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Discovery Indochina Your Way!
NORTHEAST VIETNAM ADVENTURE EXPEDITION
HIGHLIGHT HILL TRIBE VILLAGES DISCOVERY
15 DAYS / 14 NIGHTS
This Northwest Vietnam Adventure Expedition – Highlight hill tribe villages’ discovery tour is
provided in the remote areas of Northeast and Northwest Vietnam – Hoa Binh Province, Son La
province, Dien Bien Province, Lai Chau Province, Lao Cai Province, Ha Giang provine, Cao
Bang province and Bac Kan Province. This 15 days trip allows you to travel to remote hill tribe
villages, inhabited by the H’mong (Blue Hmong, Black Hmong, Blue Hmong, Red Hmong,
White Hmong and Flower Hmong), the Dzao (Red Dzao, Black Dzao and Dzao Tien), the Tay,
Dzay, the Nung, Pho Xa, Lolo, Bo Y, Lolo (Red Lolo, Black Lolo), Xa Pho ethnic minorities…
We will bring you to visit the colorful and authentic ethnic markets: Sin Ho Market, Sin Cheng
Market, Dong Van market and Meo Vac market. All the dates are designed and match with all
of the ethnic markets that you will visit in the itinerary. Please kindly notes that, all most of the
ethnic markets in Northern Vietnam is just opened one day per week and normally, just opened
in the early morning.
This tour covers all the main subjects for photography - Including Landscape, Portrait
photography.
Destinations:
Hanoi – Mai Chau – Moc Chau –Son La – Dien Bien –
Muong Lay – Sin Ho – Tam Duong – Sapa – Bac Ha – Sin Cheng Wednesday Market –
Bac Ha - Xin Man – Hoang Su - Ha Giang - Yen Minh - Quan Ba - Lung Tam - Can Ty Yen Minh - Pho Cao - Pho Bang - Sung La - Ma Le - Dong Van - Meo Vac – Bao Lac Bao Lac - Cao Bang - Ban Gioc Waterfall – Cao Bang – Bac Kan –Ba Be Lake – Hanoi.
Tour Duration:
15 Days/ 14 Nights
Kind of the package:
Private tour for group 02 ~ 08 Photographers
Designed by:
Jenny Trinh – Travel Advisor/ WhatsApp/ Viber/ Mobile:
+84 987184390
Green Discovery Indochina
Address: No 6A, Dao Duy Tu Lane, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi,Vietnam
Tel : +84 439381242 Fax: +84 439381242 Mobile:+84987184390
E-mail : [email protected]
Website: www.greendiscoveryindochina.com
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BRIEF ITINERARY:
Day 1/ Wednesday: Hanoi - Mai Chau
Day 2/ Thursday Mai Chau - Son La.
Day 3/ Friday Son La - Dien Bien Phu.
Day 4/ Saturday Dien Bien Phu – Muong Lay - Sin Ho
Day 5/ Sunday: Sin Ho Market – Sapa Town
Day 6/ Monday: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van
Day 7/ Tuesday: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan - Sapa – Bac Ha
Day 8/ Wednesday: Bac Ha – Sin Cheng Wednesday Market – Bac Ha
Day 9/ Thursday: Bac Ha - Xin Man – Hoang Su Phi
Day 10/ Friday: Hoang Su Phi - Ha Giang - Yen Minh - Quan Ba - Lung Tam - Can Ty Yen Minh
Day 11/ Saturday: Yen Minh - Pho Cao - Pho Bang - Sung La - Ma Le - Dong Van.
Day 12/ Sunday Dong van Market - Meo Vac Market – Bao Lac
Day 13/ Monday: Bao Lac - Cao Bang - Ban Gioc Waterfall – Cao Bang
Day 14/ Tuesday: Cao Bang - Ba Be Lake
Day 15/ Wednesday: Ba Be Lake – Hanoi
DETAIL ITINERARY
Day 1/ Wednesday: Hanoi - Mai Chau (-/ Lunch/Dinner)
Morning departure to Hoa Binh. Stops on the road to admire the magnificent
panorama, first on top of the pass, then on the descent overlooking the superb valley of
Mai Chau. Arrival in the White Thai village of Ban Lac, where you settle for the night
in a delightful family’s traditional stilted house.
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After lunch in your family house, you spend the afternoon strolling or biking through
the villages and the rice fields. Return to Pom Coong for diner and one night at your
Thai home.
