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I took an organised tour to Coc Ly, a village 70 km from Sapa, that has an interesting market (according to Lonely Planet). I wanted to see it because there are other ethnic minorities who trade goods. The only ethnic majority you really notice here are the H'monh people. Whether they are the Black H'mongh, the Flower H'monh, the White H'monh, the I-don't-know-what-else H'monh, they are everywhere. Usually selling stuff on the street. In Sapa you also se the Red Dao people, who are really friendly, not pushy like the H'monh and have the ability of learning foreign languages fast.
Well, in Coc Ly you can also see the Tay and the Nung people. The market is small but interesting. You can buy meat and traditional clothes, radios and dishes, vegetables and knives - in short, everything. From the market we took a nice ride on a boat to the Black H'Mong village, where we had lunch. Our guide was funny and always singing Vietnamese songs...
Tour Highlights:
Get down to a valley, visit an H’mong village and the hydro electric power station built by the French. Take a small path to go and visit other 2 villages of the H’mong and the Dzay people (LaoChai and TaVan village).
Take the road to GiangTaChai village to see the Red Dzao people via the paths through terraces and bamboo forests.
CocLy market which is situated far from Sapa.Enjoy the peaceful life of 6 different minority peoples (Flower H’mong, Black Dzao, Tay, Dzay, HaNhi and Nung).
Get down onto a boat along Chay river
The Fairy Cave is located deeply in the rocks.
Sapa Tours - Market and Chay River Detailed Itinerary
Night 1 - Saturday: Hanoi - Lao Cai
Car will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to Hanoi train station to catch the night train soft sleeper with AC to Lao Cai station. Overnight on the train.
Day 1 - Sunday: Sapa - Cat Cat - Lao Chai - Ta Van (B, L, D)
Picked up at Lao Cai Railway station early in the morning by bus. Arrive at Sapa round 06:00 AM. Breakfast and shower. Start from Sapa at 10:00 AM. Get down to a valley, visit an H’mong village and the hydro electric power station built by the French. Take a small path to go and visit other 2 villages of the H’mong and the Dzay people (Lao Chai and Ta Van village). Stay in Ta Van at a Dzay family. Picnic lunch on the way and dinner at the family.
Day 2 - Monday: Giang Ta Chai - Supan - Sapa (B, L, D)
Breakfast at the home-stay, take the road to GiangTaChai village to see the Red Dzao people via the paths through terraces and bamboo forests. Visit a waterfall, a suspension bridge. Picnic lunch and cross the river. Visit an H’mong village up to the mountain. Our car picks you back to Sapa. Visit the ancient stone circle on the way back. Check in hotel, dinner in Sapa.
Day 3 - Tuesday: Sapa - Coc Ly - Chay River - Trung Do - Lao Cai (B, L, D)
Leave from Sapa early at 7:00 AM for Coc Ly market which is situated far from Sapa. Enjoy the peaceful life of 6 different minority peoples (Flower H’mong, Black Dzao, Tay, Dzay, HaNhi and Nung). The market is the chance for the minorities to meet and share joy and sorrows after the crops, to exchange one another’s experience. Say goodbye to the market and get down onto a boat along Chay river. You are bound to feel great and find yourselves smaller among high Rock Mountains and to be surprised at white and breathtakingly waterfalls. The Fairy Cave is located deeply in the rocks. Get off the boat to visit a village of the Tay Minority (Trung Do village) by the river. After the boat trip, visit a small town – Bao Nhai and then take a car back to Laocai Station for the night train to Hanoi. Have dinner before getting on the train.
Day 4 - Wednesday: Hanoi - Arrival
Getting back to Hanoi from Sapa trip so early at around 5am, taxi to hotel on your own.Tour ends.
