HANOI – SAPA – FANSIPAN PEAK – BAC HA TRIBAL MARKET – HANOI (BY PRIVATE TRANSFER)
DAY 1: HANOI/ LAO CAI/ SAPA BY PRIVATE TRANSFER
Included meals: Lunch
In early morning, we will get the transfer by car to Lao Cai. During around 5.5 hours transfer from Hanoi to Lao Cai, you have a chance to see the nice escape on the way. Arrive in Sapa, you have lunch at local restaurant ad have a short free time before starting a short trekking tour to local hill-tribe village. The first village is Lao Chai village where you can see H’mong minority dressed in the traditional costume that is unique to the Northern region. Witness a truly simple but traditional way of life that exists as it has done for centuries. We tour their villages and traditional houses surrounded by the unspoilt beauty of nature as well as enjoying the hill tribe hospitality before we return to the town. Continuing on, we visit Ta Van village – the village of Zay minority.
Get back to Sapa and free time at your leisure. Accommodation in Sapa.
Approx.: about 2.5 hours trekking
DAY 2 – SAPA/ FANSIPAN PEAK/ BAC HA DISTRICT
Included meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
After breakfast, checking out of your room and transfer to the meeting point to take the cable car to Fansipan Peak. From here, you will enjoy the panorama view of Sapa. Have lunch at local restaurant.
In the afternoon, get back on your private vehicle and make the way to Bac Ha town. The drive lasts for almost 3 hours. On the way, have a short stop at the border gate to China in Lao Cai city. Take a view over the border bridge and you may want to take some photos before carrying on the drive. Arrive at Bac Ha town, check in a hotel and rest for the remainder of the day. Dinner and overnight in Bac Ha.
DAY 3 – BAC HA TRIBAL MARKET/ LAO CAI/ HANOI BY PRIVATE TRANSFER
Included meals: Breakfast/ Lunch
After a breakfast, we will depart for Bac Ha Sunday market. Here you will see Flower Hmong, Phu La, Dao, Tay, Nung…all hill tribe groups gather around for trading. It is an awesome experience of seeing colors, understanding traditions and feeling the atmosphere. The market offers a variety of local products includes colorful embroidery, handicraflocalts and all types of daily necessary stuffs. Here also available animal market where people sell and buy or barter animal such as dogs, pot-bellied pigs, cows, buffalos and so on.
After lunch at local restaurant, get transfer to Bao Nhai and then followed by a short boat trip along Chay River (If the water level and the weather are permitted) then head back for Hanoi by car and then arrive in Hanoi in early evening
Note: If this day is not Sunday, we can consider to change to market to: Coc Ly (on Tuesday), Cao Son Market (on Wednesday), Lung Khau Nhin Market (on Thursday) and Can Cau Market (on Saturday) but the most interesting and colorful and biggest one is Bac Ha Market on Sunday
***** HAVE A NICE TRIP *****
HOTEL LIST:
PLACE/ CITY | SUPERIOR OPTION | DELUXE OPTION | LUXURY OPTION |
Sapa Hotel | Sapa Charm Hotel
Deluxe room |
BB Sapa Hotel
Superior room |
Silk path Sapa Hotel
Classic room |
Bac Ha | Huy Trung Homestay
Private room |
Included: Private transportation, good and experience guide in Sapa, 1 night hotel in Sapa, 1 night at local homestay (or local hotel) in Bac Ha, all entrance fee (one way), meals as indicated in program, water on car
Excluded: hotel in Hanoi, Banking/ Credit card fees (if any), Any meals, drinks other than specified, Tip and personal expenses and compulsory gala dinner at hotel for Christmas (24 Dec) and New Year (31 Dec)