Colorful Combined Tour Through Can Cau - Bac Ha & Coc Ly Hill Tribe Markets

Night 1 (Friday): Pick up from hotel for the night train at at 9:30 PM to get to Laocai Station.

App. Accommodation: Overnight train.

Day 1 (Saturday): Can Cau - Bac Ha

Picked up at Laocai Train Station to transfer to Can Cau market. It takes more than 2 hours to get to CanCau - a small market situated in a valley surrounded by mountains and only 7 km from China. The market deeply shows the typical cultural features of the minorities in remote mountainous areas in Vietnam. Further more, you can enjoy seeing boys and girls in colourful costumes - different colours of the mountains. They attend the market in the hope of finding "the other halves of their lifves" and this is also the time for them to chat, to exchange everything among different ethnic peoples through cups of wine sold in the market. Say goodbye to the market and transfer to BacHa. On the way, spend time visiting a village of the Flower H'mong and then check in hotel in BacHa. Free to explore the town. Lunch in CanCau or in BacHa and dinner in BacHa.

App. Meals: B - L - D.  Accommodation: Hotel.

Day 2 (Sunday): Bac Ha - Sapa

A walk to BacHa market. Visit one village and an old building called The H'mong king's house. Breakfast and the beginning of the day on which you visit a big market filled with many different hill-tribe peoples. This is the most colourful market in North Vietnam. At the market, you have chance to enjoy BacHa people's simple but unique kinds of food with special wines made from rice, cassavas, corn and different sorts of fruits such as plumps, apples, peaches... talking to the minorities through the guide's interpretation. Leave the market for the H'mong King's house (King Hoang A Tuong) built by the French colonists and the Chinese in 1920. Return the town for lunch. In the afternoon, spend time visiting another village (BanPho village) Say good bye to BacHa and get back to Sapa. On the way back, drop in to see the Vietnamese and Chinese Harbor Mouth in LaoCai. Reach Sapa late in the afternoon. Check in hotel in Sapa.

App. Meals: B - L - D.  Accommodation: Hotel.

Day 3 (Monday): Sapa - Muong Hoa Valley

Check out hotel and start a trekking trip towards Muong Hoa valley to visit 3 villages of the H,mong, the Dzay people with around 14 km of trekking. Enjoy beautiful landscapes, terraced paddy fields. Discover the live of the people with different cultures. Have dinner and spend the night at the family.

App. 7 hours trekking - 15 km - Meals: B - L - D -  Accommodation: Homestay.

Day 4 (Tuesday): Coc Ly Market

Leave from the village early at 6:30 AM for CocLy market, which is situated far from Sapa. Enjoy the peaceful life of 6 different minority peoples (Flower H'mong, Black Dzao, Tay, Dzay, HaNhi and Nung). The market is the chance for the minorities to meet and share joy and sorrows after the crops, to exchange one another's experience. Say goodbye to the market and get down onto a boat along Chay river. You are bound to feel great and find yourselves smaller among high rock mountains and to be surprised at white and breathtakingly waterfalls. The Fairy Cave is located deeply in the rocks. Get off the boat to visit a village of the Tay Minority (Trung Do village) by the river. After the boat trip, visit a small town - Bao Nhai and then take jeep back to Laocai Station for the night train to Hanoi. Have dinner before getting on the train.

App. Meals: B - L - D.  Accommodation: Overnight train.

Day 5: Hanoi Arrive

Arrive in Hanoi roughly 4:30 - 5.00 AM. Tour Ends.

(Want to stay longer in this areas? Our sales staff can help you organize accommodation and a host of activities)

All Inclusive Tour Cost:

Note: Rates are valid until December 30th, 2011 by MinMax Travel Co., Ltd. All rates are quoted per person in U.S Dollars. Rates are net and inclusive of service charges and 10% VAT.

 * The prices above are based on the hotels on the MinMaxTravel.com 'Accommodation' page. If you would prefer a different hotel, or hotels, choose your preference on the relevant 'Hotels' page, tell us, and we'll send you a modified price within 24 hrs at the latest.

* At the time of quotation, MinMax Travel reserves the right to adjust prices to take account of unusual movements in currency markets, hotel and transport costs as a result of inflationary price pressures in oil and other commodity markets.
 
THE SPECIFIC HOTELS WILL BE USED IN THIS PACKAGE TOUR:

* If, at the time of booking, any HOTELS are fully booked, we will endeavour to find accommodation of a similar standard elsewhere. If the only available accommodation is of a higher or lower standard, we will revise the price accordingly and consult you immediately:

 Tour Prices Inclusive:

* Train-tickets Hanoi - Lao Cai 02 ways
* Standard class and deluxe class: First class Cabin on train(4 people/cabin. 2people /cabin upon request)
* Meals as mentioned in the tour
* English/french speaking guide
* Boat trip on Chay river
* Entrance fees
* Accommodation (Hotel and home-stay), twin/double sharing room
* Standard class: 3 star hotel
* Deluxe class:    4 star hotel - Victoria Sapa Resort or Chau Long, Deluxe room.
* Transportation as the program

Tour Prices Exclusive:

* Insurance, Drinks, Phone calls and other private expenses.

Note: The price is subject to change according to each period of time. Please contact our travel consultants expert for the best price

* Advised to take good walking shoes.

WHAT TO BRING:
 
* Sun Block, Wide brim hat, Camera + Film, Rain gear, Warm clothes, Insect, Repellentand Original Passport...

HOW TO START:

* MinMax Travel is a fully escorted tour and best-available all year round; the only thing you need to prepare in advance is the international air-ticket from/to your country.

* If you don’t have enough time to complete visa before your departure, we will help you to obtain Vietnam Visa on arrival easily (getting visa at the airport, on your arrival)