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Monday, May 12, 2014

Bike to Hill Tribe Village

A biking tour to Hill Tribe Village in Sapa in 2 days and 1 night, staying at the local village house, starting and ending the biking trip in Sapa Town, Lao Cai, Vietnam. This biking tour is organized by the local tour operator, Sapa Travel and we offer a special rate this year.

On this trip, the ride takes you along Muong Hoa valley and then deep into Ban Ho valley, which is home to Tay, Red Dao minorities. You will enjoy beautiful landscape, meet friendly local hill tribe people and spend one night in a local house in Sin Chai Village (learn more about this village), which can be a unique experience that you have ever had in Sapa, Vietnam.

OUTLINE:

Day 1: Sapa Town- Sin Chai Village
Day 2: Sin Chai Village- Nam Cang- Ban Ho Village- back to Sapa town
Start and End: in Sapa Town
Accommodation: Local house
Days of operation: Every day from Sapa

ITINERARY

Day 1: Sapa – Ban Ho – Thanh Phu – Sin Chai (-,L,D)

Your trip starts from Sapa. You cycle downhill on a windy road going along Muong Hoa valley, which is home to Black H’mong, Giay and Red Dao minorities. From the road you will have many opportunities to enjoy amazing scenery of mountains and rice paddy terraces, especially the off-road riding from Lao Chai to Ta Van villages. After a short break in Su Pan, you will cycle downhill on a bumpy road until you reach Thanh Phu village of Tay minority. Here you stop for lunch in a traditional Tay house.
After lunch, your ride will be mostly uphill; you head towards Sin Chai village of Red Dao minority. Here you will have a tasteful dinner and stay overnight in a local house in Sin Chai.
Approx: 5.5 hours cycling
Up/ Straight /Down – 10 km/ 3 km/ 20 km.

Day 2: Sin Chai – Nam Nhiu -Nam Than – Nam Cang – My Son – Ban Ho – Sapa (B,L,-)

The second day’s ride will be a little softer. You will pass by some small villages such as Nam Nhiu, Nam Than, Nam Cang and Nam Sai. In My Son village, you will have opportunity to meet the Xa Pho minority, one of the smallest ethnic groups that cannot be found in other areas. You will pass by Thanh Phu and continue to Ban Ho. Your lunch will be served en route.
In Ban Ho village, you will take a short walk to the nearby river and waterfall, where you can enjoy a swim. You can also take a break and have a cup of tea in a Tay traditional stilt house before getting on your vehicle for a journey back to Sapa.
Approx: 1.5 hour driving/ 4 hours cycling
Up/ Straight /Down – 5 km/ 5 km/ 12 km
Note: The itinerary can be changed in bad weather.

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PRICE

Number of persons	2	3	4	5	6-7	8
Price	150	155	140	140	130	126

INCLUDES:

English Speaking Guide from Sapa Travel
Mountain bikes, helmets and biking gloves
Support car/ motorbike
All indicated meals, plus tea/coffee (B: Breakfast; L: Lunch; D: Dinner)
Mineral water and fruit
Silk sleeping bag
Sleeping bag and mattresses
Mosquito net
Waterproof bluebag for luggage
All entrance fees in Sapa
Homestay in Sin Chai (fees and permits)

EXCLUDES:

Personal Insurance
Accommodation in Hanoi & Sapa Town (Hotel)
Private expenses
Drinks and Beverage
All other services not mentioned as inclusive

GUIDE:

English speaking. All of our Sapa Tour Guides are Tourism educated. They were born and raised in Sapa and Vietnam, thereby having first-hand expert knowledge of their Sapa Area. They are friendly, fun, and most of all they are flexible, allowing you to choose the pace of your tours.

They will meet you at your hotel. They are of your private tours. And, of course, speak your language!
Your request will be handled by one travel specialist from start to finish. After carefully designing your trip they will create a detailed itinerary for you. Please keep in mind this is YOUR PRIVATE TOUR so feel free to ask Sapa travel specialist to make any changes you wish to make, at any time!

