Itinerary
DAY 01 : HANOI – SAPA – CAT CAT VILLAGE (- / L/ D )
06h15- 06h30: Sleeping bus will pick you up at the meeting point. After 05 hours on the highway, the car will take you to Sapa
12h30-13h00: Come to Sapa you go to the hotel, check in at the hotel and have lunch at the restaurant
14h30: Tour guide and guests walk to visit Cat Cat village, start the journey to discover the village Visit Cat Cat village of the H'mong. Visitors will be able to visit and learn about the customs and habits of ethnic minorities. Visit Cat Cat waterfall and hydroelectric power plant built by the French in the early 20th century, have fun and take souvenir photos…
18h30 – 19h00: Have dinner at the restaurant, free time and explore Sapa at night
DAY 02: SAPA – BAC HA MARKET- HANOI ( B/ L/-)
6h30: Have breakfast at your hotel
7h00: Pick up at hotel. It takes 3 hour driving to Bac Ha market. At the market you will also meet Flower Hmong (Red Hmong), Black Dao, Tay, Nung, La Chi, Phu La and other tribal groups who come from far and wide to buy and sell a wide variety of goods and livestock, to exchange news and to renew friendships. In the past the market was a centre for trading horses but now that motorbikes have replaced them it is more common to see buffalo, cows, goats, fish and other. Continue the trip to Hoang A Tuong Royal Palace.
12h00: Lunch at local restaurant
13h30: Trek to Ban Pho village of the Flower H’Mong people, to see their house, the daily life, understand little more about their lifestyle and traditional customs. Especially, we can try homemade wine from corn. Drive back to Sapa, 110 km in about 3 hours ride. En-route, stop to see Trung Do village of the Tay people (if time permits).
16h30: Arrival in Lao Cai , the bus stops at the restaurant, you wait at the restaurant then the sleeper bus picks you up and returns to Hanoi
21h00: Arrive in Hanoi, End tour
