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Discovery Indochina Your Way!

Green Discovery Indochina Address: No 6A, Dao Duy Tu Lane, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi,Vietnam

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NORTHEAST VIETNAM ADVENTURE EXPEDITION

HIGHLIGHT HILL TRIBE VILLAGES DISCOVERY

15 DAYS / 14 NIGHTS

This Northwest Vietnam Adventure Expedition – Highlight hill tribe villages’ discovery tour is

provided in the remote areas of Northeast and Northwest Vietnam – Hoa Binh Province, Son La

province, Dien Bien Province, Lai Chau Province, Lao Cai Province, Ha Giang provine, Cao

Bang province and Bac Kan Province. This 15 days trip allows you to travel to remote hill tribe

villages, inhabited by the H’mong (Blue Hmong, Black Hmong, Blue Hmong, Red Hmong,

White Hmong and Flower Hmong), the Dzao (Red Dzao, Black Dzao and Dzao Tien), the Tay,

Dzay, the Nung, Pho Xa, Lolo, Bo Y, Lolo (Red Lolo, Black Lolo), Xa Pho ethnic minorities…

We will bring you to visit the colorful and authentic ethnic markets: Sin Ho Market, Sin Cheng

Market, Dong Van market and Meo Vac market. All the dates are designed and match with all

of the ethnic markets that you will visit in the itinerary. Please kindly notes that, all most of the

ethnic markets in Northern Vietnam is just opened one day per week and normally, just opened

in the early morning.

This tour covers all the main subjects for photography - Including Landscape, Portrait

photography.

Destinations: Hanoi – Mai Chau – Moc Chau –Son La – Dien Bien –

Muong Lay – Sin Ho – Tam Duong – Sapa – Bac Ha – Sin Cheng Wednesday Market –

Bac Ha - Xin Man – Hoang Su - Ha Giang - Yen Minh - Quan Ba - Lung Tam - Can Ty -

Yen Minh - Pho Cao - Pho Bang - Sung La - Ma Le - Dong Van - Meo Vac – Bao Lac -

Bao Lac - Cao Bang - Ban Gioc Waterfall – Cao Bang – Bac Kan –Ba Be Lake – Hanoi.

Tour Duration: 15 Days/ 14 Nights

Kind of the package: Private tour for group 02 ~ 08 Photographers

Designed by: Jenny Trinh – Travel Advisor/ WhatsApp/ Viber/ Mobile:

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BRIEF ITINERARY:

Day 1/ Wednesday: Hanoi - Mai Chau

Day 2/ Thursday Mai Chau - Son La.

Day 3/ Friday Son La - Dien Bien Phu.

Day 4/ Saturday Dien Bien Phu – Muong Lay - Sin Ho

Day 5/ Sunday: Sin Ho Market – Sapa Town

Day 6/ Monday: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van

Day 7/ Tuesday: Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan - Sapa – Bac Ha

Day 8/ Wednesday: Bac Ha – Sin Cheng Wednesday Market – Bac Ha

Day 9/ Thursday: Bac Ha - Xin Man – Hoang Su Phi

Day 10/ Friday: Hoang Su Phi - Ha Giang - Yen Minh - Quan Ba - Lung Tam - Can Ty -

Yen Minh

Day 11/ Saturday: Yen Minh - Pho Cao - Pho Bang - Sung La - Ma Le - Dong Van.

Day 12/ Sunday Dong van Market - Meo Vac Market – Bao Lac

Day 13/ Monday: Bao Lac - Cao Bang - Ban Gioc Waterfall – Cao Bang

Day 14/ Tuesday: Cao Bang - Ba Be Lake

Day 15/ Wednesday: Ba Be Lake – Hanoi

DETAIL ITINERARY

Day 1/ Wednesday: Hanoi - Mai Chau (-/ Lunch/Dinner)

Morning departure to Hoa Binh. Stops on the road to admire the magnificent

panorama, first on top of the pass, then on the descent overlooking the superb valley of

Mai Chau. Arrival in the White Thai village of Ban Lac, where you settle for the night

in a delightful family’s traditional stilted house.



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After lunch in your family house, you spend the afternoon strolling or biking through

the villages and the rice fields. Return to Pom Coong for diner and one night at your

Thai home.

Accommodation: Thai Ethnic homestay

Day 2/ Thursday: Mai Chau – Moc Chau - Son La (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)

We take the road to Son La and climb several passes separated by the Plateau of Moc

Chau, a large milk and milk product region. Lunch en route and arrival in Son La,

where we visit the French Prison (excellent museum of the Colonial period,

Archeology, and local minorities). Diner and one night in a Son La hotel.

