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Sapa Hill Town
The Premier destination of Northwest Vietnam, Sapa is very well-known with Sapa Townlet, a beautiful and romantic resort.
Sapa is former hill station built in 1922. Nestled in a beautiful valley close to the Chinese border, the spectacular scenery that surrounds Sapa includes cascading rice terraces that hug the heights looming over town. The mountains are often cloaked in mist that rolls back and forth along the mountaintops, offering tantalizing glimpses of what lives in wait on a clear day. The valleys and villages around Sapa are home to host of hill-tribe people who wander into town to buy, sell and trade.
Sapa has many natural sites such as Ham Rong Mountain, Silver Waterfall, Rattan Bridge, Bamboo Forest and Ta Phin Cave. Sapa is also the starting point for many climbers and scientists who want to reach the top of Fansipan Mountain, the highest mountain in Vietnam at 3,143m. Hoang Lien Mountain Range is also called the Alps of the North Sea area since Fansipan Mountain is not only the highest peak in Vietnam, but also in the Indochina Peninsula. The pyramid-shaped mountain is covered with clouds all year round and temperatures often drop below zero, especially at high elevations.
Visitors to Sapa will have opportunities to discover the unique customs of the local residents.
Getting there
There are two main roads to reach to Sapa: The first way is by passing North western way. The North West is a very remote and undeveloped region that offers the country's finest mountain scenery. It also offers the best chance to meet colorful and varied ethnic minorities (also referred to as hill tribes, or Montagnard), whose traditions have been the least affected by the modern way of life. The region can be explored by adventurous travelers in at least a week-long loop trip along Highway 6, from Mai Chau to Sapa, with a 4WD vehicle.
There are two main roads to reach to Sapa: The first way is by passing North western way. The North West is a very remote and undeveloped region that offers the country's finest mountain scenery. It also offers the best chance to meet colorful and varied ethnic minorities (also referred to as hill tribes, or Montagnard), whose traditions have been the least affected by the modern way of life. The region can be explored by adventurous travelers in at least a week-long loop trip along Highway 6, from Mai Chau to Sapa, with a 4WD vehicle.
For most visitors, 8 hours overnight on train travel to Lao Cai then by road to Sapa is the best option.
SIGHTSEEING
Love market
Sapa is famed for its "Love Market". On Saturday nights, hill tribe youths of both sexes congregate in a weekly courting rite, singing tribal versions of Loretta Lynn love songs to woo the opposite sex. Sadly this ritual is dying out. While foreign tourists search in vain for a snapshot and hawkers sell them trinkets and trash, the teenagers slip out to neck on a bench around the lake.
Ham Rong mountain (Jaw of Dragon)
Visitors to Ham Rong have chances to climb up the San May (Cloud Yard) to enjoy the panorama of Sapa Townlet, visit the orchid gardens with beautiful and colorful flowers. In addition, Ham Rong Mountain has numerous caves and stones in extraordinary shapes.
Cat Cat village
Cat Cat Village is 2km from Sapa Town. This is an age-old village of H'Mong ethnic group remaining unique customs and practices that are lots in other villages.
A leisurely walk within the old village provides visitors with a better understanding of the traditional customs and practices of the ethnic group H’Mong who live there. Further into the village are waterfalls and a stream weaving its way through boulders, hills and mountains. The pristine stream is spanned by a suspension bridge which offers a good viewing point for the waterfalls and mountains.
Laochai – Tavan Villages
Lao chai & Ta Van are small villages set within a picturesque valley not far from the northern Vietnamese mountain resort of Sa Pa. The area is renowned for its colorful ethnic minorities, this land is home to some groups like Black H’mong, Dzay, Tay people. A stay with one of the farmer families here will give you a close-up experience of the life-style and culture typical of the area. Trekking in the surrounding area is most satisfying, including access to a 3-day route up Mount Fan Si Pan, to the highest point in Indo-China, at 3,143 m.
Taphin Village
It is recommended for travelers to spend one day strolling up and down 12 kilometers of hilly terrain from Sapa to Ta Phin where H’Mong and Red Dao minorities live. They will see them working in their terraced paddy fields and traveling back and forth from the market to their homes
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