Sapa Bac Ha Mu Cang Chai Tour 5 Days: Into the Heart of Northern Vietnam

You will be met and greeted by your private tour guide and driver at the hotel in Hanoi. Departure at 8:00 AM, the morning drive on Noi Bai – Lao Cai National Highway offers you a beautiful countryside scenery of Red River Delta and on to the midland of the Northwestern region.

You will have lunch at a local restaurant on the way. In the afternoon, after a 1.5-hour drive, you will arrive at Bac Ha Town. Take a short boat ride on Chay River (if the water level permits), then stretch out with an easy walk to visit Trung Do village of the Tay ethnic minority people. Arrive at Bac Ha and check in a local homestay for the night. 

You may be woken up by the domestic animals such as roosters or pigs early in the morning. After the breakfast, you will get a short transfer to the town for strolling around the colorful hill tribe market. The majority who live in Bac Ha is the Flower H’mong people. The colors at the market will tell why they have such a name.

This is a great opportunity to learn the local trading, witness the local products for sales. The sounds, the smells and the colors will absolutely make you go Wow while busy taking photographs. After a Vietnamese lunch at a local restaurant, we will drive back down to Lao Cai City and onward up to Sapa Town. Arrive in Sapa, check into your hotel and rest for the remainder of the day. Overnight in Sapa.

Note: Hill tribe market calendar: Sunday: Bac Ha Market; Tuesday: Coc Ly Market; Saturday: Can Cau Market 

This morning, you will be traveled to a trekking point in Muong Hoa Valley where you will do a beautiful trek to visit a few villages of the Black H’mong and enjoy the terraced paddy fields in the area. Get picked up and drive back to town for lunch. The afternoon is spent for a scenic drive to Mu Cang Chai, another rice terrace paradise. You may have time to get some stops on the way for taking pictures. Check in a stilt-house homestay of the Thai people nearby Mu Cang Chai Town. Dinner and overnight there. 

• Approx: 7 kilometers/ 3 hours 

Today, we spend most of the day for a long scenic trek on small paths and back roads from Che Cu Nha to La Pan Tan as this is the best part of the region for you to admire the amazing rice terraced paddy. Simple picnic lunch is provided on the trek. Late in the afternoon, we drive to Tu Le Town for a night at a local hotel.

• Approx: 13 kilometers/ 6 hours