Climbing Fansipan Adventure Tour - 8 Days

Visited places: Hanoi, Sapa
Tour Theme/Activity: Adventure, Trekking, Mountain climbing, Ethnic villages, Tropical forest/National park, Mountains

Climbing Fansipan is a 8 day-7 night hard hiking adventure holiday to Mount Fansipan which is 3,143m in elevation and which is the peak of Indochina.

Climbing Fansipan Adventure Tour Overview

Let's join Paradissa Travel on an adventure of a life time to conquer this daunting job. The tour involves hiking, trekking, mountain climbing. The travelers and adventurers need to have good health for sure.Hoang Lien Mountain, Sapa

We start from Sapa town and stay in camps in the middle of nowhere on our way up to the summit. We have H'Mong boys to bring our camping gears and luggage, we have our cook who prepares sizzling hot meals for us everyday in the jungle. Once at the top, we will be rewarded with breathtaking view of the surroundings. The hardship of the trekking days, the exchange of culture with our team will surely make your tour an adventure of a life time.

Day1 Ha Noi - Sapa
Day2 Arrive at Lao Cai/ Transfer to Sa Pa
Day3 Sa Pa - Forest Camp (B/L/D)
Day4 Forest Camp - Base Camp (B/L/D)
Day5 Base Camp – Summit - Base Camp (B/L/D)
Day6 Base Camp – Sa Pa (B/L)
Day7 Sa Pa – Ha Noi (B)
Day8 Arrive in Ha Noi

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English speaking guide
All land transfers as on the tour itinerary
Air-con soft-sleepers on the local train for Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi as on the tour itinerary
Accommodation with twin-shared hotel room in town and and basic mountain camp during the climbing tour as on the tour itinerary
Meals: B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner
Cooking fees and porter fees
All admission fees during the guided times as on the tour itinerary
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{Exclusions
Insurance of any type
Drinks, laundry, phone bills
Others not mentioned clearly as included above;
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Detailed itinerary

Day1 Ha Noi - Sapa

You’ll be met by our tour guide and transferred to Hanoi train station for the night train from Ha Noi for Lao Cai where China is just on the other side of the river.
Overnight on board the train.

4-sleeper cabin on the overnight train between Hanoi and Lao Cai
4-sleeper cabin on the overnight train between Hanoi and Lao Cai

Day 2: Arrive at Lao Cai/ Transfer to Sa Pa Rice terraces at Sapa

Arriving at Lao Cai train station early in the morning, you will have a break sipping the hot morning coffee and enjoying the scene of China across the river. Then our jeep brings us on the terraced hillside road to Sa Pa Town. In the afternoon, we will have a walking tour to the Cat Cat Village of the Black H'Mong and the Cat Cat Waterfall.
Overnight in Sapa.

Lao Cai Train Station
Lao Cai Train Station

 

The Cat Cat Waterfall in Sapa Vietnam
The Cat Cat Waterfall in Sapa Vietnam

 

Black Hmong at the Cat Cat Waterfall in Sapa
Black Hmong at the Cat Cat Waterfall in Sapa

Day 3: Sa Pa - Forest Camp (B/L/D)

Breakfast at the hotel
Today we’ll have an early start for the first day's climb. Our tour is through the H'mong village of Cat Cat, the Y Linh Ho River and the forest. At the end of the day we set our camp at the altitude of 2200m in the forest. The evening meal is prepared by the cook around a camp fire while rhythm of the wild is started.
Overnight at Forest camp.

The breathtaking landscape is all around us
The breathtaking landscape is all around us

Day 4: Forest Camp - Base Camp (B/L/D)

Have hot breakfast with coffee at the forest camp.
Break the camp, then continue onwards to 2400m where the forest gives way to huge bushes of bamboo and up to the peak at 2900m which offers breath-taking views over the Sapa Valley. Descending from the peak the porters set up camp at 2400m. This will be our home for the next two nights. Overnight at Base Camp.

A trail amid forest on the trekking tour to the summit of Mount Fansipan in Sapa Vietnam
A trail amid forest on the trekking tour to the summit of Mount Fansipan in Sapa Vietnam

 

A slippery trail on the way to the summit of Mount Fansipan in Sapa
A slippery trail on the way to the summit of Mount Fansipan in Sapa

Day 5: Base Camp – Summit - Base Camp (B/L/D)

Have a hot breakfast at the base camp.
Complete our final ascent arriving at the summit 3,143m above sea-level. This is highest point of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia which offers stunning views over China to the north and over Laos to the west. There is time for refreshment before descending down to Base Camp for the night. Overnight at the Base Camp.

Fog on the summit of Mount Fansipan in Sapa Vietnam
Fog on the summit of Mount Fansipan in Sapa Vietnam

 

Forest on the way down from the basecamp on Mount Fansipan
Forest on the way down from the basecamp on Mount Fansipan

Day 6: Base Camp - Sa Pa (B/L)

Have a hot breakfast at the base camp.
Enjoy morning coffee and the sounds of nature as the porters break the camp and leave for Sapa. Trekking back across well-known terrain always goes more quickly and arrival time back in Sapa should be in the late afternoon.
Overnight in Sapa.

The trekking adventure tour continues
The trekking adventure tour continues

Day 7: Sa Pa - Ha Noi (B)

Travel by jeep to visit Ta Phin Village and the Tram Ton Pass. Have free time until transferred back to Lao Cai for the night train back for Ha Noi. Overnight on board the train.

Red Dao ladies at the Ta Phin Village in Sapa Vietnam
Red Dao ladies at the Ta Phin Village in Sapa Vietnam

 

Inside Lao Cai Train Station
Inside Lao Cai Train Station

Day 8: Arrive in Ha Noi

Arrive in Hanoi early in the morning. Transferred back to the hotel. We trust you had a nice hiking adventure to the peak of Vietnam with Paradissa Travel.
Note: Accommodation on this tour is basic; the traveler is required to be in good health conditions.