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Sapa 2 Markets & Chay River 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 :
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As some trip to
Sapa,we often visit Cat Cat village.
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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.
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BacHa 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.
Detailed Ititnerary :
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
Day
1 ( Saturday ) : CanCau – BacHa ( B, L D )
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 CanCau or in
BacHa and dinner in BacHa.
Meals : Breakfast, Luch, Dinner
Day
2: (Sunday): Bac Ha - Trung Do - Chay River
–Sapa ( B, L, D )
A
walk to BacHa market. Visit one village and an
old building called T
he 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 ( B, L )
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 S
tation.Overnight on the train
Meals : Breakfast, Luch, Dinner
Day
4 : Hanoi
Getting back to Hanoi from Sapa trip so early at
around 5am,taxi to hotel on your own.Tour ends.
VietnamTripAdvisor can arrange additional
customized trips for you if the above itinerary
does not match your expectations.

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Price Per Person (US$) Valid
from 1st Jun to 30th Jun 2010
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Cost/pax (US$) |
2 |
3 - 4 |
5 - 8 |
| Standard (2*) |
260 |
240 |
200 |
| Superior (3*) |
290 |
260 |
220 |
| Deluxe (4*)
|
335 |
300 |
285 |
Trip Included :
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Private car pick
up from your hotel to Hanoi train station.
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Returns train
tickets in 04 berths canbinet, A/C Wooden
Softsleeper
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Local
English speaking guide, Other languges upon
your request
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Twin /Double
sharing Room at hotel in Sapa
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Meal as
mentioned in program ( B= Breakfast, L =
Lunch, D = Dinner )
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Sightseeing fees
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Purified water
and wet towel
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Transport as
programe
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Taxes
Trip
Excluded :
What to
bring :
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Sun Block
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Wide brim hat
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Camera + Film
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Comfortable
shoes
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Rain gear
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Warm clothes
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Insect Repellent
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Original
Passport