Sapa - Bac Ha Market 3 nights - 2 days
Day 01: Night train to Lao Cai
Splendid Star staff will take a taxi from the hotel and then transfer you to go to Lao Cai station. Spend about 08 hours to sleep overnight on train.
Day 02: Sunday: Lao Cai - Bac Ha minority Market - Sapa.
You arrive at the last arrival station - Lao Cai station. You will enjoy breakfast before going to Bac Ha market. You will have chance to visit one of the most beautiful and colorful market of the local hill tribes.
Arrive Bac Ha, independently attend the market that known as the most colorful ethnic market of all Northwest Vietnam. It is a fusion of many different hill tribes inhabiting around Bac Ha mountain district and here you can easily distinguish them by their different colorful costume dressing. Attending the market, you will find out not only typical traditional costume but also the way of bartering trade existing in daily life of the Tay, the Dzay, the Red Dzao, the Black H’mong… Have a lunch.
You can taste local dishes and try the wines made from rice, corn, and fruit. Upon leaving
you will see the village call Ban Pho village where the flower H'mong living. You will
leave the market in the afternoon for a return to Sapa, on the way back the bus will
drop you off at the Chinese border gate in 20mins to see how the Vietnamese doing the
bussiness with Chinese. Get back to Sapa town at 5:00PM. Freshup your selves and then
have dinner at about 7:00PM. Overningt in Sapa.
Day 03: Monday: Sa Pa - Ylinh Ho - Lao Chai - Ta Van village - Night train back to Hanoi
After breakfast, you will trek down to Y linh Ho and Lao Chai village of the black H’mong people. Enjoy lunch at local house.
After a picnic lunch, keep on alongside Muong Hoa stream, over suspension bridges to Ta Van village of the Dzay people.
A standby car to return to Sapa. Shower at the hotel and free time.
18h00 drive back to Lao Cai station for the night train back to Hanoi at 20h10
Day 04: Arrive back to Hanoi.
Arrive in Hanoi Station at around 5h30. You will take a taxi from the train station to the hotel.
The end of tour!
Tour cost:
Number of Group |
Price per person in US$ |
Single Supplement |
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1 pax |
2 pax |
4-6 pax |
8-10 pax |
25USD |
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2* ( Hoang Ha hotel) |
225USD |
185USD |
175USD |
165USD |
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3* ( Sapa Lodge hotel ) |
215USD |
20USD |
195USD |
170USD |
30 USD
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Note: You can book other markets with the same price:
- Can Cau Market ( on Saturdays)
- Lung Khau Nhin Market ( on Thursdays)
- Coc Ly market ( on Tuesdays)- surcharge US$10 Net/pax
Included:
- Breakfast and accommodation sharing twin or double room in 03 star hotel.
- Pick-ups and transfers by air-conditioned vehicle as specified in the itinerary above.
- Return train tickets: Hanoi - Lao Cai – Hanoi (Oriental Express 4 soft sleeper A/C cabin)
- Travel in an appropriate air-conditioned vehicle and/or a Jeep with an experienced safe driver.
- The services of experienced English-speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary
- Freshen up service (shower in Sapa and Hanoi)
- Where necessary, entry fees for all visits as mentioned in the programme.
- Lunches and dinners (as specified in the itinerary) in the local restaurants, or picnics where no suitable restaurant is available.
Excluded:
- Tips
- Drinks
- Gratuities and personal expenses.
- Insurance