Bac Ha Market Day Tour

Tour Itinerary

What to expect

This trip bring you to live yourself in Bac Ha colorful market that happens only on Sunday and also to take a wonderful boat trip upstream Chay River, to have some pleasant walks through Tay village.

Approx: 5 hours driving/ 30 mins boat ride/ 0.5-hour walking

In Details

Morning pickup at your hotel in Sapa or meet the tour guide and driver upon your arrival at Lao Cai station then transferred to a local restaurant for breakfast (optional).

Then start our drive to Bac Ha town. The road is relatively flat from Lao Cai to Bao Nhai bridge. After crossing the bridge, we begin our journey up to Bac Ha market, located in the heart of Bac Ha small town, the largest market in the area. Every Sunday, the different and colorful ethnic minority coming to sell their homemade products or buy something for their family. You can meet and interact with Hmong, Phu La, Back Dzao, Tay or Nung minority people, some of these ethnic minorities can’t be met in any other areas. Have lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon, we drive downhill towards Lao Cai for about half an hour. Stop on the way to take a short walk to Trung Do village inhabited by Tay people. Tay villages are always set up at the foot of a mountain or along a stream and are named after a mountain, a field, or a river. Each village contains about 15-20 households. A large village is divided into many small hamlets. The houses are built on stilts or level with the ground. Stop by a traditional Tay house for a cup of tea before taking a boat cruise upstream the Chay River. The scenery is very beautiful on both sides of the river. The boat trip will end at Bao Nhai bridge where your car will be waiting to transfer you back to Lao Cai or hotel in Sapa.

Note: In case the level of water is not suitable for the boat trip, alternatively you can take a  buffalo cart in Trung Do village instead.