22:00: Attend at bus office. We will transport to Sapa by sleeping bus. After around 45 to 50 minutes of departure, the bus will pick up those people registered at the Noi Bai Airport.
*Dinner is excluded from the program
Lao Cai
2 days 3 nights
Trek
5
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3.550.000 VNĐ
Tour overview
Nhiu Co San is one of the highest mountains located at Sang Ma Sao Community, Bat Xat Ward, Lao Cai province. This is the 9th mountain (2965m altitude from the seawater level) at the top list of high mountains in Vietnam. Nhiu Co San is famous for the old jungle, various million years of quality wood, and many cardamom. Nhiu Co San has all the objects such as the ancient mossy jungle, Maple leaf, Azalea, snow in winter, a sea of clouds, flora variation, and a marvelous landscape. Nhiu Co San is not too tough to conquer if you are an average physically fit trekker.
Highlights:
- Technically touch the 9th highest mountain in Vietnam - 2965m
- The scenery is the most fairy among the mountains in Vietnam
- Maple leaf blooms in November, and December
- Azalea blooms in February, and March
- Herbal showering from Dao people when the tour is finished to recovery.
Summary
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Departure from: Hanoi
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Min: 7 people
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Destination: Lao Cai
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Max: 20 people
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Duration: 2 days 3 nights
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Best season: September - April next year
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Activities: Trek
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Itinerary
The 1st night: Ha Noi - Sapa
Day 1: Sapa - Sang Ma Sao - A shack night sleep
04:30: At Sapa, we exercise to get familiar with the weather in the highland region. Move to the breakfast spot to eat and do the hygiene. You can store your unnecessary stuff while hiking such as clean clothes to change.
07:00: A 16-seater bus picks up the group at the trekking point at Nhiu Co San Village which belongs to Sang Ma Sao Community (far from Sapa 60km).
08:30: Transit to motorcycle taxi to trekking starting point in Nhiu Co san Village (7km)
09:30: Start the trek to the mountain. Our trekking route will get through Ong Waterfall to reach the spectacular slopes and the ancient forest of Nhiu Co San.
12:00: Have lunch along the way. After lunch, we will continue to trek to the Shack where is the night sleeping area.
16:30: At the Shack which is at 2800m altitude, the meanwhile of the sunset. We will store our stuff and do personal hygiene. We can take a rest or support the Porter team to cook our dinner, take a walk, or enjoy the sunset at the Shack.
18:30: Dinner and talk to each other around the fire. If the weather is nice, we could contemplate stargazing in the peaceful space of the jungle. Night sleeping at Wooden Shack.
* Meals are included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: A Shack night sleep - Nhiu Co San Peak 2965m - Sapa - Ha Noi
04:00: Get up early to have breakfast along with enjoying coffee, and hot ginger tea before hiking to the Peak.
05:00: Start to hike to the last section to reach Nhiu Co San Peak. We will leave our stuff at a Shack, just carry essential ones to the Peak.
07:30: Reach Nhiu Co San Peak, take photos, rest, and enjoy the scenery on the top.
09:30: Back to the Shack to rest, pack our personal stuff, and go down. On the way back, we will pass the spacious meadow which is the goat farm of the local people.
12:00: Lunch on the way
15:00: At Mountain Feet, we will take the motorcycle taxi to the center, and get on the bus to come back to Sapa.
17:00: Come to Sapa, taking stuff to go for herbal showering. We can spend the rest of the time resting, and relaxing at Sapa before having dinner at a local restaurant.
22:00: Get on the sleeping bus to back to Hanoi. Around 04:00 am of the next day, we will be at Ha Noi, and finish the program.
* Meals are included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Inclusion & Exclusion
Departure schedule
| Departure day | Finish day | Tour cost | ||
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| 29/11/2024 | 01/12/2024 | Still empty 15 place | 3.550.000 VNĐ | Book now |
| 06/12/2024 | 08/12/2024 | Still empty 15 place | 3.550.000 VNĐ | Book now |
| 13/12/2024 | 15/12/2024 | Still empty 15 place | 3.550.000 VNĐ | Book now |
| 20/12/2024 | 22/12/2024 | Still empty 15 place | 3.550.000 VNĐ | Book now |
| 27/12/2024 | 29/12/2024 | Still empty 15 place | 3.550.000 VNĐ | Book now |
Difficulty of the activity
Difficulty Level (7/10): Good physical skills are a requirement, as well as experience in outdoor activities. This level is not for children. The duration of each trip is from 2 - 4 days with a basic of eating, and sleeping condition. Accommodation is camping. Trekking time might take 5 – 6 hours/day to do the trek with the difficult terrain, slopes, and high elevation. The kayaking and SUP tours might take from 6 – 7 hours/day of paddling.
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Suggested physical training: Practice running or kayaking/SUP 2 weeks in advance. Run 2 - 3 times a week, each session 5km. Or paddling from 2- 3 times, each time is 5 - 7 km.
Essential info
- Travel insurance
- Umove Adventure uses service from Bảo Việt Insurance with a maximum insurance payout of 100 million VND/person/case.
- See the Bao Viet policy of insurance
Quy tắc bảo hiểm Bảo Việt.
- Refer to the postpose policy, and cancel the tour in the requirement and instructions tại đây
- Read and sign the exclude all liability before departing:
The customers who buy adventure tours from Umove Adventure have enough awareness about the level of challenge as well as other physical challenges and other potential dangers during the tour. Hence the customer is asked to read and sign the Exclude all Liability form before departing. Find the form below and read it carefully.
- Trekking Notes:
- This is a long day of trekking and one of the 15 peaks has the most challenging terrain in Viet Nam. If you have no experience in trekking or physical training, you should prepare well for exercise before the trip ( refer to the Suggestion about the physical training part).
- Umove Adventure encourages you to bring a 10L backpack with under 2kg weight of necessary stuff during trekking such as a wallet, phone, and drinking water. Personal items like clothes and drinking water for every day, food for mountain meals, etc. Porter will carry them.
- Sleep on the mountain
- We will sleep at a wooden shack on the mountain 1 night. There is a washroom, and bathroom here. An inflatable mattress, an insulated mat, and a sleeping bag or a blanket will be provided for sleeping.
- Food & Drinks:
- Meals at the mountain are hot and served by the Porter team. Breakfast is fried rice, instant noodles, or crepe cake. Lunch is an available food which is prepared in advance.
- Drinking water will be taken from the stream by the Porter team and then boiled to sanitize. The participants should bring a water bottle to refill water every day.
- At the sleeping spot after each meal, hot tea and coffee are served.
- Medical alert
- If you have cardiovascular disease or bone and joint diseases (knees, ankles, shoulder joints, etc.), you should visit your doctor before deciding to join the trip. A basic first-aid bag will be carried by tour guides. If you have health problems that require preventive medicine, please prepare for your own.
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