Friendly Express Train

Friendly Express Train

Friendly Express Train is a reputable railway company that provides top luxurious and professional train service from Hanoi to Sapa and vice versa. The carriages on this train service are charmingly designed and furnished with modern deluxe wooden natural furniture under harmonic light system which creates a noble and pleasant feeling to the guests.

Friendly Train to Sapa, Friendly Express Train, Friendly Sapa Train Ticket
Frienly Train offers soft sleepers, A/C and clean four-berth cabins in 2 carriages which go with local trains between Ha Noi and Lao Cai. You are provided with one bottle of water, a small snack and a napkin

Booking Friendly Train to Sapa, Friendly Express Train, Friendly Sapa Train Ticket

Friendly Train to Sapa, Friendly Express Train, Friendly Sapa Train Ticket
Friendly Express Train is a reputable railway company that provides top luxurious and professional train service from Hanoi to Sapa and vice versa. The carriages on this train service are charmingly designed and furnished with modern deluxe wooden natural furniture under harmonic light system which creates a noble and pleasant feeling to the guests.

They are also modernly equipped with superior facilities like in a standard hotel’s room such as LCD TV and air conditioners, in addition to the clean and pure private bathroom cabin at the end of each carriage.

TRAIN FARE

Train No	Seating	Fare (USD)/way
King Express
	First class with wooden cabin- 4 berths	35
Sapaly Train	First class with wooden cabin- 4 berths	35	Book Now
Fanxipan train	First class with wooden cabin- 4 berths	35
Livitrans Train	First class with wooden cabin- 4 berths	35
Tulico train	VIP class - 2 berths (only 1 VIP available)	65
	First class with wooden cabin- 4 berths	32
Friendly train	First class with wooden cabin- 4 berths	32

Special Note :
- Our price shown in US$ for one person / round trip ticket ( Hanoi - Laocai - Hanoi )

- One way ticket are available

- Offer free picking up from hotel in Hanoi to your cabin and return moring day
- Free of charge for children under 5 year old sharing parent's existing berths
- Ticket price does not include meals on the train but include snack and drinks
- WC are not in cabin

Sapa Biking Tour - Ban Ho Village

Sapa Biking Tour - Ban Ho Village

Located 30 km from southeast Sapa. Ban Ho village is settled by ethnic minorities as Tay, Dao, H'mong... Ban Ho village is one of the most interesting places of Sapa.
When coming here, you get chance not only to view wonderful spots, enjoy fresh air but also to see natural beauty. You will have oppotunity to see water fall, go swimming in hot water pool or cold water stream, find out traditional weave fabric, make brocade... and take part in community activities.

Ban Ho village
Ban Ho Village, Ban Ho is worth the somewhat difficult journey to get there, as the village rewards visitors with stunning views of unspoiled sites and an opportunity to discover the daily activities of the ethnic people Tay.

On the way to the waterfalls, which were named by locals after seeing fish jumping out of the water in the old days, visitors will pass brooks gently running down bamboo cylinders that locals use to channel the water into their terraced paddy fields, wooden houses perched on the sides of rolling hills and wild flowers.

When they emerge from the water in the dry season the boulders and stones along the Lavie Stream are artworks that resemble different figures, depending on the imagination of viewers. In the rainy season from May till September visitors can see water flowers created by the splashing water running into the boulders.

The trails and roads from Ban Ho also lead to the quiet Red Dao Village of Nam Toong and other ethnic communities, where trekkers can enjoy the best of Northern Vietnam, such as deep valleys, amazing mountains and simple people.

Sapa Biking Tour - Ban Ho Village
Medium trek & homestay: 2 days / 3 nights

Day 1 : Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai – Ban Ho ( B,L,D)
05h00 : Arrive Lao Cai, our guide pick you up and go by car to go to Sapa Welcome to Hotel for Breakfast and have a rest before your Trip.
9h00 : Depature the trip by cycling Through Muong Hoa vallage to Lao Chai village – Black H’Mong minority people . Put bicycles on the bus, then walk down 2kms to go to Lao Chai village , visit school of minority people and discover their daily life. After that, trek up 3km along paddy fields to Ta Van village - Dzay minority people . Picnic lunch at the Local family.

