Mu Cang Chai is home to some of Asia’s most magnificent cultivated topography. Rice terraces coil in ribbons around the hills to spectacular effect, l ... More
Mu Cang Chai is home to some of Asia’s most magnificent cultivated topography. Rice terraces coil in ribbons around the hills to spectacular effect, luring photographers, hikers, and avid motorbikers.
Mu Cang Chai’s sheer rice terraces were sculpted over centuries of small-scale cultivation. Each season brings its own charm.
During the summer, the terraces bulge with ripening rice stems that blanket the hills in a vibrant green. By early autumn, the rice plants have turned a bewitching golden yellow, ready for the harvest. In wintertime, the lonely terraces fill with water, creating cascading rows of reflective infinity pools. Once spring comes, the terraces transform into anthills of activity, as the farmers plant a new crop.
Mu Cang Chai is mainly populated by the Black Hmong, a subgroup of one of Vietnam’s largest ethnicities. Pretty Hmong villages are dotted around the district. Each one offers a glimpse into a rich culture.
Unlike many other minority groups in Vietnam, the Hmong don’t live in raised houses on wooden stilts. Instead, they build their homes on flattened earth. Hmong textile culture is highly developed, and you’ll find that many villagers – both men and women – still wear the traditional dress. Black Hmong men typically wear dark tunics and hats, while women wear longer tunics with arms and waistbands in bright colours.
Mu Cang Chai is one of the best places in Vietnam to take on the roads. You’ll find quality strips of tarmac that weave around oval hills and sky-high dirt tracks that cling to near-vertical cliff faces. Whether you want a gentle ride following trickling rivers or an adrenaline-filled dirt bike experience, Mu Cang Chai provides the stage.
Notable main roads include the magnificent stretch between Mu Cang Chai town and Tu Le via the Khau Pha mountain pass. For a gentle ride through ethnic Thai villages, continue to Nghia Lo before circling back. Off the main road, a ride up to Mo De village offers more great views on a mostly paved road.
Mu Cang Chai is a six- to eight-hour road journey from Hanoi. You can arrange a direct bus or private car through your hotel. Alternatively, you can hop on public buses or the train to Yen Bai (three to four hours) and then find onward transport to Mu Cang Chai via Nghia Lo.
Sin Chai village is home of the Red Dao people. Where the women wear beautifully embroidered garments with silver jewellery and a huge turban. The vil ... More
Sin Chai village is home of the Red Dao people. Where the women wear beautifully embroidered garments with silver jewellery and a huge turban. The village situated at the roof of Fansifan Mountain.
Sin Chai village might not be a well known attraction for both tourists local and international. However, inside this village, there are so many wonderful scenery that could make hardest hearts melt away. The thing that is special is that you are not going to be alone. Because most of the children from the village will be your comrades throughout the adventure of their village.
Sure that you’ll fall in love with them. They’ll be around all of the time, sing, dancing and will do everything to make you smile and happy. Furthermore, you can educate them songs, poems that you used to enjoy whenever you had been a child.
From here you may enjoy enormous spectacular landscapes before scaling on the way from a jeep in come back to Sapa. Sin Chai is a village of the Red Dao individuals, whose women wear beautifully embroidered garments with silver jewellery and a huge turban. This short trekking Vietnam trip to Sin Chai allows visitors for acclimatization. Sin Chai is a neighborhood village. Here the natives will spend some time to educate Textile weaving and dyeing, will take the group on a locally constructed trail to explain the name and functions of the local flora.
There’ll be the chance to take part in the village area, there’ll be a traditional sporting action and tree planting. But before staying in Sin Chai Village, the visitors shall have a possibility to stop over Cat Cat village 2 km biking from Sapa Town and on how in Sin Chai village, to learn more about the life of Black H’mong men and women.
A breathtaking experience awaits at the top of Mt. Fansipan, the highest peak in Vietnam. It used to take travellers two days of hard trekking to reac ... More
A breathtaking experience awaits at the top of Mt. Fansipan, the highest peak in Vietnam. It used to take travellers two days of hard trekking to reach the summit. Now, you can reach the ‘Roof of Indochina’ in just 15 minutes. Jaw-dropping views of swirling clouds and forested slopes from the top of Fansipan make this adventure a must-do on any Sapa itinerary. Here are five things to look forward to on your Fansipan excursion.
Start your adventure by heading to Hoang Lien Station next to the MGallery Hotel de la Coupole to purchase your tickets for the Muong Hoa Mountain Train. Sit back for the five-minute ride over the valley, taking in spectacular vistas of farms and hamlets below. This funicular railway is the longest of its kind in Vietnam and crosses two tunnels and four viaducts. When the train stops, you’ll be greeted by a field of sunflowers at the Sun World Fansipan Legend Yard.
The Sun World Fansipan cable cars holds a Guinness World Record and the ride to the summit is a highlight of many travellers’ time in Sapa. The cable cars run from 7:30am to 5:30pm every day, and each one can hold up to 35 passengers. Once you leave the station, you’ll immediately start to float high above the rice terraces and rocky cliffs below. Huge windows let you take in the sights all around, as you ascend gradually to this towering tip above the clouds.
Before reaching the summit of Mt. Fansipan, you’ll arrive at a peaceful garden complex, with stone paths, ancient Azalea trees and 18 skillfully sculpted bronze statues. These sculptures lead the way to a 20-metre celestial Buddha statue perched on the mountainside -- the largest in the country. The gardens and pagodas all around provide a tranquil setting to pause and breathe in the fresh air.
A series of stairs or a funicular rail will take you the final leg to the top of Mt. Fansipan. From here, you’ll have the rewarding, unbelievable sight of cloud-covered peaks stretching all the way to the horizon. The highest point is a favourite spot for selfies, but you can walk the entire platform for 360-degree vistas. The cloud formations at the top of Mt. Fansipan change every few seconds, revealing new shapes and scenes as the earth meets the sky.
If you are traveling on a budget or just want to explore Sapa on foot, you can easily walk to Sapa Cable Car Station. There are many signs along the way so you shouldn't get lost.
You can start walking from the town center, around the Stone Church, get to Thac Bac Crossroad, then turn left onto Nguyen Chi Thanh Street and walk directly to Fansipan Legend for around 1.7 km.
Ham Rong Mountain is located about 3 kilometers away from the center of Sapa town. From Sapa, if you go towards Sapa Stone Church, you will see the ro ... More
Ham Rong Mountain is located about 3 kilometers away from the center of Sapa town. From Sapa, if you go towards Sapa Stone Church, you will see the road to Ham Rong Mountain right behind the church. As the distance is not too far, you can even choose to walk to the mountain if you are in good health.
According to a legend, there were two dragons playing with each other when a fierce flood came. One dragon flew up to the sky while the other was trapped on earth and turned to stone, looking towards its companion that had flown away. It then became Ham Rong Mountain.
Another legend says that once upon a time, there were three dragon brothers. At the beginning of the world, all living creatures lived together in chaos, so the Jade Emperor ordered each animal species to establish its own territory.
The three dragon brothers were slow to take any territory, and there was not much land left. They rushed to get the land they saw, but the youngest dragon couldn't catch up with his older brothers. He got lost between other beasts, got frightened, and opened his mouth as a way to defend himself. The two older brothers went back to rescue the young dragon.
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