Bac Ha Market is open only on sunday. It attracts tourists by unique traditional culture among the local peoples. Bac Ha is also famous for retaining its pristine appearance and typical characteristics of the ethnic minorities in Vietnam
21.30: Our guide of Sapa Pathfinder Travel will pick you up at the hotel in the Hanoi Old Quarter departure to Sapa
The distance from Hanoi to Sapa is 345 km by expressway, so you only need about 6 hours to get to Sapa.
4.00: Arrive in Sapa Town. You continue to sleep on the bus until 6 am
6.00: Our guide will pick you up at the bus station go to the hotel for breakfast
7.00: After breakfast, the bus will take a 2.5 hours drive to Bac Ha market.
9.30: Arriving at Bac Ha, we visit the big market and colorful ethnic people of the Flower H’mong, Phu La, and Dao Tuyen minorities…, who gather here to buy and sell their handicraft products.
12.30 Have lunch will be served at a local restaurant.
13.30: After lunch, we drive downhill to start a short walk to Trung Do Village which is home to the Tay minority. Here you can visit a traditional Tay house. We will then travel by boat through the amazing countryside to Bao Nhai Village.
15.30: Get on the bus transfer you back to Sapa
18.00: Arrive Sapa and check-in hotel
19.00: Have dinner at a restaurant
Free time and overnight in Sapa town
6.00 – 8.00: Have to breakfast in the hotel
8.30: Check out your hotel and store our luggage trekking
9.00: Start 2 km trek to Cat Cat village of Black H’Mong tribe. On the way, you have a chance to attend the Sapa market to see 3 ethnic minorities group selling or exchanging their products with each other such as veggies, weaving brocades, handicrafts, embroiderers, or traditional clothes…
10.30: And then walk down the village to see a beautiful waterfall and power plant built by the French during the colonial time in 1925. From here you will have 40 minutes to enjoy the performance shown by boys and girls from the village.
11.15: Continue trek 3,5 km up to Sapa town and have lunch at the lovely restaurant in the center
14.00: Free time to walk around Sapa town
15.30: You will be transferred by sleeper bus back to Hanoi
22.00: Arrive in Hanoi. Tour ends
⇒ English speaking guide
⇒ Meals in the tour (B = breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
⇒ Sleeper bus transfer Hanoi – Sapa – Hanoi
⇒ Day tour to Bac Ha Market
⇒ All entrance and sightseeing fees
⇒ Accommodation (hotel or homestay)
⇒ Mineral water on the bus
X Beverages and other meal not indicate the program
X Personal expenses
X Tip / gratuities
X Visa or flight service
• The tour is only available for departure on Friday or Saturday
• The weather in Sapa is very cold in the morning and at night, so take care to bring warm clothes
• Good shoes, convenient for trekking