CONFIRMATION

Once you are satisfied with the itinerary, we will secure the services and you will be required to pay a deposit of 30% of the total cost of your trip. The balance of payment can be paid either by CASH UPON PICK UP in your hotel in Sapa, or by credit card/ bank transfer/Western Union 45 days before Sapa Tour. Please discuss these payment options with your Sapa travel specialist, for more detailed information.

STAYING IN TOUCH

Even after booking, you’ll undoubtedly think of more questions, so please feel free to contact your Sapa Travel specialist at any time. We like to hear from you! YES….even while you are on your tour, we will be more than happy to make changes, or correct anything you are not completely happy with.

Person in charge: Mr Tran Quoc Long

Email: info@travelsapa.com

Website: TravelSapa.com

Call Us: +84 437678658 | Fax: +84 437678657

Hotline: +84 912217448

Contact us to book the tour “Bike to Hill Tribe Village” in Sapa. We can offer promotions in Summer season

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Ta Van Village

Ta Van is a small village set within a picturesque valley not far from the northern Vietnamese mountain resort of Sa Pa. A stay with one of the farmer families here will give you a close-up experience of the life-style and culture typical of the area.

Ta Van village information

Location: Next to Lao Chai on the same side of Muong Hoa River is Ta Van village where the Zay and H’mong ethnic people live together. Ta Van is located in Vietnam in the northern province of Lao Cai, about 5 kilometers from Sapa, at an altitude of 1, 816 meters. This province borders the province of Yunnan in south-west China, and the indigenous people here share many cultural features with their Chinese neighbors.

Also located in the valley of Muong Hoa, Ta van is a village of Giay people, who look more like the traditional Viet living the Red delta. This village is normally a combination in the visit to Lao chai village on the trek to Muong Hoa valley. It is also a popular stop for those who would like to experience an overnight home stay with a family of Giay people here, sharing dinner with them as a member of their family.

Convenient to the town center, this popular day trip from Sapa is a good chance to traipse around the rice terraces and experience a bit of rural village life. Hire a car or motorbike for the 9km (5 1/2-mile) road down the valley from Sapa to the Hmong village of Lao Chai (some folks even walk it); it’s a nice ride in itself, with great views of the lush terraces. From there, you’ll just follow the valley for a few miles to the next town of Ta Van . Along the way, you’ll walk through terraced rice fields and among some picturesque villages, and experience a bit of rural life. (I even had the chance to help with some rice threshing — a process by which grains are separated from harvested stalks; you whack a handful of shoots, using a wooden holder, against a bin and loosen the grains onto a mat for collection.)

Ta Van is a small village set within a picturesque valley of Muong Hoa . A night stay here will give you a close-up experience of the life-style and culture typical of the area.

Related information:

See what people say about us at Sapa Reviews

Where to eat and the best restaurant in the town

Adventures and tours in Sapa with Sapa Travel

What is a amazing waterfall in Cat Cat Village

How to find the best view to the valley in Sapa

Local guide and information before travelling Sapa

: ta van village

: tourist to ta-van commune sapa

For more details, click on our Sapa Travel officical website http://www.travelsapa.com/tavanvillagesapa/

Y linh Ho Village

Y Linh Ho is a small commune composed by a dozen of small hamlets scattering on the very tough mountain terrain with high and steep mountains. There are some hundred inhabitants from the Black H’mong only living in this commune.

Y Linh Ho village information

Location: Y Linh Ho village Locates about 7 km southwest of Sapa town, on the west side of Muong Hoa River.

Y Linh Ho village is a small commune composed by a dozen of small hamlets scattering on the very tough mountain terrain with high and steep mountains. There are some hundred inhabitants from the Black H’mong only living in this commune. They built their rudimentary houses on their farmland and mainly cultivate corn and dry rice on the steep hillsides. The only way to get to the commune is on foot from the main road.

This village is home to the Black Mong who wear very dark clothing in blacks and navy dyed with indigo (often seen on the hands of older Mong women).

: sapa market

: Si Ma Cai and Can Cau Market

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Ma Tra Village

Ma Tra Village is home to the H’mong and Red Zao. Tourists can enjoy the panorama view of the whole valley, stretching for about 12 Km with some low hills in the middle to divide the valley into two parts.

