Overview
Can Cau is a busy market which is held every Saturday. Located just below the Chinese border, it is a colourful, vibrant market where you will encounter minority peoples such as the Flower Hmong (Red Hmong), Nung, Phu La and even Chinese people from across the border. All kinds of goods are traded here, from fabrics to various types of livestock to the powerful local corn wine.
A nice tour has designed by Funny Travel with 3 days 2 nights trip which offers to tourist can see + enjoy Sapa valley , terraces rice field , local villages and the Can Cau traditional market , a good choice for whom like traditional market and can not go on Sunday morning to BAC HA MARKET which is the best local market in the north of Vietnam , so this is a great one to do . You have a chance to visit : Can Cau Market which is only open on Saturday morning ,visit all top areas in Sapa : Cat Cat villages + Sin chai village , Lao Chai + Ta Van village , taste the best of sapa to stay in homestay , trek to mountain valley of Muong Hoa , visit Ta Van villages . Your date to START the tour from Hanoi must be on : Thursday or Friday if you want to see this Can Cau Market .
Places you’ll see
Itinerary
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Day 1: Hanoi – Sapa – Short trekking Cat Cat village – Stay in hotel (Meals included : Lunch )
7.00 – 7.30am: Bus pick up at your hotel. Start transfer to Sapa.
10.00am: A short break in 15 minutes.
11.30am: The second break.
12.30 – 13.00: Arrive in Sapa town. Check in hotel and have lunch in local restaurant.
14.00: Transfer to the gate of Cat Cat village and see the daily life of ethnic people. Trekking down to the moutains and see beautiful landscape which created by blue sky and stunning valleys. On the way you can easily see the ethnic children selling some handcraft, if you don’t buy anything, you can give some candies for lovely children.
Continue the tirp to visit the Sin chai village before getting back to hotel to relax.
Dinner by your self
Free at night in Sapa town for walking and shopping on your own
Day 2: Trekking to Lao Chai village – overnight in homestay (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
7.00: Have breakfast and check out hotel.
8.00: Enjoy the morning in Sapa. Transfer to Y Linh Ho, start trekking passing the rice fields and Muong Hoa stream to reach to Lao Chai village – house of Black H’mong people.
On the high point of the road, great view of the whole villages open wide to offer a marvelous panorama view. Here you will enjoy the fresh air, see terraced fields and stream, discover tradition and custom of ethnic people in this area.
12.00: Check in homestay and have lunch with local family
14:00: Keep trekking further to see more hidden corner
17.00: Back to the homestay and relax. Then, you can join in cooking dinner with the family , chat with them to exchange the culture and have a strong rice wine for your unforgettable night
Day 3: Can Cau market – luxury limousine back to Hanoi (Meals included :Breakfast ,Lunch)
6.00am : Start driving to Can Cau market which is 125 km / 3 hours from Sapa
Take time to explore the market. Mingle with the locals and soak in the atmosphere, maybe try to haggle a bargain!
After the market travel to Bac Ha town to have lunch in a local restaurant where you can try the traditional lunch
After lunch we will drive to Ban Pho village and take a short walk around where the Flower Hmong, Tay and Nung minorities live.
We will see the local people making corn wine in their houses, ready for the Bac Ha market on Sunday.
Drive to the meeting point on highway to get the luxury limousine back to Hanoi
Note: The dates of itinerary can be changed/ switched , depends on the date you depart from Hanoi . To see the Can Cau Market you must depart from Hanoi on Thursday or Friday to do this itinerary
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- Warm close if you travel during Oct-Apr
- Good trekking shoes, sport shoes
- Some gift for kids in villages would be great (not a must )
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