Sapa Travel Guide

Setting blissfully at the elevation of 1,650 meters on the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, Sapa is the hill station built in 1922 and a fine resort town in the northwest of Vietnam. Besides the fertile terraced paddy fields and primal hill tribal villages, it is home to the fog-swirled Fansipan peak, the highest in the country. It offers a peaceful place that is naive of tourism modification.

The town has the temperate climate zone with the coldest months from January to February; the excellent summer weather from March to May; the rains from June to August. The town has the most pleasant temperature from September to mid-December.

One of the most interesting spots is downtown Sapa . It is the place where you will see ethnic people adorn in colorful hill tribe costumes walking the streets. The H' Mong and the Dzao are the largest ethnic groups of this region.

Sapa' s central market is a main gathering place for hill tribes from the surrounding villages. They congregate there not only to sell handicrafts, jewelry, orchids, mushrooms, and honey, but to also cultivate relations with other groups, play games, and perhaps find a sweetheart. On some weekend evenings, singing courtships and marriages take place..

Most of the attractions outside the city relate to nature such as trekking and making an excursion. Every trekker's destination seems to be the 3,143-meter Fansipan peak that is only 9 km from Sapa but can only be accessible by foot. This remote trek provides plenty to see and absorb, from the scattered rocks inscribed with drawings and designs of unknown origin, to the French influenced hill retreat town of Sapa with its minority groups, beautiful villas and cherry forests. The best time to visit is from mid-October to mid-December and in March.

Eight miles (13km) from Sapa is the Thac Bac (Silver Water Fall). You can get here easily on a motorbike. It is really interesting for who likes adventure. It is possible to climb to the top of the waterfalls. From there, there is an excellent view of the waterfalls.

If you come here, follow the road and you will get to the Tram Ton (Heaven's Gate) pass- highest mountain pass in Vietnam.

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