Bac Ha Market Tour ( Sunday Market)
Bac Ha Market is held every Sunday and is the biggest ethnic market in Northwest Vietnam. Alive with the bright colors and extravagant costumes of the local people, here you will meet Flower Hmong (Red Hmong), Black Dao, Tay, Nung, La Chi, Phu La and other minority groups who come from far and wide to buy and sell a wide variety of goods and livestock, to exchange news and to renew friendships.
Tour Duration: Approx: 6 hours driving/ 1-hour walking around / 1-hour lunch
Tour Route: Sapa or Lao cai train to Bac Ha Market - Lao cai - Sapa
Starts: Pick up at your hotel in Sapa /our office in Sapa or from Lao cai Train station
Ends: At your hotel in Sapa or Lao cai train station
Tour Level: Easy walk
Group size:
Tour Customizable: Absolutely! (Tell us your specific requirements in the inquiry form)
BRIEF ITINERARY
Sapa Town or From Lao cai train to Bac Ha Market - Lao cai train or Sapa
Sapa Trekking Travel Guide & Driver will pick you up at hotel in Sapa or Lao Cai station in the early morning to travel by car about 2.5 hours through winding mountain roads to Bac Ha Market. We should arrive in the market as soon as possible to see the local minorities arriving Bac Ha market wearing colorful clothes, its different costumes at the sunrise. Bac Ha market is the big outdoor market known as the venue for the largest fairs in the region. Watch the colorful market lively with minorities of various groups buying and selling assorted goods including working tools, handicrafts and livestock. Have lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon, continue to travel by car for about one hour to Trung Do village, a settlement of the Tay ethnic minority people. Take a leisure ride on a cart pulled by a water buffalo around the village and observe hospitable villagers with their peaceful lifestyle. From the village, embark on a boat to cruise down the Chay River and enjoy sighting the magnificent mountainous landscape along the way. Disembark and refresh with a cup of tea before transferring back by car to either to Sa Pa or Lao Cai railway station.
What is included?
- Local English speaking guide
- Transportation
- Boat Trip on Chay River
- Meals (Lunch)
- All entrance fees and permits
- Mineral water
What is excluded?
- Personal Pocket Money
- Soft drink (beer, coca cola…)
- Insurance
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