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Fansipan trek
A demanding route up toward Fansipan, Vietnam's highest peak (3,143 m). Choose between a 1-day challenge or a 2-day trek with an overnight high camp at 2,800 m.
- Duration
- 1 day or 2 days / 1 night
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Price per person
- 1 day: 1,700,000 VND 2 days / 1 night: 3,900,000 VND
- Meeting point
- Sapa Stone Church
What the trek is like
Fansipan is a demanding high-mountain trail starting from Tram Ton Pass (1,900 m), through bamboo groves, stream crossings, and steep rocky ridges. Choose the 1-day option if you're fit and want an active challenge in a single day, or the 2-day / 1-night option to sleep at the 2,800 m mountain camp and reach the summit in time for sunrise above the clouds.
1-day trek
- 6:00 Car from Sa Pa to Tram Ton Pass (1,900 m)
- Trek through bamboo forests and mountain trails up to 2,800 m
- Lunch break, then the final push to the summit (3,143 m)
- Descent by cable car or on foot back to Tram Ton (cable car ticket not included)
- Car back to Sa Pa town
2 days / 1 night: Day 1
- 8:30 Transfer from Sa Pa to Tram Ton
- Trek through bamboo forests, from 1,900 m to 2,200 m
- Lunch around midday
- Afternoon hike to the campsite at 2,800 m
- Evening Dinner at camp, sunset views, early night
2 days / 1 night: Day 2
- 3:30–4:00 Wake up and light breakfast
- 4:30–6:30 Final hike to the summit for sunrise
- Photos at the peak
- Return by cable car (~10:30, ticket not included) or on foot to Tram Ton (~13:30)
- Car back to Sa Pa town
Timing can shift slightly if the weather changes or the group needs more time.
