DAYS HILL TRIBE
DISCOVERY TREKS
We have a range of trekking
tours available for you to choose from that have been specifically designed to
enable you to experience some of the very best landscape and scenery that
Vietnam has to offer. During the treks you will have the opportunity to sleep in
bamboo huts in an ethnic minority village or under the stars in a tent or in a
local family house.
Most of our treks start with
a drive to take us out of town to where the real adventure starts. Your English
speaking, Vietnamese guide will be able to answer questions about the
countryside as well as local ethnic minority cultures and customs. During the
treks you will only have to carry a small daypack with your personal belongings
and of course your camera. Porters from the Black H’Mong ethnic minority hill
tribe will carry the rest of your luggage in special watertight bags.
Inclusive
-
English
or French speaking guide
-
Black
Hmong porters (to carry food and luggage)
-
Cook
(from group sizes of 6 clients)
-
All
needed transport
-
All
indicated meals, plus snacks
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Water
on the whole trip
-
Sleeping bag and mattresses
-
Silk
sleeping bag
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Waterproof bluebag for luggage
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Tents
if needed
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Mosquito net
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All
entrance fees
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Overnight in local house or tent
Exclusive
Through Hoang Lien National
Park and Ban Ho valley to Lao Cai
Ref. T8C
(Sapa – Seomity – Ta Trung Ho
– Thanh Phu - Sin Chai – Ben Den – Lao Cai)
What to expect:
On this trip you have an
opportunity to explore one of the most beautiful parts in Sapa area, which is
under protection of Hoang Lien National Park. The trip also takes you to one of
the most remote area where you can meet very friendly locals. The night you
spend in bamboo hut built by Topas in the hilly ground of a Red Dao family will
be a good experience. The trip also offers you opportunity to enjoy wonderful
scenery, which is still well protected.
Itinerary:
Day 1: Sapa- Heavens Gate – Sin Chai
(L,D)
You travel by car toward the Silver
Waterfall where you will be able to take a short walk to the waterfall. You will
then drive further to Heaven Gate, the highest peak of roads in Vietnam. From
there you can see Fansipan, the highest peak of Indochina mountains as well as
enjoy stunning views.
We start descending nearby the
waterfall. The trail takes you all the way downhill through bamboo forest, which
belongs to Hoang Lien National Park. Your lunch will be served at a nice spot
nearby a river.
After lunch, you continue the trek
to Sin Chai village of Black Hmomg minority, where Community Based Tourism in
Sapa takes place. You will have opportunity to explore daily life of one of the
largest group ethnic minorities in Sapa area. Here you spend the night in local
house.
Approx: Grade 2 of 5/ 40 minutes driving/ 4
hours walking/ 1 hour lunch
Day 2: Sin Chai – Cat Cat – Y Linh Ho (L,B,D)
After having breakfast, you start heading up the
mountain. Once you get to the top, you will trek on a small trail with
spectacular view and then gradually descend to Cat Cat village, where you will
have lunch nearby a waterfall.
In the after noon, you take a trail sneaking
through mountain. You also will enjoy spectacular scenery while walking along a
narrow river You eventually arrive in Y Linh Ho village of Black Hmong minority,
where you can take a rest in a nice spot nearby the beautiful river before
climbing toward a road, where you return Sapa by car.
Approx: Grade 4 of 5/ 3 hours walking/ 1 hour
lunch
Day 3: Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai – Tavan (B,L,D)
Today’s trek will continue along Hoang Lien
mountain range, which offers you many opportunities to enjoy view over huge rice
paddy terraces in Muong Hoa valley, the largest one in the area.
After lunch at a nice spot, you descend into the
bottom of the valley. You will pass through Lao Chai village of Black Hmong
minority and then Tavan village of Giay minority by following a very popular
trekking route. You spend the night in a traditional house of Giay minority.
You will be able to take a walk to enjoy the valley view as well as swim in the
river nearby.
Approx: Grade 2 of 5/ 4 hours walking/ 1 hour
lunch
Day 4:
Tavan - Seomity (B,L,D)
After having breakfast, you start
today’s trek, which is mostly uphill until lunchtime. Whenever you stop for a
rest, you will be able to enjoy valley view. Before noon, you stop again at a
nice spot for lunch.
The trek will be softer in the
afternoon. But the scenery becomes even more beautiful. You pass by Seomity
village of Black Hmong minority before you arrive in a campsite, which locates
nearby a river outside the village. While porters put up tents and cook dinner,
you can take a walk to stretch the legs.
Approx: 0,5 hour driving/ grade 3 of 5/ 4 hours
walking/ 1 hour lunch
Day 5:
Seomity
– Den Thang - Ta Trung Ho
(B,L,D)
The trek today takes you through
beautiful rice paddies and over old suspension bridges.
