Sapa bac ha market tour 3 nights and 2 days

1. Itinerary
HANOI VICTORY HOTEL – The Symphony of Luxury and Comfort
Add: No 3 Hang Quat Street. - Hoan Kiem District - Ha Noi, Vietnam
Hotline: + 84 (0) 914.258.053 Tel: +84 (0) 4.39.382.666 - Fax: +84 (0) 4.3938 1917
www.hanoivictoryhotel.com info@hanoivictoryhotel.com
SAPA - BAC HA MARKET TOUR
( 3 Nights 2 Days )
In this Sapa Trekking and Bac Ha sunday market tour, you will visit the most crowded market with thousands of ethnic
people from many different villages from mountainous areas in Lao Cai provinces. You will see the different cultures
and ways of wearing colorful clothes of those minority Sapa people.
DAY 1: Overnight in the TRAIN to SAPA ( Meals: None )
At 19.30 you are picked up at hotel in Hanoi and transferred to Hanoi railways station for a 10 hour journey to Lao
Cai, we travel in First Class sleeper train.
Overnight: on train (Shared cabin, first class with 4 berths)
DAY 2: SAPA – BAC HA market tour ( Meals: B, L, D )
The train arrives in Lao Cai at about 6:00 am where our guide will welcome you. Look for the sign bearing your name
when you exit the train station.
After meeting a guide at the Lao Cai railway station we have breakfast there and go to the Bac Ha market for two
hours by a van. This is the largest market in the region, a place where many ethnic groups gather to buy and sell, eat
and drink together. There are 10 minority groups in the Bac Ha region. You can buy homemade handicrafts and
clothes. In the afternoon we will have a 2 hour trek to Ban Pho village (Flower H’Mong people).In the village we can
have a look in their house and understand little more about their lifestyle and traditional customs. Especially, we can
try homemade wine from corn. And then we drive back to Sapa for 3 hours.
Overnight: Elysian Sapa Hotel or similar hotel in Sapa
DAY 3: Cat Cat valley village, overnight train back to Hanoi ( Meals: B, L, D )
In the morning our guide will pick you up for a short walk to Cat Cat Village, set in a beautiful valley just outside Sapa.
Cat Cat is home to the H`mong people who originated from China about 3,000 years ago. The H`mong people are
easily recognisable by their dark blue or black clothing, dyed using the juice of indigo plants, which are native to the

2. Itinerary
HANOI VICTORY HOTEL – The Symphony of Luxury and Comfort
Add: No 3 Hang Quat Street. - Hoan Kiem District - Ha Noi, Vietnam
Hotline: + 84 (0) 914.258.053 Tel: +84 (0) 4.39.382.666 - Fax: +84 (0) 4.3938 1917
www.hanoivictoryhotel.com info@hanoivictoryhotel.com
area. H`mong women wear long aprons with embroidered waistcoats and have their hair rolled up into a turban-like
hat, while the men wear black skullcaps, long waistcoats and loose trousers.
In the afternoon you are free at your leisure ( visit Ham Rong mountain, Sapa market, Stone church,… ) until your
transfer to the train station for the overnight train back to Hanoi. Tour ends on arrival at Hanoi Railway station
Overnight: On train (Shared cabin, first class with 4 berths).
Thank you for believing us and we hope you will join us again the next time you are in Vietnam
PRICE & INCLUSION 175USD per person.
Book with us to get 165 USD/pax
Tour includes: Accommodation based on twin share, Other meals as clearly mentioned, Transportation as
described in the program, English speaking guide on day trips & excursions, Sightseeing fees and permits during
guided time, Train tickets Hanoi – Lao Cai –Hanoi (Shared cabin)
Tour excludes: Pre & post trip arrangements, Travel insurance, Transfer beyond itinerary, Food & drinks not
mentioned within the itinerary, Tips and gratuities, Other services not clearly described in the program