Sapa – Suoi Ho – Ma Tra – Ta Phin – Ban Khoang – Silver Water – Heaven’s Gate

We leave Sa Pa town and start trekking to Suoi Ho village to see the tea plantations and cardamon gardens. Follow the buffalo trails to visit the hospitable villages of the Black H’mong minority people at Ma Tra. After passing a school and some scenic views enroute, a picnic lunch will be served. Dinner is provided at a home stay in Ta Phin village.

Overnight stay in the traditional house of the Red Dzao people.

After breakfast in Ta Phin we follow an untouched trail through Red Dao of Ban Khoang village, you will have lunch along the way. Around noon we will reach the road where we meet the car for transfer to Silver Waterfall (best seen in the rainy season from May to November), take a short walk to the waterfall where great views are offered of the surrounding mountains and lush forests of the Hoang Lien National Park. Along the way your guide will explain about this special part of Sa Pa, where many tree species are grown such as plum and peach trees. Continue by car 10 minutes up to Heaven's Gate, from here you can see Fansipan mountain ‘the roof of Indochina’ at the height of 3143 meters above sea level.
 
Total trekking: 19km