“An amazing trekking tour was a great trekking tour that booked from TrekkingSapa.com website agent and we did enjoy the trip. It was started from Hanoi and train, transfer, tour guide was included as promised. We visited Muong Hoa valley, Lao Chai village, Ta van village, Cat Cat village. Highly recommend!”
Meredith Kirk-Australia
The villages in Sapa are an indispensable part of Sapa tours. Along with the beautiful scenery of the mountains and forests, the village of ethnic minorities here attracts large numbers of visitors to Sapa every year.
Trekking Sapa will suggest the ethnic villages that you must definitely visit Sapa tours.
1. Cat Cat village
Cat Cat village is a famous ethnic village and is most visited by Vietnamese tourists. Just about 3 km from Sapa town, this is a small village of the H’mong ethnic group.
Besides beautiful scenery with terraced fields and Muong Hoa streams, Cat Cat village was built more infrastructure for tourism such as small streets paved with stone through the village center, exhibits, and artifacts. labor products of the people, conservation of handicrafts.
At the center of the village is the site of a hydroelectric plant built by the French on the Muong Hoa stream.
2. Ta Phin village
From Sapa town about 14 km toward Lao Cai city, Ta Phin village is home to the Red Dao ethnic group. Ta Phin village is located in a four-sided mountain valley.
This place is famous for the brand “bathing medicine Red Dao”. When walking around the town of Sapa, you will find many shops with this service.
Today Ta Phin is one of the strongest developments in homestay tourism. In addition to visiting the village, visitors can experience bathing medicine, buying brocade, or enjoy the specialties.
3. Lao Chai village
From Sapa town to the southwest about 9 km will come to Lao Chai village. This is the village of the H’mong.
The Hoang Lien Son range, Muong Hoa stream flows through, along with the terraces of golden rice, Lao Chai is the most beautiful landscape in Sapa.
4. Ta Van village
This is the place where Giay ethnic people live. Located in the valley with Muong Hoa stream and terraced fields. Along with Lao Chai combined into a common name for a tourist site “Lao Chai – Ta Van”, went to Lao Chai to visit Ta Van and vice versa.
Ta Van is a strong homestay development and has many homestay huts in Sapa.
5. Sin Chai
Passing Cat Cat about 2 km will come to Sin Chai, although quite near the town of Sapa but here is very deserted. This is an ideal place for visitors to observe and learn the life of the Black Hmong.
The typical H’mong wood-walled houses are just off the road from the beginning to the end of the road, with only a motorbike passage. The terraces around the village are not spectacular but have special features in the rice.
In Sapa, besides the Kinh people, there are five ethnic groups, including the H’mong, the largest, followed by Dao Do, Giay, Tay and Xa Pho.
Each ethnic group has its own cultural characteristics. Sapa tours not only relax but also experience the way of life of an ethnic minority.