Posts Tagged ‘Sapa’

Taking advantage of early rains, Sapa farmers are growing rice seedlings. This is the only rice crop in this area. The transplanting season is the most beautiful in Sapa, so photographers and tourists have flocked to this mountainous area.

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Located at a high altitude of 1,500 meters above sea level, the resort town of Sapa offers tourists favorable climate and stunning mountainous landscapes. Cloudy mountains, green terrace rice fields, beautiful waterfalls and colorful ethnic minorities make Sapa much more charming and romantic. Photos: Sao Xanh.

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A week-long cultural festival will be held in Sapa, one of Vietnam’s top holiday and relaxation destinations, from April 30 to May 4, in an effort to increase the northern mountainous area’s tourism potential.

Called “Walking in a Cloud in Sapa”, the festival is designed to lead visitors from surprise to surprise with a series of activities highlighting the rich and distinctive aspects of Sapa’s diverse ethnic cultures.

Visitors can join local ethnic minority people to discover how they dye, weave and decorate their garments, or make their sandals.

They will have the chance to take part in forest tours to pick medicinal herbs and learn how to use the plants as well as preparing the traditional meals eaten by the various ethnic minority groups and explore the customs of the Dao ethnic minority people.

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Cherry flowers have been blossoming in recent sunny days in the foot of Hoang Lien Son Mountain range, covering Sapa in the light pink of the flower. Photo: Ngoc Bang.

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The weather in Sapa at the beginning of the year is around 10oC. The surroundings are romantic in a foggy morning and beautiful orchid garden. This destination attracts thousands of domestic and foreign visitors, especially are young couples.

Way to Sapa (more…)

The resort town of Sapa in winter fully covers with cold winds; it appears beautiful in the chamr of a foggy town, a peaceful village. Some photos taken by Truong Lan Phuong:

Foggy morning at Sapa Church (more…)

General information:

Area: 678,6 sq. km
Population: 52.5 thousand habitants (2007)
Administrative division:
- Townlet: Sapa
- Communes: Ban Khoang, Ta Giang Phinh, Trung Chai, Ta Phin, Sa Pa, San Sa Ho, Ban Phung, Lao Chai, Hau Thao, Thanh Kim, Ta Van, Su Pan, Suoi Thau, Ban Ho, Thanh Phu, Nam Sai, Nam Cang.
Ethnic groups: H’Mong, Dao, Tay, Kinh, Day, Xa Pha (Phu La) and Chinese.

Location:

Located 38km from Lao Cai City, Sapa is a mountainous district of Lao Cai Province. Sapa District is very well-known with Sapa Townlet, a beautiful and romantic resort. At the height of from 1,200 m to 1,800 m above sea level, the highest point is Fansipan Mount at 3,143 m above sea level. The average temperature of the area is 15-18oC. It is cool in summer and cold in winter and an attractive tourist spot to visitors on all over the world. (more…)

Recent days, the temperature in Sapa region has fell to below 5 degrees Celcius, even to 1.5 degrees Celcius on November 21. At O Quy Ho pass (over 2000 meters above sea level), turned white with ice and snow. Many visitors headed to Sapa to see the winter wonderland.

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The smiling faces of children, the shyness and charming of young ethnic girls appear simply in the collection of Vu Minh Trong. The foggy town of Sapa attracts many people with its beauty in the dusk.

Children playing on the grass (more…)

In the next few days, visitors to Sapa may see why this small village town is renowned in Vietnam – heavy fog and perhaps, snow!

While most tourists visit Sapa to escape the rest of the country’s hot summer, many go in winter to enjoy the frost, the cold and a rare sometimes, snow. VietNamNet sends readers photos of a day in fog swept Sapa.

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