Cao Son Market (Wednesday) – Sapa Tour – 2 Days
This market is only available on Wednesday; it’s one of the smallest local markets in the area, which locates in a beautiful landscape. The market still keeps its original aspect as it is. Here you will meet Flower Hmong , Black Dao, Tay, Nung...
Tour Duration: 2 day/3 nights
Tour Route: Hanoi arrival - Lao Cai - Cao Son Wednesday market - Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Sapa - Lao Cai - Hanoi
Starts / Ends: Hanoi
Tour Level: Moderate
Group size: Private tour only
Tour Customizable: Absolutely! (Tell us your specific requirements in the inquiry form)
BRIEF ITINERARY:
Day 01: (TUE) Hanoi – Lao Cai (Train)
Day 02: (WED) Lao Cai – Cao Son Wednesday market - Sapa (B, L)
Day 03: (THUR) Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Sapa – Lao Cai (B, L)
Day 04: Hanoi
Day 01: ( TUE) Hanoi - Lao Cai (Train)
In the evening our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to the train station. You will catch the overnight train soft sleeper with AC to Lao Cai. The train leaves at 22:00 from Hanoi railway station.
Day 02: (WED) Lao Cai - Cao Son Wednesday market - Sapa (B, L)
After meeting a guide at the Lao Cai railway station we have breakfast there and go to the Cao Son Market for two hours by a van. You will enjoy beautiful scenery along the ride until you arrive in Muong Khuong. From there, you turn in a dirt road, which goes up in mountains. Pine trees forests and villages surround the tinny market. Flower H’mong, Black Dao, Tay, Nung ethnic minorities come to buy and sell local products such as food and material for agriculture and fabric. People coming to the market not only for selling or buying something but also importantly to meet friends, relative and to sip some cups of wine until the dawn comes. No where else but here, Flower H’mong people greet you with a temptation of corn wine and endless hospitality. After exploring the market, you will be able to visit a village of Flower H’mong or a village of Tay people. You will then head back to Muong Khuong and have lunch in a local restaurant. After lunch, you get on the car for journey back to Sapa. Overnight in Sapa.
Day 03: (THUR) Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Sapa - Lao Cai (B, L)
After having breakfast in a hotel we embark on a lovely trek that will take us along buffalo paths and trails and through several hill tribe villages Lao Chai & Ta Van, home to Black H'mong, and Dzay people. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by someof the friendliest people you can meet. Once on the valley floor you can really appreciate the wonderful scenery that surrounds you. The walls of the valley are covered with multi-layered rice terraced fields and scattered villages. Return to Sapa and then to Lao Cai railway station to get night train to Hanoi. The guide sees you off at Lao Cai train station and takes you on the train.
Day 04: Hanoi
Arrival Hanoi in the early morning, back to your hotel by yourself. End of all the services.
