Itinerary
- Day 1
Cat Cat Village
You'll board an overnight train from Hanoi heading to Lao Cai, arriving early morning (or take a sleeper bus if trains aren't available). From there, a shared minivan brings you to Sapa. After grabbing breakfast, start exploring Sapa Town by checking out the local market and old cathedral, where you'll encounter ethnic minority communities. By midday, you're hiking down to Cat Cat Village through terraced rice paddies, visiting H'mong homes and seeing a historic waterfall next to a French-built power station. The trail loops back to Sapa by evening.
- Start point
- Hanoi, Vietnam (Your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter or our office :47C Ly Quoc Su street, 20:00)
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast at local restaurant in Sapa), Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Overnight train or sleeper bus from Hanoi to Lao Cai
- Transfer from Lao Cai Station to Sapa by shared minivan
- Breakfast at local restaurant in Sapa
- Walk around Sapa Town
- Visit Sapa Market
- Visit old cathedral in Sapa
- Guided walk to Cat Cat Village
- Visit local H'mong homes in Cat Cat Village
- Walk to waterfall with French hydraulic power station
- Loop walk back to Sapa
Landmarks Sapa Market Sapa Cathedral Cat Cat Village Fansipan Peak Muong Hoa Valley 
- Day 2
Sapa to Muong Hoa Valley to Hanoi
Following breakfast, you'll walk south along the main road for roughly an hour, then turn onto a footpath heading downhill into Muong Hoa Valley. A suspension bridge gets you across to Y Linh Ho village where you visit H'mong families. Hiking continues through valleys to Lao Chai village, and then you follow the river bank to Ta Van to explore Zay communities and check out local homes and schools. At 4 p.m., a bus heads back to Hanoi, arriving around 10 p.m.
- End point
- Hanoi, Vietnam (Bus office in Old Quarter, 22:00)
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Picnic Lunch), Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided walk through Muong Hoa Valley
- Cross suspension bridge
- Visit Y Linh Ho village
- Visit H'mong families and observe daily activities
- Hike to Lao Chai village
- Visit Lao Chai village
- Walk along river bank to Ta Van
- Visit Ta Van (Zay people community)
- Visit local homes in Ta Van
- Visit village schools
- Bus transfer from Sapa to Hanoi
Landmarks Muong Hoa Valley Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range Fansipan Peak Y Linh Ho Village Lao Chai Village Ta Van
