Timetable: Start on Hanoi on Monday and return Hanoi on Thursday

Accommodation: 2 nights on train + 1 night at Victoria Sapa Hotel
Activities: Trekking to visit villages of hill tribes

Timetable: Start on Hanoi on Wednesday and return to Hanoi on Saturday

Accommodation: 1 night on train + 2 nights at Victoria Sapa Hotel
Activities: Trekking to visit villages of hill tribes

Timetable: Start on Hanoi on Friday and return to Hanoi on Sunday

Accommodation: 2 nights on train + 1 night at Victoria Sapa Hotel
Activities: Trekking to visit villages of hill tribes, Visiting Bac Ha market

Timetable: Start on Hanoi on Saturday and return to Hanoi on Tuesday

Accommodation: 2 nights on train + 2 nights at Victoria Sapa Hotel
Activities: Trekking to visit villages of hill tribes, Visiting Bac Ha market

Nearly 50 miles (80km) from Sa Pa in a valley is the small town of Bac Ha, famous for its Sunday market. Much less touristy than Sa Pa, the market is a riot of color and noise, a place not only for trade but also for socializing. All paths leading into town are filled with people going to market, some riding horses or water buffalo, and the square is a mix of different minorities, buying and selling, or gathered in groups around a central pot of food. The Flower H'mong are the most vivid, with richly colored clothes of bright red, blue and pink, and skirts embroidered with delicate flowers. 

Opening: On every Sunday

Market is close at 14:00

Best time to visit: From 10:00 Am to 12:00 AM

How to get there: 2 hours from Lao Cai town and 3 and a half hours from Sapa.

Virtually every Saturday of the year, people of eight different ethnic minority hill tribes gather with their animals and agricultural products at Can Cau market high in the north - western mountains near Chinese border - and the vast of majority of them travel there on foot, the same way they have done for hundreds of years. Because of the great diversity of tongues and cultures commonly found here, people generally communicate by sign language - so the market is eerily silent. Can Cau market occupies five steeply terraced fields beside the road from Bac Ha to Si Ma Cai in the mountainous north - western province of Lao Cai.

Coc Ly market is a very small market which takes place every Tuesday. You can meet several ethnic minorities from surrounding villages such as Flower Hmong, Black Zao, Phu La, Nung and Tay. After visiting the market, you will board a traditional boat for a one-way cruise along the Chay River followed by a short walk to the minority village of Trung Do.

Opening: On every Tuesday

Market is close at 13:00

Best time to visit: From 10:00 Am to 12:00 AM

How to get there: 2 hours from Lao Cai town and 3 hours from Sapa.