There are few scenes throughout the country more recognisable than Bac Ha Market. The weekly Sunday market run by the H’mong hill tribe of Sapa is a festival of buying, selling and socialising in the foreground of forested mountains and flecks of mist. The Bac Ha Market – Sapa 2 Day tour shows you the colourful whirlwind of activity at Bac Ha Market before we spend the next day trekking around the otherworldly Sapa region. Along with Bac Ha, Sapa is also famous throughout the country, here for its picture-perfect scenery of undulating rice paddies descending from steep hillsides to the floor of the Muong Hoa Valley. The Bac Ha Market – Sapa 2 Day tour gives you plenty of time to relax in both destinations but also features excursions around these hubs to other beautiful attractions such as the Palace of the H’mong King, the Muong Hoa Valley and Ta Van Village.
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Activities: Explore Bac Ha Market’s colourful parade, and then head to the Palace of the H’mong King and Ban Pho Village.
About 05.30 – 06.00 AM: On arrival in Lao Cai Station, we will collect you from the exit gate of Lao Cai train station and head to a local restaurant in town for breakfast.
We start the drive to Bac Ha Market after breakfast, arriving at Bac Ha Town to colourful and jubilant scenes as the market gets underway. We walk around the market, keeping an eye out for bargains on strange and exotic merchandise. Our guide will point out several interesting facets of the market, including the livestock section and the groups of H’mong men enjoying bottles of rice wine.
The morning will be spent exploring the range of food, clothing, souvenirs, and working tools before we sit down for a local meal at a local eatery, sampling hill tribe food in Bac Ha Market’s colourful parade.
We re-board the bus to head to the Palace of the H’mong King, exploring this large home of King Hoang A Tuong and admiring the blend of Western and Vietnamese architecture used in its creation.
Our final stop of the day is Ban Pho Village, famous around the region for its corn wine and views over the Bac Ha Highlands.
We head back to Lao Cai, taking a look at the Vietnamese and Chinese harbour mouth on the northern border of the town before transferring to Sapa. You will have the rest of the evening to find some food and check out the nighttime charm around Sapa Lake.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Activities: Trek to Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van Village to explore the local life of the ethnic minority people here.
Breakfast will be served in your hotel as you wake up to the backdrop of misted mountains.
We begin today’s trekking at about 08.00 with a 6km hike into the Muong Hoa valley, reaching the Black H’mong village of Y Linh Ho.
Trekking the 2km to Lao Chai Village, we walk around the verdant rice fields for which Sapa is most well known.
Grabbing as many pictures as we can on the way, we relax at Ta Van Village, home to families of the Giay ethnic group. We will sit down with one family to enjoy a traditional lunch in a very unique setting, a bamboo house that backs onto a stunning view of descending layered rice paddies.
Our final 2km of trekking is to the main road, where you can take the last of your photos before boarding the jeep back to Sapa Town.
Our bus will pick you up at about 17.30 to transfer you to Lao Cai, from where you can get your overnight train back to Hanoi.
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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Notes: + The Bac Ha Market – Sapa 2 Day tour only runs on Sunday because of the weekly nature of Bac Ha Market.
+ The return night train between Hanoi and Lao Cai can be booked upon request.
+ The Bac Ha Market - Sapa 2 Day tour can be operated as a private tour or a group tour
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As a European-style mountain chalet, the Sapa Dragon Hotel pays homage to the French colonial past of Sapa, along with its ancient Vietnamese origins and their continuation today. Situated about 1,650 metres above sea level, your stay at the Sapa Dragon Hotel will be draped in a natural grandeur bestowed by the Hoang Lien Mountains, with soaring peaks creating an excellent backdrop to a wonderful stay.Throughout our range of rooms, you will be presented with very pleasant options for your stay in Sapa. Warm lighting and highly comfortable bedding are universal from the Superior Room to the Suite, with quaint wooden bathrooms and viewing balconies offering a chalet-like retreat for our guests. Modern amenities abound in the air conditioning, wall-mounted TV and shower.The location of the Sapa Dragon Hotel in a more secluded corner of Sapa town means that you can find peace amongst the energy on show here. Still, the convenience to its attractions is some of the best in Sapa; the Notre Dame Cathedral is just 400m away and Sapa Lake just 700m.
The extensive and gorgeous exterior of the Sapa Legend Hotel & Spa suggests just some of the opulence and comfort to be found within. This immaculately adorned hotel has grand marble and burnished wood running throughout, extending to the many rooms spanning four accommodation options. Along with warm decoration, each room is fitted with comfortable bedding, modern amenities such as air conditioning and TV, large windows and a very well appointed bathroom, ensuring an extremely pleasant stay in beautiful Sapa.In further pursuit of this aim, our restaurant and café encapsulate a luxurious atmosphere for your enjoyment of international and Vietnamese food and beverages. In addition, the Legend Spa provides an excellent means of relaxation and a space for tranquility in the bustling town. With one of the most central locations in all of Sapa town, you will find travelling around the area to be of the utmost ease and cafes and restaurants just beyond arms’ reach. Just to the left of the front doorstep is Sapa Lake and community garden, with Sapa Park just 300m away and Ham Rong Mountain 400m beyond that.
Located among the Hoang Lien Mountains, Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa offers an assortment of outdoor activities and leisure facilities. This 4-star resort is the only luxury hotel in the region with beautifully decorated rooms and suites blending perfectly with the natural surroundings. Impressed by accented wooden decor and luxurious dining as well as professional staff, tourists coming here will receive the best memories for their trip to Sapa.
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