After lunch, trek 5kms through the bamboo forest to Giang Ta Chai village – Red Dzao Minority village . Soft break at “rattan brigde” - the oldest rattan brigde in Sapa then take biking about 13km to Ban Ho – Village of Tay minority people.
16h30 : Arrive the stilt house where we will stay over night (homestay) in the village
Go around village then trek to Lavie Waterfall - discovered and named by French People.
18h00 : go back, have shower then have dinner with family there! A little wine and have a talk with them to learn about their culture and life style.
Overnight in the house on stilt.

Day 2 : Ban Ho – Sapa – Lao Cai ( B,L,D)
Enjoy the sunrise at the village. After breakfast, say goodbye to the local family and go back to Sapa by van.
09h00 : put your luggage at the Hotel . After that you are free to go to Cat Cat water fall or go up dragon’s jaw mountain.
12h00: have lunch in the restaurant. Free walk around Sapa town and market .
17h30: Bus take you to Lao Cai, 18h30: Have dinner before the night train around 21h00 back to Ha Noi.
Tour ends

Price: US$/01Pax

Including Features:
* Transportation as tour program
* Entrance fee, charity souvenirs
* Accommodation, meals
* English/ French speaking guide
* Bicycle

Exclusive:
* Drinks or personal fee.
* VAT

What shoud bring: Good trekking boots, rainwear, 2 sets of clothes, socks, towel, swimming suit, Camera and film, flash light, Medicine for personal use.

Sapa explorer - Cao Son trekking

Sapa explorer - Cao Son trekking

Departure: Nightly
Transfer: Private or Sleep on Train from Hanoi
Pick up : At your hotel in Hanoi
Departure Time: 19:45 - 20:30

Sapa explorer - Cao Son Trek
Cao Son is one of the most stunning parts of Lao Cai province. The wonder of Cao Son is ever inspirational with mild weather, authentic culture of local hill tribes and spectacular landscapes

Night 1 : Hanoi departure
At 20:00. Hotel pick -up & transfer by car to Hanoi Railway station for taking overnight train to Lao Cai( variable upon your budget) at 21h15, arriving in Lao Cai at 6.30 the next morning.

Day 01: Cao Son - Sapa ( B,L,D)
Am: enjoy a cozy breakfast in Lao Cai train station. After few minutes resting, the driver will take you to Muong Khuong district, via tea plantation and forest of pine. You might encounter Giay tribe in their traditional dress in Ban Lau or Thanh Binh. Reaching Cao Son about 10.am, enjoy the excitement of this weekly market. The shining dress of colorful Hmong girls attracts you much as you fall down to a new world , a world of interest and fun. Picnic lunch is served after the visit to Ngai Phong Cho village – the habitat of Flower Hmong tribe.
Pm: you will, for sure, be impressed by the magnificent landscapes of Chay river and lofty mountain ranges en route Cao Son – Coc Ly. Arriving Coc Ly, a boat trip is on offer to visit the awesome Fairy cave and charmingly- located village of Tay tribe. Finally, the car take you back to Lao Cai city then heading to Sapa to spend overnight.

Day 02: Sapa retreat ( B,L,D)
Am: you are free to discover the enchanting of this colonial town by visiting the ancient church, the central market. Lunch is served in a chic restaurant.
Pm: after check-out of the hotel, our guide will pick you up to lead you to Cat Cat village to experience some strange customs of Black Hmong tribe, you also have a nice time to enjoy the conversation with local people there. Afterward, walking downhill to the waterfall, relax and unwind then walking uphill to the hotel. Stay at leisure until the bus come to take you back to Lao Cai train station. Dinner in a good restaurant before taking the night train returning to Hanoi. End your trip here.

PRICE: 186 US$/Person ( based on double/ twin shared basis)

TOUR INCLUSION
Private car/van, Professional English speaking guide, Accomodation of request ( from 2 to 4 star standard), Boat trip on Chay river, Meals indicated in the itinerary, Entrance fee, Return Train tickets , Travel insurance

TOUR EXCLUSION
Travel insurance, Drinks, Personal expense, Tips

Sapa adventure 5 nights 4 days

Sapa adventure 5 nights 4 days

Departure: Nightly
Transfer: Private or Sleep on Express Train from Hanoi
Pick up : At your hotel in Hanoi
Departure Time: 19:45 - 20:30

Sapa adventure - Can Cau - Coc Ly markets

Night 1 ( Friday) : Hanoi -Laocai ( Overnight on the train )
At 20:00pm. Hotel pick-up then transfer by taxi to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at 21:15 to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.(4 people/cabin or 2 people/cabin on request).

