3. Customize tour in Vietnam with Asia Top Travel

3. Customize tour in Vietnam with Asia Top Travel

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Tours in Sapa:

http://www.asiatoptravel.net/Category/Explore_Sapa.aspx

Tours in Hanoi:

http://www.asiatoptravel.net/Category/Excursions_from_Ha_Noi.aspx

Tours in Sai Gon:

http://www.asiatoptravel.net/Category/Excursions_from_Sai_Gon.aspx

Tours in Mekong Delta

http://www.asiatoptravel.net/Category/Mekong_delta_tours.aspx

Sa Pa Tours:(4nights 3days)

District is located in Lao Cai Province, north-west Vietnam, and 350 km north-west of Hanoi, close to the border with China. The Hoang Lien Son range of mountains dominates the district, which is at the eastern extremity of the Himalayas. This range includes Vietnam's highest mountain, Fan Si Pan, at a height of 3142m above sea level. The town of Sa Pa lies at an altitude of about 1600 m. The climate is moderate and rainy in summer (May—August), and foggy and cold with occasional snowfalls in winter.
Sa Pa is a quiet mountain town and home to a great diversity of ethnic minority peoples. The total population of 36,000 consists mostly of minority groups. Besides the Kinh (Viet) people (15%) there are mainly 5 ethnic groups in Sapa: Hmong 52%, Dao 25%, Tay 5%, Giay 2% and a small number of Xa Pho. Approximately 7,000 live in Sapa, the other 36,000 being scattered in small communes throughout the district.

Most of the ethnic minority people work their land on sloping terraces since the vast majority of the land is mountainous. Their staple foods are rice and corn. Rice, by its very nature of being a labour intensive crop, makes the daily fight for survival paramount. The unique climate in Sapa has a major influence on the ethnic minorities who live in the area. With sub-tropical summers, temperate winters and 160 days of mist annually, the influence on agricultural yields and health related issues are significant.
The minority people can only yield one crop of rice annually, which leads to food shortfalls in many communes at specific times. This shortage of food contributes to malnutrition and other related health problems. The climatic conditions also contribute to many health issues including coughs, colds, and bronchial and respiratory problems that are commonplace throughout the community.

The geographical location of the area makes it a truly unique place for many interesting plants and animals, allowing it to support many inhabitants. Many very rare or even endemic species have been recorded in the region.
The scenery of the Sa Pa region in large part reflects the relationship between the minority people and nature. This is seen especially in the paddy fields carpeting the rolling lower slopes of the Hoang Lien Mountains. The impressive physical landscape which underlies this has resulted from the work of the elements over thousands of years, wearing away the underlying rock. On a clear day, the imposing peak of Fan Si Pan comes into view. The last major peak in the Himalayan chain, Fan Si Pan offers a real challenge to even the keenest walker, the opportunity of staggering views, and a rare glimpse of some of the last remaining primary rain forest in Vietnam.
Geology, climate and human activity have combined to produce a range of very distinct habitats around Sa Pa. Especially important is Sa Pa’s geographic position, at the convergence of the worlds 14 “biomes” (distinct biographic areas), producing an assemblage of plant and animal species unique in the world.

Night 1: Hanoi – Laocai train station

AsiaTopTravel ’s car will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to Hanoi train station to catch the overnight train soft sleeper with AC to Lao Cai station. Overnight on the train.

Day 1: Sapa - Market place - Cat Cat Village (B,D)
Upon arrival at Lao Cai Railway station in the early morning, our awaiting guide will pick you up and transfer to Hotel. Freshen up and enjoy breakfast at the hotel. At 10AM from hotel there will be a walking tour to the hill tribe villages of Cat Cat, and Sansaho home to the H'mong hill tribes minority peoples. As we walk to the villages nestled in the valley below Sapa, we will meet some of the local minority people on their way to and from Sapa. Here we have the opportunity to share cultural experiences with the families that live in the area. Diner at the hotel. Overnight in the hotel in Sapa.

Day 2: Sapa - Lao Chai & Tavan (B,L)
After breakfast We then embark on a lovely walk that will take us along buffalo paths and trails and through several hill tribe villages of Lao Chai and Tavan, home to H'mong, and Dzay people. This is a absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people you can meet. Stopping for a picnic lunch on the way at a family in Ta Van village. Return to Sapa in the afternoon and .Overnight in hotel in Sapa .

Day 3: Sapa-Ta Phing Village - Overnight train to Hanoi (B)
Morning drive to Ta Phin, very famous village in Sapa. It is the hometown of the colorful Red Dzao people - the people of interesting legend. We also visit a family here as a live museum where you get know more about their lives, people and culture. Back to Sapa for lunch. Free time until your transfer to Lao Cai railway station. On the way back to train station, we detour to Tram Ton which is reconized as the most beautiful pass in Vietnam. Overnight train back to Hanoi

Day 4: Arrival Hanoi
Arrival Hanoi around 5:00am