Want a deeper Sapa trekking experience with mountain scenery, ethnic minority villages, and local homestays? This 3-day, 2-night Sapa trek takes you from Sapa town through Cat Cat, Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van, Giang Ta Chai, Su Pan, Ban Ho, and Nam Toong, with rice terraces, bamboo forest, waterfalls, Muong Hoa Valley, and homestay nights with Giay and Tay families.
View Itinerary Book This TourThis Sapa 3-day trek is designed for travelers who want more time in the mountains, with longer walking routes, local homestays, and deeper village experiences. Trek through Muong Hoa Valley, Cat Cat, Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van, Giang Ta Chai, Su Pan, Ban Ho, and Nam Toong while meeting H’mong, Red Zao, Giay, and Tay communities.
Walk through one of Sapa’s most scenic valleys, with rice terraces, mountain views, and village life.
Visit H’mong villages and follow trails through local communities and farmland.
Stay with a Giay family and learn about daily life, customs, food, and local hospitality.
Trek through bamboo forest and take a break near a waterfall before reaching Red Zao village areas.
Spend the second night with a Tay family and experience a quieter village setting outside central Sapa.
Visit a remote Red Dao village on the final day and learn more about local customs and mountain life.
Follow a three-day Sapa trekking route through Cat Cat, Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van, Giang Ta Chai, Su Pan, Ban Ho, Nam Toong, and back to Sapa.
Your guide will meet you at your hotel in Sapa at 9AM. You’ll start the day with a walk around Sapa town, popping into the local market, the old cathedral, and meeting some of the local ethnic minority people.
We’ll then begin the journey through Muong Hoa Valley. You’ll get to explore Cat Cat Village, Linh Ho Commune and Lao Chai Village, home to the H’mong people.
After a local lunch, we’ll continue hiking to Ta Van Village, where you will stay with a Giay family. Here you will have the opportunity to learn about their daily life and customs.
For dinner, your guide and host family will guide you through the cooking process so you can learn how to cook some Vietnamese food. After dinner, you will have free time and can get to know your hosts.
After breakfast, we start uphill, passing by rice fields and small villages. We’ll enter a bamboo forest and take a break at a nearby waterfall, then head towards Giang Ta Chai Village. This village is home to the Red Zao people and sits on top of a hill, looking down to the Muong Hoa River. We’ll then continue to Su Pan Village and visit the local handicraft centre, where both H’mong and Zao artisans work.
Lunch will be eaten nearby and we’ll have time for a well deserved break. When you’re ready we’ll continue the trek to Ban Ho Village for an overnight stay with a Tay family. The family will make you dinner and if you like, you can try some ‘Happy Water’!
On your last day, we’ll make a short trip to the remote Nam Toong village of the Red Dao people. Here you will learn about their unique customs and explore the village. If the weather is good, there will be time for a swim before heading back to the homestay for lunch.
After lunch, it is time to head back to Sapa. The tour ends here, but if you plan to head back to Hanoi on the night train, or by bus, we can help arrange this.
Itinerary subject to change or cancellation due to weather conditions.
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Hi Dears! Have a nice day! I am Ha, a Travel Consultant & Tour Operator of YESD. I am grateful for the opportunity to work at Yesd and contribute to the company’s sustainable tourism development. Working here, I find joy in the work, fron the little things like supporting customers to personalize their experiences, supporting new guides on board, training, and company trips… I also learn a lot from the tourists, tour guides, homestay or accommodation owners, and other young members in YESD’s team. I hope that our company will grow more and more and can spread the community values that the company Is aiming for to more people around the world.
Hi, I’m Chi from the Marketing Partnership team at YESD. My work gives me many opportunities to travel here and there and meet many different people from various ethnic minority groups. More than that, through every project we have done, I hope we can somehow improve local people’s daily lives and inspire more children to go to school for a better future.
I’m Chi, a local guide in Sapa. I only finished my secondary school and learnt English from tourists when I followed them to sell my mom’s embroidery bracelets. I have worked as a guide for 10 years, mostly in Sapa. Thanks to the job, I earnt some and saved a bit for my small family with two daughters. Many of the local youth could not afford to go to colleges, so tour guiding is our main job and an important source of our income. Thanks for travelling with YESD and choosing Sapa as your destination.
Hello, my name is Su. I am a local Black Hmong tour and trekking guide from Lao Chai Village in Sapa, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam. I can be your companion in single and multi day trekking tours to the rice terraces and remote ethnic villages surrounding Sapa.
Hello, my name is Ying. I am a local guide, and I love working with YESD. This job has been a wonderful opportunity that helps support my family.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, life was very difficult, and I am truly grateful that YESD welcomed me back to work once tourism reopened. It has made a big difference in my life and has helped me support my family again.
Thank you, YESD, for giving me this opportunity. I am proud to be part of the team and can’t wait to be your guide and share my culture and beautiful homeland with you.
Real stories from travelers who explored Sapa and Ha Giang with YESD through local guides, flexible planning, and responsible travel experiences.
For our trip to Vietnam, we organized two tours with YESD Travel, and we honestly couldn’t have been happier with the experience. We did a 3-day trek in Sapa and a 1-day trek plus a one-day Ha Giang Loop, and everything was wonderful.
All our guides were fantastic, knowledgeable, kind and full of interesting insights about local culture and the places we visited. From an organizational point of view everything was excellent too. During our stay, there were heavy rains, but thanks to Chi who stayed in close contact with us via WhatsApp, we were able to rearrange our tours flexibly and smoothly, even at the last minute.
A heartfelt thank-you for making our trip to Vietnam even more special ❤️.
We chose 2N 2D trekking in Sapa and 4N 4D in Ha Giang. Highly recommended. Chi was our Sapa expert and took us on a challenging trek. The reward was a dip in a waterfall plunge pool. We had it all to ourselves as we left earlier than other tour groups.
Hangh and Ti were our easy rider guides for Ha Giang and, like Chi, they were brilliant. Their driving was safe and we always felt secure. They explained ethnic lifestyles and took us to remote and fascinating places. Hangh even provided music by playing the bamboo flute! They were informative, friendly and fun.
Yes D were easy to communicate with and provide a great service.
Practical answers to help you understand the trekking route, homestays, village stops, meals, transport, and whether this 3-day Sapa trek is the right fit for your Vietnam itinerary.
This tour lasts 3 days and 2 nights, with trekking through Sapa, Cat Cat, Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van, Giang Ta Chai, Su Pan, Ban Ho, and Nam Toong.
The tour starts from your hotel in Sapa, where your guide meets you at 9:00 AM.
The itinerary includes about 15 km on Day 1, 16 km on Day 2, and 11 km on Day 3, making this a more active trekking route than shorter Sapa tours.
The route includes Cat Cat, Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van, Giang Ta Chai, Su Pan, Ban Ho, and Nam Toong.
Yes. The itinerary includes homestay experiences with a Giay family in Ta Van and a Tay family in Ban Ho.
The itinerary includes H’mong communities in Cat Cat, Lao Chai, and nearby areas, Red Zao people in Giang Ta Chai and Nam Toong, Giay hosts in Ta Van, and Tay hosts in Ban Ho.
Yes. Activities and meals mentioned in the itinerary are included.
Yes. The route includes homestay meals, village walks, local customs, a cooking experience with hosts, handicraft centre visits, and direct support for local community programs.
Yes. The itinerary may change or be cancelled due to weather conditions.