Accommodation: Son La Hotel

Room Type: Superior Room – Double/ Twin Sharing

Day 3/ Friday: Son La - Dien Bien Phu (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)



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We take the road to Dien Bien Phu, which is the most breathtaking road in Vietnam.

Before Dien Bien, we take a small mountain road - another of our little secrets – leading

to the charming Thai village of Muong Phong, General Giap headquarters during the

battle that you visit. We then continue the small road up to Dien Bien, where we have

diner and spend one night at the A1 hotel.

Accommodation: A1 Hotel


Day 4/ Saturday: Dien Bien Phu Muong Lay - Sin Ho (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)

In the morning, visit of the battle site : the museum, the last stronghold hill, Eliane 2

trenches, the French stele, General de Castries’ bunker, etc.

Lunch in Dien Bien and we then take the magnificent road going through the valley of

Lai Chau.

Drive to Muong Lay and then up to Sin Ho – the remote town of Vietnam. You will

obtain the most magnificent landscapes and discover the unexplored areas and

especially for the typical minority market on weekly Sunday

Dinner and overnight in the remote town of Sin Ho.

Overnight at Thanh Binh hotel in Sin Ho.

Accommodation: Thanh Binh Hotel


Day 5/ Sunday: Sin Ho Market – Sapa Town (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)

Full morning for Sin Ho market. Visit the market, meet and talk with the local people in

their origin of friendly culture and traditional costumes, can say that all are still

unexplored by tourist and commercialized.



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Independently attend the market that known as the most remote ethnic market of all

Northwest Vietnam. It is a fusion of many different hill tribes inhabiting in Sin Ho

district but you can easily distinguish them by their different colorful costume dressing

Attend the market, you will find out not only typical traditional costume but also the

way of bartering trade existing in daily life of the Tay, the Dzay, the Red Dzao, the

Black H’mong…

After the market we continue our trip on the hidden loop to Tam Duong for lunch

After lunch, drive on the thread road up to the Heaven Gate for universal view of Lai

Chau and Sapa and Hoang Lien Son mountain range with Fansipan summit of 1343m

high. Afternoon arrive in Sapa, check in hotel then free time to relax and stroll around

Sapa. Dinner and overnight in Sapa

Accommodation: Sapa Hmong Hotel



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Day 6/ Monday: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)

We will start our trip in the morning at our hotel, and then head down to Muong Hoa

valley. Begining of the trip is the moment for admire the panorama view of the town

and then the valley from the main road. After 4km on the main road, we start going

down to the valley by the small trails through the terrace rice fields to get to Y Linh Ho

hamlet, a small village of the Black Hmong people.

From Y Linh Ho village, we go along the river to go to Lao Chai village (means "old

village" in the local dialect). It is time for you to visit the local families, listen to your

guide's explanation about the local culture: how they live, way of building the

traditional house, techniques of making clothes... or listen about the way of treatment

for a sick person.

At 12h00, we will stop for lunch. The lunch is served in one of the local refreshment

restaurants on the side of the river.

In the afternoon, we leave Lao Chai to continue to Ta Van village, the Giay people's

residence. The guide to bring you into some family: listen about their life, enjoy some

green tea, learn about the differences of their culture from the other hill tribes even

they leave close to each other. Tonight we will stay overnight at homestay in Ta Van

Village.

Accommodation: Home-stay in Ta Van

Day 7/ Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Su Pan - Sapa – Bac Ha (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)

Today we will take 4 - 5hrs trekking with surprises at what you have never seen before

In the early morning you will be sure to be woken up by the households but lucky to

see how is their daily life for a new day coming!

Enjoy some pancakes made by your tour guide’s skillful hands.



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Start a new trek into Hoang Lien Son National Park by more stunning landscapes and

other ethnic minority villages dotted further your eyes sigh. Visit Giang Ta Chai village

of the Red Dao minority and then continue that trail to Su Pan Village for lunch

Enjoy magnificent view of Ba Ho valley or visit some local houses of the Tay.

After lunch in Sapa town, we will drive forward Bac Ha town. Arrive Bac Ha in the

afternoon. Free at your own leisure. Overnight in Bac Ha

Accommodation: Sao Mai Hotel


Day 8/ Wednesday: Bac Ha – Sin Cheng Market – Bac Ha (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)

We will start at 8.30am from Bac Ha to Sin Cheng market, it takes us about 1.30 hour.

