VietnamMount Fansipan
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Mount Fansipan (Fansipan, Fansipan) is the highest peak of Indochina. Its peak has a height of 3143 meters, and it is located right next to Sapoy. You can climb to the top from Sapa, which can be one of the most exciting adventures of your life, or climb the cable car, which was launched in 2016.
Before there was a cable car, climbing the mountain on foot was an achievement that felt like a feat that not everyone could accomplish. Now, after spending a day or two on the hard way, you will get to the Fun Park Fansipan Sunworld at the top, opened with the construction of the cable car, and almost always filled with Chinese tourists. Nevertheless, if you still choose to climb on foot, then along the way you will get acquainted with the flora and fauna of these places, visit the villages of the tribes, enjoy the delightful landscapes, and experience triumph when you reach the top, albeit filled with other tourists.
Mount Fansipan
Despite the fact that the Ascent does not require special equipment and training, it is recommended to make it only as part of a group trekking tour or accompanied by an individual guide. There are several options for climbing: one-day, two-day and three-day. The Ascent can be mastered only by the most hardy and prepared tourists: do not overestimate your capabilities, it is better to take a two-day tour.
Two - and three-day itineraries include an overnight stay (or two) in camps at an altitude of 1900, 2200 or 2800 meters in a tent or tourist cabins. Sleeping bags, tents, meals are provided by tour organizers. Sometimes, depending on the program, they include visits to the silver thak bat waterfall, tram ton pass and mountain villages. With you on trekking you should take comfortable shoes (not wet, not slippery), warm socks, warm clothes, a raincoat, some sweets for extra energy, and as few extra things as possible.
🕐 Working hours
Round the clock, cable car ride from 07:30 to 17:30.
💵Entrance fee / ticket price
The cost of tours starts from $ 30 (one-day tour from Sapa) and reaches 150 for tours from Hanoi including the cost of the train and accommodation in hotel in Sapa.
🚶 How to get there
The summit is located 8 kilometers from the center of Sapa in a straight line (Fansipan Peak on the map). The easiest way to get to the top is on the new cable car to Fansipan. The cost of ascent/descent in one direction adults and children over 130 cm-600 000 dogngov; children from 100 to 130 cm-400 000; children under 100 cm-free.
But if you want to make a trekking route to the mountain, which is much more interesting, then this can be done as part of an excursion or on your own. It is best to climb the mountain as part of an organized tour or with an individual guide, which can be found in travel agencies on the street or in hotels. Find tours, by the way, after the opening of the cable car became more difficult. If you can not find such a tour at an affordable price, you can climb yourself, but then you will have to take care of equipment, food and water. You will need, at least, a navigator, a tent, a sleeping bag, a tourist mat, warm clothes, good trekking shoes. The routes for the Ascent are drawn in detail on Yandex map editor and in the apps Organic Maps. There are three starting points for the ascent: through village cat Cat (Cat Cat), Sin Chai (Sin Chai), or from tram ton pass from Love Waterfall (the easiest way).
In 2018, it was reported that for an independent entrance to the route at the starting points they are required to pay $ 40 per person, or even not allowed on the trail at all. But it's easy to get around just by setting off early in the morning, or by bypassing checkpoints on other trails.
Panorama of Fansipan Peak
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