we start from your hotel and hit the road through some traffic of Hanoi, as soon we get out of town (10 km), and we will already view the country life of Vietnam. We heading toward Hoa Binh province, we pass through a region of spectacular limestone mountains, passes, valleys and wind our way down hills to Mai Chau valley of the Thai people. We will spend the afternoon to walk around the village, learn more about the Thai and experience their hospitality from our stay in their house on stilts Dinner and enjoy the traditional dances and try the rice wine drunk with a rod. Sleep in their house.

Today, we will drive about the same distance as we made to Mai Chau, the road to Son La is lined with fruit orchards, tea plantations, towering mountains and chance to meet and talk to the black Thai, white Thai, H’mong and Muong hill tribe people on their way to work or local markets. In the afternoon, we visit the Prison Museum in Son La, which remains as a poignant reminder of the inequities of the former French colonial rule. Dinner and sleep in the Cong Doan Hotel.

The further we drive the more impressive the mountain scenery will be, we will be visiting villages meet more tribal people here along our journey to Dien Bien Phu city. Stop for lunch in Tuan Giao. Continue on to Dien Bien, enjoy the wonderful scenery in Pha Din pass Afternoon, Dien Bien Phu - the last base of the French power in Indochina, we will visit monuments, museums…and preserved bunkers tell the story of the final and victorious liberating battle of 1954. Dinner and free to explore nightlife in this remote mountain city. O/n in Muong Thanh Hotel.

With about 6 – 7 hours today, our drive is sometimes steep and often rugged, the road through the Lai Chau valley is both breathtaking and dramatic, hugging rice terraced mountainsides and fording turbulent rivers, our road travel today are visually spectacular. On this day you'll have a chance to see the most beautiful hill tribes in Northern Vietnam such as H'Mong, Black Thai, Black Dzao, Pazi. Dinner and overnight in town of Tam Duong.

A small walk around this peaceful town and the market before hitting the road up hills as we wind through Tram Ton pass, the highest mountain pass in Viet Nam. As rewarded, we will have the magnificent views of the great mountains, passes and valleys and experience a dramatic change of climate as we mount approaching Sapa – an old French hill station, a busy market town for the regional minority groups, the town is encircled with towering peaks, often
shrouded in cloud, and the air is cool and crisp. Check in a hotel with comfort and free to explore this famous town of Sapa.

(5-6 hours)Ride along the rugged but spectacular road down hills from Sapa, we are dropped at the village of the Zay people – our trekking base, from here we will be trekking & hiking along the paddy fields, villages crossing streams, you will be introduced to a different way of life as we enjoy the genuine hospitality of these hill tribe people, we end our trek today at a Tay village called Ban Ho, where we will stay with on of the family here - a truly satisfying day filled with insight and the unspoilt beauty of nature.

Goodbye with the family and take a short trek this morning before the jeep brings us back into town of Sapa. Your full afternoon free in town for relaxing, shopping...Our driver will then say goodbye to you after bringing you to the train station of Lao Cai, we depart at 8.50 p.m on a AC soft sleeper class to Hanoi – a sound & safe train journey will be arriving to Hanoi at 5.00 a.m. Tour ends here.