This market is opened one time per week from 9.00am to 1.30pm. This market which is

in the border area is far 40km from Bac Ha town (in Si Ma Cai district) so just few

people know this place. The market is almost untouched by the modern life. Where

you will be surprised by the way of living of the people here that you can find nowhere

in the modern world. After the market we come back to Bac Ha for lunch. And then we

trek up to Ban Pho village, the villages belong to Mong and Tay ethnic minority.

Overnight in Bac Ha.



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Day 9/ Thursday: Bac Ha – Xin Man – Hoang Su Phi (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)

In the morning, we will drive forward Xin Man. This district is one of the poorest

districts which has border with Lao Cai province and China. Lunch will be in a local

restaurant. On the way to Hoang Su Phi, we will discover significant terraces of Hoang

Su Phi area. Visit Ho Thau commune of Dao ethnic minority people. Keep continues to

visit Ban May, Ban Phung and Ban Diu to see locals wearing traditional customs

working on terrace fields. Dinner and overnight in Hoang Su Phi.

Accommodation: Hotel Hoang Su Phi


Day 10/ Friday: Hoang Su Phi - Ha Giang - Yen Minh - Quan Ba - Lung Tam - Can Ty

- Yen Minh (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)

Today morning, we will drive from Hoang Su Phi to Ha Giang, stopover Yen Minh for

lunch and surrounding, then head up to Quan Ba Double Mountain, visit the following

communes: Lung Tam and Can Ty.



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In the late afternoon, we will drive back to Yen Minh. Dinner and overnight in Yen

Minh.

Accommodation: Ha An Hotel


Day 11/ Saturday: Yen Minh – Pho Cao – Pho Bang – Sung La – Me Le - Dong Van

(Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)

In the morning, we will drive to from Yen Minh to Pho Cao, trek to the village of Dao,

Man and Ta Pan Dao, on this route, we will visit Lo Lo ethnic minority villages in Sung

La commune, Hmong Hoa’s town of Pho Bang. After visiting these villages, we will

keep drive to Pho cao, Sung La and Me Le. The area is populated by Dao ethnic people

and encircled by truly awesome remote forested mountains. Arrive Dong Van in the

late afternoon. Stay overnight in Dong Van, enjoy walking around the Old quarter of

Dong Van.

Accommodation: Hoang Ngoc Hotel


Day 12/ Sunday Dong van Market - Meo Vac – Bao Lac (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)



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Wake up early for Sunday market in Dong Van. Hunt the amazing shots in Dong Van

Sunday market, then we will drive toward Meo Vac Sunday Market and Khau Vai

commune.

The market is not only where the locals living in the karst plateau trade cattle, it is also

a gathering place for the Mong ethnic minority. Market goers must start early in the

morning. Those selling cattle have to wake up the earliest, usually around midnight, to

walk their cows to market. Many walk dozens of miles, climb mountains and cross

streams to get there, yet they never appear to be tired and are always smiling and

cheerful. In addition to cattle, there are also dogs, goats and pigs for sale at the market.

Despite being tied up, a few chubby pigs are still able to run around while the goats lie

near their owner’s feet and dogs wag their tails to greet passers-by. The first sellers

start to arrive around 5 am. The echoes of the clop, clop, clop of cattle hooves can be

heard throughout the forests and mountains as they make their way to the market. We

can see the traditional costumes of the local Mong people at the market; the men wear

long black dresses while the women dress in their best, most colourful costumes and

their children run alongside them. There are food shops selling traditional Thang co

(stewed meat soup) and fragrant maize wine near the area reserved for selling cattle.

Most Mong men insist on sampling the wine before leaving at the end of the day.

In the midafternoon, we will drive to Bao Lac, on the route we will visit some Hmong

village. Overnight in Bao Lac.

Accommodation: Thao Nguyen Hotel




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Day 13/ Monday: Bao Lac - Cao Bang – Ban Gioc Waterfall (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)

In the morning, after breakfast we will drive through three passes en-route. The

scenery is spectacular and the road runs along the sides of the mountains. Lunch will

be served at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, we will visir Ban Gioc waterfall. The

Ban Gioc Waterfall is located om the China-Vietnam border, 85km from Cao Bang. This

is one of the largest waterfalls in Asia. Keep continues exploring Cao bang, we will visit

Nguom Ngao cave. It has many fascinating shapes and formations of stalactites.

