Rice Terraced Fields & Homestay Experience– 2D 1N

A local private guide: A Local guide in a private tour only get your needs focused, and has enough time to answer all your questions.

If you want to do a small group tour about 5 – 6 people (a bit lower price) – Please Contact Us.

Trekking offside the touristic paths.

Private guided visit to 3 different ethnic minority villages in Sapa.

Adventurous mountain trekking up to 1.800 m above sea level.

Enjoy visiting the bamboo forests as well as Vietnam’s most famous rice terraces – ideal photo shooting scenery.

Meeting the country’s most representative animals such as the water buffalo.
Real homestay with real, authentic local food.

Itinerary

Day 1: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van (15 km or 6.5 hours)

Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van (15 km or 6.5 hours)

The tour starts at 9 am. Our local guide will meet you at your hotel in Sapa Town or in front of the local main church. After a brief introduction, you will be taken 2km down to Cat Cat’s road, a well-known village of the Hmong minority. From there, you will be reaching the hanging bridge of Muong Hoa river and then continue uphill into the mountains and through a bamboo forest. From there, you will get the chance to admire some of the biggest and most beautiful rice terraces in Vietnam as well as enjoy the majestic mountain view on top of the Hoang Lien Son mountain. You will then head down to Y Linh Ho village and have lunch at a small, traditional restaurant ran by a local Hmong family. After the break, you will make it to Ta Van, a village of the famous Giay minority, where your local host family will welcome you. You will then have some time to rest, take a hot shower, and get ready for your dinner – if you want, you will also have the chance to take part in an informal cooking class!
Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai Tl152, Sapa 290000 Vietnam
You will then head down to Y Linh Ho village and have lunch at a small, traditional restaurant ran by a local Hmong family
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ta Van, Ta Van, Lao Cai Province
Ta Van, a village of the famous Giay minority, where your local host family will welcome you
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Lunch: Family Lunch
• Dinner: Local Family Lunch
Accommodation included: Homestay With Locals

Day 2: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Sapa (12km around 5 hours)

Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
Enjoy a cup of hot coffee or tea and discover your homestay’s surrounding area and the nearby rice fields. After breakfast, you will be retaken uphill into the mountain till the waterfalls of Giang Ta Chai. You will then enter the Red Dao area where, together with your local guide, you will learn more in detail about their culture and daily life. After a short visit at a Red Dao family, you will then head back to the waterfalls by taking an alternative trail and across a second hanging bridge. You will then have your lunch in Giang Ta Chai village at a small, local restaurant run by a Hmong family. After the break, our bus will be waiting for you, and you will then head back to Sapa Town.
Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: Giang Ta Chai Village, Ta Van Commune, Sapa 008420 Vietnam
Giang Ta Chai village where you will get to see the waterfall as well as to see the Red Dao minority
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Local Breakfast
• Lunch: We will then have lunch at the local restaurant
No accommodation included on this day.

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

If you cancel at least 4 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.