2 Days 1 Night SaPa - Bac Ha Market Overnight in Hotel - Depart on Only Saturday - By Bus

6.30 – 7.00: Pick up from your hotel/accommodation, get on big bus and depart for Sapa Town.

9.30: Follow the highway to Lao Cai city with the first comfort break

11.00: Second comfort break at Lao Cai city before approaching Sapa

13.00: Arrive Sapa Town with colorful traditional costumes of H’Mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic People.

Welcome drink and itinerary briefing

Enjoy the lunch with local Vietnamese dishes, check-in procedures

14.30: Bus picks you up to the gate of Cat Cat village which is home of Black H’mong ethnic people and located near the bottom of a deep valley at the foot of Fansipan Peak. Our local guide will show you the daily life activities of the locals, trek down to the valley bottom to the waterfall where the French built a Hydraulic Power Station, stop for photo with bridge and waterfall then you will walk uphill for bus to pick up to get back to Sapa in the afternoon.

17.00: Come back to Sapa Town. Have dinner & overnight in hotel with night activities.

6.15 – 7.00: Have breakfast at hotel. Check out the room and bring all your luggage for Bac Ha market.

7.00 – 14.00: Take 2.5-hour drive to Bac Ha Town – home of Flower H’Mong ethnic People

Visit Bac Ha market – the most typical weekly market with inhabitants of   lots of Ethnic People.

Have lunch at local restaurant

A short walk to Hoang A Tuong’s palace which was built in 1914 with

French – Viet architecture and visit 

Trekking distance is about 3 kms and it lasts for 2 hours

14.00: Take 1.45 hour drive back to Lao Cai city, have a shower and relax in the border gate city. (Do not come back Sapa town)

16.30: You are welcomed to shuttle bus back to Hanoi with two comfort breaks.

21.15: We say goodbye to you at your hotel/stay.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

Trip ends

For Sapa View Hotel (3 star) or in similar hotel: Single supplement is 15 USD/night

For Sunny Mountain Hotel (4 star) or in similar hotel: Single supplement is 25 USD/night

ü  Modern air – conditioning bus with comfortable seats from Hanoi – Sapa and return

ü  Modern air - conditioning bus from Sapa – Bac Ha – Lao Cai and in Sapa with experienced drivers

ü  2 bottles of water, tissues, 2 snacks/2 ways/person on bus Ha Noi - Sapa - Ha Noi

ü  English speaking tour leader escorted during the bus trip Hanoi – Sapa - Hanoi, local guide escorted in Sapa and Bac Ha

ü  Meals as 2 lunches, 1 breakfast, 1 dinner with local dishes

ü  All entrance tickets to indicated sites

ü  Hotel room in Sapa View Hotel or Sapa lodge hotel or similar on twin sharing basis

ü  Insurance during time using the bus

ü  Beverages, travel insurance, VAT, personal expenses

ü  Others not clearly mentioned above

ü  When you come back to Lao Cai city from Bac Ha Market, we will arrange you to have a shower in a restaurant then you need to wait shuttle bus from Sapa to Lao Cai for sometimes. If you want to visit somewhere, our local guide will take you there; taxi or transport fee is paid by you.

ü  Warm clothes, scarf, hat, cap because the weather in Sapa is pretty unpredictable. It is normally cold in September, October, November, December, January, February and March

ü  Due to altitude of Sapa, it is sometimes foggy in December, January, February and March.

ü  Trekking shoes, sun glasses, sun cream, insect repellent are also necessary. You should take cash with you in Vietnam Dong because banking system in Sapa sometimes doesn’t function well. US Dollar, Euro, Australia Dollar are accepted in Sapa.

ü  You should take medicine with you although there are some chemist’s shops in Sapa in case you get sick.