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NORTH WEST
EXPLORING (9 days)
Perfume
Pagoda, Mai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien Phu, Tam Duong, SaPa, Bac Ha.
A circling trip around 1200km, you can make an overview of the
major ethnic groups in the North in general, North West in
particular. Seeing most beautiful natural parts of the mountainous
areas in the country
This
information is to your options (
Sundays market for Bac Ha, Muong Khuong market on Sundays,
Can Cau market on Saturdays, Coc Ly market on Tuesdays - come to Coc
Ly market then take a boat trip on Chay river is a truly not day
dream !!! )
- Itinerary
Day 1: We
pick you up from your hotel in HaNoi. Overland drive to Perfume Pagoda.
After spending around 4 hours to visit this Buddhist pilgrim's land, we
continue road trip to MaiChau, where we spend one night on the stilt
house of the White Thai minority people. Lunch en route. Dinner in
Thai's village. Evening: A folk show performed by the local amateur
troupe.
Day 2:
AM: We visit to villages of the Green H'mong people. Then,
continue the road trip to SonLa, passing the villages of Black Thai.
Stay in SonLa's guest house.
Day
3: AM: Drive to DienBienPhu with many sightseeing
stops en route at villages of Red H'mong, Black Thai groups. Check in
hotel in town. PM: Excursion to DienBienPhu historic sites and former
battle field.
Day 4:
We drive through the most beautiful part of the journey from
DienBienPhu to Lai Chau, through the land of several different ethnic
groups such as Red H'mong, Coin Dzao, White H'mong , Black Dzao etc.
Many sightseeing stops en route. Check in a guest house in TamDuong.
Day 5: Today is to explore the Da river by boat
Day 6: Tranferring to Sapa, meet and talk to Red
H'mong,
White H'mong, Black Dzao, Coin Dzao, XaPho, Lao, Lu etc.. Then, we drive
crossing the highest in Vietnam mountain pass (1900 m above sea level)
to SaPa. Check in hotel on arrival. Free at leisure.
Day 7: We spend a
day for walking to surrounding villages of the Black H'mong, Red Dzao. Stay in
hotel.
Day 8:
We leave SaPa for CocLy or Bac Ha for visiting another Tribe Market, where
we can see Flowered H'mong, PhuLa, Dzao, Tay etc. The CocLy market is
held on Tuesday only then flow
on Chay river to discover waterfall from two sides of rocky cliffs on
the river banks (this is paradise, do not miss it). The car will
pick us up on the other end and continue driving to BacHa. Check in
hotel on arrival. PM: We do a short walking to the villages of the
Flowered H'mong to discover their art of how to cook a famous wine from
corn. Stay in BacHa.
Day 9: We drive back to HaNoi with sightseeing stops
. Tour ends at your hotel
around 6PM
We provide you a professional and
knowledgeable tour guide...!
Further information please
contact
us at No 21, Lane 259, Hue Str,
Hai Ba district, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Tel: (84 4) 39674595
Tel/fax: (84 4) 39764596
guidevietnam@vnn.vn
or vietnamguide@hn.vnn.vn
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