Day 1 (Saturday): CanCau - Bac Ha
Picked up at Laocai Train Station to transfer to CanCau market. It takes more than 2 hours to get to CanCau - a small market situated in a valley surrounded by mountains and only 7 km from China. The market deeply shows the typical cultural features of the minorities in remote mountainous areas in Vietnam. Further more, you can enjoy seeing boys and girls in colourful costumes - different colours of the mountains. They attend the market in the hope of finding "the other halves of their lifves" and this is also the time for them to chat, to exchange everything among different ethnic peoples through cups of wine sold in the market. Say goodbye to the market and transfer to BacHa. On the way, spend time visiting a village of the Flower H'mong and then check in hotel in BacHa. Free to explore the town. Lunch in CanCau or in BacHa and dinner in BacHa.

Day 2 (Sunday): Visit BacHa market - Sapa trekking
Visit one village and an old building called The H'mong king's house. Breakfast and the beginning of the day on which you visit a big market filled with many different hill-tribe peoples. This is the most colourful market in North Vietnam. At the market, you have chance to enjoy BacHa people's simple but unique kinds of food with special wines made from rice, cassavas, corn and different sorts of fruits such as plumps, apples, peaches... talking to the minorities through the guide's interpretation. Leave the market for the H'mong King's house (King Hoang A Tuong) built by the French colonists and the Chinese in 1920. Return the town for lunch. In the afternoon, spend time visiting another village (BanPho village) Say good bye to BacHa and get back to Sapa. On the way back, drop in to see the Vietnamese and Chinese Harbor Mouth in LaoCai. Reach Sapa late in the afternoon. Check in hotel in Sapa

Day 3 (Monday): Sapa trekking - Muonghoa valley - Tavan village
Check out hotel and start a trekking trip towards Muong Hoa valley to visit 4 villages of the H,mong, the Dzay people with around 17 km of trekking. Enjoy beautiful landscapes, terraced paddy fields. Discover the live of the people with different cultures. Have dinner and spend the night at the Dzay family.

Day 4 (Tuesday); Sapa trekking - Cocly Market ( night train to Hanoi )
Leave from the village early at 6:30 AM for CocLy market, which is situated far from Sapa. Enjoy the peaceful life of 6 different minority peoples (Flower H'mong, Black Dzao, Tay, Dzay, HaNhi and Nung). The market is the chance for the minorities to meet and share joy and sorrows after the crops, to exchange one another's experience. Say goodbye to the market and get down onto a boat along Chay river. You are bound to feel great and find yourselves smaller among high rock mountains and to be surprised at white and breathtakingly waterfalls. The Fairy Cave is located deeply in the rocks. Get off the boat to visit a village of the Tay Minority (TrungDo village) by the river. After the boat trip, visit a small town - BaoNhai and then take jeep back to Laocai Station for the night train to Hanoi. Have dinner before getting on the train. Arrive in Hanoi roughly 5:30 AM. The end of tour.

PRICE: 228$/Person (applied for group of 3 - 4 up)>>SAPA PHOTOS

Tour price include: Food (All meals on the tour), English speaking guide, Entrance fees, Hotel Accommodation (Hotel and home-stay), Train tickets Hanoi-Laocai (soft sleeper with air-conditioning), Jeep transfer as the program

Excludes: Insurance & Drinks, Phone calls and other private expenses
Notes: Advised to take good walking shoes, raincoats, jackets, torch, insect repellent and sunscreen..

Sapa gateway 4 nights 3 days

Sapa getaway 4 nights 3 days

Departure: Nightly
Transfer: Private or Sleep on Train from Hanoi
Pick up : At your hotel in Hanoi
Departure Time: 19:45 - 20:30

Sapa getaway 4 nights 3 days
The Sunday market in Bac Ha is where you’ll want to stock up on water buffalo, pigs and horses. Once you’re all set, you can browse for bottles of local firewater (made from rice, cassava or corn) or handicrafts made by some of the 10 Montagnard groups living near here - Flower Hmong, Dzao, Giay (Nhang), Han (Hoa), Xa Fang, Lachi, Nung, Phula, Thai and Thu Lao.

