In the evening our guide picks you up from the hotel. Transfer to railway station for a 10 hour night train to Sapa. 

Day 2 : Sapa
Arrive at Lao Cai train station early in the morning, from where you will be picked up and transfer to Sapa (35km - about 1 hour drive). Check-in the hotel. The guide will provide you with more information about the trek. The rest of the day is at your own leisure and free exploration.
Sapa, 1,650m above the sea, a magical combination of alpine landscape, ethnic cultures, and bracing mountain air, was built as a hill station inside a beautiful valley in 1922. It's home of various hill-tribe communities, it's the only place in Vietnam that catches extremely rare snow flakes in winter, the base to start any conquest to Fansipan, the highest peak of Indochina (3,143m) via primitive forests and spectacular mountainsides. As in other far mountainous towns, where the hill tribal villages take some days to move to one another, Sapa has a weekend market, during which the town fills up with hill tribal people selling their wares. If you prefer to be apart from crowds of visitors who will also gather in the marketplace in weekend, visit Sapa on weekdays and hike to villages which are easily reached by trekking or a short trip by car, to reach the villages and hamlets of the colourfully-dressed Hmong, Red Dzao, Dzay, Tay and Xa Pho people and spectacular green terraced fields along the roads.

Day 3: Fanxipan trek

Start at 09:00 you travel by car toward the Silver Waterfall where you will have chance to have a short walk and take photos. You will then be driven further to Heaven Gate, the highest peak of roads in Vietnam. From there you can see Fansipan - the highest peak of the Indochina mountains and enjoy stunning views. Now it is the time to start the Fansipan trek. The trek will be relatively soft until the lunch time. After a couple of hours hiking, you will have a break at a nice spot in the forest and enjoy a good picnic lunch. With new energy you start ascending as well as descending towards the camp-site. En route you have many opportunities to enjoy the scenery and magnificent view to Sapa area and beautiful landscapes of Lai Chau province. You will reach the camp-site at 2900m in late afternoon. Now it is time to relax and enjoy a well-prepared dinner.

Day 4 Fanxipan Overnight train back to Ha Noi
After having breakfast, we climb to the top, where we can celebrate your victory. From there, you can enjoy the best view to beautiful sceneries. You will then trek through rainforest to go back to the campsite for lunch. After lunch, you start your journey back. You follow the trail as well as stone steeps built by Hoang Lien National Park until you meet your car, which is there to take you back to Sapa. In the afternoon you will arrive back in Sapa, where you can celebrate your achievement, taking shower and relax until transfer to Lao Cai Railway Station for the night train back to Hanoi.