A thatched-roof stilt house sits among palm trees and rice fields with limestone mountains behind in Mai Chau.

Treks

Treks, graded and costed

Five private treks of three to five days. Each page gives the distance and climb of every day, the homestay nights, the months to avoid and exactly what the price includes.

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The treks

Trek	Start · finish	Days	Total km (est.)	Total climb (est.)	Grade	Price
Sapa Valleys Homestay Trek	Sa Pa · Sa Pa	4	43	1,600 m	2	On request
Hoang Su Phi Terraces Trek	Hanoi · Hanoi	5	49	2,450 m	3	On request
Pu Luong & Mai Chau Trek	Hanoi · Hanoi	4	41	1,550 m	2	On request
Nam Ha Forest Trek	Luang Namtha · Luang Namtha	3	36	1,700 m	3	On request
Mondulkiri Forest Trek	Sen Monorom · Sen Monorom	3	25	600 m	1	On request

Distances and climbs are planning estimates measured on maps. They are close enough to choose a route by, and your guide will tell you on the morning of each day if a path has been rerouted around a landslide or a newly cleared field. The day-by-day figures sit on each trek page and, all together, on the route table.

How to choose between them

If this is your first multi-day trek

Pu Luong and Mai Chau is the gentlest of the Vietnam routes. The first day is a flat valley walk, and the hardest day is 14 kilometres with about 650 metres of climb. Mondulkiri has the least climbing of all five, but heat and humidity make it harder than its numbers look.

If you want the terraces at harvest

Hoang Su Phi is the route for that, and it is also the hardest. The ripe-rice window is short: in 2025 it lasted two to three weeks and ended in late September. Sa Pa's valleys ripen around the same time and are easier to reach.

If you want forest rather than farmland

Nam Ha in northern Laos spends most of its second day under canopy inside a protected area of 2,224 square kilometres. Mondulkiri is lowland forest and the reason to go is the chance of hearing, and sometimes seeing, wild gibbons at dawn.

If you have one week in the region

Two treks with a rest day between them works in Vietnam: Sa Pa then Pu Luong, for example. Combining a Vietnam route with Nam Ha takes more travel days than most people expect, because the two are on opposite sides of a border with few direct connections.

What every trek includes

An English-speaking trek guide from the first morning to the last afternoon.
A local guide on village and forest paths: guides from the villages in Nam Ha, Bunong guides in Mondulkiri, and a guide from the area on our Vietnam routes.
Every homestay or camp night listed, with dinner and breakfast in the house, and lunch on trek days.
Private vehicle transfers named in the itinerary, and the luggage transfer between nights where the route allows.
Village entrance tickets, protected-area fees and the border-area paperwork where the route needs it.

Not included anywhere: international flights, visas, travel insurance that covers trekking, drinks other than water and tea, and tips. Each trek page lists its own inclusions in full.

What we do not sell

No set departures with strangers, no day hikes sold on their own, no cycling or kayak days, no jeep loops. Phongsaly in far northern Laos is a region we can plan on request but do not run as a fixed trek, because the travel days to get there outnumber the walking days on a short trip. The regions page explains each area.

Plan My Trip

Two routes look right?

Send your dates and what you walk at home. We will tell you which one fits, and why.

Ask about a trek

Common questions

Questions travellers ask most

Why is there no price on the trek pages?

Because the price per person depends mainly on how many of you share the guides and vehicles, and every trek is private. We quote per trip after you send dates and party size.

Can a trek be shortened by a day?

Usually yes. Sa Pa and Pu Luong each have a day that can be dropped. Hoang Su Phi and Nam Ha lose their reason to exist if shortened, and we will say so.

Can children join?

Teenagers who walk regularly manage grade 1 and 2 routes. We do not recommend grade 3 routes for children, and we discuss younger children case by case.