Night 1 - Saturday: Ha Noi – Lao Cai
Depart at 20.30pm from your hotel. Overnight on AC Soft Sleeper Hanoi - Lao Cai train.

Day 1 - Sunday: Lao Cai - Bac Ha (B, L, D)
After breakfast, drive to Bac Ha. Join in Bac Ha hill-tribe market and discover the daily life of Flower H'Mong, Red dzao people. After lunch, trekking about 5 km of mountain path to Ban Pho Village - home of Flower H'Mong people. Dinner at local restaurant.
Night 2 - Sunday: Overnight in a hotel Bac Ha Town

Day 2 - Monday: Bac Ha - whole day trekking and homestay (B, L, D)
After breakfast, trekking 10 km with lots of terrace fields, waterfalls and having a chance to witness how hard works are the hill tribes people. Picnic lunch and continue walking towards to Nam Thang village, home of Nung Hill Tribe. Get in touch with a Nung, get knowing the traditional life style, habits and customs. (Luggage, food will be carried along by local porters and horses).
Night 3 - Monday: Homestay in a Nung House

Day 3 - Tuesday: Bac Ha - Coc Ly - Lao Cai (B, L, D)
IAfter breakfast, take a car to Coc Ly and join in Coc Ly hill-tribe market. Boat trip on Chay River to Bao Nhai - visit hill-tribe villages of Nung, H'Mong, and Zdao people on the way. Picnic lunch then take a car to Lao Cai train station. Dinner at a local restaurant.
Night 4 - Tuesday: Overnight on train back to Hanoi

Day 4: Hanoi (B)
Arrive in Hanoi Railway Station early morning. Finishing tour.

PRICE: 226 US$/Person (group of 2-3 Tourists)

Type of tour: Private tour, Medium style
Departure : Any night, but the best is Saturday night
Note : There are only 2 stars hotels in Bac Ha
Inclusive : Private car, AC 4 berth soft sleeper train (joined cabin), Entrance fees, Guide, Meals as indicated, Accommodation
Exclusive : Drinks, Insurance, Personal expenses, Tip

Victoria Sapa Package 4 nights 3 days

Victoria Sapa Package 4 nights 3 days

Departure: Nightly
Transfer: Private or Sleep on Train from Hanoi
Pick up : At your hotel in Hanoi
Departure Time: 19:45 - 20:30

Victoria Sapa Package 4 nights 3 days
Day 1: Hanoi - Lao Cai - Sapa (N/A)
We pick up you at 8: P.M from your hotel in Hanoi and transfer to Hanoi Train Station and we get you safety on train. Our trip begins with an overnight journey from Hanoi to the border town of Lao Cai. The Victoria Express Train departs at 21:15 P.M.

Day 2: Sapa Hill Tribes Villages Walking (B)
The train arrives at the Lao Cai train station at approximately 06:00 A.M. There will be a vehicle waiting to transfer us to Sapa. The drive to Sapa is only 33 km, but it takes around 1 hour. Once at Sapa, we will check into the Victoria hotel, and have time to freshen up, and have breakfast at the hotel. Then, enjoy a free morning to explore around town. At 10:00 A.M. from the hotel there will be a walking tour to the hill tribe villages of Cat Cat, home to the H'mong hill tribe minority peoples. As we walk to the villages nestled in the valley below Sapa, we will meet some of the local minority people on their way to and from Sapa. Here we have the opportunity to share cultural experiences with the families that live in the area. Overnight at VICTORIA SAPA hotel.

Day 3: Sapa Walking (B/ L)
Cheese Fondue at Ta Van Restaurant
Following breakfast at we explore the Sapa daily market and then set out on our 3-4 hour trek that will take us along buffalo paths and trails and through several hill tribe villages of Lao Chai and Tavan, home to H'mong, and Dzay people. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people you can meet. Stop for a picnic lunch on the way at a family in Ta Van village. Overnight at VICTORIA SAPA hotel.

