Day 1 – Night Train

8:30pm – We meet at Hanoi Railway Station, Tran Quy Cap Street, to board our train at 9pm.

Day 2 – Sapa

5am – We arrive at Lao Cai Station, have a quick shower and breakfast before picking up our bikes. After a brief overview of camera settings and composition we head up into the mountains for a beautiful morning ride to Sa Pa.
10am – In Sa Pa, we stop for mid-morning coffee, then take an hour or so to explore the town. We have an early lunch in Sa Pa, then begin our spectacular journey towards Ban Ho village. The route takes us past stunning rice terraces and through H’mong stilt house villages, as we work on aspects of composition for great travel photography.
2pm – We arrive in Ban Ho village and have time for a rest before heading up to the waterfall and pools on the mountain nearby for a refreshing swim.
4:30pm – Before dinner, we select and edit our pictures from the day’s exploration.
6pm – Dinner

Day 3 – Sapa

7am – Breakfast at the homestay, and then we will head out for a trek to a Dzao village. During the walk, we will look in more detail at portraiture and detail shots. Our time in the village gives us an opportunity to see how the Dzao live and work at home.
11:30am – Lunch at the homestay. Before we hit the road again to return to Lao Cai, we have a couple of hours to relax or return to the waterfall for a final swim.
2pm – We head back up the valley to Sa Pa, stopping for coffee and shopping in town.
5pm – Our train back to Hanoi leaves at 8:30 pm, so we have time for dinner and final picture selection before climbing aboard the Sapaly Express.
8:30 pm – Our overnight train departs Lao Cai and arrives back in Hanoi at 5am