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Sapa 2 Markets and Chay River 3 Days/4 Nights

Hanoi - Lao Cai - Can Cau - Bac Ha - Trung Do - Chay River - Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Ginag Ta Chai - Lao Cai - Hanoi
Tour Duration:  3 days / 4 nights
Located 38km from Lao Cai City, Sapa is a mountainous district of Lao Cai Province. Sapa District is very well-known with Sapa Townlet, a beautiful and romantic resort.
At the height of 1, 600m above sea level, the average temperature of the area is 15-18°C. It is cool in summer and cold in winter.
Bac Ha Sunday Market - Some 100km (62 miles) from Sapa, this is probably the most famous market in the region and more along the lines of what Sapa was once like. Here, various hill tribes converge every Sunday morning to conduct commerce. As a visitor, you're certainly part of the trade here because folks are keen to sell you their wares
 
Tour Highlights:
  • As some trip to Sapa, we often visit Cat Cat village.
  • In this trip we have chance to visit Can Cau market on Saturday only. Can Cau Market is a small, but very colourful market, set in the mountains near the Chinese border.
  • Bac Ha is the biggest market in Sapa and open on Sunday only. The Sunday market in Bac Ha is where you'll want to stock up on water buffalo, pigs and horses.
Tour Prices ($US)
Cost/pax
2
3 - 4
5-8
Booking
Standard (2*)
260
215
179
Superior (3*)
275
225
188
Deluxe (4*)
325
300
280

 

Detailed Itinerary of "Sapa Tour - 2 Markets and Chay River 3 Days 4 Nights"

Departure date: Friday
Tour: Private

 

Night 1 Friday: Hanoi - Lao Cai

Vietnam TripAdvisor’s car pick you up at your hotel and transfer to Hanoi train station for the night train to Lao Cai station. Overnight on AC Soft Sleeper Hanoi - Lao Cai train
Meals: Breakfast, Luch, Dinner

 

Day 1 (Saturday): CanCau – Bac Ha

Picked up at Laocai Train Station to transfer to CanCau market. It takes more than 2 hours to get to CanCau - a small market situated in a valley surrounded by mountains and only 7 km from China. The market deeply shows the typical cultural features of the minorities in remote mountainous areas in Vietnam. Further more, you can enjoy seeing boys and girls in colourful costumes - different colours of the mountains. They attend the market in the hope of finding “the other halves of their lifves” and this is also the time for them to chat, to exchange everything among different ethnic peoples through cups of wine sold in the market. Say goodbye to the market and transfer to BacHa. On the way, spend time visiting a village of the Flower H’mong and then check in hotel in BacHa. Free to explore the town. Lunch in Can Cau or in Bac Ha and dinner in Bac Ha.
Meals: Breakfast, Luch, Dinner

 

Day 2 (Sunday): Bac Ha - Trung Do - Chay River –Sapa

A walk to BacHa market. Visit one village and an old building called The H’mong king’s house. Breakfast and the beginning of the day on which you visit a big market filled with many different hill-tribe peoples. This is the most colourful market in North Vietnam. At the market, you have chance to enjoy BacHa people’s simple but unique kinds of food with special wines made from rice, cassavas, corn and different sorts of fruits such as plumps, apples, peaches... talking to the minorities through the guide’s interpretation. Leave the market for the H’mong King’s house (King Hoang A Tuong) built by the French colonists and the Chinese in 1920. Return the town for lunch. In the afternoon, spend time visiting another village (BanPho village) Say good bye to BacHa and get back to Trung Do village, visit the Tay then get on boat along Chay river. Get off boat for jeep at Bao Nhai then continue to Sapa. On the way back, drop in to see the Vietnamese and Chinese Harbour Mouth in LaoCai. Reach Sapa late in the afternoon. Check in hotel in Sapa.
Meals: Breakfast, Luch, Dinner

 

Day 3 (Monday): Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Lao Cai

Breakfast, check out hotel at 10: 00 AM. Get downhill to the valley for 3 villages of the Black H’mong, the Dzay & Red Dzao people. Lunch at a Dzay family. Get up to the road for a car back to Sapa. Then take shuttle bus to LaoCai Station for the night train to Hanoi. Dinner at Lao Cai Station.Overnight on the train.
Meals: Breakfast, Luch, Dinner
 
Day 4: Hanoi
Getting back to Hanoi from Sapa trip so early at around 5am. Private car pick up then transfer to your hotel. Tour ends.
Accommodation Mid-range (2*) Superior (3*) Deluxe (4+*)
Sapa Hotels

Royal  Sapa Hotel

Victoria Sapa Resort

Includes
  • Private car pick up from your hotel to Hanoi train station and back.
  • Soft berth train cabin with air condition 2 ways
  • Local English speaking guide
  • Twin /Double sharing Room at hotel in Sapa
  • Meal as mentioned in program ( B= Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner )
  • Sightseeing fees
  • Transport as programe
  • Taxes
Excludes
  • Insurance
  • Personal expense (drinks, telephone…)
  • Tip

What to bring: Sun Block,  Wide brim hat,  Camera + Film,  Comfortable shoes,  Rain gear,  Warm clothes,  Insect Repellent,  Original Passport

See Also

Sapa Hill Tribe Villages and Markets 4 Days/5 Nights
Sapa Tuesday Market and Chay River 4 Nights/3 Days
Lao Cai - Bac Ha - Coc Ly Homestay 4 Nights/3 Days
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Sapa Daily Life Muong Hum Market 3 Days/4 Nights
 
 
 
 
 

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