Trek through Hoang Lien National Park, ref: T3B
(3 days)
Sapa - Giang Ta Chai - Den Thang - Ta Trung Ho - Nam Toong - Sapa
Highlights:
The trip offers you an opportunity to explore one of the
most beautiful parts in Sapa area, which is under protection of Hoang Lien
National Park. The night
you spend in campsite nearby a river will be memorial moments along the trek.
Itinerary:
Day 1: Sapa - Su Pan
- Giang Ta Chai - Den Thang (-, L, D)
Met up at your hotel in Sapa by local guide and driver then transferred by
car toward Muong Hoa valley. Your trek will start from a point near Su Pan School
along a narrow dirt trail downhill to the bottom of Muong
Hoa Valley,
then uphill all the way for nearly 6 hours through Giang Ta Chai Village
of the Red Zao, through bamboo and rain forest to Den Thang Village of the
H?mong. Lunch break for an hour at a nice spot amongst wild nature.
The trek will be softer in the afternoon and you will
arrive to Den Thang Village of the Black H?mong at about 4.00pm. The
rest hour is for walking
to explore this
remotest village of
Sapa which surrounded by high
mountains and forest of the Hoang Lien nature reserve.
Approx: 1 hour driving/ 6 hours walking/ 1 hour lunch
Day 2: Den Thang - Ta
Trung Ho (B, L, D)
The trek today takes you through beautiful rice paddies and
over old suspension bridges. You will trek on small trail sneaking through
rainforest. You will leave Den Thang at about 09.30 to follow a dirt trail
through narrow terraced rice fiels, forest for nearly 3 hours. Lunch break
along the way.
After lunch, the trek wills becomes tough on tinny footpath
going up and down, which requires some concentration. You will reach to Ta
Trung Ho village
of Red Dao minority in
mid afternoon. The rest hours is for walking around to explore unique living
way of the Red Zao which has just been visited by foreign visitors.
Approx: 5 hours walking, 1-hour lunch.
Day 3: Ta Trung Ho - Nam
Toong - Ban Ho - Sapa (B, L, -)
You are now at the fringe of the rain forest by the Hoang
Lien Son mountain range. Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochina
with its 3143 m, is located in this mountain range. You will start the trek today
by ascending to Nam Toong village
of Red Dao minority. Here
y our lunch will be prepared in a local school.
In the afternoon, before descending to Ban Ho, you can make
a stop by a waterfall to refresh. Then where your car takes you on the journey
back to Sapa.
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Cost in US$ per person in the party of (valid 30 Sep '11)
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Trek through Hoang Lien National Park, ref: T3B
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1 pax
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216
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2 pax
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162
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3 pax
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141
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4 pax
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134
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5-8 pax
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122
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9-12 pax
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117
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13-16 pax
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111
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INCLUDING:
- Transportation in private air-conditioned vehicle with driver
- Accommodation in homestay
- Meal as mentioned: B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner
- English or French speaking guide
- Entrance fee to indicated sights
EXCLUDING: Other meals, tip, drinks, single room, personal expenses, insurance...