Ma Tra village information

Location: Ma Tra Village is home to the H’mong and Red Zao. It lies some kilometers east of Sapa town lies a large oval shaped valley. Following the main road from Sapa to Lao Cai for 4km. Tourists can enjoy the panorama view of the whole valley, stretching for about 12 Km with some low hills in the middle to divide the valley into two parts. The closer part to the road is area of Ma Tra village; the further one is Ta Phin village where the Red Zao and Black H’mong share the land. The H’mong occupy the higher land on which they built narrow terraced rice paddies while the Red Zao cultivate larger and flat fields around the center of the valley. From over 10 years ago, a 15km motor way was built to connect the center of the valley with Sapa town and it takes only half an hour. However, it is much more interesting to follow the trail which run on high elevation around the valley for a real life discovery.

: ethnic play games in Vietnam

: sapa market

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Ban Pho Village

The Hmong villagers are some of the kindest people you’ll meet in Vietnam. Moreover , these villages are very beautiful ,and Ban Ho is one of these villages. Especially Ban Pho is very famous for its specialty “corn wine”.

Ban Pho village information

Location: Ban Pho is a 7 km return trip from Bac Ha.

Coming toBan Pho, tourist enjoy the wonderful sightseeing of Bac Ha highland. Moreover, tourists will be attracted by specialties of ethnic people here such as “thang co” – a mixture of all parts of horses, ox, buffalo, pig, especially corn wine in Ban pho. Ethnic people here are very proud of corn wine.

If you want to see what a real Montagnard village looks like, Coming to Ban Pho village is your chance. The villagers live simply – don’t expect bright lights and loud music. Indeed, don’t even expect electricity. What the lack in material possessions, they make up for in their extreme hospitality. The Hmong villagers are some of the kindest people you’ll meet in Vietnam. If you visit around noon you may be to invited to lunch, though that can be a mixed blessing.

: ban pho village picture

: ban pho villagers

: buffalo in ban pho village

: family in ban pho

: field in ban pho bac ha

: house in ban pho sapa

: rice field in ban pho village sapa

: terrace in ban pho village

: travellers in ban pho village lao cai

: walk in ban pho

: ban pho village bac ha

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Sin Chai Village

Sin Chai is a village of the Dao ethnic people, whose women wear beautifully embroidered clothes with distinctive silver jeweler and an enormous red turban. This village offers an amazing vista across the valley.

Sin Chai village information

Location: Located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain, ‘the roof of Vietnam and Indochina’ is Sin Chai village, about 30 kilometers trekking from Sapa town.

Sin Chai is a village of the Red Dao ethnic people, whose women wear beautifully embroidered clothes with distinctive silver jeweler and an enormous red turban. Coming to Sin Chai village, visitors can experience cultural beauty. Sin Chai is a community village. In this village, local people will take the time to teach textile weaving and dying, will take the group on a locally built trail to explain the names and function of the local flora. There will be the opportunity to participate in the village community, there will be a traditional sporting activity and tree planting. But before staying in Sin Chai Village, the visitors shall have a chance to stop over Cat Cat Village, just 2 km trekking from Sapa Town let and on the way to Sin Chai Village, to learn about the life of Black Hmong people.

Related information:

See what people say about us at Sapa Reviews

Where to eat and the best restaurant in the town

Adventures and tours in Sapa with Sapa Travel

What is a amazing waterfall in Cat Cat Village

How to find the best view to the valley in Sapa

Local guide and information before travelling Sapa

: children in sin chai village

: children

: cloth hanging in sin chai

: hmong in sin chai

: local house in sin chai

: local photos sin chai

: pigs in sin chai

: sin chai mountain

: sin chai people

: sin chai village photo

: sin chai village sapa

: sin chai village

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Giang Ta Chai Village

Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam is one of the interesting traveling destinations for tours and holidays in Sapa in Vietnam. Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam is the home of Red Zao minority people in Sapa. Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam is located on the foot of Fanxipan Mountain range, at the right side of Muong Hoa Valley in Vietnam. Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam offers travelers gorgeous view of mountain and rice paddy fields at the other side of Muong Hoa Valley in Sapa in Vietnam.

