“A great few days in and around Sapa. We are 6 persons who loved the experience. We stayed one night in the homestay and then 1 night in a hotel in Sapa town.
Great views made the 5 hours a nice ride up – you stop once on way up to stretch legs. Our guide in Sapa (Phinh) was just outstanding. She had great knowledge of all the questions I asked (which were many) and being a local we met her mum on way and also her two children and husband.
She certainly made the trip so much more enjoyable. She was back early the next morning to have breakfast and head off again over the rice fields.
A truly great experience with the hiking through the valley of rice fields and bamboo forests – you do get hassled to buy off the villagers and others tag along to try and sell you things, but they do help you up and down the tracks, if need be.”
June Woo – Korea
Spring – the great choice for traveling Sapa
Sapa Spring Travel is one of the attractions of New Year’s Day. Sapa spring is not only beautiful in lively natural scenery but also attractive by many special festivals of ethnic minorities took place during this time.
With many experiences during the tour, TrekkingSapa shares some experiences while traveling in Sapa in spring:
About the choice of transportation
Visitors to Sapa at the beginning of the year are very crowded, especially on weekends, because of not only the ordinary tourists but also a considerable number of visitors to the temple (Bao Ha Temple) and the Sapa Temple. Therefore, if you are planning a spring trip to Sapa, you should prepare your plan in advance to prepare train tickets, tickets or vehicles for the initiative.
Noi Bai Lao Cai Expressway has been put into operation, more and more daily trips, but due to a large number of tourists, it is impossible to avoid the fireworks on the weekend especially so you should prepare in advance. Traveling by car to Sapa, you will have the opportunity to admire the Northwest in the spring, admire the beauty of the apricot blossom, peach blossom, flowering flowers on the road.
About booking hotel rooms
Sapa has about 1500 hotel rooms, ranging from 5-star hotels to budget guesthouses, but for every weekend of March, if you do not book in advance, you will find it difficult to find good quality rooms. security. You should contact the hotel or tour operators to ensure there is a hotel room, instead of going there and then you can book it.
In hotel rooms, spring is also the most humid weather of the year. In addition to the typical climate of Sapa, spring is the wettest season, the fog will lead to high humidity, quality hotel Sapa will be affected. Come to Sapa in the spring, if you book two-star hotel rooms or motels will not avoid the wet and cold in the room. Blankets, pillows will feel not airy, and moreover, there will be some unexpected problems such as moisture walls, mold
To ensure better quality hotel rooms, you should pay attention to the hotel has two-way air conditioning, this will limit the disadvantage of the moisture Sapa in the spring weather like.
Learn about the festival days of ethnic minority people
Come to Sapa at the beginning of spring, in addition to discovering the beautiful sights of Sapa, you should check the traditional festivals of some ethnic minorities here to be able to attend this unique culture. Some early festivals such as:
- Festival of Dao people
- Festival “Roong Pooc” of Giay people
- New rice and Banana flower festivals of Xa Pho Van Ban people
- Festival of the Lunar Calendar
In order to make your trip more enjoyable and complete, you should refer to Sapa’s tour program and services.
We would be grateful if you could give us more advice.
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Related information
Rice field in Sapa
The rice terraces in Sapa have been voted as one of the seven most beautiful and impressive fields in Asia and the world by readers of the Travel and Leisure magazine of the United States.
When viewed from a distance, the terraced rice terraces look like a natural picture with eye-catching beauty that keeps tourists going to admire for a while. However, this painting has seasonal variations, showing the most attractive charm when new plants begin, green rice and the field is lush with ripening rice.
Bamboo forest
Two rows of bamboo here in the H’Mong people were planted several years ago in Sapa town. The seedlings are small and sparse at first. At present, each cluster has dozens to hundreds of thick bamboo piles forming a strong fortress running along both sides of the road. The bamboo climbs up into the sky and intertwines with each other and forms a natural shell that bends for a shady four-lane road.
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