Staying around 70 kilometres far away from Lao Cai City to the National Street 4C, Bac Ha has been a famous geographical name of tourism that attracts plenty of foreign customers. It is not only famous for the imposing mountainous scenery but also for the specialities here: the kermis happening in every Sunday morning, corn wine Ban Pho, ripe plum in June and especially Ta Chai dance which clings not just a few tourists.

The kermis at Bac Ha is one of the most enormous, various and having most special traits kermises at the North-Western area. People living in Muong Khuong or Xin Man (Ha Giang Province) often came to the kermis from the previous evening. They fastened their horses in the expanse and stayed overnight at their acquaintances' houses without caring about losing their horses. Going to the kermis, the girls wearing very nicely like the flowers of the mountains and forests in the time of blossoming while the boys wearing the clothes that are as plain as the range of mountains Hoang Lien. The kermis taking place here is not only the place for trading and exchanging goods but also for meeting of couples and changing cultures between communities living in the region. It is considered as a distinct cultural type of the ethnic groups here: Dao, Mong, Ha Nhi, etc. They gathered at the firing charcoal and drank wine together. The horses carry goods out of the fair instead of people is another original picture of the kermis at this North-western region.

Leaving the kermis, tourists can visit the temple Bac Ha righ inside the town. This temple worships Grand Duke Vu Van Mat - the hero who shed luster on the region Bac Ha and the long border line at the north-western of the country in Mac Dynasty and Later Le Dynasty. Besides, people can pass by the mansion Hoang Yen Chao, a powerful hereditary chief's land in the beginning of the 20th century which is now restored to be the guest room of the People's committee of Bac Ha Province. Furthermore, from the centre of Bac Ha Province, the travellers may also go to Coc Ly to hire a boat for travelling on Chay River or enter Pho village to make a small trek to villages lying among the flower valley and enjoy the view of the terraced fields following one another on the path.

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