Trek through Hoang Lien National Park, ref: T3B (3 days)

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.

Cost in US$ per person in the party of (valid 30 Sep '11)	Trek through Hoang Lien  National Park, ref: T3B
1 pax	216
2 pax	162
3 pax	141
4 pax	134
5-8 pax	122
9-12 pax	117
13-16 pax	111

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...