点评:We, a family or 4, booked a 3D4N trip to Sapa and Bac Ha with 1 night homestay and 1 night hotel. We booked at Sapa Trekking Homestay, which I believe is a part of travel agency Asia Group Tour with an office in Hanoi. The 2D Sapa trekking with homestay was a marvelous experience. Beautiful scenery, nice local guide and good food. The 3rd day to Bac Ha we did with another tour guide. The visit to the market in the morning was very good, however after lunch the guide went into "fast-forward" mode and problems started. He literally ran us through Ban Pho village and the Hoang A Tuong Palace. He did not explain anything and did not look very knowledgeable. There was no drinking green tea and talking with locals as described in the program. We rushed back to Lao Cai and were dropped at a restaurant next to the train station at 4pm while our train left only at 9pm. We were facing 5(!!) long waiting hours. The guide left us and we had to take care of ourselves and of our train tickets which caused some confusion in the restaurant because the staff was poor in English. Before he left us we kindly asked him for an explanation and he became annoyed and rude.
Sapa is not to miss and the Bac Ha Sunday market is highly recommended, but there is no specific reason you shall book this trip through these guys. I did not see anybody from Sapa Homestay Trekking or Asia Group Tour in Sapa during the trip, all was contracted out to sub-suppliers - it´s pure business, no personal touch.
This was the only trip we booked through their website in advance, before we arrived in Vietnam, which clearly was a mistake. We should have booked it at a good travel agency in Hanoi after we arrived in Hanoi, as we did with all of our other tours from Hanoi and Saigon. One more tip: book a higher-class hotel room in Sapa is you have the option. Hotel quality in Sapa is sub-standard and you will not regret the extra money you spend.
翻译:我们一家四口预订了三天四夜的沙巴和北河之旅,包含一晚民宿和一晚酒店。我们预订的是沙巴徒步旅行民宿,我记得这家民宿隶属于亚洲旅行社(Asia Group Tour),在河内设有办事处。两天的沙巴徒步旅行和民宿之旅是一次绝妙的体验。风景优美,当地导游友善,食物也美味。第三天去北河,我们和另一位导游同行。早上逛市场感觉很好,但午饭后导游就进入了“快进”模式,问题就来了。他直接带我们去了班坡村(Ban Pho)和黄阿松宫(Hoang A Tuong Palace)。他什么都没解释,看起来也不太懂行。行程里介绍的喝绿茶和和当地人聊天,我们完全没有体验。我们匆匆赶回老街,下午4点被送到火车站旁边的一家餐馆,而我们的火车晚上9点才开。我们不得不等上5个小时(!!)。导游离开了,我们不得不自己处理和买火车票,由于工作人员的英语不好,餐厅里出现了一些混乱。在他离开之前,我们礼貌地向他寻求解释,但他却变得恼火且粗鲁。
沙巴不容错过,强烈推荐北河周日市场,但并没有特别的理由让你通过这些人预订这次旅行。在旅途中,我没有见到任何来自沙巴寄宿家庭徒步旅行或亚洲旅行团的人,一切都外包给了分包商——纯粹是生意,没有任何人情味。
这是我们唯一一次在抵达越南之前通过他们的网站预订的旅行,这显然是一个错误。我们应该在抵达河内后在河内一家好的旅行社预订,就像我们从河内和西贡出发的其他所有旅行团一样。还有一个建议:如果可以选择,请在沙巴预订一间高档酒店。沙巴的酒店质量很差,你不会后悔多花的钱。