HANOI - YEN BAI - MU CANG CHAI - THAC BA LAKE - SAPA - 5 DAYS (5 Days - 4 Nights)

8:00AM: Our car and tourist guide  will pick you up & transfer to Yen Bai. Yen Bai province is home to a variety of ethnic minorities like the White Dao, Red Dao,Tay, Nung and Hmong. The White Dao with their white pants, are the most beautifully dressed.
Upon arrival, check in the hotel or homestay. Have lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon: Walking around the village to enjoy the fresh air and experience local, untouched nature.
Back to the homestay for dinner.
Overnight at at hotel or homestay

Included: Transportation, english speaking guide, meals as mentioned, Hotel or homestay (twin/ double share room)
Excluded: Drinks, personal expense

Morning: After having breakfast, you will take the lovely boat trip on Thac Ba Lake, which is located in a 23.400 ha area including more than 1000 islands and lots of mysterious karst caves. We will spend time here for lunch then saying goodbye to the host. We leave Thac Ba for our next destination, we go to Muong Lo stunning valley, it is a great chance to contemplate the imposing rice terraces in Muong Lo Valley where is well-known for the most beautiful rice terrace in the north-west of Vietnam. We check-in homestay then walking around, enjoy dinner and stay overnight at Thai Ethnic People's house.
Afternoon: You will take a short 2-hour walking around the village to discover Thai ethnic culture and the daily life.
Overnight at homestay of Thai people.

Included: Transportation, boat to visit Thac Ba Lake, tourist guide, meals as mentioned, entrance tickets, homestay in Nghia Lo
Excluded: Drinks, personal expese

Morning: After having breakast, We leave Muong Lo to Tu Le (50km – 1.2-hours driving). On the way, you will stop to start your hike and enjoy the beautiful scenery. Taking photos on the way before reaching the village of the Thai and H’mong ethnic minorities. People here are dressed in traditional costumes and will welcome you with open arms. Beside the rice terrace, you will have a chance to explore the culture & local life of Mong people, such as music traditional, agriculture tools…
Lunch in a local restaurant

Afternoon Continue to drive along the mountainous road with spectacular scenery along the way. Stop at Nga Ba Kim for a short break then trekking until you reach villages of Thai and H’mong ethnic minorities. Enjoy the landscapes with terraced rice fields, mountains, clouds and wooden stilt houses, make up a heaven of peace and simple happiness. Here, you can experience the locals people in their traditional custom, see the H’mong women working their looms and make friends with them.
Overnight and dinner in Mu Cang Chai

Included: Transportation, tourist guide, entrance tickets, meals as mention, hotel in Mu Chang Chai (twin/double shared room)
Excluded: Drinks, personal expense

Morning: Have breakfast at hotel then leave Mu Cang Chai for Sapa. After 2 hours driving, the road begins to climb up Tram Ton Pass, one of four highest passes in Vietnam. Stop for photos opportunities and enjoy the fresh air. From here, you can see Fanxipan Mountain, “the Roof of Indochina” with ist 3143m peak soaked in clouds.
Arrive in Sapa at noon and visit colorful ethnic markets and Sapa old town with its remnants of the French colonial era. After lunch, you will go on a light trek, long but easy, out of town, to visit Ta Van village where the H’mong, Dao and Dzay ethnic people live peacefully together.
Back to Sapa in the afternoon, free to discover Sapa town and night market
Overnight in Sapa
Included: Transportation, tourist guide, entrance tickets, meals as mentions hotel in Sapa
Excluded: Drinks, personal expense

Morning: After having breakfast at the hotel, we will take you to visit Cat Cat Village, where a Black H’mong minority lives to learn about their culture and daily life. On the way back, you will discover sapa town and Sapa Church
Lunch in Sapa before going back to Hanoi
Back to Hanoi at about 19h00. End your trip

Included: Transportation, tourist guide, entrance tickets, meals as mentioned
Excluded: Dinner, drinks, personal expense, tip