Sapa - Bac Ha market tour 2 days-3 nights

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INDOCHINA BEST TRAVEL Office: No 9 Thien Quang Str, Hai Ba Trung Dist, Hanoi Hotline: +84 962 919195 Email: [email protected] Website: www.indochinabesttravel.com Sapa - Bac Ha Market Tour 2 Days/ 3 Nights The 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. Bring ear plugs so you needn't endure the 'Voice of Vietnam' echoing from the loudspeakers at market- rousing time. Night 1 : 19h30 Pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at at 21:15 to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.(4 people/cabin or 2 people/cabin on request). Day 1: Cat Cat Villages - Sapa Market (B, L): 3 hours trekking, 5 km Walking around 5 km to visit Cat Cat village , the home of Black H'mong Stop at waterfall and this is a chance to see the hydroelectric power station established by the French.

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INDOCHINA BEST TRAVELOffice: No 9 Thien Quang Str, Hai Ba Trung Dist, HanoiHotline: +84 962 919195Email: [email protected]: www.indochinabesttravel.com

Sapa - Bac Ha Market Tour 2 Days/ 3 Nights

The 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. Bring ear plugs so you needn't endure the 'Voice of Vietnam' echoing from the loudspeakers at market-rousing time.

Night 1 :

19h30 Pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi to Hanoi Railway Station for the night train at at 21:15 to get to Laocai Station. Sleep on the train.(4 people/cabin or 2 people/cabin on request).

Day 1: Cat Cat Villages - Sapa Market (B, L): 3 hours trekking, 5 km

Walking around 5 km to visit Cat Cat village , the home of Black H'mong Stop at waterfall and this is a chance to see the hydroelectric power station established by the French. Coming back Sapa .Free time for Visiting Sapa Market, overnight at hotel in Sapa

Day 2(Sunday): Bac Ha Market - Lao Cai Station: (B, L)

7h00 Check out hotel , Depart to Bacha Market , Arrive after 2,5 hours .Free time for visitting one of the most colourfull market in the world , Lunch . Visit one village and an old building called The H'mong king's house. Breakfast and the beginning of the day on

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INDOCHINA BEST TRAVELOffice: No 9 Thien Quang Str, Hai Ba Trung Dist, HanoiHotline: +84 962 919195Email: [email protected]: www.indochinabesttravel.com

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 Sapa. On the way back, drop in to see the Vietnamese and Chinese Harbor Mouth in LaoCai . Transfer to Station for overnight train back Hanoi . Arrive at 5 AM . End of great trip.

Tour includes:

- Train tickets 2 ways (soft sleepers, aircondition cabin 04 berth Train )

- Private transfer as itinerary

- Homestay Accomodation

- All meals as dedicated itineary

- Entrance fees to the villages.

- English speaking guide.

- Jeep go and back as timetable.

Excludes: Insurance, Drinks, Phone calls and other private expenses