8 reasons why traveling Sapa as ideal choice in summer

Sapa is one of northwest destinations in Vietnam where tourism is booming. Not just being weaving by spectacular rice terraces, Sapa Town is an amazing destination when local hill-tribe people fill the town with colour.

When Northern provinces in Vietnam are suffering from the harshest time of summer, Sapa in Northwest Vietnam possesses a cool and comfortable weather with the average temperature of under 20 degrees. Besides, the diversity of tourism products and majestic natural landscapes of attractions in Sapa make the town has been always one of top destinations in Vietnam holidays.

1. Diverse landscapes

Sapa

Located in the remote area of Northwest Vietnam, near Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range, Sapa is well-known for being the land of spectacular rice terraces and romantic love markets. The mixture of the customs and habits of more than 30 ethnic groups creates the attractive colorful cultural carpet of Sapa. In addition, the beauty of Sapa is portrayed by the majestic view of northwest mountainous area with towering mountains and hills. The town is also famous for Fansipan peak - the Roof of Indochina.

2. Traveling with 5-star express

Train to Sapa

To enjoy a wonderful Vietnam tour packages to Sapa - the fairy land, it will be an unforgettable moments when feeling free with Victoria Express train time from Hanoi Capital to valleys and mountains. Victoria Express has the frequency of six times per week from Hanoi Railway Station to Lao Cai Railway Station. Each train duration is about 8.5 hours. With the capacity of 52 passengers, Victoria Express has two luxury sleeping cabins handcrafted with wood panels, which brings an absolute silence and a clear vision. Each compartment includes 6 cabins equipped with modern devices such as air-conditioning, wooden floor, private reading lamp, luggage compartment, and large window for sightseeing.

3. Four seasons in a day

European Garden

Sapa is about 1,650 meters high above the sea level. The attraction is one of the coolest places in Vietnam. Weather in Sapa Town has all four seasons in a day: spring in the morning, summer at noon with mild sunny and balmy climate, autumn in the afternoon with clouds and cool air, and winter at night.

4. Various tourism products

Sapa

Passengers traveling Sapa can chose many favorite types of traveling: traveling for pleasure or traveling for adventure. Sapa is really an ideal destination that each tourist can seek his own joy by conquering the Fansipan peak, wondering along small streets, contemplating local life, visiting ethnic minority groups of Cat Cat Village or Ta Phin Village, exploring the lifestyle of indigenous people, or just simply sitting around the fire and enjoy your book.

5. Conquering Fansipan Mountain - Indochina's Roof

Fansipan

Belonging to Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range, with the height of 3,143 meters - the tallest peak in Vietnam and Indochina, Fansipan Peak is being a place where many professional and amateur climbers want to conquer. Let's come here to experience, to contemplate, to explore the nature and yourself with the footage through bamboo forest, cardamom, chilling sound of gibbons, and steep slopes. Conquering Fansipan Mount will definitely one of your most unforgettable memories in Vietnam travel.

6. Exploring villages in Sapa

Ta Phin Dzao women

In Sapa tours, popping in Muong Hoa Valley, one of the most beautiful villages in the Northwest Vietnam where there are spectacular rice terraces, which are some time voted by reputable world press in Top most spectacular terraces in Vietnam. In this route, tourists also have a chance to visit villages of black H' Mong ethnic group and Giay ethnic group. Otherwise, tourists can pay a visit to Ta Phin Village to explore the daily life of Red Dao ethnic people and Black H' Mong ethnic people. Tourists may not understand what they say, but will partly see their traditional customs and record unique photos or videos.

7. Colorful weekend markets

Flower Hmong ladies

Sapa in summer or all year round is not just well-known for poetic natural landscapes, but also unique upland fairs bearing cultural features of locals. This is also one of factors making the brand of Sapa travel. Some famous upland fairs in Sapa are Bac Ha Market, Coc Ly Market, Muong Hum Market, and Can Cau Market... Markets in Sapa are portrayed by temporary stand stalls at a large ground, along with lines of locals and tourists crowding the space, and various local items, which attracts many tourists to Sapa.

8. Upland architectures

Sapa Resort and Spa

Being constructed in 1998, Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa is the only luxury 4-star hotel in Sapa. Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa is constructed in style of traditional wooden houses in mountainous area. With the highlight on the ceiling, meticulous patterns, stone mosaic motifs throughout fussy special architecture which combines classic French style and the bold native details, Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa proudly appears between the mountains and perfect harmony with space green around.

Sapa - the amazing beauty

Sapa has long been renowned as one of the most attractive holiday destinations in Vietnam tourism. It is currently one of the rendezvous a great number of domestic and international tourists are seeking to explore, admire the amazing beauty of the nature. Sapa is a peaceful land but hides many wonders the Creator favorably bestowed. The mountains and hills endlessly stretching in the mist, deep valleys, the winding mountain passes, the golden terraced fields in the ripe season, the dazzling orchid and peach gardens will certainly attractive enough for tourists to explore the misty city. Sapa is the convergence of the fascinating natural scenery and peaceful life. 

