1 Day Mountain Trek: Spectacular Views, Village Visits, and Fansipan Vista in Sapa, Vietnam
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64 Ratings
Sa Pa
Mountain trekking up to 1.900m above sea level.
You can have a look to Fansipan mountain, 3.143m highest in Asia.
Get to see the famous and biggest rice terrace fields in Vietnam, the biggest river and valley in Sapa.
Meeting the country’s most representative animals such as the water buffalo.
Visit 2 different villages of the Black Hmong.
Duration:
5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Hau Thao - Sa Pa – Ham Da – Hau Thao – Giang Ta Chai – Sapa
At 9 am. Our local guide will meet you at your hotel in Sapa or in the font of Sapa’s main church. After a short introduction, we will take 1km uphill on a small trail to the mountain views where you will get to see the Fansipan mountain 3.143m, highest in Asia and see all of Sapa town. From here, you will get to see the famous and most significant rice terrace fields in Vietnam (in Muong Hoa valley) as well as see the biggest river and valley in Sapa. After enjoying the beautiful landscape, we will be continuing our way on mountainside down to Ham Da, a village of Black Hmong minority. The tour will give you the chance to see some animals such as buffalos, cores, pigs. And then we will have lunch at a small restaurant run by a local family.
After lunch, we will make our way on a small road down to Hau Thao, a village of Black Hmong ethnic minority. Here you will see the local’s daily life if it’s the right time you will get to see the local people are working on the fields such as harvesting or planting rice. Our tour guide will also introduce you to Hmong’s unique marriage traditions, rice fields work, and house building techniques. And then, we will walk to Giang Ta Chai village where our transport is waiting for us on the main road, and then bring us back to Sa Pa. End of the tour.
What's Included
- Village entry fees
- Lunch
- Local Guide
- 1 small bottle of water
- Transport back to Sapa
What's Not Included
- Personal travel insurance
- Extra drinks (e.g. bottled water or beer) at homestay
- Tips
Location
Notre Dame Cathedral
Meeting Plan:At the right time, our guide will be there with your name; he/she will ask some people who are staying at the Church. So make sure you be the at the time
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Gennady
May 29, 2024
Exploring the area by foot with Sou is an amazing experience! - I did the tour with Sou and she was amazing!
She speaks English well, told us a lot about the culture and happily answered all our questions!
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Ringou2024
May 28, 2024
Trekking from Sapa - Fantastic day trekking out of Sapa. Friendly, interesting and funny guide with great local knowledge.
Beautiful sites and views 🙂
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758julien
May 28, 2024
Must-do - 100% recommend this trek. Beautiful views and away from the crowd, certainly the best way to see the valley, the villages and what the mountain / farming life is like here. Hau So was a great tour guide who was very attentive to our group. He comes from one of the local villages so was very insightful. I look forward to coming back :)
Fair warning: this is not an easy hike, make sure to bring proper trekking shoes / hiking boots!
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Mikka88
May 27, 2024
Super So - Wonderful….enticed by the good reviews, we chose this structure for our day tour….So, our very young guide, led us on a beautiful adventure in nature, between the mountains and rice fields, also showing us how to plant the rice while the locals were planting it….highly recommended
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Tarac498
May 19, 2024
Amazing local knowledge and impressive views - We enjoyed our experience trekking with Tung. She was a brilliant guide - very knowledgeable and friendly. We learned a lot about the Black H'mong people and other local tribes. Unfortunately the weather was quite rainy and foggy on the day, but she helped us to navigate the muddy trails. We still enjoyed amazing views of the rice paddies and the bamboo forest. It was very convenient that she met us at our hotel at the beginning of the hike, and then the taxi dropped us back there at the end. I would highly recommend this tour.
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Edwinc2184
Mar 28, 2024
Day trekking between the rice fields with Chulis - Chulis was our personal guide for 2 days, what a sweetheart of a woman.
8 months pregnant and with great dedication, she guided us through waterfalls, mountain villages and rice fields around Sapa.
We already have a friend for life. It was a super experience. The
locals like to join in to earn some extra money. We highly recommend the tour and guide. We will definitely do this with our friends.
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644jennyd
Mar 19, 2024
Beautiful views and a great guide. - We thoroughly enjoyed the walking tour with Me (our guide)! We booked a private tour for one day and visited Cat Cat Village, Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai, and Ta Van. Overall the trek was about 16km (according to my step counter) and was at a moderate level with some climbs but all on good pathways. Our guide, Me, spoke very good English and told us all about village life, traditions, culture and beliefs. We got to see examples of Black Hmong culture including hemp clothing being made on a loom, corn grinding, rice farming and more. Me was great at answering our questions and we loved hearing all about her life and family in Ta Van village! Lunch was included and we had a feast of delicious local food. We were lucky with the weather and had some fantastic views of the valley, mountains and rice paddies. I think the best time of year to come is June, to see the rice paddies in full bloom, but we really enjoyed the trek. Thank you Me for a great day out!
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169aileenk
Feb 9, 2024
Amazing Sapa Trekking Tour - We had a great time doing the sapa trekking tour for 1 day. Sadly the weather wasn’t the best, still we had a great time hiking with Dinh. She was a great tour guide and cooked great food for the trip. I can only recommend the trekking tour!
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Jessmeist3r
Feb 5, 2024
Beautiful wilderness hike without seeing a single other tourist! - We had an amazing time on this trip with guide Dinh! It’s a remote trek which requires a botvier fitness but the nature and views are stunning! You will not encounter a single tourist on this hike and it ends in a small village. Recommended!
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Hofail2024
Feb 25, 2024
Totally overprice with bad arrangement, and not fulfilling the written description, a waste of money and regret I joined - Totally overprice with bad arrangement. I was informed the night before that extra charge is need for public holiday, none of the terms mentioned about this. The company only call and arrange the guide when I arrive which I wait for 40mins for him to come. He had no idea he need to work on the day. I have not enter any village as mentioned in the description, for the whole trip mainly chat with the guide and see some normally rural area which you can see at many other places and don't need to pay so much for it. During lunch, I do expect I can try some daily farm product from the minority group, but only a normal fried rice is provided. None I have see the activity of the minority group or wintness the culture or art craft of them.
Join other company tour please, Just for people who consider coming, please choice a sunny day without fog and the trek is a bit hard and slippy, wear your hiking shoes .
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