Day 1 Hanoi - Lao Cai - Muong Hum market - Y Ty

The 1^st night, driver will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi, transfer to Hanoi Station. Arriving in Lao Cai train station in the early morning. After breakfast, we start our adventure to Muong Hum Sunday Market about 70 km along the Red-River and the border line with China. You will have the opportunity to experience spectacular scenery and more interesting to see some ethnic minorities come down from the mountains once a week to buy and sell household products, animals, to drink rice wine, corn wine with friends to enjoy their simple life!

 In the afternoon, we trek to visit Trinh Tuong Village of the Red-Dzao, then Y Ty Village, accompanied by our jeep. We will trek for about 2-3 hours through the beautiful terraced rice fields and among amazing landscape.We arrive near Ngai Thau Village (camp site), where we put the tent to spend the night, sleeping under the blanket of stars in a mysterious and dream-like environment. Great experience in life!

Overnight: Guest house in Y Ty

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 2: Drive to Phong Tho

This morning visit Ma Lu Thang Village of the H'mong where you can learn a lot from their simple life that you cannot find anywhere in our modern world. We continue our drive through extremely beautiful scenery. Stop over at a hot Spring in PhongTho for break.

Overnight: hotel in Phong Tho

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 3: Tam Duong - Binh Lu - Sapa

Today we will experience beautiful road trip to Sapa as we drive on the highest pass of Vietnam-Tram Ton Pass, called Heaven Gate, 1900. Viewing imposing mountain range of which Fanxipan is the highest peak in Indochina-3143m above the sea level. Stop for a nice break at the silver waterfall-the most beautiful one in Sapa. The rest of the day is for exploring this charming French hill station.

Overnight: hotel in Sapa

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 4: Lao Chai - Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Trekking - Hanoi

From Sapa by jeep we will come to Black H'mong village of Lao Chai along Muong Hoa Valley and Hoang Lien Son National Park then walk through this village to Tavan Village of the Dzay ethnic people, short break here to explore this village and enjoy a delicious picnic lunch before trekking up and down through the bamboo forest to Giang Ta Chai Village to visit the Red Dzao people and a beautiful waterfall. We cross an interesting suspension bridge, then walk up to meet your jeep back to Sapa. Shower and ready for being transferred to Laocai for the night train back to Hanoi.

Meals included: Breakfast

 

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WHAT'S INCLUDED?
• Accommodation with daily breakfast at selected hotels 
• Private Vehicles and Drivers
• Train tickets Hanoi – Sapa – Hanoi per deluxe cabins.
• Private English Speaking Guides (Other languages if available, upon request)
• Meals as mentioned in the itinerary (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)
• All domestic flights
• Airport Taxes and Fuel charges
• Entrance fees for all mentioned sights visited
• Drinking water available on the vehicles.
• Service Charge & Government Taxes
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED?
• Your International Flights
• Personal Expenses (such as laundry, telephone, drinks, etc.)
• Any bank fees or charges at your end
• Meals other than those mentioned in the itinerary
• Personal Travel Insurance
• Tips for tour guide and driver in each region
• Peak season or public holidays surcharge if any
• Compulsory Gala dinner on X-Mas or New Year if any
• Vietnam visa stamp fee 
• Other services not mentioned above

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HOTEL SELECTION:

The hotels listed below are our suggestions for the best value on this tour.  However, Asia Essence Tours offers many more options of hand-picked hotels, with different "star ratings", allowing you to customize the vacation to meet your taste and budget.
  

LOCATIONS	FIRST CLASS CATEGORY	SUPERIOR CATEGORY	DELUXE CATEGORY
Phongtho	Phongtho hotel	Phongtho hotel	Phongtho hotel
Halong Cruise	Swan Cruise	Huonghai Sealife	Indochina Sails
Sapa	Bamboo Sapa	U Sapa	Victoria Sapa
Sapa Overnight  on train	King Express	Sapaly Express	Victoria Express

ABOUT HOTELS:

We, at Asia Essence Tours, are aware that a good tour must have good hotels. As the hotel cost will be the major expense of your vacation in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, it is essential that all of the hotels chosen by us are the highest quality for the price paid. All of our prices are based on twin, double or queen shared rooms.

BELOW IS AN EXPLANATION OF THE HOTEL "STAR" RATINGS:

First Class/ 3 Star (from US$ 50 - US$ 80 per room/night)

The First Class/ 3 Star Hotels are good value and normally centrally located. They all have comfortable en-suite rooms, good amenities and public areas to relax in. They are usually family run hotels, so offer great personalized service for your enjoyment and comfort. Most first class properties offer an in-house restaurant, and some may even have a swimming pool!

Superior/ 4 star (from US$ 100 - US$ 150/ per room/night)

The 4* superior Hotels offer a wide range of services. Many superior hotels feature a choice of several in-house restaurants. In addition virtually all of them have a swimming pool. Some may even feature a spa or health club. This grade of hotel offers more for your enjoyment and comfort, while still remaining affordable.

Deluxe/ 5 Star (from US$160 - US$ 240++/ per room/night)

These 5* Deluxe hotels are usually owned by Worldwide, well known Hotel chains. The deluxe hotels feature excellent locations, offer the highest standards of service and facilities, and are known as the best hotels in each region. Facilities such as swimming pools and spas are the norm, and guest rooms are luxurious. These hotels offer first class service and amenities throughout.

ASIA ESSENCE TOURS™ BESPOKE STYLE SUITS EVERYONE

Flexibility: The sample itinerary can be modified to suit your interests, budget as well as your personal wishes including departure date, duration, accommodation used & how long you spend in each destination.

Tailor-Made Journey: This trip can be tailor made to create a unique holiday for your individual requirements by travel experts with intimate knowledge of the destination. It is a more individual trip that will suit those who enjoy immersing themselves in new cultures and environments, with the flexibility to plan a trip at your own pace. Quality and value are the hallmark of the trips, with most services being provided on a private basis.

Commitment to Excellence: We enjoys excellent relationships with all of the highly regarded hotels and finest properties in our destinations as well as with service suppliers so that we are able to negotiate the most attractive prices for our clients, which enables us to provide exclusive holidays and affordable special offers. We create one-of-a-kind vacations for groups and individuals. We love our destinations and do our best to make sure that our customers feel the same way. Our job is to make sure that everyone gets the right balance of comfort and excitement to enjoy the experience of a lifetime.