 Accommodation: Thai Ethnic homestay
Day 2/ Thursday: Mai Chau – Moc Chau - Son La (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
We take the road to Son La and climb several passes separated by the Plateau of Moc
Chau, a large milk and milk product region. Lunch en route and arrival in Son La,
where we visit the French Prison (excellent museum of the Colonial period,
Archeology, and local minorities). Diner and one night in a Son La hotel.
 Accommodation: Son La Hotel
 Room Type: Superior Room – Double/ Twin Sharing
Day 3/ Friday: Son La - Dien Bien Phu (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
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We take the road to Dien Bien Phu, which is the most breathtaking road in Vietnam.
Before Dien Bien, we take a small mountain road - another of our little secrets – leading
to the charming Thai village of Muong Phong, General Giap headquarters during the
battle that you visit. We then continue the small road up to Dien Bien, where we have
diner and spend one night at the A1 hotel.
 Accommodation: A1 Hotel
Day 4/ Saturday: Dien Bien Phu Muong Lay - Sin Ho (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
In the morning, visit of the battle site : the museum, the last stronghold hill, Eliane 2
trenches, the French stele, General de Castries’ bunker, etc.
Lunch in Dien Bien and we then take the magnificent road going through the valley of
Lai Chau.
Drive to Muong Lay and then up to Sin Ho – the remote town of Vietnam. You will
obtain the most magnificent landscapes and discover the unexplored areas and
especially for the typical minority market on weekly Sunday
Dinner and overnight in the remote town of Sin Ho.
Overnight at Thanh Binh hotel in Sin Ho.
 Accommodation: Thanh Binh Hotel
Day 5/ Sunday: Sin Ho Market – Sapa Town (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
Full morning for Sin Ho market. Visit the market, meet and talk with the local people in
their origin of friendly culture and traditional costumes, can say that all are still
unexplored by tourist and commercialized.
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Independently attend the market that known as the most remote ethnic market of all
Northwest Vietnam. It is a fusion of many different hill tribes inhabiting in Sin Ho
district but you can easily distinguish them by their different colorful costume dressing
Attend the market, you will find out not only typical traditional costume but also the
way of bartering trade existing in daily life of the Tay, the Dzay, the Red Dzao, the
Black H’mong…
After the market we continue our trip on the hidden loop to Tam Duong for lunch
After lunch, drive on the thread road up to the Heaven Gate for universal view of Lai
Chau and Sapa and Hoang Lien Son mountain range with Fansipan summit of 1343m
high. Afternoon arrive in Sapa, check in hotel then free time to relax and stroll around
Sapa. Dinner and overnight in Sapa
 Accommodation: Sapa Hmong Hotel
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Day 6/ Monday: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
We will start our trip in the morning at our hotel, and then head down to Muong Hoa
valley. Begining of the trip is the moment for admire the panorama view of the town
and then the valley from the main road. After 4km on the main road, we start going
down to the valley by the small trails through the terrace rice fields to get to Y Linh Ho
hamlet, a small village of the Black Hmong people.
From Y Linh Ho village, we go along the river to go to Lao Chai village (means "old
village" in the local dialect). It is time for you to visit the local families, listen to your
guide's explanation about the local culture: how they live, way of building the
traditional house, techniques of making clothes... or listen about the way of treatment
for a sick person.
At 12h00, we will stop for lunch. The lunch is served in one of the local refreshment
restaurants on the side of the river.
In the afternoon, we leave Lao Chai to continue to Ta Van village, the Giay people's
residence. The guide to bring you into some family: listen about their life, enjoy some
green tea, learn about the differences of their culture from the other hill tribes even
they leave close to each other. Tonight we will stay overnight at homestay in Ta Van
Village.
 Accommodation: Home-stay in Ta Van
Day 7/ Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan - Sapa – Bac Ha (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
Today we will take 4 - 5hrs trekking with surprises at what you have never seen before
In the early morning you will be sure to be woken up by the households but lucky to
see how is their daily life for a new day coming!
Enjoy some pancakes made by your tour guide’s skillful hands.
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Start a new trek into Hoang Lien Son National Park by more stunning landscapes and
other ethnic minority villages dotted further your eyes sigh. Visit Giang Ta Chai village
of the Red Dao minority and then continue that trail to Su Pan Village for lunch
Enjoy magnificent view of Ba Ho valley or visit some local houses of the Tay.
After lunch in Sapa town, we will drive forward Bac Ha town. Arrive Bac Ha in the
afternoon. Free at your own leisure. Overnight in Bac Ha
 Accommodation: Sao Mai Hotel
Day 8/ Wednesday: Bac Ha – Sin Cheng Market – Bac Ha (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
We will start at 8.30am from Bac Ha to Sin Cheng market, it takes us about 1.30 hour.
