Sapa Landscape

Sapa also known as “Tonkinese Alps”, once was the French Hill Station for its amazing scenery and special climate. Nowadays,  Sapa is a major tourist destination of North Vietnam, not only for its location as a natural starting point for the unique experiences in the mountainous area, on Hoang Lien Son mountain range, but also for its own stunning landscapes. To be favoured by generous nature, Sapa has almost every attraction that the mountainous destination would have. From  Sapa Town, which is 1,600 m asl, one will have a bird eye over the North Vietnam’s deepest and longest Muong Hoa valley set by the towering peaks, including Fansipan, of Hoang Lien Range. There the villages, surrounded by forests and waterfalls, are scattered around and spread to heaven s rim. The mountain, carved to be rice terraced for producing rice and maize, has been the back ground for the enormous painting of the amazing landcape. For decades, the valley has been home for 5 different hill-tribes ( Hmong, Red Dao, Tay, Giay and Xa Pho), each one colorful, distinct, and with its own language and cultural values. Some of the villages, especially the more remote ones, are still largely untouched by modern ways of life

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