PUTALENG PEAK

• 22h30: The tour leader picks up the group at the bus office at My Dinh bus station
• 23h00: Get on a high-quality night sleeper bus to move to Sapa, the highway is very smooth, so those who are car sick shouldn’t be worried

• 05h00: Arrive at Sapa bus station. The leader will guide the group to the breakfast place, where you can attend to your personal hygiene, enjoy your breakfast and store unnecessary items
• 07h00: A 16-seat car will pick up the group and move to the trekking point in Ho Thau commune. The group will go through O Quy Ho pass – one of the four great passes of the Northwest – on the way
  (~40km away from Sapa, can take >1 hour to travel the pass)
• 08h30: Arrive at the porter’s house. Distribute the group’s belongings and start trekking Mount Putaleng
• 12h00: Have lunch at the last stream before going uphill
• 17h00: Arrive at the shack at an altitude of 2100m. Set up the fire and cook dinner

*Detail*:
– Trekking time: ~ 7-8 hours. Crossing many streams in the morning, going uphill in the dense forest in the afternoon
– Spend the night at the shack built by ethnic people with enough blankets. There are also a big stream where you can bathe and a natural toilet

• 06h00: The leader wakes the group up for breakfast
• 07h30: Everyone leaves their belongings at the shack, brings water and raincoats to continue trekking to the top
• 11h30: Reaching the peak. Take pictures together and sing songs to celebrate the victory. We will then have lunch on the top with delicious fried rice balls
• 12h00: Start to return to the shack at the altitude of 2100m.
• 16h00: Get down to the old resting point. Let’s roast chicken together by the fire, under the cold of the jungle sunset

*Detail*:
– Trekking time: ~ 7-8 hours. Many steep slopes with the dense forest
– Spend the night at the shack built by ethnic people with enough blankets. There are also a big stream where you can bathe and a natural toilet.

• 06h00: Get up early to have breakfast, pack up and then go back down to Ta Leng commune. Lunch along the way down the mountain
• 12h00: Return to the suspension bridge at the end of the forest. Those who are tired or have leg pain can take a motorbike taxi from here to the center of the commune (~7km away)
• 13h30: The group arrives at the commune center. Get on the 16-seat car to return back to Sapa (60km away, take about 2 hours of traveling)
• 16h00: Return to Sapa, collect your stuff, then go to soak in the Dao people’s herbal bath to regain strength
• 18h00: Last dinner party with Sapa salmon hot pot. After dinner, you can walk around Sapa town and shop for souvenirs
• 22h00: gather at Sapa bus station, get on the sleeper bus back to Hanoi

We shall arrive in Hanoi at around 4:00 am the next morning, officially ending the Putaleng trekking tour. Travel Up would like to say goodbye and see you on the nearest trip!!