Sapa is one of the most crowded places of ethnic groups in the northwest of Vietnam. Accordingly, there are a lot of unique ethnic villages which have become tourist attractions in Sapa as well as the prominent highlight of Sapa tours. If you have an intention to visit Sapa on your upcoming holidays, let’s take Sapa ethnic tours to discover how special it is!
1/ Traveling with ethnic guides
Taking Sapa tours from TrekkingSapa will give you a chance to have an ethnic guide as a companion during your journey. Specifically, they are from some ethnic groups in Sapa and H’mong guides are the most popular ones with some familiar faces such as My, Su, Khu, Chai, Mao, Ze, May, Gom, Cho, Giao, Sam, Tung and so on. All of them are extremely humorous and caring so they will enthusiastically surprise you with what they share and where they lead to. Especially, they speak English very well thus making you much more eager during your Sapa tours.
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2/ Visiting ethnic villages
There are a large number of ethnic villages dispersedly distributing throughout Sapa. Among them, the three most well-known villages to be included in your Sapa tours are Cat Cat Village, Ta Phin Village, and Ta Van Village. To be specific, Cat Cat Village is far from the center of Sapa Town about 2 kilometers. It is a traditional village where people make ends meet by some traditional handicraft jobs such as planting flowers, weaving brocade and making bronze jewelry. They always attach special importance to maintain and polish their traditions over time.
Besides, Ta Phin Village is considered one of the most attractive ethnic villages in Sapa. Far from Sapa Town about 14 kilometers, its imposing scenery is formed by a majestic valley surrounded by high hills and mountains. It is home to Red Dao ethnic group so you can have a chance to try some interesting experiences like bathing herbs, buying brocade or enjoying some specialties. Likewise, Ta Van Village is the main habitat of Giay people with the vaguely poetic beauty from a wide range of terraced rice fields stretching over mountains. This village is famous for its numerous homestays and restaurants thus becoming an ideal destination for your Sapa tours homestay.
3/ Taking part in ethnic festivals
It is such a pity if you take Sapa tours without joining in any ethnic festival. Being one of the most special festivals of H’mong people in the northwest of Vietnam, Gau Tao Festival attracts a lot of tourists to visit on every annual occasion. Generally, it takes place from the first day to the fifteenth day of the new year. Its aim is to wish for love, luck, safety and happiness for all members of the family in the new year. The second well-known festival in Sapa is Roong Pooc Festival of Giay people. It is usually held on Dragon day in January of the lunar calendar in Ta Van village. It is a formal festival with the aim of wishing a newly abundant crop with favorable rainfalls and lush plants.
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4/ Our tourists’ sharing
“While planning and considering all options for a 3 days trip, I decided, based on the previous great reviews, to contact TrekkingSapa and let them organize my visit of Sapa. Completing my trip, I join and agree with every word of praise written on them.
My was assigned to be my guide, I couldn’t ask for a better one, the three days that I spent with her and her family, feeling a welcome guest, gave me a total insight of the Black-Hmong’s everyday life. She is an experienced guide with good English that adjusted the trekking to my interests and abilities. With her friendly personality and her willing to answer every question, it was very easy to feel like touring with a friend.”
Mr. Christopher Tan Pacia –Philipin
Taking Sapa ethnic tours will give you an interesting experience which is very different from Sapa sightseeing tours. If you have a chance, why don’t you take Sapa tours from TrekkingSapa like Sapa tours Vietnam, Sapa tours 2 days 1 night, Sapa tours from Hanoi or Sapa tours homestay? These promisingly bring you lots of great moments in Sapa.
