Day1:
South Pacific Travel's bus and guide will pick you up at your hotel and transfer you for the overnight train to Lao Cai Station. Enjoy the experience the romance of overnight train travel.

Private transfer:  hotel – railway station
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation: Oriental Express 4 Soft sleeper A/C cabin
Meal: Not applicable

Day 2: Lao Cai – Sapa – Cat Cat – Sin Chai – Sapa (B,L,D)

We will take 1hr bus ride uphill to the beautiful town of Sapa . The ride gives you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces. Upon arrival in Sapa Town we have breakfast in local restaurant. You first sneak through the market and leave the busy town behind. After a couple of minutes, you will follow a road going down hill to Cat Cat village. You will stop by a waterfall and a hydroelectric station. Enjoy traditional music performance there with colorful culture Take a rest here before you trek downhill to get Sin Chai village. Enjoy beautiful scenery on the way back to Sapa town for lunch. You will have free time to discover by yourself in the afternoon. Enjoy Vietnamese cuisine dinner and your overnight will be in Sapa.

Private transfer Lao Cai – Sapa
Trek: 8km 3hrs trek downhill. Moderate grade
Activity: Music performance
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation : Bamboo Sapa Hotel or equivalent

Day 3: Sapa – Ma Tra – Ta Phin – Sapa – Lao Cai Station (B,L) Morning breakfast the we will start from Sapa toward Ma Tra village, 5 km North East of Sapa. From the Matra we will trek 9 km up to Taphin through the forest. Picnic lunch box on the way. Reaching Ta Phin village where we get to know the daily life styles, handicraft tradition and specific custom of the Red Dzao tribe, enjoy landscapes…then back to Sapa for freshen up in the hotel. Dinner will be your choice. Be relax until our driver will come to take you to train station.

Private transfer:  on the way
Trek: 9km trek downhill. Moderate grade
Meals: Breakfast and picnic lunch
Guide: English speaking
Freshen up service
Accommodation: Oriental Express 4 Soft sleeper A/C cabin

Day 4: Arrive back to Hanoi (B) Arrive in Hanoi Station at around 5h30. Be picked up and transfer to hotel for freshen up and breakfast (room available within 2 hours). Our tour ends. 

Private transfer: train station to hotel
Guide: English speaking 
Meal: Breakfast
Freshen up service

Quotation in USD per person

These prices are valid until September 30th, 2011.
Our prices include:
Breakfast and accommodation sharing twin or double room
Pick-ups and transfers by air-conditioned vehicle as specified in the itinerary above.
Return train tickets: Hanoi - Lao Cai – Hanoi (Oriental Express 4 soft sleeper A/C cabin)
Travel in an appropriate air-conditioned vehicle and/or a Jeep with an experienced safe driver.
The services of experienced English-speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary
Frenshen up service (shower in Sapa and Hanoi)
Where necessary, entry fees for all visits as mentioned in the program.
Lunches and dinners (as specified in the itinerary) in the local restaurants, or picnics where no suitable restaurant is available.

Our prices do not include:
International flight tickets and airport tax.
Visas.
Dinners, except as specified above.
Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.
Insurance