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Tour
code: SPM-10 |
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Duration:
3 days/ 4 nights |
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Departure:
Every Friday evening from Hanoi |
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Pick
up: At your hotel in Hanoi |
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Grade:
Easy |
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Description |
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away from busy tourists popular attractions. deep yourselves
in the beauty of primitive nature in the remote region
near Chinese border, paying visit to tribal villages,
making acquaintance with local peoples from ethnic minority
groups including the Flower H’mong, Black Zao, Pa
Zi, Tou Zi, Bo Y and especially joining them at the Pha
Long Market for the significant event of the week near…
you will enjoy your discovery of new cultures as well
as unspoiled nature and having many more friends. |
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ITINERARY |
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Night
1: Take
the overnight train from Hanoi to Lao Cai
Please, be ready at your hotel lobby at 20.00 for a short
transfer to Hanoi railways station for taking the overnight
train (first class 4 beds cabin with air-condition) which
arrive in Lao Cai city, near the Chinese border next morning.
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Day
1 (Saturday) Lao Cai //
Pha Long Market //
Cao Son |
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Meet
your local guide and driver at Lao Cai Station upon your
arrival, freshen up and enjoy Breakfast before heading
north overland 55km to Muong Khuong and turn right for
25km along the Chinese border line to Pha Long Market.
This very rural market is not very famous among tourists
because of poor transportation and special government
permission but really fascinating one for its special
festive atmosphere. Joining local tribal peoples you will
spend some hours at the market place where all local products
and farming tools as well as Chinese cheap consumer goods
can be seen for sales. But more than that, you can see
and even contact friendly and cheerful minority peoples
of different tribal groups in their colorful traditional
dresses who come from remote villages mainly for enjoying
meeting others for socializing.
After the market, we shall drive back to Muong Khuong
for Lunch and continue along the country road along the
Chay River and later arrive in Cao Son village which nested
in the green color of the mountains, forest and rice paddies.
Check in the Eco Lodge and enjoy for free time to discover
the beautiful surrounding nature. |
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Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Included |
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Accommodation: Cao Son Ecolodge |
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Day
2 (Sunday) Exploring villages in Cao
Son |
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Today
plan is for walking to explore tribal villages around
Cao Son. From the Eco Lodge you will follow quiet village
foot path up and down hill through valley and plump fruit
gardens passing some villages of the Nung and later to
Lung Sen a large village of the Flower H’mong which
featured with spacious houses built with earthen walled.
After many home visiting you will enjoy Lunch in the village.
The walk continue in the afternoon for few hours passing
a beautifully green valley of rice and corn fields to
visit Seo Lung Cheng village before getting back to the
Lodge. |
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Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included |
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Accommodation: Cao Son Ecolodge |
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Day
3 (Monday) Coc Ly //
Boat trip along Chay River //
Overnight train to Hanoi |
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After
breakfast, you will leave the Cao Son Lodge for a drive
along a tough country road to Coc Ly during which enjoying
visit to some small villages of the black Zao beautifully
set on the west bank of the Chay River. Boarding a boat
in Coc Ly at noon you will cruise down stream to explore
local life in villages along the Chay River. At Trung
Do Village you will spend an hour to visit this well organized
Village of the Tay peoples with almost nearly a hundred
houses built on stilt in a traditional style. The boat
trip ends in Bao Nhai where the car and driver waiting
for us for a drive to Lao Cai station with some stops
along the way for seeing tea plantations. Getting to Lao
Cai Station at about 17.00, taking shower and dinner on
your own before boarding the overnight train to Hanoi. |
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Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included |
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Overnight on the train in first class 4 beds cabin with
air-conditioning |
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Tour
Price per person in US Dollars |
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| Group
size |
2
persons |
3-6
persons |
7-10
persons |
Single
Surcharge |
| Cao
Son Ecolodge |
276 |
250 |
225 |
30 |
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2 beds cabin |
50 |
50 |
50 |
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| Chidren
Policy |
Under
6 free, from 7 to 11 charge 75 %, 12 years and above
pay for adult price |
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Tour
price includes |
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Transfer with private car as indicated in day by day itinerary.
• Return overnight train deluxe class in 4 berth
cabin with air-conditioning.
• Accommodation: 2 nights at the Cao Son Eco Lodge.
• All meals as listed in day by day itinerary.
• Visiting fee, tax and service charge.
• Local English speaking tour guide.
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Tour
price excludes |
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Meals not indicated in day by day itinerary.
• Drinks and personal expenses.
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Contact
us to book this tour |
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Others
Minority Markets Excursions |
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Untouched
Region and Coc Ly Market (SPM-01) |
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Can
Cau and Bac Ha Markets (SPM-02) |
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Bac
Ha and Coc Ly Markets (SPM-03) |
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Muong
Hum Market and Sapa Tribal Villages Explore
(SPM-04)
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Coc
Ly Market and Sapa Highlights (SPM-05) |
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Muong
Khuong Market and Sapa Hilltrible Visit (SPM-06) |
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Sapa
Tribal Villages and Bac Ha Market (SPM-07) |
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Lung
Khau Nhin Market and Sapa Minority (SPM-08) |
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Sapa
Explorer and Remote Cao Son Market (SPM-09) |
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Pha
Long Market and Cao Son Retreat (SPM-10) |
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