Bac Ha Market - Sapa

Bac Ha Market- Sapa
Opened every Sunday at the center of Bac Ha township, Bac Ha Market is the biggest ethnic one in Lao Cai Province and probably among some most interesting ones in the northern mountains.
Bac Ha Market- the most interesting ethnic market in Lao Cai province
Being a minority ethnic people market, Bac Ha market is located in 80 km from Sapa.Bac Ha is famous for its Sunday market which is a trading centre and meeting place for couples, friends, and relatives. Tours in Vietnam
Every Sunday, Bac Ha hosts the biggest fair near the mountainous highlands and the Chinese border. It is the largest and most colourful market in the area and attracts villagers from the surrounding hill tribes. Some walk several hours for the weekly opportunity to trade and barter food, animals, clothes and household goods.
Bac Ha Market is not only the place for buying and selling, but also a place for cultural and sentiment exchange- the place to meet new friends or find out the lover of locals. On the market days, right from the early morning, all paths and mountain roads are full of people in their beautiful dresses and horses pouring to the market. People usually sit in groups around a soup pan (“thang co”) eating and chatting. North Vietnam travel packages
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Many different ethnic groups such as Flower H’mong, Phu La, Black Dao, Tay and Nung minorities gather to buy and sell local products that cannot be found elsewhere. The market was very crowded, local products for sale or barter are carried on horseback. Besides the usual items like pigs, cows, chickens, and ducks, Bac Ha Market sold dogs. As dogs were available as cuts of meat, they were also available live, right next to the live pigs, chickens, and other livestock. There was a brisk trade at the market for everything from hand-embroidered skirts to all manner of 4-legged animals. The “fresh” meat section is not for the faint of heart and might steer more than a few visitors in the direction of strict vegetarianism.
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Though tourists were not in short supply, they were not the focus. Most locals paid little attention to them, rather choosing to focus on their business and the short Sunday-sized window of opportunity. Rounding the corner and pungent fumes of alcohol accosted your senses of smell, from corn whiskey, a Bac Ha specialty. The potent moonshine is decanted by vendors from large white plastic jugs to used bottled water containers. If you doubt the ability of a vendor’s hooch to peel paint or light your senses on fire, you can try a shot for free.
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At the fair, adventurous visitors can try “thang co” blood porridge, a popular dish of the H’Mong and other local people. The Flower H’mong minority is the most common here, and their colourful dresses make it a beautiful sight.
Let’s visit Bac Ha Market and you will be able to experience a wide range of different colorful ethnic minorities and more interesting things of life in the mountains…
Your trip to Bac Ha Market and Sapa definitely will be a life time experience for the whole members in family. So, if you want to book a Sapa Tours with trekking to villages and colorful markets for your family, please contact us and tell us your interests, needs and budget.Golden Holiday Travel will plan a perfect Vietnam Tours that suits for your wishes.We wish you to have great Sapa Tours with us and hope that you will come back !

Muong Khuong Market- Sapa
Muong Khuong is a district of Lao Cai province, it’s far from Lao cai 50km and 90 km from Sapa. In here, there is special market on every Sunday, it’s Muong Khuong market. This is the biggest of the minority here, gathered many products to sell and trade such as: handicraft, cattle, vegetable, traditional incense and local products…
Muong Khuong Market
Bordering with Chinese Yunnan Province, Muong Khuong is a district of Lao Cai Province which is home to a diversity of ethnic minority groups including H’mong, Zao, Nung, Pa Zi and Tu Zi.
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Located at the center of the township, Muong Khuong Market, the most important market of the local ethnic peoples,takes place on every Sunday, is always crowded with some thousands minority people from early morning. The H’mong and the Zao peoples, especially women are always wear their best colorful traditional costume and take the largest number. The Tu Zi and Pazi are of minor number but their traditional costume are of special model with dark color and high top hats. There are also many ethnic minority people come from the other side of the border, who often bring cheap Chinese made commodity to add to the variety of goods for sales at the market.
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Beside a collection of most popular commodity such as clothes, vegetable, food, farming tools, animals… which can be found in other market in the regions, some local specialties can be found at Muong Khuong Market including resin, incense made from tree bark, and medicinal herb for treatment together with acupuncture.
Our one day trip to Muong Khuong from Sapa or from Lao Cai for those clients taking Saturday night train from Hanoi offers not only a chance to join the ethnic locals at this impressive market but also many opportunities to pay visiting to near by villages and admiring stunning scenery around the region.
* Muong Khuong is 50km from Lao Cai, 1.5 hour to drive and 87km from Sapa, which takes approximately 2.5 hours.