Day 4: Sapa - Victoria Train back to Hanoi (B)
This morning is free at leisure. This afternoon, we transfer back to Lao Cai for the Victoria Express train journey back to Hanoi. The train departs at 8:15 P.M. and you arrive Hanoi at 5 A.M the following day. Tour ends at Hanoi Train station.

RATE : US$/Pax

Type of tour: Private tour, Relaxing
Departure: Every day except Saturday, the detailed itinerary will be confirmed base on the day you travel to Sapa

Includes: Private car/mini van,Victoria Train,All entrance fees,English or French speaking guide,Meals as per program (B= breakfast, L= lunch, D = diner), Accommodation at VICTORIA SAPA hotel.

Excludes: Drinks, except otherwise mentioned, Insurance, personal expenses & tips

Sapa discovery 5 nights 4 days

Sapa discovery 5 nights 4 days

Departure: Nightly
Transfer: Private or Sleep on Train from Hanoi
Pick up : At your hotel in Hanoi
Departure Time: 19:45 - 20:30

Sapa discovery 5 nights 4 days
This is a great adventure to very, very primitive regions of the northwest, where you can meet some ethnic groups who live poorly in a basic condition. Nothing can be more beautiful than this if you can do this trip in your life time.

Day 1: Hanoi - Muong Hum Market (B, L, D, home-stay)
The first night, guide and car pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi , transfer to Hanoi Station for LC5 Train, soft sleeper, AC. Overnight on train

Picked up from Lao Cai train station in the early morning. After breakfast we start our adventure to Muong Hum Sunday Market as we drive about 70 km along the Red-River and the border line with China . You will have the opportunity to experience spectacular scenery and more interesting to visit Muong Hum Market where some ethnic minorities come down from the mountains once a week to buy and sell household products, animals, to drink rice wine, corn wine with friends to enjoy their simple life. You will never have to be regretted to visit here. Beautiful time in life!

In the afternoon, we trek to visit Trinh Tuong Village of the Red-Dzao, then Y Ty Village, accompanied by our jeep. We will trek for about 2-3 hours through the beautiful terraced rice fields and among amazing landscape.

We arrive near Ngai Thau Villagee (camp site), where we put the tent to spend the night, sleeping under the blanket of stars in a mysterious and dream-like environment. Great experience in life !

Day 2: Drive to Phong Tho ( B, L, D)
Today we invite you a visit to Ma Lu Thang Village of the H'mong where you can learn a lot from their simple life that you can not find anywhere in our modern world. We continue our drive through extremely beautiful scenery. Stop over at a hot Spring in PhongTho for break.
Overnight in a mini hotel..

Day 3: Tam Duong - Binh Lu - Sapa ( B, L, D)
Today we experience beautiful road trip to Sapa as we drive on the highest pass of Vietnam-Tram Ton Pass , called Heaven Gate, 1900. Viewing imposing mountain range of which Fanxipan is the highest peak in Indochina-3143m above the sea level. Stop for a nice break at the silver waterfall-the most beautiful one in Sapa. Check in Hotel in Sapa. The rest of the day is for exploring this charming French hill station.

Day 4: Lao Chai - Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Trekking - Hanoii (B, L)
We will commence our journey from Sapa by jeep to Black H'mong village of Lao Chai along Muong Hoa Valley and Hoang Lien Son National Park then we will walk through this village to Tavan Village of the Dzay ethnic people, short break here to explore this village and enjoy a delicious picnic lunch before trekking up and down through the bamboo forest to Giang Ta Chai Village to visit the Red Dzao people and a beautiful waterfall. We cross an interesting suspension bridge, then walk up to meet your jeep back to Sapa.

Shower and ready for being transferred to Laocai for the night train back to Hanoi .
End of our service

Price: US$/Pax>>SAPA PHOTOS

Type of tour: Private tour, for who likes adventure, Trekking and discovering to ethnic minorities
Departure : Any Tuesday night

Inclusion: Tents/ hotel
Meals as stated in the program (B = Breakfast ; L = Lunch ; D = Diner)
Russian jeep, Train ticket (return), English speaking guide & Entrance fees

Exclusion: International air-tickets and airport departure tax.
Meals not mentioned in the program (between 5 - 7 Euros/meal/person)
Drinks, phone calls and all personal expenses