Sapa has a gorgeous landscape of mountains and rice fields, and it should be on your bucket list. It’s even considered to be one of the best trekking spots in Vietnam. So, Sapa offers a wide range of trekking spots ranging from easy to hard level, travelers can choose the most suitable trekking route, depending on their trekking skills and ability.
Sapa easy trekking
Sapa easy trekking is usually a two-day tour. It is bringing along with you a brief understanding of Sapa as well as its tribal residents while admiring the incredibly beautiful natural vistas as an easy trekking route will take you almost two days.
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From Sapa town, by following the main road, before turning right to a foot path downhill, travelers will depart for an about 30-minute walk to Muong Hoa Valley. If the weather is nice enough, of course, people can have a great opportunity to observe the Fansipan Peak, the highest part of Hoang Lien Son mountain range. By following a suspension bridge, you then will go uphill to Y Linh Ho village, where all visitors can explore beautiful houses of H’mong people and get a closer insight into their daily activities. After climbing up and down the hills for few hours, you will get access to Lao Chai- one large village of H’mong people, and then Ta Van- the area which is inhabited by Zay communities. To find out more about the unique culture of ethnic people by sharing their meals or discovering local homes and schools, you can choose to stay at Ta Van for a night.
And then, tourists can take the trail uphill the next morning. Before getting to a bamboo forest and a waterfall, you will pass through dreamlike terraced rice fields. After 1.5 hours hiking, you can reach the top of the hill looking down Muong Hoa River where you can visit village of Giang Ta Chai- Red Dao people, or reach Hau Thao Village after crossing another suspension bridge and walking uphill.
Sapa medium trekking
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Being quite similar to the easy one, the route for medium trekking in Sapa lasts longer since travelers will take a two-hour walk through Cat Cat Village situated near the bottom of the deep valley right at the foot of Fansipan Peak, before heading to Muong Hoa valley. This is an old Black H’mong people’s village where you can know many interesting facts about their simple daily life together with rich culture and unique architecture. North Vietnam tour packages
Sapa hard trekking
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Since requiring a few days to complete the hike, the most challenging route for tourists is to trek to the top of Fansipan Peak- the Roof of Indochina. It is difficult to trek by yourselves, therefore, you need to have a local experienced guide and porter who understand the route well, accompany with you.
Travelers can follow the itinerary of going through Cat Cat Village, crossing Muong Hoa River and trekking upward for almost7 hours, to reach the first campsite at an elevation of 2300m. Since tourists trek through the bamboo forests and Arrowroot plantations, the terrain from the first campsite will become steeper and make it more difficult to hike. It is common for rverybody to spend their night sleeping in bamboo hut or tent.
For more inspiration on activities in Sapa check out the Things to do in Sapa according with Sapa Tours From Hanoi.