2 Day Trek Sapa Ta Phin Village offers the opportunity to enjoy the spectacular landscapes of Trung Chai, Ta Phin and Ma Tra valley. You meet up with the Red Zao and the Black H’mong for an interesting discovery of colorful cultures.
Overview
2 Day Trek Sapa Ta Phin Village offers the opportunity to enjoy the spectacular landscapes of Trung Chai, Ta Phin and Ma Tra valley. You meet up with the Red Zao and the Black H’mong for an interesting discovery of colorful cultures. One night will be spent at local home (homestay) for the experience of local hospitality.
Private-guided walking holidays
Golden Trail Travel Hiking Vietnam specializes in tailor-making trekking and hiking vacations in Vietnam. We offer the widest selection of day walks, jungle trekking, mountain climb, trekking home-stay, camping and wild life discovery in the northern Vietnam. With a dedicated team of senior travel consultants, hiking tour specialists, experienced English-speaking tour leaders, local H’mong, Thai, Tay guides, cooks, porters we can design any trekking, hiking, walking option for any age and budget.
The itinerary above is only a sample that can be further customized to better fit your personal requirements. Just follow it or contact us for designing your own adventure.
Day 1: Trekking Sapa – Mong Sen – Ta Phin Village.
09.00 am you will be met up with Hiking Vietnam local team at your hotel in Sapa and transferred to the Mong Sen Bridge (please advise us your hotel name upon your confirmation). Several stops will be made along the way for you to enjoy spectacular landscapes. You will start trekking uphill along a large dirt road for nearly an hour. You then trek on a narrow dirt trail winding its way on steep hill-sides along the western bank of the upstream part of Ngoi Dum River. After about 2 hour hike, you will arrive in an isolated hamlet of the Black H’mong people, Mong Sen village. Explore these isolated hamlets of the Black H’mong, then lunch break. After lunch, continue trekking along the same trail for nearly 1,5 hours up and downhill towards Ta Phin Valley. You arrive at the center of Ta Phin Commune in mid afternoon. Spend the rest of the afternoon walking around this stunning valley, visiting some Red Zao families. Dinner and overnight in a local house.
Day 2: Ta Phin – Ma Tra – Sapa.
After breakfast, you will leave Ta Phin village at about 09.00 am. Walk through the Ta Phin village for 2 hours. You hike through several hamlets of the H’mong scattering on hill-sides. Continue trekking gradually uphill 1 hour to Ma Cha village, another village of the H’mong and then trek through the Ma Cha Valley. This valley is close to Sapa Town but very quiet and the peoples here are still living their own way without influence of tourism. After lunch, the trail gets larger and you trek uphill through the Suoi Ho Valley, featured with narrow terraced paddies and later pine plantation, fruit, vegetable & artichoke gardens. You will be picked up again by your car and transferred back to Sapa town. Trip ends.
HOTELS
Homestay
Economy 2*+ Hotels
Superior 3* Hotels
First Class 4* Hotels
Deluxe 5* Hotels
Luxury 5*++ Hotels
Notes:
*All prices are based on per adult, in Double/Twin sharing
Surcharge will be applied for single traveler or single room request
Important Notes:
HOTELS, PROGRAMS & SCHEDULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE
GUIDE/LEADER:
English speaking guide. French , Germany , Spanish, Italian, Russian speaking guide can be arranged with on request.
What’s included
English speaking Trekking guide ( other languages upon requests)
Accommodations are based on double/ twin occupancy
Private Eco homestay village based on size of group
Meals details in itineraries ( 13 breakfast, 14lunches, 13 dinners)
Van or bus transfer And supported and carry luggage to homestay each day.
Sightseeing excursions as outlined itineraries
First aid kit
Cold water box, small fresh towel.
Mineral water for drinking
Permission paper entrance to visit frontier region or restricted areas
Support crew to supply picnic lunches and water on trekking day, prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner in trekking.
Local trekking guide
What is not included
International airfare
Travel insurance
Items of personal nature
Alcoholic beverages and soft drinks in meals
Mineral water beyond that supplied
Optional excursions
Additional transport required due to any emergency situation
Personal expenses such as telephone, laundry bills.
Visa fee
Departure tax
Tip for team and guide
The following brings are essential suggested for trekking days only:
Backpack specialized for trekking.
Trekking shoes (extra light sandal suggested).
Light and comfortable trousers (02 pcs)
Cotton long sleeve: (01pc for each day)
Long socks (01 pair for each day)
Water proof jacket: 01
Pullover: 01
Coat to keep warm at night and waypoint: 01
Durable flash light.
Hat, Sun glasses and other manddatory
Camera (compact camera is suggested)