Tuesday, December 10, 2013

One day Market tours

Bac Ha – Sunday market
- Bac Ha – Sunday market 
- Muong Khuong – Sunday Market 
- Can Cau – Saturday market 
- Lung Khau Nhin – Thursday market 
- Tam Duong -Thursday Market   
 
[OP1] Bac Ha – Sunday market
Start point – Sapa or Lao Cai city
This is the largest market in the region, a place where many hill tribal people gather to meet each other, to buy and sell, to eat and drink. There are 10 minority groups in the Bac Ha region. You can buy there homemade handicrafts and clothes. In the afternoon we will have a short hike to Ban Pho village of Flower H’Mong people. Transfer back to Lao Cai for the night train to Hanoi, or back to Sapa.
 
Tour price including: English-speaking guide; Entrance fees; Lunch (only on private tour); Transport by private jeep or van (on private tour) or shared van (on group tour).
 
[OP2] Muong Khuong – Sunday Market
Start point – Sapa or Lao Cai city
While most of the tourists go to visit Bac Ha market, you can choose more quite local market surrounded by breathtaking nature in Muong Khuong. The tour includes visit to a market and an easy trek for about 2.5 hours through spectacular green mountainous scenery, corn and rice fields and remote villages of Flower H’mong ethnic people. At the end of the trip we will drive back to Lao Cai city and stop near by Chinese border to take a look on Chinese town across the river. The tour ends at Lao Cai Railway Station.
 
Tour price including: English-speaking guide; Permit & Entrance fees; Lunch; Transport by private jeep or van
 
[OP3] Can Cau – Saturday market
Start point – Sapa or Lao Cai city
This is a colorful market situated in a small village in the mountains. You will see several different hill tribe groups here, but mainly the Flower H’mong. The local people come here to socialize, to buy and sell clothes, vegetables, meat and cattle. In the afternoon we will have a short hike to Ban Pho village of Flower H’Mong. Transfer back to Lao Cai for the night train to Hanoi, or back to Sapa.
 
Tour price including: English-speaking guide; Entrance fees; Lunch; Transport by private jeep or van
 
[OP4] Lung Khau – Thursday market
Start point – Sapa or Lao Cai city
We will start our trip early in the morning, passing Lao Cai and continuing to north-east direction. This is a small but very colorful market in a remote mountainous area where mainly Flower H’mong gather to exchange their homemade products. You do not see many tourist at this market. After visiting the market, we will walk to the village of hill tribal people to discover their way of living and to enjoy walking in the nature. Then we will drive back to Lao Cai. The trip ends at Lao Cai train station.
 
Tour price including: English-speaking guide; Entrance fees; Lunch; Transport by private jeep or van
 
[OP5] Tam Duong – Thursday Market
Start point – Sapa
We will start the trip early at morning in Sapa driving about 2 hours by car, enjoying amazing mountainous scenery, to Lai Chau province to discover the colorful market of many hill tribes such as: Lu, Lao, Black Dzao, Tien Dzao, Red Hmong, Dzay, Black Thai. In the afternoon we’ll visit the Ban Hon Village, home to Lu & Thai minorities. On this is a good opportunity to take pictures of majestic Fansipan mountain, passing the Heaven Gate, Tram Ton Pass & Silver Waterfall on the way back to Sapa
 
Tour price including: English-speaking guide; Entrance fees; Lunch; Transport by private jeep or van