Setting foot on Ham Rong Mountain admiring "roof of Indochina" - wonderful feelings 

the top of Nui Ham Rong

Going to SaPa in any Vietnam tour packages, tourists should not miss to visit Ham Rong Mountain tourist area - the scenic sight behind the ancient Stone Church. Here, tourists will have the opportunity to visit an orchid garden with nearly hundred specimens of orchids in Sapa successfully grown on the tourist area. Tourists will be also admire the panoramic view of Sapa tourist area floating in white clouds or contemplate the spectacular beauty of Fansipan Mountain, which is dubbed as the "roof of Indochina". Domestic tourists will find many exotic beautiful flowers of the temperate countries grown in the Europe garden on Ham Rong Mountain. In particular, the giant "SAPA" highlight created from the fresh flower pots attracts the large number of tourists to take photograph and film. Ham Rong Mountain is worth one of indispensable tourist sites in the journey of conquering Sapatour attracting tourists. San May, the highest point of Ham Rong tourist area (about 2,000 meters high above sea level), is the must-see tourist attraction alluring youth tourists when participating in Sapa travel. Here, tourists will much more clearly recognize the stunning beauty of the mountain that the Creator endowed Ham Rong millions of years ago. That perhaps is the reason why a large number of artists and tourists call it "Halong on land of Sapa". Looking down from Chan May, tourists will have a chance to admire the wonderful panorama of whole town in sight. The scenery appears as the Penglai land. Discovering Ham Rong Mountain is definitely one of the most unforgettable thingsto do in Sapa. 

Admiring Hoang Lien National Park - ASEAN heritage garden

Hoang Lien National Park

 Hoang Lien National Park (Sapa) has been recognized as ASEAN heritage garden by Association of South East Asian Nations thanks to the particular values of the garden in the relationships with other countries in the region. Located in the Hoang Lien mountain range, Sapa ASEAN heritage garden retains an area of about 30,000 hectares. The mountain range is the extension of Ai Lao Shan Mountain (in China) which is derived from the famous Himalayan Mountain Range over the world. Hoang Lien Mountain Range is home to many peaks over 1,000 meters including Fansipan peak, the highest peak in Vietnam and Indochina (3143 meters). It deserves one of the indispensable tourist addresses in the journey of discovering Vietnamtours to charming Sapa attracting the great number of both domestic and international tourists. Hoang Lien is the convergence of the 2 climate sub-regions, namely temperate climate and subtropical climate. Therefore, ASEAN Hoang Lien heritage garden is identified as one of centers retaining the biological diversity most in Vietnam. The garden is home to 2,024 species under 771 genera, 200 families of plants including 113 species of especially rare listed in Vietnam Red Book and World Red Book. Especially, the garden houses species of plant appearing only in ASEAN heritage garden such as Himalayan cypress, Calocedrus macrolepis, northern red pine, Fansipan Picea, Assam Cycas... Discovering Hoang Lien National Park surely gives tourists unforgettable experiences. The national park is also considered as the center of Rhododendron (Do Quyen) flowers of northwest mountainous region with more than 30 different species including rare species. Especially, on the way to the top of Fansipan peak, tourists will find it easy to catch rhododendron flowering forests hundreds of hectares wide with the great number of ancient rhododendrons. In particular, when the spring comes, the flowers blooming create brilliant Hoang Lien Mountainous region. The most enjoyable feelings of comfortably taking a stroll in the garden all day to admire trees in the forest hundreds of years old on the altitude of more than 2000 meters as beautiful as on the film will be actually unforgettable.

Experiencing O Quy Ho Pass - Vietnam's highest pass 

Sapa always a great destinaion

O Quy Ho Pass, also known as Hoang Lien Heaven Gate is located on the National Highway 4D connecting Sapa tourist area with Binh Lu (Lai Chau). The pass owns 2,070 meters high above sea level and is regarded as the highest pass in Vietnam retaining the road for cars. The peak of pass is the border of administrative boundary between Lao Cai province and Lai Chau province. Adjacent the position of former meteorological stations is a beautiful guest house welcoming tourists from Sapa. O Quy Ho Pass has been the appealing tourist Sapa attractions so far alluring the great number of tourists, especially European tourists thanks to the fascinating scenery of "Hoang Lien Heaven Gate". From the top of the pass, tourists will have the opportunity to enjoy panoramic view of the path running through the majestic forest to Binh Lu or Sapa. They also contemplate glorious views of Fansipan peak from Lai Chau direction on sunny days. On the foot of the pass towards Sapa is Thac Bac (Silver Waterfall), one of the 10 most beautiful waterfalls in Lao Cai province strongly attracting young people to explore. The beauty of O Quy Ho Pass has long been attracting international tourists to admire; simultaneously, it is also the source of creative expressions of many well-known Vietnamese artists. O Quy Ho Pass deserves an indispensable tourist sight in the journey of exploring Sapa travel. Sapa is always put on its particular charm throughout 4 seasons around the year. It is paradise of blooming flowers in the warm spring looking like a charming natural silk, is untouched rice terraces in the warmth of autumn, and is hills covered with snow in the cold of winter or is the fresh and tranquil atmosphere in the unique summer. Sapa is the home of many natural magics and spectacular landscapes with terrain of mountains, hills and lush green forests, which creates a beautiful picture in the harmony with the poetic and fascinating nature in Northwest Vietnam. These unique tourists significantly contribute to promote Sapa tourism in particular and Vietnam tourism in general closer to tourists at home and internationally.

