From Hanoi: 2-Day Overnight Sapa Tour by Luxury Van Limousine
Overview
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48 hours
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- Admire the mountainous landscapes en route to Sapa
- Enjoy treks to Cat Cat, Y Linh Ho, Lao Cai and Ta Van villages
- Learn about the cultures of the ethnic minorities living in the Sapa area
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Warm clothes, scarf, hat, cap because the weather in Sapa is pretty unpredictable. It is normally cold in September, October, November, December, January, February and March
Due to altitude of Sapa, it is sometimes foggy in December, January, February and March.
Boots, Trekking shoes, sun glasses, sun cream, insect repellent are also necessary. You should take cash with you in Vietnam Dong because banking system in Sapa sometimes doesn’t function well. US Dollar, Euro, Australia Dollar are accepted in Sapa.
You should take medicine with you although there are some pharmacies in Sapa in case you get sick.
Pick-up and drop-off at your hotels in Old Quarter only
There are a lot of street vendors who might keep following you to sell stuff in Sapa. Please learn how to refuse them.
Not recommended for travelers more than 190 centimeters tall.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
English-speaking tour guide
Dinner
Breakfast
Entrance fee tickets in the tour
Accommodation
Limousine bus from Hanoi – Sapa and return
Pick-up and drop-off at hotel in Old Quarter only
Beverages
Gratuities
Personal expense
Surcharge for national holiday or New Year occassion,...
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
What To Expect
Day 1 : Hanoi – Sapa - Cat Cat village (Lunch, Dinner)
Accommodations
3-star hotel/4-star hotel/Bungalow/Private homestay/Dormitory
Food and Drinks
DINNER
Dinner
LUNCH
Lunch
Cat Cat village
If you choose the option 3* Hotel/4* Hotel, you will visit Cát Cát Village on the first day (Easy/Short trek). 6.00-6:20: Pick up at hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter 12.30: Arrive at Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, and Tay ethnic people. Have lunch at a local restaurant. 14.30: A short walk to the gate of Cat Cat village, which is the home of Black H’mong ethnic people and is located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station; stop for photos with the bridge and waterfall; then you will walk up hill for the bus to pick you up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon. The trekking distance is about 4m and it lasts for 3 hours. 17.00: Come back to Sapa Town. Have dinner and overnight in a hotel with night activities.
Ta Van
If you choose the option of Bungalow/Private Homestay/Dormitory, you will visit Ý Linh Hồ - Lao Chải - Tả Van on the 1st day. 6.30-7.10: Pick up at hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter 12.30: Arrive at Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, and Tay ethnic people. Have lunch at a local restaurant 14.30: Start hiking through Y Linh Ho then trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain. You approach Ta Van village where Giay Ethnic People inhabit in late afternoon. The trekking distance is about 9km and it lasts for 4 hours 17.45: Check in homestay; get to know the family of Dzay People. Spend time enjoying the mountain life on Sunset. In the evening, you will have dinner with a local family then overnight at the Bungalow.
Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Back to Hanoi (Breakfast, Lunch)
Food and Drinks
LUNCH
Lunch
BREAKFAST
Breakfast
Ta Van
If you choose the option 3* Hotel/4* Hotel, you will visit Ý Linh Hồ -Lao Chải - Tả Van on the second day. 7.00 – 8.30: Have breakfast at the hotel, check out the room, and prepare a light pack for trekking. (Large luggage is kept in the hotel.) 8.30: Start hiking through Y Linh Ho, then trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain. After that, head to Ta Van village - home of the Dzay ethnic people. The trekking distance is about 9km and it lasts for 4 hours 12.30 - 13:00: Have lunch at the village. 13.15: The bus arrives at Ta Van Bridge and transports you to Sapa. Then you will be transfer to Sapa Town. 14.00 - 14.30: Get on the limousine van to go back to Hanoi with two rest stops. 20.30 Arrive Hanoi
Giang Ta Chai Village
If you choose the option of Bungalow/Private Homestay/Dormitory, you will visit Giàng Tà Chải Village on the 2nd day. 8.00: Have breakfast prepared by the family and start a new day with a more interesting trek. 8.45: Keep walking to the rice paddies, where you have a nice photo session of the amazing surrounding landscapes. A trek through the bamboo forest and a stop to have a panorama view of Giang Ta Chai village – home of red Dzao People. The trekking distance is about 5km and it lasts for 3 hours 11.00: Trek through the Giang Ta Chai Bridge to the main road. 12:00: Back to the bungalow for lunch 12.30 - 13.00: Have lunch. 13:30: The bus picks you up to come back to Sapa Town. 14:00-14:30: Get picked up to go back to Hanoi. 20.30: Arrive in Hanoi.
Options
Limousine bus & Bungalow
Bungalow
Itinerary: Day 1 :Ý Linh Hồ - Lao Chải - Tả Van (L/D)
Day 2: Giàng Tà Chải (B/L)
Meals: 2 lunches, 1 breakfast, 1 dinner
Pickup included
Limousine Bus with Dormitory
Sharing dormitory at Homestay
Meals: 2 lunches, 1 breakfast, 1 dinner
Itinerary: Day 1 :Ý Linh Hồ - Lao Chải - Tả Van (L/D)
Day 2: Giàng Tà Chải (B/L)
Note: You won't visit Cát Cát Village
Pickup included
Limousine bus & 3 star hotel
Sapa Vista Hotel or similar
Itinerary: Day 1: Cát Cát (L/D)
Day 2: Ý Linh Hồ - Lao Chải - Tả Van (B/L)
4 meals: 1 breakfast, 2 lunches, 1 dinner
Luxury Limousine Van
Group tour
Pickup included
Limousine & Private Homestay
Private Room at Homstay
Meals: 2 lunches, 1 breakfast, 1 dinner
Itinerary: Day 1 :Ý Linh Hồ - Lao Chải - Tả Van (L/D)
Day 2: Giàng Tà Chải (B/L)
Note: You won't visit Cát Cát Village
Pickup included
Limousine Bus with 4star Hotel
Amazing Sapa Hotel or similar
Itinerary: Day 1: Cát Cát (L/D)
Day 2: Ý Linh Hồ - Lao Chải - Tả Van (B/L)
4 meals: 1 breakfast, 2 lunches, 1 dinner
Luxury Limousine Van
Group tour
Pickup included
Reviews
209 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Beautiful place to visit....
