- Level of Difficulty: MODERATE
- Time: 09.30 to mid-afternoon
- Trekking: sealed road, local paths, rice terraces
- Ethnic Minorities: Black H’mong, Zay, Red Dao
This is an extension of our [Y LINH HO] – LAO CHAI – TA VAN trek (No.1).
The route takes us to villages inhabited by a variety of ethnic minority groups. If you are interested in seeing a range of ethnic minority groups and want a longer and more demanding walk, then this is probably the trip for you.
From Sapa, we trek via Y Linh Ho, through beautiful scenery, to the Black H’mong Village of Lao Chai. We spend time looking around the village. We continue our walk through rice terraces and on local paths to the Zay village of Ta Van, the only village in the Sapa area where the Zay people live. We spend time looking around the village and stop here for or at an alternative spot for our picnic lunch.
After lunch, we continue to walk through bamboo forests and terraced rice fields to the village of Giang Ta Chai, where we meet the people of the Red Dao minority. Finally, we head back up the valley to meet with our jeep/motorbikes for the return trip to Sapa.
