My husband and I were going to Sapa for three days. We arrived in the morning, booked in to the hotel and then went walking. Until our tour from village to village with a guide. We made the mistake of buying things and saying we’ll come back. Those children old and young, followed us everywhere. Begging, talking all the time in beautiful English. We went to the school and to a homestay and they followed us. When we returned, they stood at the entrance of the restaurant and when we left, they surrounded us. From one shop to the next. It was so unpleasant. We just packed our bags, booked out and left with the evening train. I wish we knew the do’s and don’t.

@trekkingtoursapa

8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@ljsoh183

2 ай бұрын

I have encountered as well. Ask them to go away and they said they don't welcome me. 🤣

Thank you for giving people good advice how to behave. Unfortunately many visitors put their own cultural measures in first place and don't understand that other countries have other rules and behaviors. My wife is Vietnamese and I learned so much from her about cultural differences and the do's and don'ts. Of course, this put me into a privileged situation, as I knew before, how to behave. As we have also family in Vietnam, where we could live during our travels, we were able to get best inside views from Vietnamese life and culture. Without my wife, I wouldn't know so many things, even not how to eat some food properly. I saw so many tourists not even knowing how to eat banh xeo the right way, how to use dips and sauces like hoisin sauce or nuoc-mam and many other things. If you don't have a Vietnamese partner or friend with you, it's really important to learn from local people and best is to inform yourself *BEFORE* the trip to Vietnam, about what is better not to do, or to do and how it's done, so you don't get bad experience. Then your trip will be wonderful. Vietnam is such a beautiful and lovely country, with a rich culture and so amazing good food and nice people. Don't miss this experience by ignoring the fact, that other countries have different rules and behavior. Then you will have an amazing beautiful experience

Great video, very honest tips

You can have a great time if you know what you're doing. I loved it!

Unfortunately we wont be going to sapa but im sure your advice is relevant no matter where we travel in Vietnam. Good video and great advice. Thanks.

Thank you ! Good advice !

good work guys! keep it up!

@trekkingtoursapa

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

I hope to come back! Had such a good time with the mong people in Jan. 2016.

Very good advice.

@trekkingtoursapa

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

Very helpful. Thank you

@trekkingtoursapa

8 ай бұрын

You are welcome

good information...thqnks

@trekkingtoursapa

9 ай бұрын

You are welcome. Hope to see you in Sapa

Thank you very much for your advices! Cảm ơn bạn rất nhiều vì lời khuyên của bạn!

Very honest tips 👍

@trekkingtoursapa

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

Very good video guys.

@trekkingtoursapa

7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

Good and useful advice. Thank you. Will keep that in mind during my visit to Sapa this November.

@trekkingtoursapa

9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. I hope you having a good trip

Thanks for the information....I was in Sapa ten years ago but I want to know when the winter or snow fall in Sapa

I will be there in 2 weeks, travelling on a motorcycle from Cambodia, HCMC to Hanoi and further..... 🙏

@trekkingtoursapa

9 ай бұрын

Sapa is one of the best place to visit in Vietnam, please don't miss

Very good information. Is November good time to visit Sapa ?

@trekkingtoursapa

9 ай бұрын

thank you so much. November is good time to visit Sapa, but you should check the weather first.

Is February good time to visit, chinese new year season.

👍

Is there possible snow by December? Thank you

what are some other villages i can visit in waliking dustance from sapa?

I want to rent a motorbike and travel your country so I have a motorbike license and also a international driving permit, but I don’t see the Vietnam language in my permit. Does that mean if I get pulled over by the police they can give me a ticket??

What is the best month and week to experience snow in sapa?

Can you advise more similar village as cat cat village?

Hello.. we will be coming to hanoi 1st dec & to sapa 3rd dec til 5th dec. How do we prepare for our clothing in first week dec in hanoi & sapa?

@trekkingtoursapa

7 ай бұрын

The weather in Sapa in early December is quite cold, you should prepare sweatshirts, waterproof jackets and warm enough shoes. If you intend to go trekking, you should prepare trekking shoes with grip and trekking poles

@eliezerrayalipoyo261

6 ай бұрын

are you in sapa now? is it cold? did you see snow? ill be in sapa in january

Hi guys how can I contact you?

Các bạn đến chơi du lịch Việt bấm ok

@trekkingtoursapa

10 ай бұрын

Ok bạn

Can you visit the children's parents and family to find out how they live?

@trekkingtoursapa

10 ай бұрын

You can do that. It is because they are poor that they come to Sapa to sell things to tourists, but most of them come with their patients.

@nobueno3514

10 ай бұрын

Weirdo

I agree with you about five things and disagree with one about those children doing that to support their poor families 😢 and give them some money is not a wrong idea

@paulpaulsen7777

Ай бұрын

You look at it from *your* perspective of culture. But it is smart to follow advice and rules from *local* people. Other country, other rules! Ignorance of this fact is the biggest mistake many foreigners do

I was Traumatized in Sapa . I arrived morning and harrased by group of people following us everywhere . We left the next morning and never coming back...Bye Vietnam 😢😮

@paulpaulsen7777

Ай бұрын

That happens, when foreigners go to other countries and think they can apply all their cultural values from their home country. I mostly saw this unfortunately done by americans, who often put american cultural measures on the country they visit. It's always good to learn *before* a trip, which behavior is granted there and which not

All these "Things not to do" are pretty common sense. Nothing about being scammed or being taken advantage of like most other places in the world. The children are there selling things not trying to scam you, if you feel like giving them extra cash, do it discreetly so that you don't get the attention of other surrounding sellers. Nothing wrong with going to CatCat village. Yes it's a "tourist trap" but so are most tourist destinations. You can also say, Disneyland is the biggest tourist trap in the world.

Never buy from those village woman . Buy from one of them and the whole village woman will harass you to buy from them as well. I have encounter them stalking me and pestering me to buy from them. Be consistent and dont answer them nor buy from them.

Do you have a business web site or contact number?

@trekkingtoursapa

9 ай бұрын

Yes, we do. Please contact us at www.trekkingtoursapa.com

I want to see the best views!!!

The one day trekking tours aren't all that interesting, frankly. The trip up to Fansipan on the aerial tramway is worth every dong.