Traveling to Sapa, tourists will have the opportunity to conquer the famous Fansipan peak or make a bush trip to the villages hidden in the fog. The scenery of mountains and forests with hundreds of flowers blooming, “clouds hugging mountains, mountains hugging clouds” will surely make tourists feel excited.

Sapa is the “meeting place between heaven and earth” with the most majestic natural scenery in the North. This is also the convergence of ethnic minorities living for many generations. Have you come to admire and experience this exciting land? If not, let’s travel with Lữ hành Sài Gòn Củ Chi immediately to travel self-sufficient Sapa travel experiences from A to Z in 2020 through the following article!

Travel to Sapa, a self-sufficient travel experience guide for you

About Sapa

Sapa is a town in Lao Cai province, Vietnam, this is a famous tourist destination from the early 20th century to the present. Nature’s Creator bestowed on Sapa a landscape picture that is both romantic and majestic, with ridiculous ranges of clouds waiting for the wind, terraced fields to see, watching the standing pine trees. silently witnessing stories from Indochina in the heart of the town, …

The climate of Sapa is cool all year round with unique indigenous imprints – including the culture of the two ethnic minorities in Sapa, the Mong and the Dao – combined with the European architectural space. European classic.

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Travel Sapa  beautiful season?

Coming to Sapa in each season has its own interesting experiences of this beautiful highland land.

– The appropriate time to  travel to Sapa  is from September to November or from March to May. At this time, Sapa weather is stable, sunny days, cold nights.

– April – May is the season of water, the terraced fields feel like running to the horizon.

– September to October is the season of ripe rice, then Sapa seems to be wearing a shiny, sparkling yellow shirt. You should go in the middle or the end of September because many fields have been harvested in October.

– December to February is very cold, may appear ice and occasionally snow. This is also the bloom season of peach blossom, azaleas …

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Transportation to Sapa

Sa Pa town is only 38km from Lao Cai city and 376km from Hanoi. You can choose to travel by passenger car or train.

Arrive Sapa by car

If you go to bed lying, the price ranges from 230k – 280k / person / way. Vehicles depart from My Dinh, Luong Yen or Gia Lam bus station (Hanoi) to Sapa only 8 – 9 hours. Traveling by passenger car has the advantage of saving time but in the rainy season can be hindered by many bumpy passes from Lao Cai to Sapa. You can contact some garage as Sapa Express, Queen Café, Hung Thanh, Sao Viet, …

Arrive Sapa by train

Trains have a variety of chairs such as soft chairs, hard chairs, air-conditioned beds … The train runs at 9am or 10pm in Hanoi until the next morning to Sapa tourist destination. For the type of seat, there are 2 types of hard seat (about 150k / person) and soft seat (about 280k / person). For bed type, bed of 6 people costs about 480k / person, bed of 4 people costs about 560k / person and 2 beds of senior people cost about 3,200k / person (all comes from Hanoi).

Sapa tourist destination  is a place that attracts a lot of tourists both domestically and abroad, so the train agents and travel companies often “hug” all the beautiful seats, especially on weekends or high seasons. points, so to get a satisfactory seat on the train you need special intermediaries with a fee of usually 8 -10%.

And it is very important not to bring expensive computers or belongings when taking the train because the situation of pickpockets happens a lot when the cabin turns off the lights. You should keep the camera and phone carefully with you.

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Specialty dishes not to be missed when traveling to Sapa

The special barbecue dishes in Sapa

According to travel experiences, because of the cold climate in Sapa, any dish is brought to grill from chicken eggs, duck eggs, skewered meat, vegetables wrapped in meat, … all are human dishes. Sapa people devised.

In the evening, at the stone church area, barbecue restaurants are very attractive to tourists because the warm space and delicious dishes are suitable for the cool weather of the mountain town.

Winning – unique food

When listening to specialties, many visitors will be surprised and surprised with this unique name. For the ethnic people, winning trying to cook with buffalo meat, beef, pork, etc. Thang tries to require 27 different spices such as cinnamon, star anise, aromatic leaves, … and raw forest vegetables. The second most important item of the winning food.

