Embark on a 2-day trekking adventure from Sapa to Suoi Ho, Giang Cha, and Xaxeng village. Explore the beautiful rice terraces, cornfields, and bamboo forests. Stay overnight in a local house and take a traditional herbal bath. Walking inside jungle and beautiful waterfalls, heaven gate of Sapa.
Day 1: Sapa - Suoi Ho - Giang Cha - Ta Phin village
Distance 12-14 km - Duration 4-5h walking ( easy and medium level, 200 -300 m elevation )
9h00 AM: Start your trek downhill through a mountainous area by following a dirt trail, non touristy area. Enjoy many opportunities to take in the spectacular views over rice paddy terraces and cornfields.
Pass through some villages of Hmong people and take in the amazing views of the mountains and rice terraces. Stop for lunch at a nice spot in a local restaurant with traditional Vietnamese food in Giang Cha village.
After lunch, continue downhill towards a plateau where you can enjoy one of the best views in Sapa of the mountains, rice terraces, cornfields, and climb to the top of a hill to have a panorama of the valley.
Trek down to the bamboo forest. Stay overnight in a local house ( Traditional Wooden Homestay ). Take a walk around the village while your guide prepares dinner. Take a traditional herbal bath from the Red Dzao ethnic group before enjoying dinner with the family ( Optional for herbal bath, You pay herbal hath by yourself).
Day 2: Suoi Thau - Phin Ho - Ban Khoang village - Love and Silver waterfall - Lonely tree in Heaven gate - Sapa.
Distance 12-14 km - Duration 5h walking medium and easy level, 300 -400 m elevation)
After breakfast at the homestay, head towards Suoi Thau village. Pass through several minority villages along the way. Peacefull and non toursty area. Enjoy a nice walk through the rice paddy fields and arrive at the top of a mountain to enjoy breathtaking views over the fantastic valley.
Have the chance to visit the most beautiful viewpoint of the rice paddy fields in Sapa. Walking down to Phin Ho village in the nice view point next to the jungle and valley of Red Dzao ethnic people. Stop for lunch in local restaurant in Ban Khoang village
Take a car ( 25 minutes ) to the Love and Silver waterfall. The biggest waterfalls in Sapa and have a short walk in the national park with nice scenery and many old trees, golden stream, possible swimming in Love waterfall. Keep going to Lonely tree point in Heaven gate which is the highest pass in Vietnam ( 2 000 m above sea level ). A spectacular of big and deep valley, Enjoy fresh air and cool windy in here, you will feel same like on heaven with cloud is flying on bottom of the valley, taking some nice pictures in Single tree in the heaven gate. Continue by car to Silver waterfall on the high mountain, step up to overview a nice valley and pass the bridge to hunt for beautiful pictures of the waterfall.
Return to Sapa by the car (around 15h00-16h00). End the tour.