Lao Cai, Northern Vietnam: Photos, Best Things to Do, Suggested Tours

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Lao Cai “Upland Province”

Bac Ha Market is one of the biggest and best in all of North Vietnam.

Bac Ha Market, Bac Ha Market, Bac Ha Tour

Can Cau Market is a busy market which is held every Saturday. Located just below the Chinese border.

Cat Cat Village is the most popular attraction in Sapa.

Fansipan Mountain is located 9km south-west of Sapa Townlet in the Hoang Lien Mountain Range.

Fansipan Mountain, Lao Cai, Lao Cai Travel

Ham Rong is surrounded by many different types of mountains, evergreen forests with other broadleaf trees.

Sapa lies at altitude of 1500-1650m, it has invaluable resources with cool and fresh air.

Ta Phin Village is still a new name to almost everybody and it reputes with the terraced rice fields, streams, etc.

Lao Cai overview

Lao Cai is a border and upland province in northern Vietnam that is part of the midland and highland area. This mountain region has become a rich land in terms of cultural identity, historical history, and cultural heritage, with twenty-five nations inhabiting here.

Lao Cai features

The Vietnamese are the most numerous of the several ethnic groups in this province, followed by the H’Mong, Tay, Dao, Day, and Chinese…

The diverse cultures that lived here generated a distinct and distinct character. Tobe is a developing mountainous province, yet this mountainous city still maintains a diverse and clean environment scenery, which is a critical component in making it an excellent destination for domestic and foreign tourists.

Attractions in Lao Cai

1. Sapa, one of twenty-one Vietnamese national tourist areas, has an average elevation of 1200m to 1800m, making Sapa very cool all year round. Sapa has forests, stone mountains, and waterfalls, and is especially the place where many Vietnamese traditional cultural activities as well as ethnic groups, such as upland ethnic markets, and Sapa Love Market… are organized.

2. Hoang Lien Son Mountain, home to the Pansipang Mountain, also known as “Vietnam’s Rooftop.” This city also has a number of notable fruits, including plums, peaches, template veggies, and so on.

3. Bac Ha Sunday Market

4. Pansipan Mountain

5. Sun World Fansipan Legend

6. Cat Cat, Sin Chai, Lao Chai, Ta Van, Ta Phin, Ban Ho, Sin Chai, Giang Ta Chai Villages

7. Thac Bac Waterfall (Silver Falls)

8. Ham Rong Mountain

9. The Stone Church

10. Can Cau Saturday Market

How to travel to Lao Cai?

It is about 245 kilometers, about 5-6 hours from Hanoi to Lao Cai by bus on the highway.

You can also take a night train from Hanoi to Lao Cai, which departs around 10 p.m. from Hanoi railway station and arrives at Lao Cai railway station at about 6 a.m., after which you can catch a local bus or private driving from the railway station to Sapa town, which is considered the most famous destination in northern Vietnam (it is only about 35 kilometers from Lao Cai railway station to Sapa town).

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