You will trek on small trail sneaking through rainforest. You arrive in Den
Thang village of Black Hmong by noon. Here you stop for lunch either nearby a
river or in a local school according to the weather.
After lunch, the trek will becomes tough on
tinny footpath going up and down, which requires a lot of concentration. You
will reach to Ta Trung Ho village of Red Dao minority where you spend the night
in local house. Both the valley and the village have just received foreign
visitors. The night will be even more interesting when you are in the wonderful
hospitable atmosphere of the Red Dao.
Approx: Grade 3 of 5/ 7 hours walking/ 1 hour
lunch
Day 6: Ta Trung Ho - Nam Toong –
My Son – Thanh Phu (B,L,D)
You are now at the fringe of the rain forest by
the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochina with
its 3143 m, is located in this mountain range. You will start the trek today by
ascending to Nam Toong village of Red Dao minority. Here your lunch will be
prepared in a local school.
After lunchtime, you descend to the valley where
locates My Son village of Xa Pho minority, one of the
smallest groups ethnic in Northern Vietnam. From there you take a short walk to
Thanh Phu village of Tay minority. Here you spend the night in traditional house
of the Tay. You can
take a walk to explore local daily life while your dinner will be served with
Vietnamese dishes. (B, L, D)
Approx: Grade 3 of 5/ 6 hours walking/ 1 hour
lunch
Day 7:
Thanh Phu - Nam Cum – Sin Chai (B,L,D)
Today’s
trek will be relatively short and soft. Once leaving Thanh Phu, you follow the
trekking route built in the bottom of the valley, which offers the best view to
the surrounding mountains. You stop at a nice spot for lunch. After lunchtime,
you continue the walk toward Sin Chai village of Red Dao minority where the
night will be spent in bamboo huts. You will be attracted by the wonderful
hospitable atmosphere of the Red Dao.
Approx: Grade 2 of 5/ 4 hours walking/ 1 hour
lunch
Day 8: Sin Chai - Nam Ket –Ben
Den – Lao Cai (B,L)
After a good sleep in bamboo hut, you wake up
for an early breakfast and repack your luggage for the long trek heading toward
Lao Cai.
Once you leave Sin Chai, the trip takes you into
a fabulously mountainous area, the most remote part of Sapa. En route you meet
children’ curious eyes as you are very first tourists passing by. Red Dao ethnic
minority inhabits the entire area. You will enjoy the fresh of bamboo forest and
jungle until you make a stop at Nam Ket for lunch.
After lunch, your trek will be mostly downhill.
After about half an hour, you will have a opportunity to enjoy one of the most
beautiful view of days over a green valley lying along the Red River. You
eventually arrive in Ta Thang village of Tay minority. Here you will be
transferred by car to Lao Cai.
Approx: Grade 3 of 5/ 7.5 hours walking/ 1
hour lunch.
Note:
The trek is hard. The itinerary can be changed due to high water level in the
river between Seomity and Ta Trung Ho. There will be no toilet facilities in the
National Park area. Toilet tent will be provided. This trip will easily combine
with the transfer to Lao Cai railway station without repeating the way or
passing by Sapa.
Through Muong Hoa valley and
Hoang Lien National Park to Ban Ho valley, ref: T8D
(Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Tavan – Seomity – Ta
Trung Ho – Thanh Phu - Ban Ho - Sapa)
What to expect:
On this trip you have an
opportunity to explore one of the most beautiful parts in Sapa area, which is
under protection of Hoang Lien National Park. The night you spend in campsite
nearby a river will be memorial moments along the trek. You will also be able to
meet several different minorities, which cannot be found in other areas of Sapa,
such as Giay in Muong Hoa valley, Tay and Xa Pho in Ban Ho valley. Both valleys
are beautiful with mountainous surrounding and rice paddy terraces.
Itinerary:
Day 1: Sapa – Heavens Gate – Cat Cat
(L,D)
You travel by car toward the Silver
Waterfall where you will be able to take a short walk to the waterfall. You will
then drive further to Heaven Gate, the highest peak of roads in Vietnam. From
there you can see Fansipan, the highest peak of Indochina mountains as well as
enjoy stunning views.
We start descending nearby the
waterfall. The trail takes you all the way through bamboo forest and before you
arrive in Sin Chai village of Black H’Mong minority. Here you stop for lunch.
After lunch, we head toward Cat Cat
village of Black H’mong, passing through rice terraces and indigo field, where
you could see how local women weave hemp and dye fabric of indigo. According to
weather, you will spend the night either in local house or tents
Approx: Grade 3 of 5/ 40 minutes
driving/ 5 hours walking/ 1 hour lunch
Day 2: Cat Cat - Y Linh Ho – Tavan
(B,L,D)
After having breakfast, you trek on a dirt trail
through rice paddy terraces. You also will enjoy spectacular scenery while
walking along a narrow river. You eventually arrive in Y Linh Ho village of
Black Hmong minority, where you can take a rest while you are served lunch
nearby the river.
