Cultural Day Trip from Sapa Including Heavens Gate and Local Villages
Hanoi, Vietnam
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 8 hours
Enjoy this day trip from Sapa that includes jeep-driving and walking. Along the ride, you will be able to enjoy magnificent views from the Heaven Gate pass and visit villages of local ethnic minorities such as the Flower H’mong, Lu and Thai or Black Dao minorities.
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Enjoy this day trip from Sapa that includes jeep-driving and walking. Along the ride, you will be able to enjoy magnificent views from the Heaven Gate pass and visit villages of local ethnic minorities such as the Flower H’mong, Lu and Thai or Black Dao minorities.
Upon pickup from your hotel, you will drive up the hill towards Heaven´s Gate. On the way, you will have a chance to take a short walk to Silver Waterfall and then head to Heaven´s Gate, where you can admire the breathtaking view of the surrounding mountains including Fansipan - the highest peak in Indochina.
Upon pickup from your hotel, you will drive up the hill towards Heaven´s Gate. On the way, you will have a chance to take a short walk to Silver Waterfall and then head to Heaven´s Gate, where you can admire the breathtaking view of the surrounding mountains including Fansipan - the highest peak in Indochina.
You will then drive downhill along one of the most beautiful roads to Tam Duong, where you will meet the Black Dao community, who trade in the town’s small market, wearing their traditional black dresses.
After enjoying a lunch in a local restaurant, you will start your trip to some minority villages on your way back to Sapa. First you will visit the Na Hum villages, inhabited by Black Thai, who are famous for their traditional stilt houses surrounded by rice terraces stretching across the picturesque valleys. You will then visit the Lu minority in Bo village where you may observe the villagers at cloth-weaving.
The last stop before arriving back to Sapa will be the Chu Va village.
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