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Ta Van village rice terraced fields, Sapa

Ta Van Village – Sapa

Visiting the Ta Van Village, travelerswill be stunnedby the idyll, rusticcityblending with the humble but marvelous houses of the locals in the village.
Fansipan Mountain

Fansipan Mountain

Located in Lao Cai province, Fansipan Mountain is about 9 km Southwest of Sapa Town. This mount belongs to Hoang Lien Son Mountain range in the Northwest of Vietnam and within the border of Lao Cai and Lai Chau Provinces. Considering as the roof of the Indochinese peninsula; at 3,143m altitude, Fansipan is known as...
Lung Khuy Cave-Quan Ba-Ha Giang

7 caves in Ha Giang that many people may not know about

Ha Giang is famous for its majestic mountains and dangerous passes. So many travelers often come here to conquer the northernmost point of the country. However, in addition to the majestic beauty, Ha Giang also has a mysterious beauty that few people know. It is the attraction from the caves that lie deep in each...

What is the best season for trekking Fansipan?

There is one thing that The Terrible Tour Guide Team would like to assure you: Fansipan is always beautiful. In each season, every time, Fansipan bears with its own fascinating beauty. But perhaps to answer the question of which best season is for Fansipan climbing, then the appropriate time for the journey to conquer the...
A Tay Ethnic Woman are working in the rice fields

The unique culture of people of Ba Be Lake area

Ba Be National Park, Bac Kan province is a pristine area where all the noise of the modern world has not really reached. Ba Be is beautiful with peaceful and quite scenery, with the vast green of the lake forest ecosystem, in the unique cultural characteristics of the peoples of Ba Be Lake area.
Pa Then Fire dance festival is usually held every year in new year’s eve of the old year and the new year

Unique Pa Then Fire Dance in Ha Giang

Ha Giang is a province with majestic and wild natural beauty. Besides that beauty, the festival is a unique cultural feature, making the identity of the upland area. Let's explore Pa Then fire dance festival, the private soul of the Pa Then ethnic group.
Sapa Stone Church

Sapa Stone Church

Sapa is a place which has various natural wonders, human and is also a place with many famous landscapes attracting tourists. Among them, Sapa Stone Church is considered a symbol and a highly attractive tourist destination. This church is also the main place for religious activities of Catholics in Sapa. We shall discover Sapa Stone...
Ma Pi Leng - the extreme of danger and effort to open the way to the stone plateau

Ma Pi Leng Pass – The most majestic landscape in Ha Giang

With the position of the majestic landscape, to arriving Ma Pi Leng Pass, a famous tourist destination, one of the 11 majestic landscapes of Ha Giang, we must overcome the roads, the extremely dangerous turnings. It can be said that “Bất đáo Pì Lèng phi phượt thủ” (it means that if you do not yet...
The crowded Khau Vai love market attracts many people from the villages

Khau Vai Love Market

Have you ever heard about Khau Vai love market in Ha Giang? It is a unique market, bringing many cultural identities and customs of the upland ethnic minorities. This is not just a normal market but a 'love market'. Let's travel to Ha Giang to explore this unique market.
A corner of Bac Ha Sapa Market

Bac Ha Market

Located about 60km from Lao Cai City, Bac Ha cultural market is held every Sunday in the center of Bac Ha Town. This is the biggest and most famous fair market of the border highland people. On the journey to Bac Ha you will admire the majestic mountains, chasms, meanders and terraced fields,etc. If you...
An Ma Temple

An Ma Temple

On the journey to discover Ba Be area (Bac Kan), visitors will have the opportunity to visit and offer incense at An Ma Temple, immersed in the poetic and lyrical scene but still feel the sacred atmosphere of the Buddhist meditation place.
Fansipan Mountain

Break the record to conquer Fansipan Mountain

At 11h20 on November 18th, athlete of Sa Pa Group (Lao Cai) – Hang A Po has won the race to conquer Mount Fansipan within 3 hours and 20 minutes. Particularly, the time for his journey from the start to Fansipan peak was only 1 hour 35 minutes, breaking the record of conquering Fansipan peak...