This full day tour offers you a chance to visit and explore a traditional market in Sapa named Can Cau market. Joining this tour, you will see different ethnic minority people working in the market, such as Flower Hmong, Black Zao, Phu La as well as Chinese people. Especially, you will enjoy a boat ride along the Chay River and a visit to a Tay Village.
At the departure time, you will be greeted and picked up at Lao Cao station by a local guide and a driver. Then you will be transferred to a local restaurant to have breakfast (it’s optional).
After breakfast and a short rest, you will be driven to the first destination of the tour, Can Cau market. On the way there, you will pass Bao Nhai bridge, and then drive uphill to enjoy stunning views over the valleys. Don’t forget to keep your camera handy to capture these scenic images.
Can Cau market is about 20 km from Bac Ha. It’s a small market, but very colourful. It opens only on Saturday. Upon your arrival here, you will be taken to stroll around and explore the market. Coming here, you will not only see different ethnic minority people in their colourful traditional dress, such as Flower Hmong, Black Zao, Phu La ethnic people, but also see a wide range of product sold by the locals.
Leaving the market, you will head to Bac Ha town to enjoy lunch there.
Following the nice lunch and a short rest, in the afternoon, you will continue the tour by driving downhill to Lao Cai. It will take you about 1 hour. En route, you will stop and take a short walk to visit Trung Do village where Tay people are living. Tay villages are often situated on the foot of a mountain or along a stream and are named after a mountain, a field, or a river. There are about 15-20 households in each village. A large village is divided into small hamlets. Their houses are often built on stilts. When exploring the village, you can stop and enter a traditional Tay house to enjoy a cup of tea. Then, you will embark on a boat to cruise upstream the Chay River. You will have the chance to enjoy beautiful scenery along the riversides. The boat trip ends at Coc Ly where a vehicle is waiting for you to transfer you back to Lao Cai. The tour ends when you arrive at your hotel.
