Cao Son Market Sapa Travel Guide – Cao Son market is located in Cao Son commune, Lao Cai province. Visitors will have the opportunity to interact and learn more about the daily life of ethnic. In order to Cao Son market, visitors can follow several routes. However, if visitors want to have opportunities to cruise on the river and soak up the natural landscape, they will join tours on the Chay River. Cao Son market is the market of ethnic H’Mong, Phu La, Black Dao and Han living in 4 biggest villages of Muong Khuong. Market has only meeting on Wednesday.
In the fair, early in the morning, people from villages come to the market sequentially. They go into each group, in pairs and one by one. People use horses to pack the goods or use motorbike, bike… The girls of H’Mong and Dao wear pretty dress with delicate flowers, bright colors, which creates the charming picture. Like some other fairs, Cao Son market is divided into several zones. The item with flavour of mountains such as: vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, black mushrooms, honey, corn, house wares, jewellery… that gather into one area, arrange type of goods. Especially, tourists can see the range of brocade with vivid patterns. These products show ingenious talent of the H’Mong, Phu La and Dao women.
Visitors will easily be overwhelmed by some cuisines such as flavours of buffalo meat, horse meat and beef of the H’Mong. Moreover, tourists will enjoy Coc Dam, Coc Ngu wine. In the bustling atmosphere, visitors will have to sit and enjoy the ethnic cuisine of them. To market a version Cao Son have the chance to enjoy interference cultures of some ethnic groups living in villages along the river flowing on the territory of Muong Khuong district. Besides, visitors also have the opportunity to travel on the river boat and go sightseeing on both sides of river.
CAO SON MARKET LOCATION ON GOOGLE MAPS.
