Leaving the centre of the astonishing Sapa Town, following the Cau May road and turn the way to Muong Hoa Town, you will have chance to experience a very different life of some ethnic minorities such as H’mong, Dao, Giay, Tay, … in Lao Chai – Ta Van villages.
Impressive Lao Chai – Ta Van in rice harvest time
Terraced fields in Lao Chai
Lao Chai – Ta Van is far different from the hustle and bustle of Sapa town. Entering the village, you will be overwhelmed by the landscape of immense terraced rice field on the hillside.
The region looks like a picture coloured by yellow fields in around April and September, also the warmest and most hilarious time of village. The atmosphere is filled up by the fragrance of rice mixed in the breeze spreading in the space that attracts the visitor’s steps to here and experience the life of highland people.
The diverse culture
Traditional costumes of Hmong
Beside the impressive scenery of nature, a walking excursion can give you an exhaustive look at the local cultural beauty. Situated 7km from the center of Sapa Town, Lao Chai village is the common home of more than 100 H’mong households.
H’mong people here are experienced at doing paddy cultivation on the lower fields in the valley. They also grow corn, cassava and upland rice on hillsides and mountainside behind the village.
Next to Lao Chai village, Ta Van village is mostly inhabited by about 40 households of Giay minority and some others. Giay people live in a stable settlement such as valley lowlands near river for wet rice cultivation while H’mong people like living at high position to grow corn cassava and upland rice. Ta Van village is ideally located between the poetic Muong Hoa stream and the impressive Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Additionally, Ta Van is also the proper spot to connect with other tourist attraction such as Cau May, Ta Phin, the ancient stone region, Silver Waterfall, Giang Ta Chai and so on.
Nice trekking places
Trekking in Sapa
Thanks to the majestic charms of terrace rice fields, mountains as well as waterfalls, Lao Chai and Ta Van deserve to be extremely ideal destination for trekking. It helps you not only have the best feeling on nature but also understand deeply about daily life and culture of the locals once in Sapa.
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