3-Day Sapa Trekking Tour from Hanoi: Cat Cat Village & Homestay
Rice terraces, mountain villages, and a night in a local homestay in the Sapa highlands.
A 3-day trekking tour from Hanoi to Sapa combines two nights of accommodation (one at a 3-star hotel in Sapa town and one in a private room at a homestay in Ta Van Village) with treks through rice terraces, bamboo forests and ethnic villages. A local English-speaking guide leads the route, and a Vietnamese cooking class at the homestay, all entrance tickets, and round-trip VIP bus transport from Hanoi are included. The itinerary moves through Cat Cat Village, Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van, Giang Ta Chai and Su Pan, meeting H'mong, Dzay and Red Dao communities along the way.
Step-by-step itinerary
Day 1: Travel to Sapa and visit Cat Cat Village
- Shuttle bus pick up in Hanoi
- Overnight bus to Sapa
- Arrive in Sapa and transfer to hotel
- Lunch at hotel restaurant
- Visit Cat Cat Village and waterfall
- Dinner at hotel restaurant
- Free time to explore Sapa town
Day 2: Trek to ethnic villages and cooking class
- Breakfast at hotel
- Check out and leave big luggage at hotel
- Trek to Y Linh Ho village
- Visit Lao Chai village
- Arrive at Ta Van Village
- Lunch and check in at homestay
- Free time to explore nearby stream
- Vietnamese cooking class at homestay
- Dinner and drinks with locals
Day 3: Trek villages and return to Hanoi
- Breakfast at homestay and check out
- Trek to Giang Ta Chai and Supan villages
- Lunch at local restaurant in Supan
- Transfer back to Sapa town
- Rest or optional massage and shopping
- Transfer to bus station
- Bus back to Hanoi
- Arrive in Hanoi and end tour
What’s included
- Round-trip VIP cabin bus transport from Hanoi.
- one night at the 3-star Sapa Retreat Condotel in Sapa town and one night in a private room at a homestay in Ta Van Village.
- local English-speaking guide for all trekking days.
- Vietnamese cooking class at the homestay.
- all entrance tickets to Cat Cat Village, waterfalls and other attractions.
- breakfasts at the hotel and homestay.
- lunches and dinners at the hotel, homestay and local restaurants.
Times
- Every day 06:00 06:30
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The experience
The tour starts with a pre-dawn pickup from your Hanoi hotel and a six-hour overnight VIP bus ride to Sapa. You arrive around midday, check into the Sapa Retreat Condotel, and after lunch your guide takes you to Cat Cat Village to walk among H'mong settlements and see the Cat Cat waterfall and a French-era hydroelectric plant. The evening is yours to explore Sapa town, its stone church and night market on foot.
Day two is the core trek. After a buffet breakfast you leave your main luggage at the hotel and set out with a small pack through rice terraces alongside Muong Hoa Stream toward Y Linh Ho Village. The route passes through Lao Chai, a village ringed by terraced fields between two mountain ranges, then continues another two kilometers to Ta Van Village where you have lunch at your homestay and rest. In the late afternoon your host guides you to a natural stream near the homestay, and at dusk you join a Vietnamese cooking class to prepare traditional indigenous dishes, then eat and drink with locals (tea or rice wine) through the evening.
On the final morning you trek eight kilometers through Giang Ta Chai, a Red Dao village known for its colorful dress and customs, and Su Pan, a cluster of four Black H'mong and Red Dao settlements on rocky slopes overlooking the Muong Hoa valley. After lunch at a local restaurant you return to Sapa town, have time for a foot massage or souvenir shopping, then board the evening bus back to Hanoi, arriving around 10 p.m. at the Old Quarter bus station.
Is this one for you?Choose this tour if you want to trek through rice terraces and mountain villages over two full days while sleeping one night in a local homestay: the homestay stay and cooking class are what make the cultural immersion real, and the fixed itinerary with guide and transport means you move through the terrain without arranging logistics yourself.
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Top questions
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Child (5 to 8 years); Infant (under 5): free.
What villages do I trek through on this 3-day Sapa tour?
The route passes through Cat Cat Village on day one, then Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai and Ta Van on day two, and finishes with Giang Ta Chai and Su Pan on day three. Each is home to H'mong, Dzay or Red Dao communities, and you walk rice terraces and mountain streams between them.
Where do I sleep on the second night of the tour?
You stay in a private room at a homestay in Ta Van Village, where you also take a Vietnamese cooking class in the evening and share dinner and drinks with your host family.
What is included in the price of this tour?
The tour includes two nights of accommodation (one at the 3-star Sapa Retreat Condotel and one at the Ta Van homestay), round-trip VIP bus transport from Hanoi, a local English-speaking guide for all treks, the Vietnamese cooking class, all entrance tickets to attractions, and meals at the hotel and homestay.
How physically demanding is the trekking on this tour?
The itinerary involves sustained walking through mountain terrain over two full days (rice terraces, bamboo forests and village paths) with an eight-kilometer trek on the final morning. The operator notes that a high level of physical fitness is needed and the tour is not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries, poor cardiovascular health or pregnancy.
What time does the tour start and end?
Pickup from your Hanoi hotel begins at 6 a.m., and the overnight bus departs early morning. The return bus arrives in Hanoi's Old Quarter around 10 p.m., and you make your own way back to your hotel from the bus station.
3-Day Sapa Trekking Tour from Hanoi: Cat Cat Village & Homestay
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