Day 1 (Friday): Comfortable drive directly to Topas Ecolodge (-,-,-)
From 6:30 – 7:00 AM, you will commence from your hotel with Topas Mountain Express for 5 hours transfer to the remote hilltop of Topas Ecolodge. After checking in your bungalow, you will enjoy the beautiful and peaceful view of the surrounding mountains and valleys from your private balcony.
Day 2 (Saturday): Topas Ecolodge (B,-,-)
The day is at your leisure at Topas Ecolodge. You can either relax or borrow free of charge high-quality mountain bikes from the lodge for an exploration of the neighboring villages. You can also book one or more of the available activities at the lodge:
– Join a half-day or full-day walking/biking excursion, the best way to experience nature and the local cultures of the ethnic minority people.
– Book a half-day tour to explore the highest peak of Indochina, Mt. Fansipan (3.143m), with the cable car, as well as visit Sapa town.
– Try a traditional Red Dao herbal bath at the lodge’s spa
Day 3 (Sunday): Visit Bac Ha minority market. Back to Hanoi (B,L,-)
At 8:00, you will commence the market tour from Topas Ecolodge by an 80km transfer to Bac Ha. The market is the largest in the area, situated inside the small town of Bac Ha. Every Sunday morning, it is literally a riot of color as many different ethnic groups such as the Flower H’mong, Phu La, Black Dao, Tay and Nung minorities gather to trade. Most of the goods are simply farming products such as rice, corn, vegetable, herb… While the local women are more interested in food and clothing, the unique cattle area draws a lot of attention from the local men. After spending the rest of the morning exploring the market, you will enjoy lunch in a local house in a nearby village.
In the afternoon, you will enjoy a drive downhill to Trung Do village for visiting the Tay ethnic who live in the pretty traditional house on stilts. The Tay people are very friendly and open-minded, they are doing very well in agriculture farming, organize their village nice and clean. An easy walk will lead you around the village to admire the pretty rice field, tradition houses, meet the villagers and visit their homes.
You then continue with car driving to Pho Lu, here you continue the drive with Topas Mountain Express back to Hanoi.
Please note:
– Topas Mountain Express can only pick up and return passengers at hotels/residences in Hanoi’s Old Quarter and Tay Ho District.
This package includes:
English-speaking guide during shared excursions*
2 nights at Topas Ecolodge (twin shared Premium Executive bungalow)
2 breakfasts + 1 lunch (B = breakfast, L = lunch)
Transfer by Topas Mountain Express: Hanoi – Topas Ecolodge – Hanoi (SIC)
Mineral water and snack during excursions
All entrance fees to the indicated places
* The excursions are based on sharing a group of maximum 10 travelers
