Sapa Loop Motorbike Tour 5 Days 4 Nights by Vietnam’s Travel Blogger

Sapa Loop Motorbike Tour 5 Days 4 Nights is the summary of my experience. A person with more than 20 days of travel experience in Sapa. However, for your convenience, I will introduce you to 5 days 4 nights. We invite you to follow along.

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Where is Sapa located?

For Vietnamese people, Sapa is no longer a stranger. But for foreigners, especially when coming to Vietnam for the first time, you will have many surprises. Sapa is a town in Lao Cai province. With an area of 681.37km2, this place is crowded with Kinh, Hmong, Red Dao, Tay, Giay and Xa Pho ethnic groups. Because it is located at a height of 1500m – 1800m above sea level, this is an extremely HOT tourist destination in the northern mountainous region. Young people in Vietnam choose Sapa as a destination not to be missed in the journey of hunting clouds in the North.

Sapa Loop Motorbike Tour 5 Days 4 Nights by Vietnam's Travel Blogger

Sapa Loop Motorbike Tour 5 Days 4 Nights 5 Days 4 Nights

Most people who intend to travel to Sapa will buy a long-distance bus ticket from Hanoi to Sapa, then rent a motorbike in Sapa to explore.

Day 1: Explore Sapa town

In the evening, you catch a bus from Hanoi to Sapa. To save a place for the night, you should take the night bus. From Hanoi to Sapa is nearly 300km. The night trip at 22 o’clock will arrive at 4 am or 5 am.

After breakfast, and a warm cup of coffee, you can start exploring the beautiful town of Sapa. In Sapa, there are many places you can explore, but first, rent a motorbike in Sapa.

Sapa Stone Church

As a tourist attraction in Sapa, this is an ideal place because it is located behind Ham Rong mountain. The architecture of the stone church is bold with French architecture. Here you will meet Hmong girls selling souvenirs, you can take pictures with the children.

Sapa Loop Motorbike Tour 5 Days 4 Nights by Vietnam's Travel Blogger

Cat Cat village

After walking around Sapa town, you move down to Cat Cat village. This is a village of the Hmong people, the ticket price is 90,000 VND. In the village you will see people selling a lot of brocade. Inside, there is a water fountain, the scene of people’s houses. There are also many places selling pictures of mountainous ethnic people that you can refer to. Tourists often come here and rent ethnic costumes to take pictures.

Sapa Loop Motorbike Tour 5 Days 4 Nights by Vietnam's Travel Blogger

Ta Van Village

From Cat Cat village, you go straight down to Ta Van village. It’s only a few kilometers away but the scenery is so much better. If you go to the right rice season, you will have the opportunity to trek up to the beautiful, beautiful golden rice fields, which are also famous landscapes of Sapa.

O Quy Ho Pass

In the afternoon, drive a motorbike from TT Sapa to O Quy Ho pass. Quietly watching the sunset, watching the clouds dance on the hillside and occasionally sipping a cup of coffee makes life more interesting.

Sapa Square

In the evening, after a tiring day of traveling, you can walk to Sapa town to enjoy skewers of meat, or delicious grilled sweet potatoes. You visit Sapa square to see the cultural performances and the tourists here. End a wonderful day of discovery in the land of Sapa.

Sapa Loop Motorbike Tour 5 Days 4 Nights by Vietnam's Travel Blogger

Day 2: Fansipan Peak

On day 2, spend time conquering Fansiban peak. This is the highest mountain in the three Indochina countries including Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam with an altitude of 3147.3m. You can go to the cable car by train from TT Sapa or by motorbike.

Take the train for only 150,000 VND, every 5 minutes there will be a trip to the top of Fansipan. If traveling by motorbike, the price is only about 50-100,000 VND.

Sapa Loop Motorbike Tour 5 Days 4 Nights by Vietnam's Travel Blogger

After moving to the cable car, you buy a ticket at the price of 680,000 VND on weekdays. Weekend ticket price is 850,000 VND to go to the top of Fansipan.

Because it takes a lot of time to see the top of Fan, so stay a little longer. Standing on the roof of Southeast Asia, you can see the beautiful town of Sapa.

The trip to Fansipan can take you nearly a day, so that afternoon when you return to Sapa town, just go around, no need to go far.

Day 3: Sapa – Y Ty

After spending 2 full days looking at the beautiful town of Sapa. Let’s go by motorbike to Y Ty town, which is only 70km from Sapa but extremely beautiful.

Y Ty is a place you should not miss because of the floating sea of clouds and is known as the most beautiful place to hunt clouds in the Northwest. Y Ty is located in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai, you will be overwhelmed by the way to work because it is so beautiful.

Sapa Loop Motorbike Tour 5 Days 4 Nights by Vietnam's Travel Blogger

Here, you can stay at Y Ty Lodge or A Ho Homestay for savings. These are two homestay number 1 Y Ty with full services for backpackers.

If you come early, you can go to Ngai Thau Thuong and Ngai Thau Ha to see Y Ty. If you do not have enough time, you can sit and drink coffee in the town and then continue tomorrow.

Day 4: Y Ty – Ai Tro – A Lu – Lung Po flagpole – Milestone 87

This is the day for you to conquer milestone 87, which is also where the upstream of the Red River will flow down to Hanoi. The path is as beautiful as a graphic painting, with mountains, clouds, and terraced fields. Approaching the Chinese border, you will see that people here grow a lot of bananas.

Milestone 87 is also your last milestone in Y Ty. In the afternoon, you return to Y Ty town to rest.

Actually, if you can arrange more time, you can visit the top of Lao Than. Because Lao Than is also a great hunting spot for clouds in Y Ty. However, this is only for young people who have the time. And if you don’t have time, you can skip it.

Day 5: Y Ty – Hanoi

After days in Y Ty, drive your motorbike back to Sapa. Wait for the bus to return to Hanoi. End your Sapa tour by motorbike 5 days 4 nights.

Above is the Sapa travel schedule by motorbike 5 days 4 nights. Hope you will have an extremely interesting travel journey in Sapa. Good luck with your trip.

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Xu Kien – Living and working in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is the author of the book Nhắm mắt đi liều and has 4 years of experience traveling around Vietnam. Currently a Travel Blogger and active in writing.

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