Night 1: Hanoi - Night train to Sapa (Saturday)
8.00 pm: Pickup at hotel and transfer to Hanoi Railway Station to catch the night train (soft sleeper with air conditioning) to Lao Cai.

Day 1: Lao Cai - Cat Cat - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van (10 Hours Trekking, 25 Km, 4 Villages) (B/L/D)
5.00 am: Arrive in Lao Cai and be transferred by shuttle bus to Sapa, luggage storage, refreshment and breakfast.
Morning: Trek to visit Cat Cat Village and Y Linh Ho Village. Lunch enroute.
Afternoon: Start trekking downhill Y Linh Ho hamlet to Lao Chai and Ta Van village. The trekking route offers a breathtaking view of vegetable gardens and rice terraces with green mountains rising above. There will be time for visiting with local families and learning about their traditional fiber processing.
Dinner with local family and stay overnight at the homestay in Ta Van.

Day 2: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Su Pan - Ban Ho - Sa Pa (5 Hours Trekking, 14 Km, 2 Villages) (B, L, D)
Get up early in the morning to enjoy the daily life of the ethnic minorities in the village and have a breakfast.
Morning: Trek to Giang Ta Chai village; it is home to the Red Dzao who wears plain black trousers and a long black tunic with embroidered cuffs and lapels. From here, we can visit a waterfall and a rattan bridge.
Afternoon: Trek to Su Pan - village for 2 minorities (H’Mong and the Red Dzao) and Ban Ho. Walk out of the Lavie Stream in the scenic village Ban Ho.
5.30 p.m: Take the bus back to Sapa. Enjoy dinner and overnight in Sapa.

Day 3: Sapa - Coc Ly Market - Hanoi (Tuesday) (B, L)
About 35km from Bac Ha, Coc Ly Market is a colorful Tuesday market in a mountainous area where 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.
7.30 a.m: After breakfast, travel by car to Coc Ly market (2 hours)
9.30 a.m: Arrive the market; join local ethnic peoples for 2 hours of the morning to enjoy the exciting atmosphere as well as activities of this weekly market.
12.00: Have lunch at local restaurant.
1.00 p.m: Short trek to Sa Koun Ho and Trung Do village, inhabited by Tay minority. Continue with the boat trip briefly to Bao Nhai. There will be an exciting boat cruise winding you through a breathtaking, out of this-world landscape where the mountain grow from water presenting their most hidden mysteries, including beautiful caves and bustling life on the riverbank.
3.00 p.m: Say good bye to Coc Ly market and get back to Lao Cai. Transfer to Station for overnight train back Hanoi.
Tour ends at Hanoi Railway Station next morning.