Activities

Walking to Sin Chai Village:

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Located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain, 'the roof of Vietnam and Indochina' is Sin Chai village, about 30 kilometers trekking from Sapa town. From here you can enjoy huge stunning landscapes before climbing up on the way a jeep to return to Sapa. Sin Chai is a village of the Red Dao ethnic people, whose women wear beautifully embroidered clothes with distinctive silver jewellery and an enormous red turban. This short trek to Sin Chai allows visitors for cultural acclimatization. Sin Chai is a community village. Here the locals will take the time to teach textile weaving and dying, will take the group on a locally built trail to explain the names and function of the local flora. There will be the opportunity to participate in the village community, there will be a traditional sporting activity and tree planting. But before staying in Sin Chai Village, the visitors shall have a chance to stop over Cat Cat Village, just 2 km trekking from Sapa Townlet and on the way to Sin Chai Village, to learn about the life of Black H’mong people.

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Sapa

Culture/sightseeing

1 day

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Pick up at your hotel in Sapa to start the fantastic walking tour to Cat Cat Village, where the Black H'Mong ethnic minority settlement. The village located in a beautiful valley near Sapa Town. On the way walking to the village, the visitors could see the H’mong working on their terrace field with buffalos. Upon reach the village you can visit a local traditional house to meet a local family and talk to them to learn about their culture and their life. After the village you walk to Cat Cat Waterfall for a short rest.

Continue walking uphill to the top of a hill where you can have a nice view of Sapa Town. Continuing to Sin Chai, the home of Red Dao people, which is over 1 hour trek from Cat Cat. You will walk on trails passing villages and paddy fields to reach Sin Chai village. Visit another local family to have a rest and to communicate with them. Picnic lunch on the way.