Private tour in Lao Cai Rua G

Pricing Details
Base cost of tour
  • $ 112 USD
Per person cost
  • 12 USD
Explanation
Herbal bath

Full Day Hike - Ta Phin and Ma Tra Villages

Tour #1407719
Pricing Details
Base cost of tour
Per person cost
  • 12 USD
Explanation
Herbal bath

Includes all fees

Book with a 20% deposit

up to 10 people

6 hours

walking

Party size:

1

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Overview of your Lao cai tour:

Please join me for a one day 12km hiking tour to Ma Tra and Ta Phin villages. We will experience Sapa market, where highland locals exchange and trade. Afterward, hike from Sa Pa market down to Ma Tra village where the Hmong people live. Here, you will be able to see the fresh vegetable gardens and many different types, such as cabbage, radish, artichoke, and strawberries. Hiking to Ta Phin village will take us to a place that is loved by locals for herbal bath service of the Red Dao people. The herbs making up our bath, are picked from the forest, which is very good for health. Known benefits include: relieving stress, fatigue, and women recovering after giving birth.

Your Lao cai tour itinerary

- Start tour. Meet up at your hotel and prepare for your hike. - At 9 AM, tour guide and driver will pick you up at your Sa Pa hotel’s lobby, departing for local farmer’s market. You will get to experience the locals trade and exchange goods (30 minutes). -9:30 AM, start hiking from Sa Pa market down the valley to Ma Tra village, where Hmong natives live and farm. Here, you will get to hike across various fresh vegetable farms. Afterward, continue our hike to Ta Phin village by noon. - 12 PM, have lunch in Ta Phin village. - 1 PM, continue hiking for 30 minutes to a traditional local villager’s homestay. This is a popular destination for taking herbal bath - a well-known tradition by the Red Dao ethnic people. The bath is made up of herbal plants collected from the forest, good for your health. - 2:30, driver and tour guide will take you from Ta Phin village back to your Sa Pa hotel. - 3 PM, concludes tour.

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Transportation Details
Type: Walking

We will have a combination of motor transport by walking, car, and minibus (depend on how many people in your tour group). Motor transport from hotel to market, hike 12 km from market to villages, and motor transport from village back to hotel.

What's included
  • Private Guide
  • Food Drinks Snacks
  • Private Transportation
  • Services: Herbal bath
What's extra
  • Other: Alchoholic drinks and juices
Meeting location

Lao Cai, Vietnam

- Start tour. Meet up at your hotel and prepare for your hike.

  • You can request a different meeting location (for example, your hotel) during the checkout process.
Other details
Tour categories
Languages
Fluent

Vietnamese

Fluent

Hmong

Fluent

English

Activity level
Light
Accessibility

Kid Friendly

Includes all fees

Book with a 20% deposit

Size:

up to 10 people

Duration:

6 hours

Transportation:

walking

Party size:

1

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Includes all fees

Book with a 20% deposit

Size:

up to 10 people

Duration:

6 hours

Transportation:

walking

Party size:

1

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View our cancellation policy

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