Sapa Valley

The Sapa Valley is, without a doubt, my favorite place in Vietnam. After spending nearly a month touring the East Coast and experiencing its nerve-wracking motorcycle-taxis and marketplaces, arriving at Sapa was to finally be at peace. Sapa is a small town located at 1600 meters above sea level in the green mountains close to the Chinese border.

The town itself is nothing special: it’s a colonial city founded by the French, but the truth is that today it has been ravaged by tourism, restaurants, pubs, and souvenir stands. In short, it has become almost unrecognizable. However, Sapa is ideal for excursions and hiking to see the local ethnic-minority Hmong, Tay, Dao, and Nung tribes. These people cultivate immense rice fields that stretch as far as the eye can see and form an incredibly beautiful landscape of terraces.

Vietnam is a place of contrasts: it’s vibrantly colored and each stop along the journey offers new adventures and discoveries. If I had to choose my favorite place among all the beaches, islands, markets, temples, mountains, and pagodas, I would definitely choose the Sapa Valley.

The Sapa Valley is an ideal place to immerse yourself in pure wilderness and the interesting customs of the local people. Most people choose to spend the majority of their time in the city of Sapa, and it is quite nice, but we decided to spend our time out exploring the valley.

We left our bulky packs at the hostel and took only the basics for 3 days of long hikes through the mountains, rivers, waterfalls, and remote villages of this stunning land, getting to know first-hand the lives and customs of the Hmong communities.

In Sapa, Vietnam, there are the most beautiful views of rice fields. There are very nice subtle differences and it's a great place for tourists to go trekkin. It is highly recommended to go there and see how the Viatnemese do manual work.

It is my dream to visit Vietnam Sa pa I herd it is so wonderful there and visiting the Sa pa is on my bucket list.