Sapa Travel Guide

 pfsmalo Says:  We stopped in Lao Chai for lunch before doing the 4 kms we had left to get up to Ta Van. This is also where you need to cross, what was a stream, but is now a river to get on the western side of the valley. There are two bridges, one suspended for people on foot and the... 

 pfsmalo Says:  This is another all downhill hike for about 7 kms, although a lot more difficult due to having to cross back and forth on rocks through a stream and walking on the sides of the terraced rice fields. We had company in the form of two Black H'Mong women who gave us a hand on... 

 pfsmalo Says:  There is both an inside and outside market in Sa Pa. The outside one is on the main square between the cathedral and the tourist office. Seems to be sellers there every day, perhaps not officially, although I did see a commissaire chase off the kids, but not the adults.... 

 pfsmalo Says:  Just at the side of the main viewing platform for the falls, is a small theatre used by the village cultural company to perform some of the H'Mong traditionnal dances. It was a real pleasure to watch the young people seemingly enjoying themselves as much as the 100 or so... 

 pfsmalo Says:  The Cat Cat waterfall is a little further on from the village down a concrete path This one impressed me a lot more than the Silver waterfall, although nowhere near as high, but here is a better flow. There is an old French hydro-electric station built over 100 years ago.... 

 pfsmalo Says:  This is a pretty good hike to warm up with, between 3/4 kms but down, down. Cat Cat village is more or less the beginnings of the fabulous Muong Hoa valley and its rice fields. Cat Cat is a Black H'Mong vilage but there are some Red Dzao along the way, some acting as guides.... 

 pfsmalo Says:  A quick visit to the small museum situated behind the Tourist Office on the main square is worth an hour or two, especially as there is no charge. It doesn't take long to run round the 4 rooms given over to the exhibits showing mainly clothes worn by the different minorities... 

 pfsmalo Says:  Coming over the Tram Ton pass, where the trek up to Fan Xi Pan starts, you can stop and see Thac Bac, the silver waterfall. There didn't seem to be a lot of water coming down and it really was cold and windy, so we didn't bother climbing the steep track that criss-crosses... 

 TravelVn Says:  Ham Rong MountainI visited Sapa in July, 2011. I have visited here for 5 days. I think it is interesting time that i had in Summer holiday. If you want to travel to Ham Rong mountain, you just need to spend a half of day is enough. You should bring a bottle of water, and... 

 annalecce Says:  If you are a real coffee-addicted, don't miss to visit a small but very assorted and strangely furnished coffee shopin Sa Pa, just in the centre of the town. Its name is NGQOC VINH COFFEE QUAN, in Day NHA THO. Nice orchid garden, wooden carvings and 8 types of coffee. Try... 

 Greggor58 Says:  We eat here only once but thoroughly enjoyed our meal here.There really weren’t too many people here when we were here but it was mid day and it was NOT peak season. The town as a whole was not overly busy so in fact the service we received here was top notch and of course... 

 Greggor58 Says:  The hotel owner that we booked with for our stay in Sa Pa offered for a small mark up in price to arrange our train transport between Sa Pa and Ha Noi...I have to say that this was more than convenient and the cost, agreed to before our confirmation, was just tacked onto our... 

 Willettsworld Says:  If you decide to do a trek through some of the local villages, you'll encounter some amazing rural life. We walked through the village of Lau Chai with Red Dzao women past pigs, ducks, buffalo and some lovely wooden houses.