Coc Ly Market Guided Day Trip from Sapa
Hanoi, Vietnam
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 8 hours
Coc Ly is a very small market where you will get the unique opportunity to meet several ethnic minorities such as the Flower H’mong, Black Dao, Phu La, Nung and Tay. The trip offers you a one-way motor boat ride along Chay River and a short walk to Trung Do village of Tay minority.
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Coc Ly is a very small market where you will get the unique opportunity to meet several ethnic minorities such as the Flower H’mong, Black Dao, Phu La, Nung and Tay. The trip offers you a one-way motor boat ride along Chay River and a short walk to Trung Do village of Tay minority.Start your tour and travel by car to Bac Ha, located 70 km Northeast of Lao Cai. The ride, which is relatively flat from Lao Cai, will take you through rural areas. The road gets a bit rougher in the last 30km. You'll arrive in Coc Ly by the time where the market is most crowded. Coc Ly market is located by the Chay River, which flows into Vietnam from China. Every Tuesday morning, minorities from surrounding villages such as the Flower H’mong, Black Dao and Tay gather to sell and buy their products.
In case the Chay river’s water level is high enough and the motor-boat is allowed to run, you will take a cruise downstream the river, experiencing the picturesque scenes of the river banks. The trip will also offer you a visit to Trung Do village of Tay minority, where you can stop in a traditional Tay house for a cup of tea. You then continue cruising further downstream to Bao Nhai bridge.
If it is not possible to embark on the cruise, you will enjoy a short transfer and then walk along a path which leads you to the Trung Do village. After visitng the village, you cross the river to visit a Flower Hmong village before walking along the river for about 2 hours to Bao Nhai bridge.
Your vehicle will be waiting at Bao Nhai bridge for your journey back.
In case the Chay river’s water level is high enough and the motor-boat is allowed to run, you will take a cruise downstream the river, experiencing the picturesque scenes of the river banks. The trip will also offer you a visit to Trung Do village of Tay minority, where you can stop in a traditional Tay house for a cup of tea. You then continue cruising further downstream to Bao Nhai bridge.
If it is not possible to embark on the cruise, you will enjoy a short transfer and then walk along a path which leads you to the Trung Do village. After visitng the village, you cross the river to visit a Flower Hmong village before walking along the river for about 2 hours to Bao Nhai bridge.
Your vehicle will be waiting at Bao Nhai bridge for your journey back.
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