This market is opened one time per week from 9.00am to 1.30pm. This market which is
in the border area is far 40km from Bac Ha town (in Si Ma Cai district) so just few
people know this place. The market is almost untouched by the modern life. Where
you will be surprised by the way of living of the people here that you can find nowhere
in the modern world. After the market we come back to Bac Ha for lunch. And then we
trek up to Ban Pho village, the villages belong to Mong and Tay ethnic minority.
Overnight in Bac Ha.
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Day 9/ Thursday: Bac Ha – Xin Man – Hoang Su Phi (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
In the morning, we will drive forward Xin Man. This district is one of the poorest
districts which has border with Lao Cai province and China. Lunch will be in a local
restaurant. On the way to Hoang Su Phi, we will discover significant terraces of Hoang
Su Phi area. Visit Ho Thau commune of Dao ethnic minority people. Keep continues to
visit Ban May, Ban Phung and Ban Diu to see locals wearing traditional customs
working on terrace fields. Dinner and overnight in Hoang Su Phi.
 Accommodation: Hotel Hoang Su Phi
Day 10/ Friday: Hoang Su Phi - Ha Giang - Yen Minh - Quan Ba - Lung Tam - Can Ty
- Yen Minh (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
Today morning, we will drive from Hoang Su Phi to Ha Giang, stopover Yen Minh for
lunch and surrounding, then head up to Quan Ba Double Mountain, visit the following
communes: Lung Tam and Can Ty.
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In the late afternoon, we will drive back to Yen Minh. Dinner and overnight in Yen
Minh.
 Accommodation: Ha An Hotel
Day 11/ Saturday: Yen Minh – Pho Cao – Pho Bang – Sung La – Me Le - Dong Van
(Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
In the morning, we will drive to from Yen Minh to Pho Cao, trek to the village of Dao,
Man and Ta Pan Dao, on this route, we will visit Lo Lo ethnic minority villages in Sung
La commune, Hmong Hoa’s town of Pho Bang. After visiting these villages, we will
keep drive to Pho cao, Sung La and Me Le. The area is populated by Dao ethnic people
and encircled by truly awesome remote forested mountains. Arrive Dong Van in the
late afternoon. Stay overnight in Dong Van, enjoy walking around the Old quarter of
Dong Van.
 Accommodation: Hoang Ngoc Hotel
Day 12/ Sunday Dong van Market - Meo Vac – Bao Lac (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
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Wake up early for Sunday market in Dong Van. Hunt the amazing shots in Dong Van
Sunday market, then we will drive toward Meo Vac Sunday Market and Khau Vai
commune.
The market is not only where the locals living in the karst plateau trade cattle, it is also
a gathering place for the Mong ethnic minority. Market goers must start early in the
morning. Those selling cattle have to wake up the earliest, usually around midnight, to
walk their cows to market. Many walk dozens of miles, climb mountains and cross
streams to get there, yet they never appear to be tired and are always smiling and
cheerful. In addition to cattle, there are also dogs, goats and pigs for sale at the market.
Despite being tied up, a few chubby pigs are still able to run around while the goats lie
near their owner’s feet and dogs wag their tails to greet passers-by. The first sellers
start to arrive around 5 am. The echoes of the clop, clop, clop of cattle hooves can be
heard throughout the forests and mountains as they make their way to the market. We
can see the traditional costumes of the local Mong people at the market; the men wear
long black dresses while the women dress in their best, most colourful costumes and
their children run alongside them. There are food shops selling traditional Thang co
(stewed meat soup) and fragrant maize wine near the area reserved for selling cattle.
Most Mong men insist on sampling the wine before leaving at the end of the day.
In the midafternoon, we will drive to Bao Lac, on the route we will visit some Hmong
village. Overnight in Bao Lac.
 Accommodation: Thao Nguyen Hotel
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Day 13/ Monday: Bao Lac - Cao Bang – Ban Gioc Waterfall (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
In the morning, after breakfast we will drive through three passes en-route. The
scenery is spectacular and the road runs along the sides of the mountains. Lunch will
be served at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, we will visir Ban Gioc waterfall. The
Ban Gioc Waterfall is located om the China-Vietnam border, 85km from Cao Bang. This
is one of the largest waterfalls in Asia. Keep continues exploring Cao bang, we will visit
Nguom Ngao cave. It has many fascinating shapes and formations of stalactites.
