Although tourism is developing fast in the region, many locals still live a very basic life. Most of them spend all day long working on the fields.It’s so easy to find a small market in any villages, they sell what their families do not need in markets, Coc Ly market, too. And with the money they make, they buy something else. It is what experts call a subsistence economy.
Tour Highlights:
Meet and talking with the Black H’mong tribes in CatCat village.
Visit CocLy Market open on Tuesday only.
Enjoy the view of Chay river. Vietnam-China International gade.
Night 1-Sunday:Hanoi - Lao Cai train station
Our car pick you up at your hotel and transfer to Hanoi train station for the night train to Lao Cai station.Overnight train soft sleeper with AC
Day 1-Monday: Lao Cai - Sa Pa (B,L,D)
Arrive at Lao Cai Train station at about 6.30.Vietnam TripAdvisor’s tour guide pick you up with your name on a pick up paper and transfer to Sapa. Having breakfast and relax before explore Sapa Town. In the afternoon, take a 2km short trekking to Cat Cat Village, the home of H’mong Ethnic. Meeting & talking with locals to learn more about their daily life.Free time take awalk around sapa town in the evening and overnight in hotel.
Day 2-Tuesday: Sapa - Coc Ly - Lao Cai (B, L, D)
Leave Sapa for Lao Cai then Coc Ly tribal market, which offer the chances to see H'mong and Dzao minority people in their most colorful costumes. Take a boat trip down stream on Chay river with picnic lunch. Enjoy scenic view from river and trek to Dzao, Tay minority villages. On the way visit Vietnam - China International Border Gade. Return back to Lao Cai station for the night train come back Hanoi.Overnight on the trai.
Day 3: Hanoi (B)
Getting back to Hanoi from Sapa trip so early at around 5am, taxi to hotel on your own.
End of services. Our staff will give you the warmest goodbye and hope to see you again.
