Sapa, Vietnam (Part 2) | Trekking to Ta Van | Lao Chai village | Rice terraces | Private tour guide
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- Опубліковано 10 лис 2022
- Sapa is a district-level town of Lào Cai Province, 380km northwest of Hanoi close to China border. Sapa is an incredibly picturesque town that lies in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Its surrounding region is host to many hill tribes, as well as rice terraces, lush vegetation, and Fansipan, the highest mountain in Vietnam. Many ethnic minorities live here such as H'mong (52%), Dao (25%), Kinh (15%), Tay (5%), Giay (2%) etc. This old French-built town with tropical forest and emerald rice terrace fields offers great adventure experience. When you come to Sapa, do not just stay in town area. Take a trek into this mountainous area, hike through ethnic minority villages, pass by terraced rice fields, meet with the locals and immerse into the nature and beauty of local culture.
In this video, I am sharing my main objective of going to Sapa - 2-day trekking with 1 night homestay. Unfortunately, the unpredictable weather (mist and drizzling) forced me to change to 1-day trekking instead and forfeit the plan of overnight village homestay. But the next day, lady luck was on my side and we had bright sunny day. I had finally trekked Sapa mountains, reached the village far away, had a simple local lunch which is absolutely delectable and took lots of breathtaking pictures. My tour guide, La (I have forgotten to get her full name), approached me when I first reached Sapa. It was a blessing to me as she scored brilliantly on service standard. I will vouch for her, if you are looking for a local tour guide in Sapa.
My tour guide: Ms La
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We came across your video, came to SaPa and asked La to take us hiking for two days.
Rindu SAPA 😁 hope can visit again soon ☺️
Local told me VN is building airport at Lao Cai. That will make visit to Sapa even easier.
Nice Video
Thank you for encouragement.
Looks like you really enjoyed it.Did you use the rain boots? I am going to visit Lao Chai and other villages in January. Pretty sure, I will not find my size (US 13) rain boots there. So, thinking now, if I need to bring my own with me.
No, I didn't as the ground was wet but not with thick mud. January will be cold and misty too. But have fun.
Good sharing. Interested on SAPA. Agree with you that don't just spend time on town area. BTW, how long time you spent or how difficult for the trekking sapa mountain route? I think I am okay bout not sure other family members can or not
Trekking is not difficult, even though my knees are weaker now. But ground is very slippery and uneven. Must buy a walking stick for support. I've seen many old folks completed 1 day trek. Must get tour guide. Recommended to do 2day1night with homestay.
Here's a fair warning, our Hmong people were built different (broad and sturdy) when it comes to trekking. Being tall might be a disadvantage for you because of the hill climbs. Just look at your tour guide, she trekked with ease in her flip flops. LOL.
nice video! how is the weather? will be there next week. also, how much is the tour?
Should be sunny but the mist come and go. It's unpredictable. If you stay for more days in Sapa, then you have higher chance of hitting a good weather. Have fun.
How do you get the service of the local guide for trekking?
Hi, may I know what time did you start and end the trekking? Do we have to trek 3 hours to go up and another 3 hours down? Also, will there be any toilet stops along the way?
Trekking mostly starts at 8-9am. From my video, you can see there's one stop for break and washroom, before I reached village town for lunch. My trekking ended at about 2-3pm.
what month was this trip?
Hi I'm very curious what month did you go to Sapa? Was it November or December? Did it rain? Thank you for your response
I went in end Oct. Suppose to be lowest precipitation but I still met very light drizzle. It becomes very foggy and I was forced to cancel 2 days trekking and changed to 1 day. Watch my 1st video and you'll understand. 😀
How much do you pay the local guide per person? Interested in her
1.2mil VND for private tour (me alone). It's in my Sapa part 1 video, do take a look.
Hope they recycle the bamboo stick , it's not friendly keep on cutting down bamboo .
That's very true. Lesson learned. Next time I'll get a trekking stick.
Can you pm me the local guide contact. Going next week Feb 2023.
Don't need PM sir! 😆 Her contact is inside my description as I attested her service quality. I've told her not to change her number if she wants to benefit from online mktg. And no, I don't collect commission. :)