Sapa is an old French hill station, nestled among the Hoang Lien Son Mountains near the chinsese border. Because of its situation near the tallest mountain range in Vietnam, it is possibly the most scenic mountains location in Vietnam. The members of the Black Hmong ethnic minority are very present in town, and other ethnic minorities come for the weekly market. You will have a chance to overnight with ethnic minority in Sapa.

While all those who visit Halong Bay are charmed by the archipelago’s beauty, few visitors are aware that the three-thousand islands that is home to many rare plants, including species found nowhere in the world.