[2024 Tam Duong District Attraction] Travel Guide for The roof of Indochina (Updated Nov)
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8Q3G+93C, San Sả Hồ, Sa Pa, Lào Cai, Vietnam
Fansipan Summit ! 🏃🏻♂️🔥
Good experience here, good nature and nice place! ❤️#naturalwonders
Syarizal
Hiking “the roof of Indochina” Fansipan Mountain 🏔️ 🥾
#hikingtime
Fansipan is 3,143 meters and it is the highest mountain in Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia).
There are 3 ways to reach the top of Fansipan;
1. You can buy tickets 🎫 for cable car at Sunworld back and forth 🚡
2. Pure hiking 🥾
3. Hike up and cable car down
Best time to hike is March-May or September-October
Bring warmer clothes as the temperature can drop
Getting There - From Hanoi take a sleeper bus 🚌(about 6hrs)I recommend taking the 11PM departure so your arrival will be around 5or 6AM
Attractions - Notre Dame church, lake, ham rong mountain, fansipan, catcat village and trekking to other villages, tea farms
Hotels - in the Sapa center, there are lots of hotels and also homestays around, also hotels and homestays far from the city center if you like a more quiet place
Food & Restaurants - you can try Vietnamese food everywhere, must try to taste the chestnut cake (BÁNH HẠT DẺ) and pair it with Vietnamese coffee, I love the coconut coffee (Bạc xỉu)
Shopping - there are lots of local shops around, you can shop for scarf 🧣 or any cute handmade bags
#hikingtime #hiking #mountainview
Jean Dora
The roof of Indochina
#indonesiatrip
Fansipan is Amazing! The cable car ride up the mountain gives nice views of rice paddies below, and waterfalls on the way up. Once there, if you want to limit the climbing there is a funicular that takes you almost to summit. Then it’s a short climb to the summit at 3,143 meters / 10,312 ft, the highest in Indochine region.The weather up here is very unpredictable, it may be sunny at the bottom of mountain and covered in clouds at the summit. To be sure, you should bring jackets and rain gear as its windy up there and rainy at times. But the clouds are the constant. You are so high you are essentially “in the clouds” or above them. So we had to wait 2 hours for 3 brief 5 seconds of “cloud clearance” to get some amazing shots of this mountain top.overall awesome
Atai86
The roof of Indochina
#vietnamtrip Please please don't ever miss this place if you are ever in Sa Pa. Our tour leader recommended coming in the afternoon because the weather more often than not is not good in the morning meaning you come up and see nothing. But coming in the afternoon also won't guarantee a clear weather so it really depends on the weather.
The view is magnificent! Truly one of the most beautiful views I've ever seen. To go to the peak you can either climb the stairs or ride the furnicular. It costs 200, 000 VND return and 120, 000 VND one way. I climb my way up and use the furnicular down but I recommend use the furnicular up and use the stairs your way down. Worth it I tell you even at the end of it I couldn't even feel my legs LOL.
There is also a cafe at the peak and you can enjoy a variety of coffee and drinks pricing ranging from 85, 000 VND and above while enjoying the view.
KrisAdventure_19
The roof of Indochina
#vietnamtrip Fansipan is Amazing! The cable car ride up the mountain gives nice views of rice paddies below, and waterfalls on the way up. Once there, if you want to limit the climbing there is a funicular that takes you almost to summit. Then it’s a short climb to the summit at 3,143 meters / 10,312 ft, the highest in Indochine region.
The weather up here is very unpredictable, it may be sunny at the bottom of mountain and covered in clouds at the summit. To be sure, you should bring jackets and rain gear as its windy up there and rainy at times. But the clouds are the constant. You are so high you are essentially “in the clouds” or above them. So we had to wait 2 hours for 3 brief 5 seconds of “cloud clearance” to get some amazing shots of this mountain top.
This is a must-see if you are in Sapa area!
KrisAdventure_19
Phan Xi Pang aka Fansipan
#vietnamtrip
Phan Xi Pang aka Fansipan, is the highest peak mountain in Indochina region. With in elevation of about 3120 metres. In 2016 they built a world class cable car system. And has to climb many steps at the top, optionally there is a Funicular car system that talked you from near the cable car end to the top. It's supposed to be spiritual and Vietnams highest point. It's very cold at the top and very strong winds can blow. The Pagoda and the Buddha statue and the temple are all good to visit. At the pinnacle they have a few photo points