Hanoi – Bac Ha Market – Sapa Tour – 4 Days

Tour Highlights

• Discover Hanoi’s heritage sites, from the Temple of Literature to a cyclo tour in the Old Quarter and the Water Puppet Show.
• Engage with locals at Bac Ha Market, and interact with H’mong communities for insights into their way of life.
• Trek through Sapa’s stunning landscapes, visiting Y Linh Ho village, Muong Hoa Valley, and Ta Van Village.
• Explore Sapa Town, including Cat Cat Village and its market.
• Enjoy the convenience of night trains, guided tours, and comfortable accommodations.

Leave hustle and bustle of the cramped city behind, our Sapa tours from Hanoi will surely deliver the opportunity to discover the most famous beauty spots in the North: the textile’s paradise – Bac Ha Market, Muong Hoa Valley, and Sapa Town. These attractions are appealing to the huge volume of tourists at any time of the year. Besides the natural beauty, meeting and cultural exchanging opportunity with the minority groups as H’mong, Black Dzao, Tay,… play an essential part in the successful as well as the alluring trips from Hanoi Local Tour.

General Information

Tour Route: Hanoi – Bac Ha Market – Sapa – Hanoi
Duration: 4 Days/ 3 Nights
Departure Date: Any time you wish
Start/End: Hanoi/ Hanoi

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival – Cyclo Tour – Water Puppet Show (D)
Day 2: Lao Cai – Bac Ha Market – Sapa Town (B, L, D)
Day 3: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Muong Hoa Valley – Ta Van village – Lao Cai (B, L, D)
Day 4: Hanoi Free – Departure (B)

Full Itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival – Cyclo Tour – Water Puppet Show – Night Train to Lao Cai (D)

Arrival at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you will be welcomed by friendly and enthusiastic local guides and drivers, we move to the hotel. After a short break, we will begin the trip by visiting the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam. Then we take a 1-hour cyclo around Hanoi Old Quarter and enjoy the Water Puppet Show. Having dinner at a local restaurant with specialties. After that, our guide picks you up and transfers to the Hanoi Railway Station for the night train to Lao Cai train station.

Day 2: Lao Cai – Bac Ha Market – Sapa Town (B, L, D)

Our guide and driver will pick you up at Lao Cai train station, then transfer to Bac Ha Town, and have breakfast on halfway. In the afternoon, we go for a trek to visit Ban Pho, home to H’mong minority, visit some local houses to have some corn wine, listen to the locals’ stories, talk to them, and enjoy the beautiful landscapes on the roundabout way to Bac Ha for get back to Lao Cai and continue up to Sapa. Overnight in Sapa.

Day 3: Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Muong Hoa Valley – Ta Van Village – Lao Cai (B, L, D)

After the soft breakfast at the hotel, we then begin from Sapa, through the Sapa market, Cat Cat village and eventually we get in Y Linh Ho village of Black H’mong minority, where we can take a short break and have lunch. After lunch, our trip leads toward Muong Hoa Valley to catch the majestic green rice terraces, then ahead to Ta Van Village of Giay minority by a trekking route.

We will return Sapa from Ta Van village by car, then be transferred back to Lao Cai by train. Overnight on the train.

Day 4: Hanoi Free – Departure (B)

Upon arrival in Hanoi in the early morning, you have a free morning to visit and shopping at Hanoi or leisure until our car arrives and takes us to the airport. Tour ends.