Gerhard S,
Sep 17, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00Beautiful place to visit. Hotel was wonderful. Hiking downhill (and then taking a taxi back to the top) was great! Tour guide was easy going...(if he would have given us more history - it would have been 5 stars!)
I DO NOT Recommend
gabkatiscru,
Jun 17, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00This was so disappointing! The communication was awful and imagine being a foreigner and not being able to speak the language and good luck finding someone who speaks English. I had high hopes because WhatsApp communication was great before the trip started. After that it was a mess. There was no limousine van, it was a car. A smelly car for 5 hours. And no one communicated that change. A driver showed up who only spoke Vietnamese but all he said was Sapa and we were expected to get in the car. No guide, no nothing, no explanation, no answer when I WhatsApp messaged. We arrive to Sapa and the tour guide got switched 3 times again without telling us. Then no car to take us to the first village, we had to walk. Second day was better but again a completely different guide. The Sapa hotel was dirty. After waiting an hour, the concierge said the limousine van wasn’t coming and we were going in another, you guessed it, smelly car. Sapa is beautiful but book a different excursion than this one.
Sapa
Di a,
Jun 4, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Our guide provided an experience we will never forget. Her knowledge of the area and the ability to explain local culture, history and lifestyle, was wonderful.
Eye was a fab guide!
suzie g,
Apr 29, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A great trekking tour around the beautiful Sa Pa! The tour guide, Eye, was so lovely and knowledgable - couldn’t reccomend more! Stayed in the mini bungalow which was perfect and had beautiful views in the mountains. Food was good too!
A great tour guide
FatemehA,
Jan 26, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00I was lucky to have a very smart, compassionate and talented young lady, Ms. VU as my guide. She was very professional and helpful!
Sapa treking with Ai
aitord610,
Dec 21, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We enjoyed a lot the tour and Ai was very nice and kind. Good comunication and she explained all the history and the traditions of the villages very well,we had a great time.
Excellent introduction into the Hmong culture despite the cloud
heathervH8959WA,
Dec 9, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The guide (Ai) was the very big highlight of our tour. We had unlucky weather but she made adjustments for us to enjoy the situation as much as possible in the context. She was funny with very good English. That let us learn a lot about the local culture which is amazing. I can’t even imagine how amazing the whole things would have been with sunny weather
Travel agency disorganized
Stacy C,
Nov 23, 2024
- Review from Viator
2.00The driver was coughing and gagging both to Sa Pa and back to Hanoi. The bus was dirty. When we arrive at hotel no one was there to greet us and hotel did not have our name. We had to contact the travel agency for information. It was very disorganized. However, the actual tour guide on location was absolutely wonderful on tour to Cat Cat Village. The next day for trekking, the group was too large and we got separated from tour guide. The local women had to help us. Because they help us we had to buy their goods.
Nice & refreshing
ASHIT J,
Oct 25, 2024
- Review from Viator
4.00We had a great tour to SAPA. Lot of hiking on both the days and quite frankly little tiring and exhausted we all were when the tour ended. Scenes were breathtaking, visit to Cat Cat village was interesting with waterfalls, local music & dance. Views from SAPA VISTA facing the vallley were one of the best you can get from the room in SAPA. I recommend to & fro journey from Hanoy by sleeper bus ( 1x1 setting ). 6.5 hours sitting in limo is not a good idea. Otherwise all good.
Beautiful Scenery, Unorganized Tour
Rachel T,
Oct 19, 2024
- Review from Viator
3.00The scenery is stunning and the local guide is friendly and informative. The rest of the tour is highly unorganized and ad hoc. Communication from the tour organizer/travel consultant is not great and sometimes entirely inaccurate. If you are well prepared and manage your expectations, it will be an enjoyable trip. Know that the trails are incredibly muddy and slippery. Waterproof hiking shoes are necessary. There were members of our group that were not informed of the conditions ahead of time and were woefully ill prepared for the trekking. One nearly slid off a muddy embankment. The tribal ladies are friendly and will offer you a hand along the way. They will ask where you are from, how old you are, and what your name is. They will then aggressively try to sell you their handicrafts. They will follow you on all of your treks so be prepared to either firmly tell them you won’t be shopping or come with cash and a willingness to buy. The homestay is lovely and the meals are delicious. Despite arriving late in the evening right before dinner though, the bungalow rooms were not ready when we arrived. The transportation to and from Sapa and the tour start was a mess and I would recommend arranging your own to avoid all the hassle and miscommunications with the tour operator. Taking the “luxury van” seemed like a good option, but I would avoid it! It seems travelers that took the sleeper bus had a much better experience. Overall the villages and region are beautiful and the homestay is a nice experience. It makes up for some of the headaches with the tour operator. If I were to do it again, I would visit these villages but not book this tour.
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