NIGHT 1: HANOI - NIGHT BUS/TRAIN
OPTION 1: HANOI - NIGHT BUS
21.00 - 21.30 Our shuttle bus will pick you up at your hotels/hostels in Hanoi Old Quarter and transfer you to bus station to take about 5,5 hours by the sleeping bus to Sapa. You will arrive Sapa Bus station at 3.30 - 4.00, you can sleep on bus until 6.00 (no air-condition on bus when stopping).
6.00 Our driver will pick up at the Sapa bus station, Have breakfast before we departure to Can Cau Market.
OPTION 2: HANOI - NIGHT TRAIN
20.30 Our staff from Indochina Beauty Travel will pick up at your hotels/hostels in Hanoi Old Quarter, transfer to Hanoi Train station, take the night train to Lao Cai, this train departs at 10:00 Pm – arrive in the next morning at 06:00 Am - Train cabin 4 berth with A.C - sharing cabin.
06:00 Our driver will pick you up at train station. Have breakfast at a local restaurant then depart to Bac Ha Market.
DAY 1: CAN CAU MARKET - BAC HA (BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER) (on Saturday only)
We depart to Can Cau - a small market situated in a valley surrounded by mountains which shows the typical cultural features of the minorities in remote mountainous areas in Vietnam. On the way, you can enjoy the meandering roads with beautiful views of rice terraces and a small stone garden. This market is a colourful, vibrant market where you will encounter ethnic minority people such as the Flower Hmong (Red Hmong), Nung, Phu La... It is openned for local people who want to exchange some goods from fabric to various types of livestock to the strong local corn wine. Further more, you can enjoy seeing boys and girls in colourful costumes - different colours of the mountains. They attend the market in the hope of finding "the other halves of their lifves" and this is also the time for them to chat, to everything among different ethnic peoples through cups of wine sold in the market and have lunch there. We spend time visiting a village of the Flower H'mong and then check in hotel in Bac Ha.
Enjoy a dinner and free time in the evening. Stay overnight at hotel in Bac Ha.
DAY 2: BAC HA MARKET – BAN PHO VILLAGE - HANOI (BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER) (on Sunday only)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will walk to Bac Ha Market,well-known for a small mountain town with the biggest colorful market of the hill tribes in the North of Vietnam. Bac Ha Market is attended by at least 8 ethnic groups and especial opens only on Sunday's morning from 08:30 Am to 12:00 (noon). You will have the great chance to meet different ethnic minority groups such as: Nung, Tay, Phu La, Flower Hmong, etc... , discover the differences in culture, customs and ethnic dressing from your tourguide.
After visiting market, we go to visit the H’mong King’s palace (old building built by the French and Chinese). Have lunch at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, we go for a light trek to visit Ban Pho village, village of Flower H’mong minority group. This village is well-known for making local corn wine which is so strong taste but good quality in Bac Ha area.
We are invited to enter several local houses to have some green tea, corn wine, listen to the host talking about their family, talk to them…
Have dinner then we transfer you to bus/train station. Take the night bus/train back to Hanoi. Tour ends.
Notes:
- Overnight on train: soft sleeper train cabin 4 berth with A.C - sharing cabin.
- Overnight on bus: You will arrive Hanoi about 3.30-4.00am, you can not continue to sleep on bus, so please prepare the accomodation for early arriving. Or you can change to day bus starts at 3.30pm from Sapa and arrive in Hanoi at 9pm (this option excludes dinner on the last day).