After visiting Nguom Ngao cave, we will arrive in Cao Bang town. Check-in hotel and

stay overnight in Cao Bang.

Accommodation: Hoang Anh Hotel


Day 14/ Tuesday: Cao Bang - Ba Be Lake (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)

In the morning, we will drive through Ma Phuc Pass and continue on to Ba Be

National Park for a boat ride along the Nang River, with time to explore the huge Ba Be



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Lake, the caves of Puong Grotto, the rapids of the Dau Dang waterfall and Widow

Island. You will also visit the stilt houses of the Tay community in Bo Lu Village, where

you will spend the night in a homestay situation.

Accommodation: Duy Tho homestay


Day 15/ Wednesday: Ba Be Lake – Hanoi (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)

We stroll along the riverfront, visiting some villages and hike the upper reaches of the

lake, in an area off by massive limestone cliffs and mountains. We travel through a pass

which we call “Dog Flower Pass” then stop to take amazing photos by some terraced

fields. After lunch in a local restaurant we also visit the Thai Nguyen Minority and

Culture Museum where we can learn something about the culture and traditions of the

different minority groups in Vietnam, before we journey back to Hanoi, arriving there

at around 5pm. End of services



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The itinerary above could be customized to suit your desire, feel free to get in touch

with us for the ideas and best quotation.

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SPECIAL OFFERED PRICE OF TOUR PACKAGE

The price is valid till the end of Sept, 2015

Price is quoted in American USD dollar at the newest exchange rate

Number of customers: 02 Pax 03 ~ 08 Pax

The price in USD per person $ US $ US

Single supplement $ US N/A

Note:

- This is a cash price. Credit cards incur a 2.5% bank fee

- This tour is private tour designed for your group only

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Included:

Entrance Fees: To scenic spots as listed in the itinerary.

Meals: All meals as specified in the itinerary with authentic Vietnamese food.

Private Transfers car 07 ~ 16 seats A/C during the trip with the excellent driver

as the itinerary.

An excellent English-speaking guide throughout the trip as the itinerary at

each region.

Hotels: Hotel fees are based on two people sharing with Double/ Twin Rooms.

All hotels as listed in the above itinerary serve daily Western or Local breakfast.

All rooms are air-conditioned with private facilities unless specified.

Sin Ho Ethnic Market/ Dong Van Ethnic Market/ Meo Vac Ethnic Market / Sin

Cheng Ethnic Market admissions and fees

Admission fees in Ban Gioc Waterfalls

Admission fees during the sharing border between Lao Cai, Cao Bang – China

borders.

Ethnic minorities and hill tribes villages admissions fees

Boat trip in Ba Be Lake

Daily bottle of mineral water



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Service Charge & Government Taxes

Excluded:

Excess Baggage Charges. Passengers holding an adult fare or half fare ticket are

entitled to a free baggage allowance of 20kg, for economy class. Total weight of

carryon baggage each passenger may not exceed 5kg. The size may not exceed

20x40x 55cm.

Personal Expenses: Expenses of a purely personal nature such as laundry,

drinks, fax, telephone calls, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are

not included in the tour itinerary.

Tip

Visa

Single Room Supplement

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NOTES:

Please be aware that flight times, hotels and all other logistics, services and

days of travel are subject to availability. Where flights are cancelled or

delayed we will endeavor to secure alternative arrangements of similar value

as noted in our booking conditions.

The traveling times mentioned within this dossier are approximations only.

These times will vary according to weather, road, traffic or any other

prevailing conditions.

This itinerary and supplementary information has been complied in good

faith and was accurate at time of writing. However it DOES NOT form part

of a contract between the client and Green Discovery Indochina.

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Vietnam visa service

Visitors must obtain visa approval prior to entry. The procedure is as follows:

(1) Passport details and arrival and departure dates are sent to us not later than 14 days

before passengers' departure to Vietnam. (Customer can send through email or fax, we

need: full name in passport, gender, date of birth, passport number, expiry date,

nationality, occupation, the first international airport (Hanoi or HCMC) where

customers arrive, flight detail)

(2) We submit details to the Immigration Department.

(3) The Immigration Department sends us the original visa approval document.



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(4) We send customer a copy of the approval document via email (Note: All customers

need this paper to get onboard for flight to Vietnam)

(5) Each customer needs passport + 2 passport-sized photos + USD45 (in cash USD) to

get the visa stamp.

Thank you so much for your interest in our company!

Have a wonderful trip in Vietnam!

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