The Rice Terraces in the Northwest of Vietnam in 7 days and 6 nights

Arrival at Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi), you are welcomed by our perfectly English-speaking guide and our driver, then they transfer you by car to the center of Hanoi. The first scenes of anarchic traffic in Vietnam pass before your eyes.

Depending on your arrival flight schedule, either you rest at your hotel if the room is available, or leave for a city orientation tour:

You make the first discovery of Hanoi by a pedicab ride or on foot in the old quarters of Hanoi through the old colonial quarter with beautiful architectures and the old quarter of the 36 trades full of animations: a jumble vehicles, small businesses, practices and habits that have nothing to do with those in your country……

Welcome dinner at a good restaurant in Hanoi. Night at the hotel in the heart of the capital.

Included: Transfer, English speaking guide, Cyclo, Dinner, Hotel – Soleil Boutique Hanoi

At 8:00 a.m., pick up at your hotel, then depart by private car to Tu Le - Yen Bai via a charming road lined with steep rice fields, tea hills, ethnic villages. Along the way you have many opportunities to come across ethnic groups: White Daos, Tays, Nungs, Hmongs etc… The images of the authentic life of the inhabitants pass before your eyes. Free lunch en route.

Continuation to Nghia Lo, several stops along the way are planned including a special one in Van Chan where we take a beautiful walk in the beautiful valley, visit ethnic villages without forgetting human contact with very welcoming ethnic minorities.

Arrival at Tu Le towards the end of the afternoon and installation at Le Champ Tu Le Resort. You are free to relax in the heated swimming pool (Hot Spring) or to bask in the Onsen mineral baths of the Spa of the hotel after a long journey. Dinner in Set Menu and you spend a pleasant night at Tu Le.

Remarks: 240 km – around 5h40’ drive

Included: Transfer, English speaking guide, Breakfast, Dinner, Hotel – Le Champ Tu Le Resort

After breakfast, it's time to enjoy a peaceful village with beautiful scenery and a scenic panoramic rice terrace through small paths and buffalo paths.

Then you visit the Tien Nu cave, one of the caves with the most beautiful stalactites in Yen Bai in particular and in the Northwest in general. Return to your hotel for lunch.

In the afternoon, drive to explore the beautiful rice terraces of Mu Cang Chai, considered an untouched paradise and one of the best places in Vietnam to take stunning landscape photos. You have time to visit and explore the most beautiful rice terraces like La Pan Tan and Che Cu Nha.

Finally, discover the famous Khau Pha pass. This pass is well known for its scenic rice terraces, then you have a few more stops along the way to take great photos along the way. Return to the hotel and enjoy the Onsen pool.

Included: Transfer, English speaking guide, Breakfast, Lunch, Hotel – Le Champ Tu Le Resort, Entrance fees.

After breakfast at the hotel, departure for Sapa by taking a beautiful mountainous road. The splendid landscapes decorated by limestone peaks as far as the eye can see, rice terraces, ethnic villages perched on the heights offer you the opportunity to take beautiful photos. You then pass two districts Than Uyen and Binh Lu where different colorful ethnic groups live like Red Daos, Black Daos, Red Hmongs….. especially Lu whose women are very smiling and barefoot.

Free lunch, then continue to Sapa via the Tram Ton pass which is known as the highest and longest in Vietnam. Stop at the heavenly gate at 2000m altitude where you have a superb view of the valley before descending late in the town of Sapa.

Installation at your hotel, dinner in a good local restaurant in Sapa and overnight at the hotel in Sapa.

Remarks: 220 km ~ 4h30-5h drive

Included: Transfer, English speaking guide, Breakfast, Dinner, Hotel - Aira Boutique Sapa

After breakfast, you start a beautiful day of trekking. Choose to walk from your hotel or drive 2 km through rice terraces to get to Cat Cat village. You walk (3 km) through the villages of the Black H'mong ethnic minority to discover their customs and traditional way of life. Explore a beautiful waterfall and nearby remains of a hydroelectric plant built by the French during colonial times. Follow a dirt road that winds through the mountains along a narrow river and enjoy the spectacular scenery of terraced fields, vegetable gardens and green hills en route to Y Linh Ho village, also home to the Black H'mong ethnic group. Notice their traditional hemp clothing dyed deep indigo blue and decorated with batik flowers.

After free lunch, continue to the magnificent Muong Hoa Valley, home to the most magnificent rice terraces in Sapa. Hike to the Black H'mong village of Lao Chai and you will realize that their houses are built without windows due to the severe winter weather. Continue to Ta Van village to visit the Zay ethnic minority, known for their brightly colored clothes. Discover their way of life and local traditions. Enjoy spectacular views of terraced fields and the awe-inspiring Mount Fansipan, the highest mountain in Indochina. Back to Sapa. Dinner in a good local restaurant and overnight at your hotel.

Remarks: Hike from 9 to 12 km with the duration of 4 hours to 6 hours maximum at the easy - medium level.

Depending on your physical condition and your desires, we will adapt the duration of the hike to your pace.

Included: Transfer, English speaking guide, Breakfast, Dinner, Hotel - Aira Boutique Sapa

After breakfast, enjoy a light hike to discover the picturesque hill tribe villages near Sapa, including the different traditions, cultures and customs of two minority groups - Black Hmong and Red Dzao. These two ethnicities have lived in harmony for generations despite having different customs, cultures and clothing.

You first visit Ma Tra village - H'mong village where you have the opportunity to observe and experience the daily life of the villagers as you pass through beautiful gardens and abundant pine forests. The walk continues through terraced rice fields and spectacular scenery, visiting a local school. Then, visit Ta Phin village - country of the Red Dzao in a lively atmosphere of a very authentic life of these mountain tribes.

Lunch in a local restaurant. Transfer by car to return to Hanoi. Arrival in Hanoi at the end of the afternoon, installation at the hotel. Free dinner and night in Hanoi.

Included: Transfer, English speaking guide, Breakfast, Lunch, Hotel – Soleil Boutique Hanoi

After breakfast, you are free until transfer to the airport for your departure flight.

Without guide

Included: Transfer, Breakfast

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