Sapa - Can Cau Market Tour - 4 Days

This trip will bring travelers to very unique hill tribe people market of Can Cau close to china border which take place in very Saturday, not only that our tour also explore many interesting things in adventure destination of Sapa. That all would meet travel inspiration for who’s wanting to explore beauty natural and ethnic culture of Sapa, by trekking to most beautiful villages of Lao Chai, Ta Van, located in basin valley of Muong Hoa.

General Information

Duration : 4 Days
Starts / Ends : Hanoi / Hanoi
Tour Route:  Hanoi - Sapa Hill Station - Lao Chai - Ta Van Village - Can Cau Market - Hanoi
Tour Level: Moderate
Group Size: Private only - 2 persons minimum and above
Tour Customizable: Absolutely! (Tell us your specific requirements in the inquiry form)

Brief Itinerary

Day 1 Hanoi - Lao Cai
Day 2 Sapa - Lao Chai -Ta Van
Day 3  Can Cau Market - Lao Cai - Hanoi
Day 4 Hanoi

Full Itinerary

Day 1 Hanoi - Night train to Lao Cai

Our tour will be started at 20:45 at the lobby of the hotel. We will be met by our guide and transferred to the Hanoi Railway station for the overnight train to Lao Cai.

Day 2 Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van (B, L)

Up on arrival in Lao Cai Railway station early in the morning, we will be met by a local guide who will escort us to Sapa town. After checking in hotel, we enjoy our breakfast at the hotel restaurant and relax. Our tour will be started after that. We will embark on a lovely trek that will take us along buffalo paths and trails and though several hill tribe villages, Lao Cai and Ta Van, home of the black H’mong and Dzay ethnic minority people. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people we can meet. Once on the valley floor we can really appreciate the wonderful scenery that surrounds us. The walls of the valley are covered with multi-layered rice terraced fields and scattered villages. Return to Sapa by our waiting vehicle.
Trekking distance 10 km

Day 3 Can Cau Saturday market - Lao Cai - Hanoi (B, L)

We have our breakfast at the hotel and then check out hotel’s procedure. Farewell Sapa we travel east towards china border, where is Can Cau market’s location, about 120km from Sapa. It takes us more than 2 hours to get there. This is a colorful market situated in a small village in the mountainous area. Here we will meet several different minority groups but mainly the Flower H’mong people. They join the market to buy and sell clothes, vegetables, meet and cattle. At noon time we drive to Bac Ha for our lunch at a local restaurant then we have short trek to Ban Pho village (Flower H’Mong’s home). After that we head back to Lao Cai Railway station for our night train to Hanoi.

Day 4 Hanoi

Up on arrival in Hanoi very early morning, we transfer back to our hotel.
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