VNT-SPT 9 : BAC HA HILL TRIBE MARKET – SAPA TREK

Highlight: Bac Ha Market – Boat Trip – Muong Hoa Valley
 
Duration : 3days-4nights
 
Itinerary:
 
Saturday Night 1: Hanoi – Lao cai
 
The trip starts from your hotel in Hanoi at 8: 00 PM, you take a short transfer to the railway station and hop up the night train to Lao Cai City.
 
Overnight in an AC soft sleeper cabin sharing cabin 4berths.
 
Day 1- Sunday : Lao cai train – Bac Ha Market – Boat Trip - Sapa town (B/L)
 

Arrive Lao Cai you will meet your local tour guide then enjoy breakfast at the local restaurant.
Arrive Lao Cai you will meet your local tour guide then enjoy breakfast. Leaving Sapa early in the morning, we drive to Bac Ha market (approximately 2.5 hours). Arriving at Bac Ha, we visit the big market and colorful ethnic people of the Flower H'mong, Phu La and Dao Tuyen minorities, who gather here to buy and sell their handicraft products. After spending the morning exploring the market, your lunch will be served at a local restaurant. After lunch we drive downhill to start a short walk to Trung Do Village which is home to the Tay minority. Here you can visit a traditional Tay house. We will then travel by boat through amazing countryside to Bao Nhai Village. Transfer you back to Sa Pa .

Overnight in the hotel in Sapa ( Optional)
 
Day 2 - Monday : Sapa Trekking to Muong Hoa Valley (B,L,) :
 

Depart from Sapa town by car to Lao Chai village, following the road down the hill. Views of the Muong Hoa valley and magnificent surroundings of mountains and rice terrace fields can be seen from this road. Along the road, people from many ethnic groups (H’mong, Zay, and Red Dao) are likely to be met, and there are stalls along the way that serve tea, fruits and sweets. Soon after turning off the main road and taking a local path, we will arrive in the Black H’mong village of Lao Chai, where you will experience the daily life of the villagers.After that, we walk from Lao Chai to Ta Van village, where the Zay hill tribes live. Here you take a rest and enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by your local guide in a local house. After lunch you trek up and downhill. Specially you will trek through bamboo forest then relax beside the waterfall. Explore the Red Dao village of Giang Ta Chai where you will also have the chance to see their daily activities. In the afternoon the car will pick you up for the return journey to Sa Pa.
 
Overnight in the hotel in Sapa ( Optional)
 
Day 3 – Tuesday : Sapa – Suoi Ho – Matra – Redzdao Village - Hanoi (B,L):
 
Next morning after having breakfast, We leave Sa Pa town, trekking to Suoi Ho village to see tea plantations and cardamom gardens. Follow the buffalo trails to visit the hospitable villages of the Black Hmong minority people in Ma Tra. After passing a school and scenic views enroute, a picnic lunch will be served. After lunch we continue our trek to Ta Phin village to visit Red Dao people and handicraft shops. In the afternoon we will reach the road where your driver is waiting to transport you back to Sa Pa. Late afternoon our van transfer you back to Lao cai train ,
 
Overnight in an AC soft sleeper cabin sharing cabin 4berths.
 
Arrive Hanoi next morning (around 05:30 in Hanoi).  
Tour Ends.
 
Accommodation in Sapa :
Boutique Hotel : Sapa Elegance Hotel, Sapa Elite Hotel , Sapa Lodge Hotel, Sapa Eden Hotel
Superior Hotel : Bamboo Hotel, Chau Long New Wing Hotel
Deluxe Hotel : U Sapa Hotel , Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa
Train : Let contact us to upgrade to a Private cabin
 
Inclusive:
Private car/mini van transfers
Round trip train tickets: Soft sleeper in joined Cabin deluxe express Train 4berths with A/C
All entrance fees
Boat trip
Buffalo Cart tour
Local English speaking guide in Sapa
All meals as per program
Accommodation as program, based in twin sharing
Minaral water & Tissue are available on the vehicle
 
Exclusive:
Drinks, except otherwise mentioned
Insurance,
Personal expenses & Tips
 
Things to bring:
Hat,.sun block ; good walking shoes; tee-shirt & shorts; medical kit; camera with plenty of film.