An early departure is highly advised as the market starts at around 7am and closes at around 2 pm.

After a drive to Coc Ly which take you 1h 45m from Sapa, you will reach such an exotic location which is full of brilliant-colored cloth, smell, and  exciting sound.  Get exploring the market before taking a short drive to the Chay river.

Get on a boat, go with the flow and enjoy lush strips of corn and vegetable, gorgeous waterfall, and peacefull villges along the river banks. Stop halfway to have a glimpse of Trung Do, a village of the Tay minority people. Take time to explore the farms around where they grow exotic chillis and jack fruit. Have a another 15 minutes down stream to Bao Nhai village to have a late lunch in a local restaurant there. After lunch, our private van will transfer you back to Sapa.

• Required Group information needed following VTT's Regulations

What to wear: Proper walking shoes are needed. No tolerance for slippers, high-heels or improper sandals.

What to bring: Cameras, sun block, sunglasses, water-proof jacket (in rain season), jacket (in the winter), insect repellent are recommended.

Lunch: Lunch with local host family. Please kindly inform us if you have a special diet.

Tour Customization: Yes, please inform us your interest, we will customize the day tour according to request!

Tour Start: Daily at your hotel in Sapa.

Tour Attention: Please kindly notice that the rate can be added up 25% for the Holidays in Vietnam 

• Should I bargain with trader over the price of goods I would like to buy?  As you may like to buy something in the market, you should bargain. Feel free to do because that is trade norm in every traditional markets in Vietnam.

• Should you buy any gifts for local kids in the villages? This is not our recommendations. For the kids or adults in the villages you are visiting, giving candies, gifts or money when you pass or visit are not really good as then kids can quit school and adults can stopped the field work just to stay at the village waiting for tourists to pass by to ask for money and gift. For a sustainable tourism, we suggest that you should not. If you would like to donate for the villages here, there are couple of NGO funds those collect and support the remote villages. 

• Should I tip the guide at the end of the tour? Only-When you are satisfied with the tour guide services, tipping is waited by the guide as the appreciation of the guide's work. Proper tip for Sapa Local tour guide is around 10$-15$/day but this vary depending on each tourist tipping culture and enjoyment of the tour. Tipping is not included in our tour quotations.