Winter is the best time to travel Sapa

AloTrip, a new emerging professional travel website in Vietnam (alotrip.com) is a great vacationers’ companion in all Vietnam tours. Winter is regarded as one of the most favorite time to travel the country. During the season, many destinations in Vietnam, especially in Sapa , attract a large number of travels from everywhere to come and have amazing experiences on weather of the tropical – climate country. On providing travelers coming to Sapa in winter as well as other seasons with smooth and memorable trips, AloTrip recommends some information to support tourists in Sapa travel plan. 

Sapa

Sapa is a stopover quite near Hanoi, about 370km to the northwest. It has long been well-known as the convergence of beautiful nature, unspoiled villages and moderate climate. The town entices travelers by its all-year-round beauty along with profound and unique cultural features. The foggy town has been chosen by almost of families, couples and groups of friends to have fantastic and unforgettable vacations. In winter, many points of interests in Vietnam are quite less visited, but Sapa always appeals tourists, even all year round. Are you wondering when the best time to travel Sapa is? Actually, it is not easily to define when the best time to travel Sapa. Simply, in each season, Sapa is beautiful in its own ways. It also depends on the hobby, travel purpose and emotion of each traveler. If having a chance to visit Sapa in spring, you will be lured into the romantic and stunning scenery everywhere in Sapa. In spring, Sapa is covered by beautiful sunlight, wind, and fresh atmosphere featuring characteristics of mountainous region. 

Sapa overview

Visiting Sapa in this season, you will be overwhelmed by fantastic and poetic landscapes captivating thousands of travelers and photographers. In spring days, everywhere in Sapa from streets in town to hillsides and mountainsides is portrayed by exotic gardens of peach blossom and apricot blossom. In addition, travelers will be enticed in a wonderful natural masterpiece of roses on Ham Rong Mountain. Therefore, spring will be the best time to travel Sapa and admire the beauty of colorful flowers. In summer, Sapa looks like a small European city with mild climate and fresh green vegetables. Summer will bring travelers a distinctive experience on the weather of a tropical – climate country. During summer months, travelers come to Sapa to escape the sweating heat in delta areas. Summer in Sapa is so comfortable with elegant sunlight and cool breezes, along with fresh and charming natural landscapes. Compared to spring or summer time, Sapa in autumn is less colorful, but still possesses its own features. In autumn days, Sapa looks magically in foggy atmosphere. Travelers can capture many unique photos of Sapa with stilt houses hiding behind trees and terraced fields. From September to October, Sapa is covered by gold-like terraced paddy fields, which captivates many adventurous travelers and those who want to take weird and toxic photos of the striking scenery. 

Topas Ecolodge

Absolutely, autumn is the best time to visit Sapa and admire breath-taking landscapes. Meanwhile, many travelers believe that winter is the best time to travel Sapa, with all graceful and romantic scenes. In recent years, travelers come to Sapa more in winter to witness and observe the incredible view of Sapa when snow falls. Roads, houses and plants all are covered by snow, which creates magnificent and wondrous atmosphere here. If coming to Sapa in late November when the winter comes, the weather in Sapa is colder, but not frostbitten. In the early morning, all small Sapa Town seems to be "floating" or "hiding" amid clouds and fog. You have to stand closely to see people's face and surrounding area clearly. Yet, the air here is always extremely fresh, which brings a sense of comfort and tranquility to travelers who want to escape from the hustle and bustle life in big cities full of noise and dust. In winter, Sapa Town hides inside fog and snow. Coming to Sapa in cold weather will make you feel as if you were wandering in a north European country. In addition, winter months are ideal time for couples to celebrate the most important day in their lifetime. In the middle of winter, travelers from tropical-climate places come to Sapa to contemplate snowfall, grass and trees covered by white snow ice. This makes Sapa more spectacular, extraordinary and fascinated. 

Ta Van Village

Sapa is also an ideal vacation spot in Vietnam tour packages for couples to enjoy their memorable honeymoons. Many honeymoon tours to Sapa are operated by almost travel agents with multiple choices and affordable prices. Travelers will have meaningful holidays in Sapa, which marks a great milestone in their family life. Otherwise, those who like economical holidays can book one of hotels in Sapa to organize their creative and meaningful honeymoon by themselves. Your married life will be beautiful and interesting with a beautiful beginning. Sapa is beautiful all year round with unique and interesting features. To answer the question when is the best time to travel Sapa it may depend on aesthetic “Guu” and favor of each people. Where to go to enjoy senses of coziness of happiness in your big day? Are you wondering where you are going to travel this winter to make it unforgettable? The ideal destination looking forward to your presence is Sapa, in winter months. Let's come to Sapa to feel happy, comfortable, and do not forget to travel with your family, friends or lover. It will be the perfect time to travel Sapa!