Outstanding Sapa – Bac Ha market - 2 days / 3 nights

Night 1: night train to Lao Cai Station

South Pacific Travel’s coach and guide will pick you up at your hotel and transfer you for the overnight train to Lao Cai Station. Enjoy the experience the romance of overnight train travel.

Transfer: Private AC coach hotel – railway
Accommodation: 4 Soft sleeper in AC shared cabin.
Meal: Not applicable.

Day 1: Lao Cai Station – Bac Ha Market – Sapa Town (B, L , D)

Arrive in Lao Cai Station do a little bit morning exercise, feel ready for our trip. On the way we will stop for breakfast and then transfer to Bac Ha Market (75km from Lao Cai station). Unlike those in the tourist areas, the markets that we choose are for not only buying and selling, but also meeting places for ethnic minority people to meet and exchange news. There will be plenty of colour and authentic costumes, but very little to buy as souvenirs unless you want to barter for a water buffalo or a sack of fertiliser. After having picnic lunch time for you to discover ethnic markets. The way they buy and sell and you can try your ability to bargain. About 2pm transfer to Sapa Town, a small town perched on the mountainside opposite Mt. Fansipan, Vietnam’s highest peak for your overnight stay.

Transfer: Lao Cai – Bac Ha market 2hrs.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Transfer: Bac Ha – Sapa: 3hrs
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation:

Superior: Bamboo Sapa Hotel or equivalent
Deluxe: Chau Long hotel or equivalent

Day 2: Sapa – Cat Cat – Sin Chai village – Lao Cai Station (B, L)

Breakfast will be ready to served at 7am. You will check out and leave your luggage in the hotel then get yourself ready before heading down around 8km to visit Cat Cat and Sin Chai village of the Black Hmong at a waterfall. Dinner is for your choice and then get fresh with a shower in the hotel’s day room then transfer to Lao Cai Station for overnight train back to Hanoi.

Trekking: 4-hrs trek/dirt paths/downhill.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
Freshen up: room available
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation: 4 Soft sleeper in A/C shared cabin.

Day 3: Arrive back to Hanoi

You will arrive in Hanoi Station at around 5h30. Our tour finishes.

Transfer: Private AC coach
Guide: English speaking guide