sapa trekking Days / 2 night trek, the Tour starts at 9AM and finishes 3:12PM at the homestay and in SaPa on the last day of your trek. Includes: 3 lunches, 2 dinners, 2 breakfasts, 2 overnight stays in a homestay, entrance fee to the villages and transportation back to SaPa town after your trek. The transportation will be a shared minivan or a private car. 

Our guide will meet you at 9 AM in your hotel foyer in SaPa to start your trek, or if you have not booked your hotel in SaPa yet, then you can leave your luggage in our room while hiking. You can also take a shower after your trip on our premises.

Our tours are flexible for all of our guests. When the guide meets you she  will have a map to discuss the tour options: easy, medium or challenging. It just depends on your preference, time, fitness and the weather. When the guide shows you the map, you can make the best decision for your hike and discuss any options you want with your guide. 

About Home-stays 

Homestays are run by Ethnic minorities who choose to welcome travellers and have prepared their houses to accommodate guests. These are traditional houses where the family stays in separate rooms with guests, although you will often eat dinner together with the family. There are hot showers, towels, western-style toilets with paper, electricity, mosquito nets and tasty local traditional food. The homestays are clean and safe and here you will experience local ethnic culture. 

Local Activities: A Taste of Tradition

On the first day of your trek, instead of dining in a local restaurant, we’ll take you to enjoy lunch in a local house, where you’ll savor traditional dishes prepared by the Hmong ethnic minority. In these villages, purchasing beer or commercial wine is uncommon, so the locals either craft their own rice wine or buy it from a local store that specializes in this traditional beverage. This rice wine, similar to sake, packs a punch with an alcohol content of around 35%.

After your meal, we’ll introduce you to a unique local game that involves drinking rice wine using a chicken beak. To ensure a pleasant experience, we limit the amount of rice wine to 1-2 small glasses per person. If you prefer not to drink, that’s perfectly fine—participation is entirely optional.

Following the game, we’ll continue our trek to your homestay, where you can unwind and enjoy the rest of your day. On your final day, you’ll have lunch in a local restaurant to round off your journey.

Local Special Herb Plant

During our treks, our local guide will help you identify special herb plants that are traditionally used in local villages for medicinal purposes. These herbs are known for their ability to heal itchy feet and eliminate bacteria. Once you reach a local house, the guide will demonstrate how to boil these herbs in a pot. After boiling, you’ll have the opportunity to mix the herbs with salt and enjoy a relaxing foot bath.

See below for your tour options.

WHAT TO BRING FOR YOUR SAPA  TREKKING

Summer Time Sapa Trekking

June till mid-September can be hot so you will need 2 T-shirts, 2 pairs of socks, a raincoat, hat, suncream, sunglasses and mosquito repellant and hiking Shoes, Trekking pants and Joggers Pants

Winter Time in Sapa Trekking

October till May is our winter time and it can be very cold so you will need one warm jacket, Trekking pants or Joggers Pants, 2 T-shirts and 2 pairs of socks for your Trekking Sapa and hiking Shoes

THE 3-DAY / 2-NIGHT SAPA TREKKING OPTIONS

Option 1: Mountain and Rice-field Villages Trek.

Day 1: SaPa trekking to Sa Seng – Hang Da – Loa Chai – Ta Van – Seo My Ty – Giang Ta Chai Villages back to Sapa.

This trekking route is a challenging trek but the difference that you will see 2 different landscapes are mountain and rice paddies. It will be slippery when it rains or after the rain, the total trek is 7-8-9 hours and 15-16 km

You and the guide will trek from Sapa to Sa Seng village, and continue trekking up hills to reach the Drongaor mountain, from the dragon mountain if the weather is very clear you will see Fansipan Peak, Sapa town, Y Ly Ho, Lao Chai, Ma Tra and Ta Phin Villages. From Dragon Mountain, we keep continuing the trek to Hang Da Village {with lunch either at Hang Da or Lao Chai villages} 

Sa Seng and Hang Da villages are mountainous villages Hmong ethnic minority people are living here, and the local people living here are farming.

