ST
TK 11 : SAPA TREKKING TOUR COCLY
MARKET
SAPA - TA VAN - GIANG TA CHAI - COC LY MARKET ( 3days
- 4nights )
Weekly
departure on Saturday
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Night
1: (Saturday) Hanoi - Laocai
21:00
- Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi and transfer to Hanoi Railway
Station for boarding to Laocai by Ratraco Express Train. Overnight
on the A/c soft sleeper Cabin. (4 people/cabin or 2 people/cabin
on request).
Day
1: (Sunday) Sapa - Lao Chai village - Ta Van village ( B,
L, D ) (6 hours trekking, 16 km, 3 villages).
06:00
- Arrive to Laocai train station. Welcome by your local guide
and driver. Transfer to your Sapa for breakfast & relax.
Breakfast and shower. Start from Sapa at 10:00 by jeep and
then get down to a valley, visit an H'mong village and the
hydroelectric power station built by the French. Take a small
path to go and visit other 2 villages of the H'mong and the
Dzay people (Lao Chai and Ta Van village). Stay in Ta Van
at a Dzay family. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the
family. Overnight at Ta Van village.
Day
2: (Monday) Ta Van Village - Giang Ta Chai Village - Sapa
( B, L, D) (5 hours trekking, 14 km, 2 villages)
Breakfast
at the homestay, take the road to Giang Ta Chai village to
see the Red Dzao people via the paths through terraces and
bamboo forests. Visit a waterfall, a suspension bridge. Picnic
lunch and cross the river. Visit an H'mong village up to the
mountain. Take a jeep back to Sapa. Visit the ancient stone
circle on the way back. Check in hotel. Dinner at local restaurant.
Overnight at your proposed hotel in Sapa.
Day
3: (Tuesday) Sapa - Coc Ly market - Boat trip on Chay River
( B, L, D )
Breakfast
at the hotel. 07:00 depart for Coc Ly market which is situated
far from Sapa. Enjoy the peaceful life of different minority
peoples (Flower H'mong, Black Dzao, Tay, Dzay). The market
is the chance for the minorities to meet and share joy and
sorrows after the crops, to exchange one another's experience.
Say goodbye to the market and get down onto a boat along Chay
river. You are bound to feel great and find yourselves smaller
among high Rock Mountains and to be surprised at white and
breathtaking waterfalls. Get off the boat to visit a village
of the Tay Minority (Trung Do village) by the river. After
the boat trip, visit a small town - Bao Nhai and then take
jeep back to Laocai Station for the night train to Hanoi.
Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight on the Aircondition
soft sleeper Cabin.
5h00
Am arrive at Hanoi train station . End of services.
Rate
in USD per person ( Valid until 30 Dec 09 ) |
|
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Number of Persons -
Class |
2 |
3-4 |
5-7 |
|
Single
Sup |
Standard |
254 |
218 |
190 |
|
10 |
Superior
|
264 |
228 |
199 |
|
20 |
Deluxe |
319 |
284 |
256 |
|
75 |
|
Accommodation
offering in this trip:
( click to see hotel )
Cities |
Standard
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Superior
|
Deluxe
|
Sapa |
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Tour
cost includes:
-
Full transportation as tour program indicated.
- 2 ways train ticket by soft sleeper cabin ( Hanoi -Laocai
- Hanoi )[ Click
to see]
-
Return ticket Laocai -Hanoi by hard seat.
-
English or French - speaking guide
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Entrance fees.
-
Boat trip from Cocly market to BaoNhai on Chay river.
- Accommodation at 1 night at village and 1 night hotel ,
2 nights on train.
- Lunches and dinners at village and local restaurant.
Tour
Cost excludes:
Airport taxes; Visas; Travel insurance; tips; personal expenses,
emergency transfers.
Trip
Summary:
Where: |
Trip
starts and ends in Hanoi; |
When: |
All
year round; |
Grade: |
Moderate
to Strenous; |
Accommodation: |
Tourist-class hotels (Standard); |
Transport: |
Private
car or bus, public train, etc.; |
Meals: |
As
indicated;
(B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner) |