Sapa district is the land inhabited by 6 different ethnic groups including Hmong 27.324 (51,65%), Dao 12.189 (23,04%), Kinh 9.472 (17,91%), Tày 2.507 (4,74%), Giay 720 (1,36%), Xa Pho 563 (1,06%). These groups have long been in good harmony like brothers coming from same family.

Sapa nowadays known as the number 1 destination for ttravellers visiting Vietnam. Sapa is unique and different from the rest. To visit Sapa, travellers could go by train or by bus. Since 2014, Noi Bai - Lao Cai highway was opened for bus and car arriving right at the foot of Sapa. Sapa tourism becomes much more easier. The distance has been shortened a half and just 5 hours by bus (or car) you could enjoy the unique beauty of Sapa that nowhere could be found.

When arriving the town, tourists could choose hotel or homestay for accomodation. To experience the real life, homestay is highly recommended. This is the superd way to get to know the daily activities of local.

Day1: Visiting Lao Chai - Ta Van

It takes 30 minutes on van to arrive the village of Lao Chai. Then you will trek down hills for admiring the authentic peaceful rice terraces of local here. 

The next village is Ta Van. The highlight is rural area, they seem to keep away from modern civilization with buffalo ploughing and cow gazing on the grass field...

Day 2: Cat Cat village

After breakfast, it is good time to see Cat Cat when the sun is coming out from the cloud. Cat Cat shows up like the fairy just waking up after a beautiful dream. With many embroidry and fabricade products, the village seduces tourists by its own charm of mountainous area. The local dancing and singing which decorates the painting of Northwest Vietnam more fabulous. You have chance to see Black H'Mong, Red Dzao people in their own clothes. And specially, that is the chance to communicate with them. They could speak English quite fluently which atonishs even the English mother tonge tourists.

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Sapa 2 days 1 night by bus tour

Sapa travelling overview

Sapa located nearly 350 km to the northwest of Hanoi. This cloud-covered town is at 1550 m above the sea level and has cool weather all year round. Here, there are a number of fabulous mountains including the peak of Indochina – Fansipan with the 3143m elevation.

This area is the home of 6 ethnic groups with unique cultures, lifestyles, and languages. Most of them are wearing their traditional attires and working on evergreen terraces. Hill tribes often gather at the weekend market to trade and meet their lovers. Sapa is also a good place for relaxing, for cultural discovery touring, or for trekking. It can be said that Sapa is a must-see destination for any tourist who would like to explore the beauty of the Vietnamese Northern. The area was built into a hill station for the French colonialists to get away from the heat of Hanoi in the summer. There used to be many French-styled villas in the town but most of them were destroyed during the border clash with China in 1979.

Nowadays, Sapa becomes an attractive touristic destination for thousands of tourists from all of Vietnam and abroad thanks to the cool and fresh climate, the sublime nature beauty and the colorful hill tribe cultures.

How to get there?

There are two main ways to travel to Sapa from Hanoi: by overnight trains or sleeper buses. And depending on your time and budget, you can choose the suitable one to get there.

By train: It often takes you for 9 hours to travel from Hanoi to Lao Cai and return on the overnight trains. The train runs slowly and serves you a very good sleep while enjoying the stunning scenery outside. There are daily overnight trains heading in each direction for tourists can choose. To get the tour ticket, you can book with Aroka Travel get the best price. See more at http://arokatravel.com/tours/sapa-2-days-1-night-by-train/

From Lao Cai, you are going to take a minibus to Sapa Valley. During the transportation, you will feel that the road is cut into the hillside and bumpy and windy, but the views of the terraced rice farms of the valley are beautiful as you ascend (ride on the left side).

: If you would like to travel straightly from Hanoi to Sapa without any stop, sleep bus will be a good option for you. Currently, traveling to Sapa on the Hanoi – Laocai highway could help you to save time and be more saving and safety. The buses run daily and take guests from 5 to 6 hours to reach up Sapa Town. For Sapa by bus please visit: http://arokatravel.com/tours/sapa-2-days-1-night-by-bus/

When to Go?
Sapa in each season has its own special beauties. However, the best time to travel there maybe from January to June or March to May. It is really cold in Sapa during the period of time January to February with the temperature possibly fall down 0 ºC. The rain season is from June to August. September marks the end of the rainy season and will be a good time to visit Sapa then by mid-December temperatures start to fall significantly making this September to mid-December period become the best time to visit Sapa.

Sapa, Vietnam was a resort town of French people in the French time. Sapa is 350kms from Hanoi. It locates in a highland 1500m above the sea level. Sapa nowadays become the most typical destination for Nothern Vietnamese and foreign tourists.

At weekend, city towner of Hanoi, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh... often drive cars to Sapa to enjoy their leisure time. And on the way back they carry the speciality of the cold land home.
The high season for Vietnamese that is summer when their children do not have to go to school and it is also the peak time for hot weather. Sapa shows up to be wonderful stop for them.

Sapa now becomes more and more popular for foreign tourists. every day Sapa welcomes thousands of travelers coming to from every corner of the world.
They come here to enjoy trekking, get to know the life of local, how they earn the living, their customs or simply to enjoy the pure air of the mountainous areas.

Sapa is now home to 6 different ethnic groups. You can easily realize them by their clothes. The Black H'Mong and Red Dzao are dominant  here. In the town, mostly the Viet (Kinh) people live and do their shop business which migranted from surrounding areas to town. Whereas, in the villages the local inhabited hundred of year.

To visit Sapa, you could go by bus or train. Bus takes less time and money than by train.
Click Sapa 2 days 1 night by bus with Aroka Travel for more information
Or you could visit Sapa with a bit bigger budget: Sapa 2 days by train.