Sa Pa, in the northern province of Lao Cai (Vietnam) is believed to boast magical beauty all year round. Nevertheless, it seems that this mountainous town is the most beautiful in the cloud hunting season.
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| About 370 km from Hanoi city center, Sa Pa (Lao Cai) is one of the most famous cloud hunting destinations in Vietnam’s northern region. Photo: Zing News |
Sa Pa, situated around 300 kilometers (186 miles) from Hanoi, has grown in popularity as a highlands tourism destination where one can walk around at leisure or go on strenuous mountain treks.
It is home to the famous Saturday night "love market", a colorful exhibition of local ethnic minority culture. A gothic stone church in the center of the town built by French missionaries, Mount Fansipan and terraced rice fields are sights that draw thousands of visitors year after year.
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| Clouds swirl around Sau Chua Village, six kilometers from Sa Pa's center. Sau Chua is considered the Cinderella of Sa Pa because it has escaped the tourism boom that resulted in overcrowding and never-ending construction. |
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| Thick white clouds have become a hallmark of Sa Pa, a cool resort town in Lao Cai Province, which is at its mystical best from January to March. |
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| A Buddhist pagoda at the top of Mount Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochina at 3,143 meter (10,311 feet) height. Fancipan is 9 km southwest of Sa Pa in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, Lao Cai Province. |
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| To have a memorable cloud-hunting experience, tourists have to carefully check the weather forecast. Seas of cloud are only spotted on chilly days when the temperature ranges from 3 to 22 Celcius degrees. If the temperarture is too high or the wind is too strong, clouds will not appear in the town. Photo: Zing News |
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| Fansipan mount, also known as the “rooftop of Indochina” is among the ideal places to hunt clouds in Sa Pa. Photo: Zing News |
The 50-km pass, situated 2,000 meters above sea level, links Lao Cai and Lai Chau provinces. The pass, seven kilometers from Sa Pa at its nearest point, is dangerous due to the steep gorges that lie along it.
It is named after the legend of the Love Waterfall about a rendezvous between a fairy and a woodcutter named O Quy Ho.
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| It’s advisable that visitors should climb Fansipan early as it’s not yet crowded. Sunrise and sunset are the perfect time to take photos on Fansipan. Photo: Zing News |
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| A Buddhist pagoda at the top of Mount Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochina at 3,143 meter (10,311 feet) height. Fancipan is 9 km southwest of Sa Pa in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, Lao Cai Province. |
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| Floating white seas of clouds make Fansipan Mount more spectacular. Photo: Zing News |
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| Apart from Fansipan, O Quy Ho Pass, Ham Rong Mountain, and Hang Da Village are also “not-to-be-missed” destinations to hunt seas of clouds. Photo: Zing News |
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| The majestic mountain ranges are cloaked in seas of clouds, resembling fairy scenery Photo: Zing News |
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| Standing atop of Fansipan, visitors can take in the entire view of the clouds and mountain. Photo: Zing News |
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| Clouds almost cover the whole Hoang Lien mountain range. Photo: Zing News |
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| Visitors will surely be blown away by the majestic and poetic natural scenery here. Photo: Zing New |
Earlier, on the early morning of December 21, Fansipan Mount was covered by frost following the outdoor temperature dropping to below zero degrees Celsius.
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| The natural phenomenon has been largely caused by the extreme cold spell that has spread throughout northern and northern-central regions over recent days. Photo: VOV |
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| At a height of 2,800 meters above sea level, Fansipan Peak is widely regarded as the coldest place in the north during wintertime, with temperatures often plummeting to below zero degrees Celsius, thereby causing frost to occur. Photo: VOV |
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| The northern province of Lao Cai is anticipated to endure a severe cold spell in the buildup to the Lunar New Year festival, known as Tet in Vietnam. Photo: Vietnamnet |
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| This is the third time this winter Fansipan Mt. peak has been covered in frost and light snow. Photo: Sun World Fansipan Legend |
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| The peak of Fansipan Mountain is left covered in a thick layer of frost. Photo: 24h |
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| This wonderful natural phenomenon often attracts a large number of tourists to Fansipan Photo: VOV |
