Sapa Sisters Trekking Adventures

11/12/2023

Some snaps from Chinh's trek yesterday, exploring Sa Seng - Hau Thao - Su Pan. 🏞️ December is surprising us this year with its weather! ☀️🍁 It feels more like a warm October than the usual winter chill. Can't recall a December this pleasant before!

06/12/2023

Last week, Little Mu rocked it leading a trek to Fansipan's peak! 🗻 Tough climb, totally worth it. And then, zooming down in the cable car afterwards – legs said thank you! 🚠

01/12/2023

The sun always shines in Sapa! ☀️ ...Well, today it surely did anyway! 🌄

Here are some pictures from Chinh and Gom's treks earlier today💕

17/11/2023

Ze is trekking in Ha Giang. Look at this amazing view! 😱💫⛰️💕

13/11/2023

✨Sapa Sisters✨ Still going strong! 💥❤️❤️❤️💥

09/11/2023

A big welcome back to Chinh, our treasured guide who’s back from parental leave and ready to rock the mountains! 😎🌟

23/10/2023

Hanoi, with its wild energy and adventures around every corner, has a special place in my heart 🌆✨. But the call of the mountains is irresistible. Longing for fresh air and hanging out with my amazing sisters 🏞️💕.

11/10/2023

👩‍🍳 Today, Chai led an enthusiastic group to a local home for a hands-on cooking experience 🍲.

Check out the photos below for a glimpse of a truly delicious, home-cooked H’Mong lunch! 🍚🌶️ Mmm, an unforgettable taste of Sapa! 😋

03/08/2023

Up, up, and more up! The trek to Fansipan will surly make your legs ache for some days after😜 Trek up and take the cable car down🫶 https://sapasisters.com/book-online/

02/06/2023

Say hi to our Hanoi-team! Here comes our booking manager Linh and accountant Nga flying🦚🦚

16/05/2023

🌟 Recently, a group of Sapa Sisters set out on an expedition to Ha Giang, seeking out new treks and trails to share with future travellers. We had an absolutely fantastic time filled with invaluable experiences and knowledge gained along the way. It's no exaggeration when we say that Ha Giang is an absolute marvel of natural beauty! Eight of our talented guides are now fully equipped to organize remarkable tours in Ha Giang! Prepare to be captivated! 😍🌄

06/10/2022

We just moved into a new office! Nothing fancy but good location, showers and space for storing luggage. A place to greet our travelers and start our treks from! You find us at
Lane 29, No.9 Fansipan Street . See you there!😊

15/03/2022

What we have waited! Finally, welcome back to Vietnam!!!

The government on Tuesday agreed to resume its unilateral visa exemption policy for citizens from 13 countries as Vietnam seeks to reopen inbound tourism after nearly two years of closure. - VnExpress International

15/02/2022

Fantastic news! From today Vietnam lift the restrictions on international flights! Now, all travelers that can show a vaccine pass and a negative PCR test is welcomed into the country!

Starting from March 15, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's proposal to fully reopen international tourism and lift all travel restrictions!

We can’t wait to welcome you back to Sapa!!!
😃😃😃

25/03/2021

Go in and vote for Sapa Sisters! Still a few days left. 🙃

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08/03/2021

Hi friends! Sadly, we are not able to keep our Sapa office any longer. It’s very sad as we had invested a lot in renovating and made it our perfect home base, where we welcomed our guests and also hanged out with each other. It was something we were proud of and had planned and saved for a long time. Now we are back where we were many years ago.

That said, we still have what is the most important, all fantastic guides! We will build up our company once again! We have done it before, and we will do it again! Who needs an office when you have beautiful mountains!

11/02/2021

❤️Sapa Sisters wishes you all a Happy New Year! Lets hope it’s a good one!❤️

03/12/2020

https://gogetfunding.com/sapasisterscovid/

Once again Sapa Sisters is forced to reach out for financial support. From being a healthy and growing business in the beginning of 2020 our revenue has now dropped by 98%. It's a very difficult time right now.