Grilled stream fish and distinctive shiitake Sapa

Stream fish has many types and it is worth mentioning that there is no fishy taste. Stream fish just grilled over charcoal and eat immediately. Along with that unique stream fish dish, the mushroom – Sapa specialty also attracts many visitors when coming here. Only at 50k / 0.5kg you can buy as gifts for family and relatives. Dried mushrooms soaked in water will expand but still retain the scent of mountain soil, the taste of forest trees.

Pigs steal armpits

Armpits are a special dish of Mong people. Pigs weighing only 4 – 5kg are cleaned, marinated and left to roast or roast. Meat “stealing armpits” sipping with 2-3 cups of apple cider cat Sapa, drinking overnight is not boring.

Fresh cold vegetables

Sapa is the land of typical temperate vegetables such as cauliflower, broccoli, red tubers, chayote, etc. Sapa vegetables have a special delicious, sweet and attractive taste. The most famous vegetable dishes at  Sapa tourist destination  are boiled chayote with sesame salt, stir-fried coriander, algae …

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The attractive tourist attractions in Sapa

Fansipan peak – Indochina roof

What could be better than standing at 3143m, stretching and breathing in the air, enjoying the feeling of touching the clouds and looking down at the panorama of Sapa below.

You can get that high-altitude experience with the world’s longest three-wire cable car system. Cable car ticket 600k / round trip. Fansipan cable car has realized the dream of conquering the “Roof of Indochina” for everyone with that desire.

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Ham Rong mountain

Ham Rong Mountain is located right in the center of town, with a ticket price of 70,000 VND / person. You can stay at the hotel near Ham Rong tourist area to have a panoramic view of Sapa, Muong Hoa valley, Ta Phin hidden in the smoke …. On the way to the mountain, you will encounter many kinds of colorful flowers racing to bloom.

The waterfall of love

Love Waterfall is about 12km from the center of the town, on the way to the top of O Quy Ho pass. Visiting one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Sapa, you will not only feel refreshed when taking advantage of the cool steam but also listen to the legend of the Love Waterfall. On the way through Love Waterfall, don’t forget to visit the Silver Falls too!

Stone Church – Sapa tourist destination attracts visitors

Sapa stone church was built stop in 1895, this is considered an ancient building imprinted with intact French architecture in Sapa. Experiencing so many ups and downs, the regime but the church still stands there as a symbol of Sapa.

In front of the church is the square area, the place for weekend performances, on the sidewalk where the Dao and H’Mong ethnic women sit and sell brocade.

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O Quy Ho Pass

One of the things you should do when coming to Sapa is to immerse yourself in the majesty and magnificence on O Quy Ho at sunset. You should come here at 17:30 to watch the sun set behind the mountains. There are restaurants, where you can sit there and watch the sun set, enjoy blue rice, pork roasted cabbage, and drink a cup of hot and sweet tea at the restaurant.

Ta Phin – the village of the Red Dao

Ta Phin is an interesting place you should not miss when traveling to Sapa. This is where the Red Dao people live. The Red Dzao people in Ta Phin are famous for cigarette remedies for osteoarthritis pain. Only after a few days after giving birth, did the Red Dao women bathe in traditional tobacco leaves. Red Dao children are also bathed with tobacco after birth.

Ancient Sapa rock beach

Sapa ancient rock is located in the Ta Van area to the temple, with more than 150 large rocks carved with strange patterns and shapes. Scientists have yet to explain what the carved figures mean. Many people talk about the mystery of an ancient civilization, others talk about the future prophecy. Currently, the pattern on the stone has faded a lot, but this is still an interesting place you can combine when visiting Lao Chai – Ta Van.

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Lao Chai – Ta Van

Lao Chai – Ta Van is inhabited by ethnic minorities, located about 7km from the center of Sapa town. From the center of Sapa town, you go along Cau May Street, then turn to Muong Hoa Street to reach a peaceful place – inhabited by the Mong, Dao, Giay, Tay … indigenous peoples.

cat Cat village

From the center of Sapa town, follow the road towards Fanxipan mountain about 2km, visitors will come to Cat Cat village (San Sa Ho commune, Sa Pa district, Lao Cai province). Located at the foot of the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, amidst thousands of mountain clouds, Cat Cat is an ideal eco-tourist destination for travelers who want to learn and explore the cultural life of the Northwest highland people.

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