Bac Ha hill tribe market - Every Sunday

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Tour code: SD-OT 004
Duration: 1 day (app. ~ 8 hours)
Difficulty: Easy
Distance: 120 km
Start: 7:30 AM every Sunday
End: app. ~ 5:00 PM
Maximum Participants: 16 for Van / 25 for County Bus
Highlight: In this three day trip, you will join the locals at the biggest ethnic minority market in the eastern mountainous region of Lao Cai Province and take a full day to enjoy beautiful landscapes, meeting Flower H'mong, Tay and Phu La ethnic minority peoples, witnessing their every day activities and experiencing their hospitality, have light walk to the famous village Ban Pho of the Flower H'mong people
Learn more about Bac Ha market
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Itinerary:

7:30 AM, leave Sapa from Pinocchio Hotel (015 Muong Hoa Str) by car to back to Lao Cai city then continue with 60 km to the North of the province for going to Bac Ha. After 3 hours, we will arrive to Bac Ha Market. It is the ideal time for you to visit this market. You can come with the group following our guide to lesten his explanation about the market or discover it by your self. At 12:00, you take your lunch by yourself in some restaurant thoughout the town or even inside the market.
The time in the afternoon, the car and guide will bring you visit a village called Ban Pho of the Flower Hmong people nearby the town where you can enjoy the landscapes of the mountain, try some local corn wine, learn about their life...
Come back to Bac Ha town, we take time to come to visit Hoang A Tuong palace, the heritage of the region which was the residence of the Hmong's King during the colonial period.
Leaving the palace, we take the car to tranfer back to Lao Cai. For whom want to catch the night for Hanoi will be droped at Lao Cai Station at some restaurants nearby. The group will continue to go up to Sapa. En trip

Note: It is possible for clients who arrive in Lao Cai station on Sunday to join the group at this train station.


Included:
- English Speaking guide;
- Car (16 seats or 28 seats);

Excluded:
- Tip;
- Travel insurance;
- Meals, drink;
- Other expense;

What to bring:
- A big bottle of water (possible to buy it on the way);
- Walking shoes;
- Camera;
- Light bag for personal things;
- Rain coat or umbrella (sometime);
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Map: (see the whole region on Google Map)
Map Sapa - Suoi Ho - Ma Tra - Ta Phin