We will trek down to Loa Chai and Ta van Valley, these villages have many fantastic rice fields. Loa Chai village has three thousand of the Hmong ethnic minority group living. After lunch, we walk to Ta Van village where you will have an overnight homestay with a Zay or Hmong family.                                             

Day 2: After breakfast continue hiking up the mountain to Seo My Ty village where you can see Sapa town on a clear day. When you reach the top of the mountain, you will have lunch in the Hmong ethnic minority’s house and taste the local food. After lunch, you will hike down the hill to the same homestay where you were the first night. This is approximately a 9 or 10-km trek. 

Day 3: After breakfast, we trek on a little path through a bamboo forest and waterfall to Giang Ta Chai village, this village has the Red Dao ethnic minority group living here. Our last day of the trek will be  7-9 km and in 3-4 hours. we will walk on the road and have lunch in a local restaurant before a car picks you up to return to SaPa town. Please click this link video for our option tour

Option 2:   This is a scenic sapa trekking through rice fields {best time is late summer}

SaPa hiking Y LY Ho  – Loa Chai – Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Ban Den  – Ban Ho – Nang Toong Villages back to Sapa

 Day 1: Our local guide and you will trek from Sapa through a small path to Y Ly Ho village. Y Ly Ho and Loa Chai villages have the most beautiful rice fields in Sapa Vietnam. You will see some of the Hmong ethnic minority people living in two of these villages.

We will keep going from Y Ly Ho  {lunch in Lao Chai village} after lunch we will walk to a local shop from here our local guide will show you how the Hmong ethnic make their traditional clothing and learn about the local daily life. When the local guide finishes showing you how the Hmong people make their traditional cloth you will then continue on a walk to Ta Van village, where we will have an overnight stay with a Zay or Hmong ethnic minority family. We will  Trek for around 5-6-7 hours and 12-13 km.

Day 2: After breakfast,  We will Trek for around 6-7 hours and 14-15 km on the second day. We will trek on a little path through a bamboo forest and waterfall to Giang Ta Chai village, This village has the Red Dao ethnic minority group living here. We will continue our walk on the road from Giang Ta Chai to Ban Den {lunch in Ban Den village} After lunch you walk to Ban Ho village where you will have an overnight stay at a Tay ethnic minority family.

Day 3: On our last day we will walk for 3-4 hours. After breakfast walk to Nam Toong village and then return to Ban Ho village where we will have lunch in the same homestay. After lunch, a car will pick you up from Ban Ho Village to return to Sapa Town.

Option 3:   On this trek visit a cave and have an herbal bath {extra cost of $10} at your homestay.

Day 1: SaPa to Ma Tra village then walk to Ta Phin village where we will have lunch in a local restaurant. After Lunch you will visit a cave with your guide in Ta Phin and then stay overnight with a Red Dao family in their homestay. Here you can choose to have a herbal bath for an extra $10 USD.   

Day 2: After breakfast, we will take a motorbike taxi to Cau Ba 2 and then start to walk to Sen Sang village then Hang Da village where we will have lunch in a local restaurant. After lunch continue hiking down the valley to Lao Chai village and then to Ta Van village where you have an overnight stay with a Zay or Hmong ethnic minority family.  

Day 3: After breakfast, we walk to Giang Ta Chai village where we will have lunch in a local restaurant before a car picks you up to return to SaPa town.

Included during your trek

A: Private English-speaking guide                                                                                                                                               

B:  2  lunches in a local restaurant  and 1 lunch in a local house                                                                                                                             

C: Entrance fee to the villages                                                                                                                                  

D: Transportation back to SaPa                                                                                                                    

E: 2 nights in 2 different Homestays including 2 dinners and 2 breakfasts.

Not included in your trek

A: Soft drinks and Beverages     

B: Travel Insurance                                                                                                                                              

C: Luxury accommodation                                                                                                                             

D: Snacks                                                                                                                                                    

E: Any extra transportation other than what is included in your chosen tour will be charged for.