Sapa Trip Overview
You have a great experience of driving motorbike on mountainous area and explore Sapa’s amazing scenery of mountains and terraced rice paddies on this thrilling motorbike tour. Your guide will handle navigation, and tell you fascinating commentary about locations along the route, including Sapa Market, home of the black H’Mong, Giay, Tay, Xa Pho, Red Dao minorities group, you have the opportunity to learn about different cultures of different minority group.
Additional Info
Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Sapa, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
Explore Sapa Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting Sapa, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam
You have a great experience of driving motorbike on mountainous area and explore Sapa’s amazing scenery of mountains and terraced rice paddies on this thrilling motorbike tour. Your guide will handle navigation, and tell you fascinating commentary about locations along the route, including Sapa Market, home of the black H’Mong, Giay, Tay, Xa Pho, Red Dao minorities group, you have the opportunity to learn about different cultures of different minority group.
Stop At: Sapa Market, Dien Bien Phu Road, Sapa Vietnam
Sapa Market. In addition to paying a visit to popular tourist attractions, you should not forget to visit Sapa Market, which is also a common destination for Sapa tours. You can easily see a great number of handcrafted products made by ethnic groups at this market as well.
The most impressive feature of Sapa Market is its unique brocade products in vibrant colors, and subtle patterns of the H’Mong, Dao Do, and Giay. On the other hand, such products as fruits, vegetables, and spices are also favorite goods of tourists. It is irresistible to purchase some products as souvenirs for your friends and relatives once visiting this market.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Muong Hoa Valley, Sapa 333108 Vietnam
You will drive motorbike down hill follow the road to the Black H’mong village of Lao Chai. From Lao Chai the ride will continue off road to Ta Van, a village inhabited by the Giay tribe. You take a break at the village and have lunch in a local house.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Ta Van Village, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
About 8 kilometers from Sapa Town, The road leads to Ta Van village that is small and narrow. Along two sides has a fertile terraced field. When visitors come to Ta Van village, they will not be amazed at the simple beauty of the houses in the village. Although Giay people mainly make a living by rice cultivation and silver carvings, they also open homestay services to serve the needs of tourists when travelling the village. Homestay is a kind of a special tourism service in Ta Van Village in which tourists will live with local residents in their house.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Giang Ta Chai Village, Ta Van Commune, Sapa 008420 Vietnam
Giang Ta Chai village is home to the Red Dzao who wear plain black trousers and a long black tunic with embroidered cuffs and lapels. Red Zao minority people are the second biggest group of hill minority people in Sapa in Vietnam. Red zao minority people in Giang Ta Chai village in Sapa in Vietnam wear very colorful traditional costumes. In Giang Ta Chai villagein Sapa in Vietnam.
Stop At: Ban Ho Village, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
From Ban Ho Village to Nam Cang village.
At the end of the motor way about 25 Km from Sapa town lies a vast and flat valley, circled by mountains and hills. It is Ban Ho valley home to the Tay ethnic. It is divided into three areas: Ta Trung Ho, Xeo Trung Ho and Hoang Lien, which is place of the Mong, Dao, Tay. The Muong Hoa River winds its way around the village provide fresh water for 2 crops of rice and bean every year and it make the scenery of the valley more romantic. The Tay people possess high rice farming technique and live sedentary lifestyle. Their villages are often very large with hundred households. Their houses are impressively built on stilts in unique structure to form superb dwellings. It is also a very good village for experiencing home stay.
Come to Ban Ho, you get chance not only to view wonderful spots, enjoy fresh air but also to see natural beauty. You will have opportunity to see water fall, go swimming in hot water pool or cold water stream, find out traditional weave fabric, make brocade… and take part in community activities. you will be alive and living in the cozy ambiance and friendly family. Because the climate in Ban Ho is warmer than Sapa (between 18-250C), in the afternoon, tourists can enjoy yourself in the stream Lave, sight Da Nhay waterfall.
After visit the Ban Ho village you will continue your journer to Nam Cang village to see the beautifull landscape and visit the Xa Pho minority group – the smallest minority group in Sapa.
Get into the hidden Nam Cang village and you will see the most beautiful rice fields of Sapa, enjoy waterfalls. This is the perfect opportunities to explore the natural life of ethnic minority groups living in the mountains. The locals will look with big eyes and followed by happy smiles as this is “off the beaten track”.
Duration: 2 hours