After visiting Nguom Ngao cave, we will arrive in Cao Bang town. Check-in hotel and
stay overnight in Cao Bang.
 Accommodation: Hoang Anh Hotel
Day 14/ Tuesday: Cao Bang - Ba Be Lake (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
In the morning,
we will drive through Ma Phuc Pass and continue on to Ba Be
National Park for a boat ride along the Nang River, with time to explore the huge Ba Be
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Lake, the caves of Puong Grotto, the rapids of the Dau Dang waterfall and Widow
Island. You will also visit the stilt houses of the Tay community in Bo Lu Village, where
you will spend the night in a homestay situation.
 Accommodation: Duy Tho homestay
Day 15/ Wednesday: Ba Be Lake – Hanoi (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
We stroll along the riverfront, visiting some villages and hike the upper reaches of the
lake, in an area off by massive limestone cliffs and mountains. We travel through a pass
which we call “Dog Flower Pass” then stop to take amazing photos by some terraced
fields. After lunch in a local restaurant we also visit the Thai Nguyen Minority and
Culture Museum where we can learn something about the culture and traditions of the
different minority groups in Vietnam, before we journey back to Hanoi, arriving there
at around 5pm. End of services
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The itinerary above could be customized to suit your desire, feel free to get in touch
with us for the ideas and best quotation.
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SPECIAL OFFERED PRICE OF TOUR PACKAGE
The price is valid till the end of Sept, 2015
Price is quoted in American USD dollar at the newest exchange rate
Number of customers:
02 Pax
03 ~ 08 Pax
The price in USD per person
$ US
$ US
Single supplement
$ US
N/A
Note:
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This is a cash price. Credit cards incur a 2.5% bank fee
This tour is private tour designed for your group only
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Entrance Fees: To scenic spots as listed in the itinerary.
Meals: All meals as specified in the itinerary with authentic Vietnamese food.
Private Transfers car 07 ~ 16 seats A/C during the trip with the excellent driver
as the itinerary.
An excellent English-speaking guide throughout the trip as the itinerary at
each region.
Hotels: Hotel fees are based on two people sharing with Double/ Twin Rooms.
All hotels as listed in the above itinerary serve daily Western or Local breakfast.
All rooms are air-conditioned with private facilities unless specified.
Sin Ho Ethnic Market/ Dong Van Ethnic Market/ Meo Vac Ethnic Market / Sin
Cheng Ethnic Market admissions and fees
Admission fees in Ban Gioc Waterfalls
Admission fees during the sharing border between Lao Cai, Cao Bang – China
borders.
Ethnic minorities and hill tribes villages admissions fees
Boat trip in Ba Be Lake
Daily bottle of mineral water
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Service Charge & Government Taxes
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Excess Baggage Charges. Passengers holding an adult fare or half fare ticket are
entitled to a free baggage allowance of 20kg, for economy class. Total weight of
carryon baggage each passenger may not exceed 5kg. The size may not exceed
20x40x 55cm.
Personal Expenses: Expenses of a purely personal nature such as laundry,
drinks, fax, telephone calls, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are
not included in the tour itinerary.
Tip
Visa
Single Room Supplement
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NOTES:
 Please be aware that flight times, hotels and all other logistics, services and
days of travel are subject to availability. Where flights are cancelled or
delayed we will endeavor to secure alternative arrangements of similar value
as noted in our booking conditions.
 The traveling times mentioned within this dossier are approximations only.
These times will vary according to weather, road, traffic or any other
prevailing conditions.
 This itinerary and supplementary information has been complied in good
faith and was accurate at time of writing. However it DOES NOT form part
of a contract between the client and Green Discovery Indochina.
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Vietnam visa service
Visitors must obtain visa approval prior to entry. The procedure is as follows:
(1) Passport details and arrival and departure dates are sent to us not later than 14 days
before passengers' departure to Vietnam. (Customer can send through email or fax, we
need: full name in passport, gender, date of birth, passport number, expiry date,
nationality, occupation, the first international airport (Hanoi or HCMC) where
customers arrive, flight detail)
(2) We submit details to the Immigration Department.
(3) The Immigration Department sends us the original visa approval document.
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(4) We send customer a copy of the approval document via email (Note: All customers
need this paper to get onboard for flight to Vietnam)
(5) Each customer needs passport + 2 passport-sized photos + USD45 (in cash USD) to
get the visa stamp.
Thank you so much for your interest in our company!
Have a wonderful trip in Vietnam!
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