Crossing Vietnam Tour!
Challenging times for Sapa Vietnam, for years Sapa has been the gateway to
Vietnams northern mountainous regions and hill tribe communties, but tourism
must be carefully developed to ensure the town's heritage is protected,
Sapa Vietnam is an incredibly picturesque village, about 1,600 metres above sea
level that is part of the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, 350 kilometres from
Hanoi, near the Chinese border in North-Western Vietnam.
You can't miss seeing the hill tribe people, their villages, rice terraces, lush
vegetation and then there's Fansipan, which at 3,143m is the highest peak in
Vietnam and the last major peak in the Himalayan chain.
The total population of around 40,000 consists mostly of minority groups.
Excluding the Kinh people (15 per cent) who make up the majority of the
Vietnamese race, there are five main ethnic groups in Sapa: Hmong (52 per cent),
Dao (25 per cent), Tay (5 per cent), Giay (2 per cent) and a small number of Xa
Pho.
Approximately 7,000 people live in Sapa, the remaining 33,000 inhabitants being
scattered in small communes throughout the district. Most of the ethnic minority
people work their paddy fields on sloping terraces dotted around the hills.
The French discovered Sapa, or Chapa as the French called it, in the late 1880s.
With its attractive continental climate, health authorities believed the site
had potential. By 1912, a military sanatorium for ailing military officers had
been erected along with a fully fledged military garrison. Then, from the 1920s
onwards, several wealthy professionals with financial capital also had a number
of private villas built in the vicinity.
After the end of the Second World War, a long period of hostilities began that
was to last until 1954. In the process, nearly all of the 200 or so colonial
buildings in or around Sapa were destroyed in the late 1940s or in the early
1950s.
There are forty-four hotels mainly catering to backpackers, with eighteen hotels
in the centre of town. The four star Victoria Hotel opened in March 1998, as new
developments take shape, it will face serious competition and will find it hard
to maintain its position as market leader.
One of the main tourist attractions is the Love market, which takes place every
Saturday, where Hmong and Dao youths meet in the hope of finding a suitable
partner and court each other through traditional music, songs and games. Whilst
it is desirable to have such rare cultural attractions, care must be taken in
how it is presented.
Sapa Budget Tours
- Sapa Day Tours - Sapa Day Excursions - Day Trips Sapa Vietnam
- Sapa Walk and Bac ha Market
- Sapa Hard Trekking Two
- Sapa Hard Trekking One
- Sapa Medium Trek Two
- Sapa Medium Trek
Sapa Trekking and Adventures
- Fansipan peak conquering VIP tour (3 days - 2 nights)
- Fansipan peak conquering VIP tour (2 days - 1 nights)
- Fansipan peak conquering Deluxe tour (4 days - 3 nights)
- Fansipan peak conquering Deluxe tour (3 days - 2 nights)
- Fansipan peak conquering Deluxe tour (2 days - 1 nights)
- Fansipan peak conquering Standard tour (4 days - 3 nights)
Sapa Cycling Options
- Sapa - Binh Lu - Lai Chau(with biking)
- Sapa - Lao Chai - Ta Van - Ban Ho
- Sapa Biking Tour - Ban Ho Village
- Sapa Biking Tour - Binh Lu - Lai Chau
- SaPa - Bac Ha Market with biking
- Pedalling The Remote Sapa\'s Northwest
Sapa Luxury Holidays
Traditional Minority Discovery Packages
- Green Sapa bus (Hanoi – Sapa)
- Eco Sapa Limousine Van (Hanoi – Sapa)
- Private car Hanoi Sapa
- Hanoi Sapa Private Cabin bus
- Coc Ly market with boat trip
- Cao Son market -boat trip on Chay river- Sapa Tours
Sapa Classic Trips
Northern Mountain Discovery Packages
Topas Ecolodge Sapa tours
- Topas Ecolodge and Market Package 3D/4N
- Topas Ecolodge and Market Package-2D/3N
- Topas Ecolodge and Victoria Sapa Package – 4D/5N
- Topas Ecolodge and Victoria Sapa Package – 3D/4N
- Topas Ecolodge Package – 3D/4N
- Topas Ecolodge Package 2D/3N
Top hotels in Sapa
Vietnam Top Hotel
