive to Bac Ha for our lunch at a local restaurant then we have short trek to Ban Pho village (Flower H’mong’s home). After that we head back to Lao Cai Railway station for our night train to Hanoi.
Today Breakfast & Lunch included

Day 4 (SUN) Hanoi
Up on arrival in Hanoi very early morning, we transfer back to our hotel. End of services.