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Sapa Trekking

Lying in the mountain area, Sapa is a perfect place for trekking or hiking, it is of of highlights for travellers going to Sapa.
There are some trek routes in Sapa, most tourists take a day trek to surrounding villages such as Lao Chai, Ta Van, if they stay overnight at homestay in the village, they would continue the hike to other villages like Giang Ta Chai, Su Pan...
Young trekkers would love a longer trip, up to 4-5 days, further down to remote villages like Thanh Kim, Ban Ho villages...Some companies also offer 3 day trekking to the peak of Fansipan mount, which is 3400 m from sea level, nicked name as the roof of Indochina, the trek is quite strenous, passengers must be very fit, most of the trip they would walk on muddy buffalo paths, especially on rainy days, travellers trek up and down the mountain passes, through the forest between hill side villages, and homestay is a good choice for trekkers to spend the night, local people are extremely friendly, throughout the trip travellers are welcomed with smiles, hand waves and "hello! hello!" all the time. And landscape of Sapa is really breathtaking, travellers trek between the rice terraces, in the bamboo forest, through rivers and springs, and usually are picked up by vehicle at the end of the trip for the way back to Sapa
Foreign trekkers to Sapa usually have a local guide, some can have porters to carry luggage and stuff, biggers group even bring along a cook. Note that if you go on longer trek in the area a permit is compulsory.