Travel to Northern Vietnam will be incomplete without arriving in Sapa. Joining a Vietnam motorcycle tour, you can experience the picturesque rice terraces, the friendly local people, beautiful weather and unique culture. Sapa is always one of the must-see destinations to discover the full Vietnam. From Sapa, tourists can go trekking or ride through some of the most beautiful rice paddies, and then stop by remote villages to explore the daily lives of Dao or H’Mong people.
5 hour ride from Hanoi, Sapa is still a not to be missed destination. Many ethnic minorities live in and around Sapa such as: Dzao, Tay, Giay, Muong, Xa Pho, Thai, and H’mong. The Black H’mong can be easily identified by their beautifully embroidered royal blue attire. Nestled high in the Tonkin’s Alps near the Chinese border, Sapa was built as a hill station for the French with the purpose of avoiding the heat of summer. On these days, weekends are still the biggest spot to ramble around in this bustling small town. Visitors from the Hanoi come to Sapa for a glimpse of Love Market, Love waterfall or Ham Rong Mountain.
Sapa's fair market on Saturday night is a festival of ethnic groups living in Sapa. They come to the market not only the place to buy and sell goods but also entertainment spot for all people. The people, all ages, the Mong girls, Dao coming of age see this place as a dating place for meeting new people. Surely, visitors will be delighted to witness a unique market. On Saturday evenings, people enjoy the folk songs of the H'mong and Dao girls, with the sounds of the lips, the flute, the Mongols, the bowls filled with wine of the elder ... and since then people have given it the name "love market".
Located right next to the town of Sapa, Ham Rong Mountain is one of the few tourist attractions that interests human creativity. Human creativity is blended with the natural beauty of this place to create a beautiful place that can't be found anywhere. And today, when traveling to Sapa very few visitors ignore Ham Rong climbing opportunities, especially Vietnamese tourists. Coming to Dragon Ham, first of all visitors can see the colorful color of more than 300 species of orchids with different names such as Ugg orchids, Sword orchids, Royal orchids ... blooming in the gardens. Moving up, you will be able to witness peach garden, Pear garden, Docynia Indica garden and Stone Garden. The word of mouth of inhabitants of this place is that they often travel to Ham Rong to talk to the rocks, with the clouds since they are rocks with different shapes as if the human carved them out of boulders and then put them into a lively living community. In addition, there is also Sapa top lookout (Cloud yard) where you can spectate the famous television tower, get a panoramic view of the town of Sapa town from the clouds and see the peak Fansipan and the Hoang Lien Son mountain within your view.
4 km from Sapa Town to the Southwest of Sapa district is Love Waterfall. It is located in San Sa Ho commune, Lao Cai. This waterfall is at an altitude of 1800m compared to sea level is naturally elevated. Love Waterfalls flows through the high and steep terrain background. The Waterfall is the upstream of Gold Stream which is originated from Fansipan peak. From remote sight, this waterfall looks like a big hat with lush forest vegetation on both sides.
Booking a tour with ADV Motorcycle Tours and Dirtbiketravel, tourists can also see the spectacular waterfall known locally under a cordial name Love waterfall. Love Waterfalls is located in San Sa Ho commune, Sapa , Lao Cai, about 4 km from Sapa Town to the Southwest. Legend has it that, Love Falls was the meeting place of a fairy and the woodcutter named O Quy Ho. If you visit Love Waterfall in foggy days, it is your lucky day. In these time, mist covers entire surface of the Gold stream, seeps into the canopy of trees, making the waterfall appear in both reality and virtuality. Join us to experience the full Vietnam to see the best landscape and cuisine in the world.
