Duration: 2 days 3 nights
Departure: Ha Noi
Bac Ha is well-known for its amazing ethnic love market and untouched sights on every Sunday. People have it “white tray” since surrounding is in white when the plums are in bloom during spring or The Tet holiday. This amazing 3 night 2 days offers travelers great chance to explore one of the most amazing and peaceful ethnic market in Sapa and Bac Ha area, the north of Vietnam.
Itinerary in brief
Night 1 (Friday evening) : Ha Noi – Lao Cai via Sapa.
Day 1 (Saturday): Trekking: Lao Chai – Ta Van
Day 2 (Sunday) : Sapa – Bac Ha Market – overnight train Lao Cai to Hanoi
Trip itinerary
Night 1: Overnight train Hanoi – Lao Cai
We pick you up at your hotel and transfer to The Railway Station at 20:30 pm. The train departs at 21:50 pm (SP3).
Stay overnight on a/c comfortable shared cabin with 2 upper & 2 lower berths per cabin. Private cabin is available on request at a surcharge.
Day 1: Lao Cai – Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Our guide will pick you up on arrival at Lao Cai Train Station at 6:30 am and car transfer to Sapa. Have breakfast at the local restaurant. Check in into your hotel, and free at leisure for viewing around the area for this morning.
Have local lunch, our components will pick you up at your hotel and drive from Sapa town down to Lao Chai village. You can meet ethnic groups (H’mong, Dao) as well as enjoy peaceful view of Muong Hoa valley and terraced rice field en-route. We will reach Lao Chai village of The H’mong ethnic, then walk into Ta Van village to discover The Day ethnic. After that, we hike to the meeting point for vehicle returning to Sapa. Stay overnight in Sapa.
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa
Trekking distance: 9km
Day 2: Sapa – Bac Ha market – Overnight train to Hanoi (Breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
Leave mighty Sapa early at about 6:30am for Bac Ha market, we will travel 100 km, and it takes about 3 hours.
We will arrive in Bac Ha approximately at 9:30am, the best time to visit this traditional market with its amazing colorful ethnic tribes such as: Flower H’Mong, Phu la, and Black Dao gather together to buy, sell , exchange their goods and have party with lots of corn wine (strong wine in Vietnam 40– 50 %).
After having local specialty lunch, you will discover The Ban Pho village of Flower H’mong ethnic.
In the afternoon, you will travel by car to The Lao Cai Station for the overnight night train to Hanoi. The train departs at 20:45PM.
Trekking distance: 2 hours
Stay overnight on a/c comfortable shared cabin with 2 upper & 2 lower berths per cabin. Private cabin is available on request at a surcharge.
Day 3: Ha Noi arrival
You will arrive in Hanoi at 5:30am the next morning. Vietnam Travel components will pick you up and drive to your own hotel. End services.
Trip price
| Trip grade | 2pax | 3-4pax | 5-6 pax | 7pax up |
| Standard | $ 210 | $ 169 | $ 159 | $ 149 |
| Superior | $ 225 | $ 189 | $ 179 | $ 162 |
Hotel listed on this Vietnam tour up north packages:
+ Standard package tour (2* hotel category)
01 night in Sapa Elegance Hotel OR Sapa Luxury Hotel – deluxe room
+ Superior package trip (3* hotel category)
01 night in Chapa Garden Boutique Hotel OR Bamboo Sapa Hotel – superior room
Trip includes:
- Train ticket Hanoi – Lao Cai – Hanoi
- Accommodation based on Double/Twin sharing room
- Private car pick up in Hanoi and drop off services in Sapa
- Full A/C transportation as per tour program
- Tour guide speaking English
- All meal as mentioned in program (B=Breakfast; L=Lunch)
- Entrance fee
Trip excludes:
- Personal expenses
- Drinks
Notes:
- This price can be adjusted periodically in case of the fuel price increase by suppliers.
- Train schedule is subject to change without notice.
- Should bring along good trekking shoes, warm jacket in winter, rain coat, mosquito repellent, silk sleeping bag.