Trek Fansipan Sapa

Guide for traveling around Sapa. You can trek Mt. Fansipan – the highest peak in Vietnam, trek to Cat Cat, Ta Phin, Ta Van, Sin Chai villages,  or visit the incredible Tram Ton Pass. Check the article out for more details.

The easiest trek in town is to follow the steps up to the Sapa radio tower (admission 15,000) for killer views of the valley.

Montagnards from surrounding villages don their best clothes and go to the Sapa market  most days. Saturday is the busiest day, and town is choking with tourists as the evening “love market” is a big magnet for organized tour groups from Hanoi, lf you’d rather enjoy Sapa at a more sedate pace, avoid the Sat market.

The love market is speed dating minority style. Tribal teenagers trek into town to find a mate. It’s all very coy, but unlike many of the more remote love markets in the region, it has become very commercial in recent. These days there are more camera – toting tourists than love-sick Montagnards, as a smattering of opportunist prostitutes on the scene.

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