After lunch, you head Muong Hoa valley. You will
pass through Lao Chai village of Black Hmong minority and then Tavan village of
Giay minority by following a very popular trekking route. You will spend the
night in local house of Giay minority. You will be able to take a walk to enjoy
the valley view as well as swim in the river nearby. (L,D)
Approx: Grade 2 of 5/ 4 hours
walking/ 1 hour lunch.
Day 3:
Tavan - Seomity (B,L,D)
After having breakfast, you start
today’s trek, which is mostly uphill until lunchtime. Whenever you stop for a
rest, you will be able to enjoy valley view. Before noon, you stop again at a
nice spot for lunch.
The trek will be softer in the
afternoon. But the scenery becomes even more beautiful. You pass by Seomity
village of Black Hmong minority before you arrive in a campsite, which locates
nearby a river outside the village. While porters put up tents and cook dinner,
you can take a walk to stretch the legs.
Approx: 0,5 hour driving/ grade 3 of 5/ 4 hours
walking/ 1 hour lunch
Day 4:
Seomity
– Den Thang - Ta Trung Ho
(B,L,D)
The trek today takes you through
beautiful rice paddies and over old suspension bridges.
You will trek on small trail sneaking through rainforest. You arrive in Den
Thang village of Black Hmong by noon. Here you stop for lunch either nearby a
river or in a local school according to the weather.
After lunch, the trek will becomes tough on
tinny footpath going up and down, which requires a lot of concentration. You
will reach to Ta Trung Ho village of Red Dao minority where you spend the night
in local house. Both the valley and the village have just received foreign
visitors. The night will be even more interesting when you are in the wonderful
hospitable atmosphere of the Red Dao.
Approx: Grade 3 of 5/ 7 hours
walking/ 1 hour lunch
Day 5: Ta Trung Ho - Nam Toong –
My Son – Thanh Phu (B,L,D)
You are now at the fringe of the rain forest by
the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochina with
its 3143 m, is located in this mountain range. You will start the trek today by
ascending to Nam Toong village of Red Dao minority. Here your lunch will be
prepared in a local school.
After lunchtime, you descend to the valley where
locates My Son village of Xa Pho minority, one of the
smallest groups ethnic in Northern Vietnam. From there you take a short walk to
Thanh Phu village of Tay minority. Here you spend the night in traditional house
of the Tay. You can
take a walk to explore local daily life while your dinner will be served with
Vietnamese dishes.
Approx: Grade 3 of 5/ 6 hours
walking/ 1 hour lunch
Day 6:
Thanh Phu - Nam Cum – Sin Chai (B,L,D)
Today’s
trek will be relatively short and soft. Once leaving Thanh Phu, you follow the
trekking route built in the bottom of the valley, which offers the best view to
the surrounding mountains. You stop at a nice spot for lunch.
After lunchtime, you continue the walk toward
Sin Chai village of Red Dao minority where the night will be spent in bamboo
huts. You will be attracted by the wonderful hospitable atmosphere of the Red
Dao.
Approx: Grade 2 of 5/ 4 hours walking/ 1 hour
lunch
Day 7:
Sin Chai - Thanh Phu - Ban Ho (B,L,D)
Today’s trek takes you through
several villages where you will be able to meet Tay, Hmong and Xa Pho ethnic
minorities. You will have time to photograph the beautiful rice paddy terraces
and the surrounding mountain. On the way you will visit a local school. Your
lunch will be prepared and served in a traditional Tay house in Thanh Phu.
In the afternoon, you head toward
Ban Ho. You will trek along Muong Bo River where you can enjoy a refreshing
swim nearby a waterfall before you arrive in Ban Ho. Here you spend the last
night in a Tay house. You will have chance to taste rice wine with friendly Tay
people during the meal.
Approx: Grade 2 of 5/ 4 hours walking/ 1 hour
lunch
Day 8: Ban Ho – Su Pan – Sapa
(B,L)
Today will be very relaxing; take
an easy walk around the village, visit a local school, go swimming or just sit
in the balcony to read book and enjoy the views. You will have lunch before
heading uphill toward Su Pan.
After lunch, you trek all the way
uphill. On the way you can enjoy the valley views while taking a rest. You will
pass by a tinny village of Red Dao minority where you may find a small souvenir
for your trip. Once you get to Su Pan, you start your journey back to Sapa by
car.
Approx: Grade 2 of 5/ 40 minutes driving/ 2
hours walking/ 1 hour lunch
Note: The trek is sometimes hard. The
itinerary can be changed due to high water level in the river between Seomity
and Ta Trung Ho. There will be no toilet facilities in the National Park area.
Toilet tent will be provided.