Giang Ta Chai Information

Location: In Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam travelers will meet Red Zao minority to experience their lifestyle as well learn about their unique culture. Red Zao minority people are the second biggest group of hill minority people in Sapa in Vietnam. Red zao minority people in Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam wear very colorful traditional costumes. In Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam, travelers also can visit wonderful waterfall as well.

Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam is one of the famous travel destinations for most of trekking tours and trekking holidays in Sapa in Vietnam. Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam offers travelers interesting trekking paths through bamboo forest. Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam also let travelers enjoy trekking through rice fields, crossing suspension bridge to the other side of the river. From Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam, travelers also can choose take take adventure trekking route up to the mountain to Su Pan Village in Sapa in Vietnam. Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam is also one of the place where travelers can stay overnight on their home stay tours in Sapa in Vietnam.

Some related advices on travelling Sapa

- Top 5 things to do in Sapa

- Top 5 hotels to stay in Sapa

- Top 5 restaurants in Sapa

- Trekking tours and home stay in Sapa

- How to trek to Ham Rong Mountain

- A classical route to Trek to Muong Hoa valley

: Bridge in Giang Ta Chai

: Water Buffalo – Sapa

: fence Giang Ta Chai

: Giang Ta Chai VN

: Hmong in Giang Ta Chai village

: Local house

: local people

: Water Buffalos

: Terraces of Sapa

: Men at Work In the Terraced Ricefields – Sapa

: Walking into the Valley; For more details, click on our Sapa Travel officical website http://www.travelsapa.com/giangtachaivillagesapa/

Cat Cat Village

Cat Cat Village is about 1 km from Sapa town. It’s located at the bottom of the Muong Hoa Valley and near the stunning Cat Cat Waterfall. This is an age-old village of H’Mong ethnic group remaining unique customs and practices that are lots in other villages.

Cat Cat Village Information

Location: To visit village, you walk through Sapa Market down the valley. Once you walk out of the crowd, you’ll be stunned by the nature’s beauty with high mountains of over 3000 m and the green rice terraces dropping nearly 1000 below. The sun shines across and there are H’Mong houses scattered in the valley

Visitors to Cat Cat have an opportunity to admire a lively and colorful picture. That is the image of young women sitting by looms with colorful pieces of brocade decorated with designs of flowers and birds. When these pieces of brocade are finished, they are dyed and embroidered with beautiful designs. A noteworthy is that H’Mong women use plants and leaves to dye these brocade fabrics. And then they roll a round and smooth section of wood covered with wax on fabrics to polish them, making their colors durable.

In addition to the brocade weaving craft, many residents in Cat Cat are good at manipulating gold and silver jewelry. Their products are fairly sophisticated, especially jewelry for women.

Tourists to Cat Cat are most attracted by its unique customs, including the custom of “pulling wife”. A man can ask his friends to lure a girl he likes to his house and keeps her there in three days. During these days, if the girl agrees to become his wife, a wedding will be held. However, the girl can happily go home after three days if she does not like him.

Traditional houses of H’Mong people in Cat Cat have three rooms with three doors and covered with po mu wood roof. In the house there are three columns that stand in round or square stones. The walls are made from sawn timber. The main door is always closed and only opens when people in the house organize important events. Altar, inlaid floor containing food, places for sleeping, kitchen and receiving guests are indispensable parts of the houses.

Visitors to Cat Cat Village can discover countless unique features of H’Mong people.

Some other articles about Sapa Town

- To travel to Sapa by train from Hanoi on Sapa Travel website

- Trek to the village and home stay with H’mong in Sapa

- Minority market and trek in Sapa

- H’mong Sapa and other hotels in Sapa

- Find your own way of travel or book a package tours in Sapa?

: buffalo in cat cat village sapa

: cat cat people

: cat cat school

: cat cat village

: cat cat waterfall

: children in cat cat village

: color the cloth

: kitchen

: local house cat cat

: path to cat cat

: rice terrace in cat cat sapa

: terrace

: terrace sapa

: trekking to cat cat village

: working in cat cat

: black hmong in cat cat

: buffalo cat cat

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