Hoang Lien Son national park trek 5 days

Pick up from your hotel and transfer to train station for overnight train journey to Lao Cai. Train depart at 21:30 Pm. Overnight onboard.

Arrival in Lao Cai station.  Pick up and transfer to Sapa by local guide and driver then transferred by car toward Muong Hoa valley. Your trek will start from a point near Su Pan School along a narrow dirt trail downhill to the bottom of Muong Hoa Valley, then uphill all the way for nearly 6 hours through Giang Ta Chai Village of the Red Zao, through bamboo and rain forest to Den Thang Village of the H’mong. Lunch break for an hour at a nice spot amongst wild nature.
The trek will be softer in the afternoon and you will arrive to Den Thang Village of the Black H’mong at about 4.00pm. The rest hour is for walking to explore this remotest village of Sapa which surrounded by high mountains and forest of the Hoang Lien nature reserve.
Approx: 1 hour driving/ 6 hours walking/ 1 hour lunch

The trek today takes you through beautiful rice paddies and over old suspension bridges. You will trek on small trail sneaking through rainforest. You will leave Den Thang at about 09.30 to follow a dirt trail through narrow terraced rice fiels, forest for nearly 3 hours. Lunch break along the way.
After lunch, the trek wills becomes tough on tinny footpath going up and down, which requires some concentration. You will reach to Ta Trung Ho village of Red Dao minority in mid afternoon. The rest hours is for walking around to explore unique living way of the Red Zao which has just been visited by foreign visitors.
Approx: 5 hours walking, 1-hour lunch

You are now at the fringe of the rain forest by the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochina with its 3143 m, is located in this mountain range. You will start the trek today by ascending to Nam Toong village of Red Dao minority. Here your lunch will be prepared in a local school.
In the afternoon, before descending to Ban Ho, you can make a stop by a waterfall to refresh. Then where your car takes you on the journey back to Sapa.
The rest of the day is free at leisure until transfer to Laocai station for the night train back to Hanoi.

Approx: 1 hours driving/ 5 hours walking/ 1-hour lunch