From Hanoi: Sapa Sin Chai & Lao Chai & Ta Van 2-Day Trek - Overnight Train

Take the overnight train from Hanoi
and trek Sapa's ethnic villages

Take the 10:00 PM overnight train from Hanoi to Lao Cai, then spend two days trekking through Hmong and Giay villages around Sapa. A night in a 4-berth train cabin, a night at a 3-star hotel in Sapa, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 1 dinner and entrance fees are included, with an English-speaking guide. On the last afternoon you return to Hanoi by limousine.

Travel to Lao Cai by overnight train

If you stay in Hanoi's Old Quarter, staff take you by taxi to Hanoi Station around 9:00 PM, and you board the overnight train to Lao Cai at 10:00 PM. After a night on the train, you meet your guide at Lao Cai Station in the morning and travel to Sapa by minivan around 6:00 AM.

Visit Sin Chai, a Black Hmong village

Leave your luggage at the hotel in Sapa and have breakfast, then walk about 4 km southwest of Sapa to Sin Chai, a Black Hmong village. Located a little over 2 km from Sapa town, the village still preserves the simple life of the highlands.

After the trek, have lunch at the hotel restaurant. The afternoon and evening are free to rest or explore on your own. Dinner is at 6:00 PM, and at night you can enjoy grilled corn and eggs over charcoal or go shopping in Sapa.

Walk along Muong Hoa Valley to Ta Van

After breakfast on day 2, walk down along the Muong Hoa Valley to Y Linh Ho, a Black Hmong village, and continue trekking to the Hmong village of Lao Chai. After lunch, walk past rice terraces to Ta Van, a village of the Giay people.

Around 2:00 PM, collect your luggage and leave Sapa by limousine at 2:30 PM, arriving at your accommodation in Hanoi around 8:00–9:00 PM.

※ Hotel check-in in Sapa is from 2:00 PM.
※ Weather and views are not guaranteed.