Can Cau market (Saturday)

Can cau market is one of the most fascinating open-air markets in the region, specialising in livestock. It's 20km North of Bac Ha and just 9km south of the Chinese border. Visitors are generally H’mong groups from highland villages. The local H’mong are the famous variegated or Flower H’mong due to the intricate and colourful nature of their costumes, and their colourful dresses makes is a beautiful sight. Almost every Saturday around 8 different minorities are represented at the market. Travel is often made by horseback as a way of carrying the heavy loads to and from market. Can Cau also attracts a large number of Chinese traders, evidenced by the booming dog trade here.
 

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Cat Cat Village

Cat Cat Village is about 1 km from Sapa town. It's located at the bottom of the Muong Hoa Valley and near the stunning Cat Cat Waterfall. This is an age-old village of H'Mong ethnic group remaining unique customs and practices that are lots in other villages.

To visit village, you walk through Sapa Market down the valley. Once you walk out of the crowd, you'll be stunned by the nature's beauty with high mountains of over 3000 m and the green rice terraces dropping nearly 1000 below. The sun shines across and there are H'Mong houses scattered in the valley
Visitors to Cat Cat have an opportunity to admire a lively and colorful picture. That is the image of young women sitting by looms with colorful pieces of brocade decorated with designs of flowers and birds. When these pieces of brocade are finished, they are dyed and embroidered with beautiful designs. A noteworthy is that H’Mong women use plants and leaves to dye these brocade fabrics. And then they roll a round and smooth section of wood covered with wax on fabrics to polish them, making their colors durable.
In addition to the brocade weaving craft, many residents in Cat Cat are good at manipulating gold and silver jewelry. Their products are fairly sophisticated, especially jewelry for women.
Tourists to Cat Cat are most attracted by its unique customs, including the custom of “pulling wife”. A man can ask his friends to lure a girl he likes to his house and keeps her there in three days. During these days, if the girl agrees to become his wife, a wedding will be held. However, the girl can happily go home after three days if she does not like him.
Traditional houses of H’Mong people in Cat Cat have three rooms with three doors and covered with po mu wood roof. In the house there are three columns that stand in round or square stones. The walls are made from sawn timber. The main door is always closed and only opens when people in the house organize important events. Altar, inlaid floor containing food, places for sleeping, kitchen and receiving guests are indispensable parts of the houses.
Visitors to Cat Cat Village can discover countless unique features of H’Mong people  

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Topas Eco lodge, Sapa hiking package tour 2 days 3 nights

Day 1: Hanoi – night train to Lao Cai (-,-,-)
 
You will depart from Hanoi in the evening by night train to Lao Cai near the Chinese border.

Day 2: Full day hiking – Topas Ecolodge (B,L,-)
 
You will arrival early in the morning in Lao Cai and meet your driver who will take you to Sapa. The drive is approximately 1 hour.
Well arrived at Topas office in Sapa its time for breakfast. Your guide will follow you to a nearby hotel where you can have a shower and relax while having a standard breakfast in the rooftop restaurant.
At 9h00, you will commence the excursion today with a walk through the town of Sapa and along a small road before turning into a dirt trail through vegetable gardens and rice paddies. The spectacular scenery of Muong Hoa valley gradually appears. Today we will follow the beautiful river running at the bottom of the valley and continue into the rice fields. Eventually you’ll arrive in Y Linh Ho village of Black H’mong minority. Here you can take a rest and have lunch at a nice spot.
After lunch, the walk from Y Linh Ho village to Lao Chai village of Black H’mong minority is almost on the hillsides. The view of the valley is more and more extending and stretching to the horizon. You’ll take a stop at Lao Chai village to visit a local house, before pick up and transfer to Topas Ecolodge in the afternoon. After check in to your bungalow you can enjoy the view into the valley and dotted mountain surroundings.

Day 3: Topas Ecolodge – hiking to Lech Dao village – Sapa – Lao Cai (B,-,-)

You will start the day enjoying your breakfast. At 9h00 you will start your half day hike to visit the Lech village of Red Dao minority. You will follow the road for a while before descending towards a river. Going through rice paddies gives you many opportunities to enjoy the magnificent valley view. You cross the river by a bridge made of stone and then follow a trail going up to the village. You can spend some time at the village to experience daily life, and learn how the women in their doorways doing their embroidery.
From the village, you head back to the lodge. It is your choice when to take the scheduled shuttle bus to Sapa town during the day. At 17h30, you will take the shuttle bus from Sapa to Lao Cai for the night train back to Hanoi.

Day 4: Arrival in Hanoi (-,-,-)
 
The train will back arrive in Hanoi early in the morning and your trip has ended.

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