Hoang Lien National Park Vườn quốc gia Hoàng Liên
Park of forest and summit trails
National park on the mountain: walk the Tram Ton trail, about 10.5 km in a day, for the forest and the ridge. Two longer routes start at Sin Chai and Cat Cat. Love Waterfall and the Golden Stream are the park’s other named stop, at 34 m. The cable car is a separate ticket on the Fansipan visit. December–April is the drier window for a trek.
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Forest and ridge in cloud at Hoang Lien
Photo: Viethavvh · Public domain
Hoang Lien is the park that holds Fansipan and the forest around it. Most walkers use Tram Tôn to the summit, about 10.5 km, a medium route of one day or two days and one night, with an overnight at 2,800 m. Sín Chải is about 18 km over three days and two nights, with overnights at 2,200 m and 2,800 m. Cát Cát is more than 12 km over three days and two nights, steeper, with overnights at 2,600 m and 2,800 m.
Photo: Khương Việt Hưng · Public domain
The park’s other named stop is Love Waterfall on the Golden Stream, about 14 km from town on Highway 4D, 3 km from the O Quy Ho crest, 34 m high. A day visit is 70,000 đồng for an adult and 30,000 đồng for a child. December–April is the drier window. The park can be visited in any month, and snow is possible in winter.
The core is 29,845 ha and the buffer is 38,724 ha, from decision 90/2002/QĐ-TTg of 12 July 2002. The park is an ASEAN heritage park from 2006. An earlier reserve dates to 1996. Decision 194/CT of 9 August 1986 set 5,000 ha. The range runs from 1,000 to 3,000 m. The summit is 3,143 m.
Getting there and around
The park office is 89 Nguyễn Chí Thanh. The tourism center is tổ dân phố Cầu Mây 1, phường Sa Pa. Tram Tôn is the usual trailhead. The park covers San Sả Hồ, Lao Cải, Tả Van, and Bản Hồ, plus Phúc Khoa and Trung Đồng in Lai Chau.
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From the stone church
The office on Nguyễn Chí Thanh and the center at Cầu Mây are in town. Tram Tôn is the usual start of the walk.
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Love Waterfall is 70,000 đồng for an adult and 30,000 đồng for a child. A 2012 rule barred visitors under 16 from the climb and from the old-forest route. Later fee rules leave that age bar off. The Fansipan cable car is a separate ticket.
Also in Sapa
Muong Hoa valley Thung lũng Mường Hoa
Terrace valley 8 km southeast: look across the stepped fields and roofs for the picture under the ridge.
Ta Van Tả Van
Valley village about 12 km out: walk 8–12 km in 3–5 hours through the fields for a morning beyond town.
Lao Chai Lao Chải
Valley village on the way to Ta Van: walk the terraces and roofs on the 3–5 hour trail from town.
Sa Pa market Chợ Sa Pa
Saturday market in town: walk the evening stalls for textiles, food, and the gathering in the square.
Stone church Nhà thờ đá Sa Pa
Stone church on the town square: spend about 60 minutes on the tower and the square, the pin in the center.
Carved stones Bãi đá cổ Sa Pa
Carved stones about 7 km out: stop among the terraces in daylight for the rocks in the Muong Hoa fields.
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