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Brief itinerary
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Location
Vietnam
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Duration
5 days/4 nights
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Type
Industry: general. Target audience: B2C.
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| 1 : Sector: general |
| 2 : Audience: B2C |
| 3 : Hanoi - Thac Ba Lake / walks and visits (L,D) |
| 4 : Thac Ba / walks - Bac Ha / walks and visits (B,L,D) |
| 5 : Bac Ha / ethnic market (depending on the day) - Y Ty (homestay) (B,L,D) |
| 6 : Y Ty / photos - Fansipan / walks and discovery – Sapa (B,L,D) |
| 7 : Sapa / walks and visits – Hanoi by highway (B,L) |
Circuit Highlights
- Discovery of terraced rice fields in magnificent golden season between September and October
- In-depth discovery of the Nord-Ouest with sumptuous landscapes with this small off-the-beaten-path circuit starting from Hanoi.
- Discovery of the life and culture of ethnic minorities in the Nord-Ouest. Many contacts with local people.
- Visit a colorful weekly market, an incredible fair, held once a week, among the ethnic groups of the region.
- Experience nights at homestays to better discover the lifestyle of certain ethnic groups. Example video by clicking here
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Circuit découverte des rizières du Nord-Ouest avec Typictravel
Circuit découverte des rizières du Nord-Ouest avec Typictravel
Circuit découverte des rizières du Nord-Ouest avec Typictravel
Circuit découverte des rizières du Nord-Ouest avec Typictravel
Circuit découverte des rizières du Nord-Ouest avec Typictravel
Circuit découverte des rizières du Nord-Ouest avec Typictravel
Circuit découverte des rizières du Nord-Ouest avec Typictravel
Circuit découverte des rizières du Nord-Ouest avec Typictravel
Circuit découverte des rizières du Nord-Ouest avec Typictravel
Detailed program (5 )
1
Hanoi - Thac Ba Lake / walks and visits (L,D)
Meet at 08:00 at your hotel (if you are already in Hanoi), with our driver and guide for departure to Thac Ba Lake (180km or 4 hours drive).
Stops for visits and photos are planned along the way. Lunch at a local restaurant en route.
Upon arrival at the lake, a cruise on the lake through the islands to meet small villages inhabited by Tay and Yao people. More than 300 islands and islets of red earth, some covered with carpets of grass and bushes, and others with forests, emerge from these waters.
Dinner and overnight homestay in Vu Linh village (Dzao ethnic group).
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Thac Ba / walks - Bac Ha / walks and visits (B,L,D)
Breakfast
Meet at 08:00 with the team for a beautiful walk and visit of the surrounding villages and we take the road to Bac Ha via Pho Rang and the old Road 70. Stop for visits and photos along the way.
Lunch at a local restaurant and arrival in Bac Ha, a walk to Ban Pho village before going to sleep at a homestay. Dinner and homestay.
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Bac Ha / ethnic market (depending on the day) - Y Ty (homestay) (B,L,D)
Breakfast
Meet with the guide to visit the Bac Ha ethnic market, which takes place once a week only on Sundays, and is undoubtedly one of the two most beautiful markets.
If it is not Sunday on this day, we can visit one of the ethnic markets – fair-like as follows:
- Monday morning: Ban Phiet market
- Tuesday morning: Coc Ly market
- Wednesday morning: Cao Son market
- Thursday morning: Lung Khau Nhin market
- Friday morning: Cho Dau market
- Saturday morning: Can Cau market
- Sunday morning: Bac Ha market
Lunch at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, the road to Sapa with visits to villages and tea hills and the border gate.
Arrival in Y Ty, walks and discovery in ethnic villages and visit of the Ha Nhi village living in their typical rammed earth houses in Y Ty.
Dinner and overnight at homestay in Y Ty.
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Y Ty / photos - Fansipan / walks and discovery – Sapa (B,L,D)
After breakfast,
Meet at 08:00 with the guide for a day of discovery of Fansipan mountain at 3143m altitude.
Lunch, then you will head to Muong Hoa valley crossing the villages of Lao Chai (colorful Hmongs) and Ta Van (Days). The valley, stretching along the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, promises to offer unique scenes for your camera: terraced rice fields appearing as sculptural masterpieces on earth, roofs of rudimentary houses on hilltops, winding paths from one village to another… It is in this valley that you will have a most pleasant and surprising hike, meeting members of numerous ethnic groups: H'Mong, Giay, Dao…
Dinner at leisure and overnight at the hotel in Sapa town.
5
Sapa / walks and visits – Hanoi by highway (B,L)
Breakfast
Meet at 08:00 with the guide and driver for a beautiful walk to Cat Cat village before going up to visit Sapa central market. Lunch at a local restaurant and return journey to Hanoi by highway.
Arrival in Hanoi, direct transfer to the hotel.
From this day, extensions can be made for walks and discoveries to other places in Sapa: Fansipan mountain at 3134m altitude, or the villages in Muong Hoa valley or the extension to the rice fields of Mu Cang Chai and Tu Le.
---- OPTION for different directions
Detailed Tariff
| Group of participants | 2 pax | 3-4 pax | 5-7 pax | 8-10 pax | 11-15 pax |
| Price in € / person | 580 € | 509 € | 477 € | 452 € | 402 € |
This price, well calculated for accommodation - hotels with mixed categories between 3 stars and homestays (with locals) with a private room, based on 02 people/DBL or TWN room, with a French-speaking guide and private driver. Anyone who wants their own individual room (alone in their room) must pay a supplement.
Included Services
- Accommodation in the hotels mentioned or similar upon reservation in a DBL or TWIN room for 02 people / room, and if only one person remains, they will be placed in a 03-person room.
- Homestay accommodation to discover local life with the people
- Private vehicle + competent driver for land transfers
- Authorization for ethnic villages
- Visit fees
- Excursion boat
- French-speaking guide throughout the tour
- Meals mentioned: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, and D = Dinner
Industry: general. Audience: B2C. Hoa TRAN
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