From Hanoi: Sapa Cat Cat & Fansipan & Lao Chai 3-Day Tour - Moana Sapa Visit

Explore Sapa's highlights and
Fansipan summit over 3 days from Hanoi

Travel from Hanoi to Sapa by sleeper bus and visit Cat Cat Village, Moana Sapa, the Fansipan summit and the villages of Lao Chai and Ta Van on this 3-day tour. An English-speaking guide accompanies you, and 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners and entrance fees to the villages and Moana Sapa are included. The Fansipan cable car ticket is not included and is paid separately.

Visit Cat Cat Village and Moana Sapa

Leave Hanoi in the morning and reach Sapa via mountain roads and hills covered with tea plantations. After lunch and a short rest, visit Cat Cat, the oldest Hmong village in the area, walking past traditional wooden houses, rice terraces, water-powered rice mills and indigo gardens to Cat Cat Waterfall. In the village you can watch artisans weaving hemp and making batik and taste local specialties such as corn wine and sticky rice cakes.

In the afternoon, explore the photo spot Moana Sapa with its Infinity Gate, Golden Hand statue and Bali Heaven's Gate, then return to Sapa for dinner.

Ride the cable car up to Fansipan

After breakfast on day 2, head to the Fansipan Legend cable car station and glide over the Muong Hoa Valley up to 3,143 m. From the station, take the mountain train or climb about 600 steps to the summit, and see the summit marker, the giant Amitabha Buddha statue and the Dai Bao Thap pagoda complex. Return to Sapa in the afternoon for dinner.

Trek through rice terraces to Lao Chai and Ta Van

On the last day, walk along the rice terraces of Muong Hoa Valley and cross small streams to Lao Chai, a Black Hmong village. Continue 8–10 km (difficulty 2/5) to Ta Van, a Giay village, past buffalo trails and bamboo bridges.

After a local lunch, board the transfer back to Hanoi, arriving in the evening.

※ Views from the Fansipan summit depend on the weather and are not guaranteed.