Can Cau Market is a small and very colorful market, set in the mountains near the Chinese border. This Saturday market would be the most beautiful one as not being affected by modern life. Here, people exchange and purchase their very basic goods for life.

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Can Cau market and Sapa trekking
3 Days (Code-VSP06)
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Itinerary Lao Cai - Can Cau market - Sapa trekking - Lao Cai
Duration 3 days
Price only from US$200/person
Highlight Visit the original and very colorful market of Can Cau, trekking
to visit local peoples of different ethnic groups in Sapa.....
Can Cau Market is a small and very colorful market, set in the mountains near the Chinese border.
This Saturday market would be the most beautiful one as not being affected by modern life. Here,
people exchange and purchase their very basic goods for life. Most of the people here are the Flower
Hmong minority. Combining the market activities with visiting to some tribal villages set amongst
beautiful nature for new culture discovery the trip is really memorable and yields good chance for
photo hunters.
Itinerary:
Day 1: (Saturday) Lao Cai - Can Cau Market (B/L)
Meet your local guide and driver at Lao Cai Station upon your arrival at about 06.00, freshen up and
enjoy Breakfast in a local restaurant before taking a drive up hill to Can Cau Market Place. The journey
takes about 2.5 hours through the lush farmland of Lao Cai plateau and later spectacular mountain
scenery of Bac Ha District. Arriving right at its most crowded time, the market is filled with cheerful
faces and you will be absorbed into the market by festive atmosphere, colorful traditional dresses,
exotic smell of corn wine and herb… until noon when it gets over to realize the beautiful surrounding.
Driving back to Bac Ha town, you will check in hotel and enjoy lunch. After along break for your
recovery, the afternoon excursion will take you to visit Ban Pho Commune of the Flower H’mong and
Tay people which is included some small hamlets scattering on hilly land in a perfect nature setting.

2. Walking around the village you will encounter the hospitable ethnic people, living in wooden houses
with earthen wall surrounding by lush plump garden… There is a chance to see how corn wine made
and if lucky you will enjoy a H’mong dance with the Khen. We will then drive to Sapa.
Overnight at the hotel in Sapa.
Day 2: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van - Sapa (B, L)
We start from your hotel for 6km of walking down to the south east of Sapa along the side of Muong
Hoa valley to Y Linh Ho village of the Black H’mong. A 2km-trekking down to Lao Chai village, through
terraced rice fields to Ta Van village of the Dzay minority people. If lucky enough, you will have
chance to see endless ripening paddy fields on continuous terraces. Lunch at a local family, it gives
you a worth chance for you to learn about the local house architecture which is full of their daily life
styles and exclusive custom. Enjoy the landscapes on the way and get back to Sapa by jeep or
motorbike.
Overnight at the hotel in Sapa.
Day 3: Cat Cat & Sin Chai (B, L)
We take a walk down to the South-west of Sapa (around 4 km) to visit Cat Cat village of the Black
H’mong. Relax at the food of the stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station
that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam. Enjoy picnic lunch by the side
of the river, and then next 6 km to Sin Chai, the village located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain, “the
roof of Vietnam and Indochina”. From here you can enjoy huge stunning landscapes before climbing
up on the way back to Sapa.
Free untill transfer to Laocai for your night train to Hanoi. Tour ends.
Quotation
Net rate in US$/person (Private tour) Sgl
Category
2 - 3 pax 4 - 5 pax Sup
Standard Hotel 2* 215 200 60
Superior Hotel 3* 245 140 60
Deluxe Hotel 4* 300 295 100
Inclusion:
Twin sharing at your selected hotels.
Meals as mentioned in the program.
Transfer by private A/C vehicle for whole trip.
English speaking guide. Other languages are available upon request.
Admission fees for all sightseeing places.
Exclusion:
Tips and gratuities.
Hanoi - Lao Cai - Hanoi train tickets.
Services not mentioned above.
Visa arrangement
Drinks and personal expenses
International flight from/to Vietnam.
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