Accommodation: Pao's Sapa Leisure Luxury Hotel - Premium Double Room with Muong Hoa Valley View.

Logistic: SUV & driver - 03 hours driving + easy trekking

Meals: Breakfast at the hotel + Lunch & Dinner with VIF .
Plan - Full-day discovery

06 AM to 12 PM - We have a sunrise shoot of the stunning rice terraces from the view of our hotel room. After that is time for breakfast at the hotel before heading out for the Golden Harvest journey. Starting with Muong Hoa Valley's rice terraces - a great place for our landscape photography. This will be the first trekking of the trip which will be easy to allow us flexibility in time and opportunity to do photography and encounter local minority houses. Then we head further into the countryside towards Sapa’s concentric ‘rice bowl’ paddies. On the way, we’ll encounter into Y Linh Ho, Ta Van villages. The route here winds through the most incredible rice terraces in Asia, and the village is home to H’mong tribes people renowned for their colorful dress and Red Dao minority tribe. 

Afternoon we extends our dicovery to scenic Sin Chai village, where we have a close encounter with the local Red Dzao people. Sin Chai’s people are renowned for their handicrafts, such as clothing and handmade jewellery. We’ll be talking to the villagers and taking photographs of daily Dzao life. If time allows, we head out to Chu Va hill. Our focus here is landscapes, and we’ll be setting up here for some incredible sunset shots across the valley. Then, going back to the hotel for the night. 

Accommodation: Bac Ha Lodge Retreat - Private Bungalow. 

Logistic: SUV + Walking, Trekking.

Meals: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner.

Plan:
This morning, we head out early to attend the colorful and bustling Bac Ha tribal market, a fantastic opportunity for portraits of local life. The market is a treasure trove of opportunities for vibrant people photography, as well as colorful imagery using the textiles and patterns on display in the many stalls. 

After lunch in Bac Ha town, our journey continue with exploring minority villages with their tradition handicraft highlight. About Bac Ha, a plateau in the foothills of the mountains, renowned for its white horses. The horses are an important part of working life, cuisine, and even a popular racing event for the local minorities. It's common to come across the horses in the mountains and valleys around Bac Ha, where they are especially used for transporting chopped wood or harvested crops on steep trails. Today we have an afternoon plan for hiking, trekking and discovering villages where local people produce home-made corn wine and handicrafts. And there will be plenty of opportunities to photograph their daily life and visit their homes. During this walk, we will be accompanied by our Hmong friend and local guide, who will be able to give us a deeper insight into the lives of the local community, and a welcome into their homes.

At the sun goes down, we head our way to Bac Ha town and arrive in late afternoon, when the mists often fall as locals return home, offering atmospheric and ghostly images. Checking in our Eco homestay and having a home-cooked dinner prepared by our H'mong host. 

Accommodation: Not available.
Logistic: SUV with 5 hours driving straight.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch.

Plan:
We have the last morning free to capture the greenery, tribal lives and nature vibe. It is also an ideal time for last shopping for unique presents, gifts for your love-ones.
After a late morning breakfast and coffee, 10 AM is time to check out and head back on the road to Noi Bai airport. Grabbing lunch along the way and arrive at the airport by 04 PM. Time to say farewell and also seeding for more return trips.