DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL – NIGHT TRAIN TO SAPA
Welcome to Hanoi. Welcome at the airport and transfer to hotel for relaxing. We will take you to Sapa via overnight on train (private cabin for your group).
DAY 2: SAPA, EXPLORE MINORITY VILLAGES (LAO CHAI & TA VAN) (B,L)
6:00 am, arriving Lao Cai, picked up at Lao cai Railway station early in the morning by car. Arrive at Sapa round 8:00 AM. Check in hotel, breakfast and shower. The road from Sapa winds through hilly terrain passing terraced rice paddy fields, where you reach Cat Cat cultural village, just 3km from Sapa town. A leisurely walk through the old village offers you an overview of the traditional customs and practices of the ethnic Black H’mong people. Stop by a stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station, constructed by the French during the colonial era in Vietnam. Follow a dirt trail snaking through the mountain. Enjoy spectacular scenery while trekking along a narrow stream until you reach Y Linh Ho village also home of the Black H'mong minority. Head toward Muong Hoa valley.
Descending into the valley, you will see the largest terraced rice fields in the Sapa area. (If you visit the valley between May and October, you have the chance to observe and experience how the local people plant and harvest rice). The walk takes you from Lao Chai village of the Black H'mong minority to Ta Van village of the Giay minority. You will take a break to enjoy a picnic lunch at a local house before transferring back to Sapa. Overnight in Sapa.
DAY 3 SAPA, TREK TO RICE PADDLE FIELD (NAM CANG & NAM NHIEU) (B,L)
Start in the morning driving down to the lowest valley of Sapa, around 2 hours driving descending the Sapa valley, Along the way you have many chances to see breathtaking view of paddy terrace field and cornfield, where is the largest terrace paddy of Sapa District. Passing Ban Ho village. Your car ascend to My Son Village then Nam Cang Village, where are minorities people living such as Xa Pho, Red Zao, White H’mong Stopped by Nam Than Village, You can visit minority people house then You start to trek by suspension bridge.
First impression is approaching small waterfall with breezy and cool, Along your trekking are many small waterfall like that, Furthermore is the most stunning view of lowest Valley, Constituted by paddy terraces and “Buffalo house on stilts” scattered on paddy terrace, More special is along your trekking you have chance to enjoin with forest song –“Bird singing”. After 2 hours trekking you will have lunch in a minority people house on stilts in Thanh Phu Village then transfer back to Sapa by viewing sun set on the mountainous. Overnight in Sapa.
DAY 4 SAPA, DRIVE BACK TO HANOI, A FLIGHT TO QUANG BINH (B,L)
Start in the morning driving back to Hanoi. Take a flight to Quang Binh and relax in farmstay (private room).
DAY 5 TREKKING EN CAVE ADVENTURE (B,L,D)
You need to come to Phong Nha before 6:00am on the morning of the cave adventure departure. Please avoid being late for the departure time of this adventure trip to Hang En. On the morning of the departure, the car will come to pick you up at your hotel in Phong Nha from 7:30 to 8:00 am, and bring you to the Oxalis office. There you will listen to the safety briefing, sign the release form, pack your bag and receive the necessary safety equipment.
After departing from Oxalis Phong Nha office, the group starts with a jungle trek, hiking down a steep hill to reach a branch of the Rao Thuong Stream leading to the only village located in the core zone of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. After about 1 and a half hours of walking and wading through streams, the group will arrive at Doong Village - the home of the minority ethnic community living deep in the jungle. The group will stop for lunch at the village and learn about the life of the people here before continuing the trek to Hang En camp. Continuing walking through the jungle, crossing the river many times, the group will reach Hang En after about 3 hours. There everyone will be equipped with helmets, turn on the headlamps and start climbing the rocky section to explore the cave. Standing on the top of the rocky slope, you will see the entire Hang En Cave camp and the mesmerizing surrounding scenery. After receiving your tent, you can enjoy swimming in the turquoise lake next to the camp, before enjoying delicious food right in the cave. That’s the first camping day!
DAY 6 TREKKING EN CAVE ADVENTURE (B,L,D)
After breakfast, the group continues, climbing up the rocks behind the camp in a cave, exploring and learning more interesting facts of nature's masterpiece in Quang Binh Province, and admiring the stalagmites and stalactites. At the back of the cave, a new view of the Hang En campsite opens up. Save some precious memories of this unique place.
After wading through the underground streams you will reach the large sandy floor of the gigantic cave exit. The group will return through the cave to the underground camp to have lunch and a short break. The group will then leave the cave, for the final challenge of wading through many streams and climbing a steep hill around 450m high. At the top of the hill is the road and a bus with cold beverages ready to welcome you back after all the challenges in your caving adventure to discover the wonderful Hang En. The bus will take the group back to Phong Nha at about 18:00.
DAY 7 QUANG BINH DEPARTURE (B)
After breakfast. Free time and transfer to
