Day 1: Hanoi - Sapa - Y linh Ho - Lao Chai Village + Ta Van Village - Hotel (L,D)
06h30: Free pick up at your hotel in the Old Quarter of Hanoi and transfer to Sapa. Along the way, you will have chance to contemplate the beauty of northwest mountains that terraced fields are sparkling in sunlight or dim in thick fog. Have a short break for 30 minutes then continue the trip to Sapa.
12:30: Arrive Sapa Town
Welcome drink and itinerary briefing. Enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes, check-in procedures
14h00: You will begin yours 12 km trek on small trails down the Muong Hoa Valley toward Lao Chai village of Black H’mong ethnic people. Here we will discover their daily life and how they make traditional clothes, handicraft, indigo... We will visit the biggest valley which provides the best view for golden rice terrace fields. After Lao Chai we walk to Ta Van village of Giay people. It is a small group of ethnic people with a rich culture and beautiful houses located on rice paddy fields.
Lao Chai & Ta Van Villages, about 8 km from Sapa town, where black H’mong and Giay people are living, it is also the beginning of the valley which is called Muong Hoa. From a high point of the main road, great view of the whole villages open wide to offer the marvelous panorama views, backed by high mountains and facing the river. Here you will enjoy the fresh air, see terraced fields and stream, discover and visit some of Black H’mong families. You will have a welcome feeling at any house of the hospitable people there. You can interact them, learn about their culture and customs…
17:00: Our car or jeep will take you come back to Sapa Town. Have dinner at the hotel's restaurant, before enjoy the romantic overnight in the Hotel in Sapa
Day 2: Sapa - Ba Ha Market (Love Market) - Lao Cai - Hanoi (B,L)
Bac Ha Market is available on Sunday Morning Only.
8:30 - 9:00: After breakfast, we will take you to Bac Ha market, one of the largest markets in the northwest region of Viet Nam and is only open on Sunday. It is situated about 110km from Sapa or about 2.5 hours away by bus and is worth every second of the ride.
You will have a guide on the tour that will be available for any help you might need while you have approximately 2 free hours to explore the colorful market. The market itself is a gathering place for the many ethnic minority tribes such as the Flower H’Mong, Dzao, Tay, Nung and Phu La to trade and sell their wares and it is always full of life.
After shopping in the market, you will have luch in Bac Ha and return to the bus to visit a Black H’Mong village near the market. You will spend over a half-hour in the village where you can learn more about the culture and ways of life the ethnic minority tribes unique to this region.
On the return towards from Bac Ha Market to our office in Lao Cai Bus Station, where we will waiting for the overnight bus back to Hanoi.
21:30: We arrive in Hanoi. Say good bye & see you in the next time!
