Lao Cai is a province in North West Vietnam, 320 km away from Hanoi. This mountainous province is so attractive of valleys, mountains, ethnic group and cool climate. Travel to Lao Cai for mountain holiday and learn Vietnamese culture by visit to ethnic minority villages. The following places you should visit and know in advance before you go to Lao Cai province. It is a part in some of Vietindo Travel's tour programs. For advice on tour Vietindo Travel is willing to give you useful and most updated information.
1- Sapa town is summer holiday place in Indochina, where is cool all year round and has highest mountain peak at 3143 m above sea level.
2- Sapa local Market is bustling place at weekend when the locals gather to exchange home made products. It al so attracts tourists from Vietnam and foreign countries.
3- Ham Rong tourist site is a mountain in Sapa town where you can climb up to see orchid garden and the whole town in clouds
4- Cat Cat village is home to Black H'mong group. They live in traditional house and valley surrounded by rice terrace fields.
5 - Sapa ancient Rock Field is 8 sq km where remains multi- grade rocks engraved with ancient images. It is in Muong Hoa valley.
6 - Ta Phin Village is 12 km from Sapa town. It is nice isolated village for Red Dzao ethnic group. You take 1/2 day to explore village.
7 - Thac Bac or Silver water fall is 12 km from Sapa town where you have nice photo shots.
8 - Rice terrace field mark Sapa more spectacularly
9 - Hoang Lien National Park in Sapa has an area of 30,000 ha and buffer area of almost 40,000 ha. The primitive forest has diversified system of fauna and flora
10 - Fansipan Mountain is the peak of Indochina including Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia - 3143 m high. You can trek or use cable car to get there.
11 - Bac Ha distric is 70 km from Sapa, where you can do homestay and trekking tour. It is nice climate, cool all year round.
12 - H'mong King palace is situated right in Bac Ha town. The construction was built during 1914 - 1921 influenced by Oriental and Western styles.
13 - Ban Ho village is about 30 km from Sapa town. It is so charming by terrace rice field, Muong Hoa and Lave rivers, traditional houses.
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