DAY 3
CAT CAT VILLAGE – FANSIPAN – SAPA
9 DECEMBER, MONDAY
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Breakfast, take train to visit Muong Hoa Valley, then take cable car transfer to Fansippan Cable Car Station for an amazing ride to the “the Roof of Indochina” – the highest mountain Fansipan- 3143 meter above sea level. First by 20 min Cable Car ride to 2800m level where huge Buddha Statue located & then either by foot about 600+ steps or by Funicular (own expenses with cost 7usd/way) to the Peak of Fansipan. Enjoy the fresh air and incredible beautiful Landscape from the high. Afternoon, visit Rong May Glass Bridge which means Dragon in Cloud Glass Bridge, you will enjoy the stunning view from the height of more than 2000m above sea level with the terraced fields, green tea fields, rolling hills and mountains, spectacular cloud yards. Transfer to visit Heaven gate at O Quy Ho, Silver Waterfall.
Dinner & overnight Sapa.
Sapa Charm
Late start at 8:45 to Cat Cat Village. We don’t think it was worth the “sweat” to visit this place when we had to walk back up the steps to the meeting point. Usually tourists will walk down the steps to the river and waterfall, then can have the option to take a bus back up to meeting point. However, due to wet season, usually at the end of the year, the roads condition becomes so bad that buses cannot make it down the river to pick up tourists. There was an option to take a motorcycle back up.
Fansipan was interesting. It was nice to ride the cable car and Funicular, but the weather was foggy and we cannot see anything beyond a few meters. There were some pockets where we were able to see about 100m into the horizon, but all we can see were the trees. Cannot see the valley or terrace farming that was shown in pictures of Fanispan.
