Sapa – Coc Ly Market Tour – 4 Days

Sapa region is not only famous for beautiful landscape, it is also to be know as culture destination, that features would be easy to be find in regular markets of Coc Ly which take place one a week Tuesday morning, where hill tribe people sell and purchasing daily life material, exchange farming experience and meet friends. From Co Ly markets travelers will take boat ride long the river of Chay, enjoy sightseeing man and natural landscape long the river’s bank, short break to visit ethnic minorities of Tay.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Duration: 4 Days
Starts / Ends: Hanoi (Sunday night) / Hanoi
Tour Route: Hanoi – Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa – Coc Ly Tuesday Market – Hanoi
Group Size: Private tour only
Tour Customizable: Absolutely! (Tell us your specific requirements in the inquiry form)
Special Experiences: Surprise about amazing terrace field on mountains side combine with colorful culture of Sapa and in Coc Ly market.

BRIEF ITINERARY

Day 1: Hanoi – Lao Cai
Day 2:  Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa
Day 3: Coc Ly Market – Lao Cai
Day 4: Hanoi

FULL ITINERARY

Day 1: Hanoi – Lao Cai – Train

We will be met at the lobby of the hotel and transferred to the Hanoi Railway station. The train will depart Hanoi at around 22:00. We spend the night on a 4 soft sleeper berth cabin with A/C train.

Day 2: Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa (B, L)

Up on arrival in Lao Cai Railway station early in the morning we will be met by a local guide who will escort us to Sapa town. After checking in hotel, we enjoy our breakfast at the hotel restaurant and relax. Our tour will be started after that. We will embark on a lovely trek that will take us along buffalo paths and trails and though several hill tribe villages, Lao Chai and Ta Van, home of the black H’mong and Dzay ethnic minority people. This is an absolutely spectacular walk through stunning scenery inhabited by some of the friendliest people we can meet. Once on the valley floor we can really appreciate the wonderful scenery that surrounds us. The walls of the valley are covered with multi-layered rice terraced fields and scattered villages. Return to Sapa by our waiting vehicle.
Trekking distance 10 km

Day 3: Coc Ly Tuesday Market – Lao Cai (B)

We have our breakfast at the hotel then check out. Our trip today is going to the Coc Ly, Tuesday market. It takes us 2 hour driving from Sapa but the view on the road seems to make the time shorter by the typical splendid in the Northwest of Vietnam. Coc Ly is a small but very colorful market, where the Flower H’mong ethnic minority people gather to exchange their homemade products. After that we will take a boat trip on the river with beautiful mountains on both sides. On the way we will have a short trek to Trung Do village (Tay). This is a unique opportunity for us to see the traditional lifestyle of tribal minorities and their costumes and handicrafts. Then we drive back to Lao Cai for the night train to Hanoi.

Day 4: Hanoi

Upon arrival in Hanoi very early in the morning, we transfer back to our hotel. End of services. Thanks for traveling with Vietnam local tour operator!