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SAPA HILL TRIBE VILLAGES & MARKETS 4
DAYS/5 NIGHTS
Private tour only
Departure date: Wednesday or Thurday
 Sapa
is the most popular place to go in
the Far Northwest amongst budget
travelers and packages tourists
alike. By using
Sapa as a base you can
hike off to more remote
‘traditional’ hill tribe villages
and sometimes you will be offered a
bed in a village for the night. Sapa
was originally built as a hill
station in the early part of this
century and, in winter, gets
bitterly cold.Sprawling near the
banks of a river, Can Cau Market is
a clearly defined shantytown, packed
with crude stalls covered with
thatched roofs. The start of a few
simple settlements can be seen high
above, many of whose residents now
make their weekly pilgrimage to the
market. We are only 9kms from the
Chinese border and some traders make
the journey across from China on
horsebackThe Sunday market in Bac Ha
is where you'll want to stock up on
water buffalo, pigs and horses. Once
you're all set, you can browse for
bottles of local firewater (made
from rice, cassava or corn) or
handicrafts made by some of the 10
Montagnard groups living near here -
Flower Hmong, Dzao, Giay (Nhang),
Han (Hoa), Xa Fang, Lachi, Nung,
Phula, Thai and Thulao.Bac Ha is a
less crowded alternative to Sapa,
and arriving midweek makes for a
relaxing visit. Around 700m above
sea level, the highlands around Bac
Ma are somewhat warmer than Sapa.
Tour Highlights:
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See stunning views of the
surrounding mountains.
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Visit the lush forests belonging
to Hoang Lien National Park
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Uphill to Heaven's Gate
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view the magnificent scenery of
Lao Cai and Lai Chau provinces
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Visiting the Red Dzao in
GiangTaChai villages and Tay in
Ban Ho villages
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CanCau – a small market situated
in a valley surrounded by
mountains.
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Bac Ha Market and Chay river
Night 1 :
Hanoi -Laocai
Vietnam TripAdvisor’car pick up you
from your hotel to Hanoi Railway
Station for the night train to get
to Laocai Station. Sleep on the
train.
 Day
1 : Silver waterfall-Tramtron Pass
Fanxipang valley, SinChai,
Catcat.(B,L,D)
Picked up at Laocai Railway station
early in the morning by private car.
Arrive at Sapa round 8:00 AM. Check
in hotel, breakfast and shower. You
will be taken by car to the Silver
Waterfall; from there you can see
stunning views of the surrounding
mountains and the lush forests
belonging to Hoang Lien National
Park. continue by car uphill to
Heaven's Gate, the highest stretch
of road in Vietnam as well as the
provincial border of
Lao Cai and Lai Chau
provinces. Here you will have a
fantastic opportunity to view the
magnificent scenery.
After the Pass, take off the car to
trek down to Fanxipang valley. You
follow the paths of the local people
in the mountain & reach Sin Chai
village. Visit Sin Chai & Cat Cat
village of the H’mong people. Then
the car wait for you in Catcat &
take you back up to
Sapa. Dinner and
overnight in hotel.
Meals : Breakfast, Luch, Dinner
 Day
2 : Lao Chai - Ta Van – Giang Ta
Chai-BanHo Villages(B,L,D)
Get the show on the road in the
morning from the hotel to head for
the valley where to visit 2 villages
of the H’mong and the Dzay. Picnic
lunch on the way or in a local
family. Go on visiting the Red Dzao
in GiangTaChai village, visiting a
waterfall and a suspension
bridge.Get off the road to go down
hill to BanHo village.Get back to
Sapa byVietnam TripAdvisor's car in
late of the afternoon.Overnight at
hotel in Sapa.
Meals : Breakfast, Luch, Dinner
Day 3 : CanCau – BacHa
Picked up at your hotel after
breakfast and transfer to CanCau
market. It takes more than 3 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.(Note: 2* hotel only)
Meals : Breakfast, Luch, Dinner
Day 4: Bac Ha - Trung Do - Chay
River –Lao Cai
 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.
Dinner at
Lao Cai Station.
Overnight on the train.
Meals : Breakfast, Luch, Dinner
Day 5: Hanoi Arrival
Getting back to Hanoi from Sapa trip
so early at around 5am.Private car
pick up then transfer to your
hotel.Tour ends.
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