After meeting your guide, you will set off on the magnificent trail. Head into the valley to Y Linh Ho Village, by the Muong Hoa River. If you're visiting the valley between May and October, experience how the locals plant and harvest crops and get to know their daily life and routine.

Continue from here to the village of Lao Chai, home to the Black Hmong people who have kept to their traditional way of life. Admire their traditional indigo blue clothing and listen to your guide tell you about their history.

Climb 1,200 metres up to Ta Van Village to visit the Zay people, a small minority living in the mountains of northwestern Vietnam. Take a look at their dazzling purple, blue and green clothing. Walk among the houses built of wood and bamboo with a clay floors.

After visiting Ta Van Village, you will return to Sa Pa by car, arriving between 3:00 and 3:30 PM.