Cao Son Market - wednesday

Wednesday : Cao Son Market ( 85km from Lao Cai )
25 km to the north of Coc Ly market, the remote Cao Son market set in a fascinating nature and surrounded mountains which covered by lush plantation and terraced rice paddies and cornfields. Most the participants are Flower H’mong, Black Zao, Nung, Tu Di, Pa Di ethnic minority from surrounding villages with different dresses make the market become more colorful especially the smiling face and friend- behavior are found every where. This day trip is combined between exploring culture at the market in Cao Son and boating along Chay river to explore hidden villages, where traditional custom have been maintained giving you an image of Vietnam from beyond centuries that remote northwest has to offer.
CAO SON MARKET -   Muong Khuong Town - Lao Cai Province
25 km to the north of Coc Ly market, the remote Cao Son market set in a fascinating nature and surrounded mountains which covered by lush plantation and terraced rice paddies and cornfields. Most the participants are Flower H’mong, Black Zao, Nung, Tu Di, Pa Di ethnic minority from surrounding villages with different dresses make the market become more colorful especially the smiling face and friend- behavior are found every where. This day trip is combined between exploring culture at the market and easy walking to the hidden villages nearby, where traditional custom have been maintained giving you an image of Vietnam from beyond centuries that Cao Son has to offer.

Route: Sapa -  Lao Cai – Cao Son – Muong Khuong - Lao Cai - Sapa

Duration: 1 Day Trip
Grade: Easy
Activities: 2 hours walking to hidden villages in Cao Son Mountain
Start/ Finish: Lao Cai, Sapa

Highlight
Enjoy all-inclusive tour with service attention to details
Spectacular scenery of  mountain high
Visit market fair with unique culture
Trekking to remote villages in the corner of northwest, vietnam

Itinerary at a glance
AM: DISCOVER CAO SON MARKET
         From Sapa: 2,5 hour-road trip to Cao Son (~ 120km)
         From Lao Cai: 2 hour-road trip to Cao Son (~ 85km)
PM: WALKING TO REMOTE VILLAGES & BOATING
         Inclusion:  Breakfast, Lunch, transfer, guide, entrance fees, boat trip
DETAILED ITINERARY
This trip is designed to add-on trekking tours from Sapa, it can be start in both Lao Cai or Sapa, and the prices will be reduced when you combined between Sapa Tours and Market tours. For More information we invite you to  contact with our travel experts at: info@finneganshotel.com

AM
Pick you up at Lao Cai staition , first downhill to Lao Cai City, then uphill through Muong Khuong District onto Cao Son Commune. The road condition is good but having many sharp bends which offers stunning scenery of the beautiful mountainous region along the border to China, especially the terraced rice paddies, tea plantation and pine plantations…

Arrive in Cao Son at about 10.00 am, right at the crowded time of the market. Join locals to enjoy the excitement of this weekly market to which local tribal peoples come to attend not only for shopping but also for socializing. Walk from section to sections, corner to corners, seeing and smelling of different local products such as spices, vegetable, farming tools, handicraft; and even medicinal herb…, meeting smiling peoples every where. The market is often over at 11.30 am, leaving the market place for a short walk to explore a charming village of the Flower Hmong nearby before lunch break.

PM
After lunch, embark on 25km road trip on a narrow tarmac which winds its way along the Chay River downhill thorough magnificent valleys. Lots of photo and Hill tribe hamlet on the way that we will stop for discovering.  

Arrive Coc Ly Bridge, boarding a local boat and cruising along the Chay River for 1.5 hours to Trung Do village which is home to the Tay peoples, hiding itself on eastern bank amongst high mountains. Taking an hour walk around the village and visit a family before taking the boat ride again briefly to Bao Nhai, Bus pick up for coffee before embarking a 46 km road trip to Lao Cai.

Inclusion:  Breakfast, Lunch, transfer, guide, entrance fees, and boat trip
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