Itinerary 3 days/4 nights – Visiting Sapa, observing the daily life of ethnic minorities in Can Cau Market – Bac Ha Market

Overview

Both Can Cau and Bac Ha markets are very well known in the area for its color painted to local hill tribe people. There are Flower Hmong, Phu La, Black Dzao, Tay and Nung…They all gather to these markets to sell their homemade products such as corn wine, handicraft… as well as an interesting animal. In this trip, you have time to see beautiful, animated and colorful market of the hill tribal peoples with festive atmosphere. You can explore magnificent and stunning landscapes of Bac Ha highland through two markets: Can Cau Market on Saturday and Bac Ha Market on Sunday. Speacially, spend time for boat trip along Chay River...

Destinations: Hanoi - Sapa - Cat Cat - Sin Chai - Can Cau market - Bac Ha market - Ban Pho

Highlights:

• - Join in special hill-tribe markets, discover the daily life of Flower H'mong, Red Dzao people.
• - Visit Can Cau and Bac Ha markets.

Itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi – Lao Cai (night train)

• - Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi at 7.00 pm.
• - Transfer to Hanoi train station.
• - Experience the romantic overnight train travel.

Day 2: Lao Cai station – Sapa – Cat Cat – Sin Chai – Sapa (B, L)

• - Walk down to visit Cat Cat village of the Black H’mong.
• - Relax at the foot of the stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station.
• - Enjoy picnic lunch by the side of the river.
• - Walk 3 km to Sin Chai, the village located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain.
• - Climb up on the way by a jeep to return to Sapa town

Day 3: Sapa - Can Cau market on Saturday (B, L)

• - Transfer from Sapa to CanCau market (3 hours), enjoy seeing boys and girls in colourful costumes - different colous of the mountains.
• - Transfer to Bac Ha town.
• - Visit a village of the Flower H'mong on the way.
• - Check in hotel in Bac Ha town. Free to explore the town.

Day 4: Bac Ha market on Sunday (B, L)

• - Have Breakfast
• - Visit a Bac Ha market filled with many different hill-tribe peoples, talk to the minorities through the guide's interpretation.
• - Leave the market for the H'mong King's house (King Hoang A Tuong).
• - Return the town for lunch.
• - Visit Ban Pho village in the afternoon.
• - Get back to Lao Cain station for the overnight train to Hanoi.

Rates & Availability

Price inclusion:

• - Pick-up and transfer by private air-conditioned vehicle as specified in the program.
• - Return overnight train tickets in 4-berth cabin (A/C wooden soft sleeper). If you would like to upgrade to the private 2-berth cabin, please contact us.
• - Twin /double sharing room at hotel in Sapa.
• - Meals as mentioned in program (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner) in the local restaurants or picnics where no suitable restaurant available.
• - Local English speaking guide (other language guide is upon your request).
• - Freshen up service.
• - Entrance fees, sight seeing fee for all visits as mentioned in the program.
• - All taxes and service charge.

Price exclusion:

• - International flight tickets and airport tax.
• - Drinks, tips, gratuities and personal expenses.
• - Insurance.
• - Other things not clearly mentioned in the included list.