Itinerary:

Night 01: Ha Noi - Lao Cai
Transfer to the Ha Noi train station. Board on an overnight train to Lai Cai  (departure at 21.15). Overnight on train.

Day 01: Lao Cai - Sa Pa [-/ L/D]
Arrival Lao Cai station around 6h30am. Transfer to Sapa. Free time to relax or visit Sapa market in the morning.  PM: Nice walk to visit Cat Cat village and Cat Cat stream of the Black H'mong people. Later in the day you will have time to prepare for the trek.

Day 02: Climb of Fan Si Pan [B/L/D]
We start the trek from the high of 1500m above the sea level up to 2000m, from here it is uphill on narrow trails and through small spectacular passes with subtropical forest. Be aware of leeches on the first part of the trek. We will set up our camp at an altitude of around 2,000m and our guide and porters will prepare the food on an open fire.

Day 03: Climb of Fan Si Pan [B/L/D]
We leave some of the porters to prepare the camp and continue up on trails through dense bamboo forest and small bushes. Suddenly we arrive to the top of Fan Si Pan at 3,143 m. If the weather is clear, you can see all the way to China in the north and west and Laos in the south. The view is fantastic. We spend some time soaking up the best panorama in Viet Nam . While relaxing we will have lunch before descending back to our camp where we left our equipment. Here we will spend our second night on the mountain.

Day 04: Back to Sa Pa [B/L/D]
Today we go all the way downhill. After breakfast we begin our descent and reach Sa Pa by around lunchtime.  The afternoon is free for you to explore the charms of Sa Pa town or relax after the climb. 16:00 : We transfer to Lao Cai railway station to catch night train back to Hanoi .  Overnight on train.
Tour end at Ha Noi railway station at 5am next morning.