03/12/2020

Once again Sapa Sisters is forced to reach out for financial support. From being a healthy and growing business in the beginning of 2020 our revenue has now dropped by 98%. It's a very difficult time right now.

We have stretched every D**g and Dollar as long as we could but now the generous funding we received from our last crowdfunding campaign, is gone.

We are sensitive to that many people all around the world are struggling right now. Hopefully we will soon have an effective vaccine that will be available for enough people to stop Covid 19. We just need to push through a little while longer!

With that in mind, we once again ask you, our friends and supporters, for more help; and while it doesn’t feel good to ask - we see no other way at the moment. We want to be transparent with what we did with the last funding we received and what future costs we have to cover.

This is what the last funding’s has covered and what we also expect to have to keep on paying during spring 2021:

-Taxes.
-Salary for essential staff: bookkeeper, booking staff, manager in Sapa. Total 3 people. (20% of their normal pay).
-Salary for receptionist in Sapa office (4h/day).
-Sapa Office rent (We have negotiated the rent down to 70% for 2020).
-Cost for Sapa Office, water/electricity/internet.
-Homestay rent, 1-year (May).
-Hanoi office (We have now closed our office in Hanoi but still pay for storage).
-Fixed costs for guides.
-Websites/ e-mail service/booking platform/Ads (We have now stopped our all ads).
-Hospital bills for guides and their children, including travels to Hanoi.
-Support money for guide who lost her child.
-Social insurance. (We have postponed the payment of social insurance during 2020 but it’s soon time to pay and it’s a big post, almost 9000USD).

On the plus side we still have at least a few treks every month! Our office stays open a few hours a day and we have staff answering emails and helps with online bookings. For a while now Vietnam has zero reported cases of Covid-19. People who travel into the country are quarantined 14 days but once you are in you can now move freely.

Sapa Sisters is also one out of only two companies in Sapa who has received government corona-support for our staff. Most of our guides were recently able to receive a one-time payment to their personal bank accounts. We are very happy that our application finally went through!

We are very grateful for all the help and every dollar we can get! Please help us by sharing our campaign throughout your social media, or book a trek with us in the future.

Thank you and stay safe!❤️

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09/09/2020

It’s with the deepest sadness we share the news that our fantastic Sapa Sister Mao has lost her son, Thào A Duy. He passed away 3 night ago at Sapa hospital, from acute pneumonia. He was only 3 years old.

All our thoughts and love goes to Mao and her family in this terrible time.

If any friends of Mao want to support her, send Sapa Sisters a message here on Facebook and we will forward you Mao’s paypal-address.

23/07/2020

Now we open our office in Sapa again! Our office is open 7.30-9.30AM and 1.30-3.30PM. Big Khu will be there to help you organise your Sapa adventure!

Zao and her family has also opened up their homestay again. Everyone trekking with Sapa Sisters in Sapa are again welcome to stay the night at Zao’s House! A fantastic house, with great view, good food and comfortable setup.

Welcome!

07/07/2020

Still far from normal but Sapa Sisters keep on trekking in Sapa and Ha Giang!

For all of you who spending your summer vacation in Vietnam, come and let us guide you through the mountains. Right now, the rice terraces are still all green but soon they turn golden, ready to be harvest. It’s unusually peaceful up here, almost no tourists and very little traffic.

Our office and homestay are still closed but our booking team is quick to answer booking requests, arrange guides, transportation and everything else needed for a mountain excursion. You can reach us best by email [email protected] or call our booking manager Ms. Linh 0904567985. You can also book your tour directly on our website www.sapasisters.com

Domestic flights and busses are running as normal. From 9th of July, the trains between Lao Cai and Hanoi also starts going again.

International travelers will have to wait until 16th of September until the international airlines start flying to Vietnam again.

30/04/2020

Hello all Fantastic People!

All Sapa Sisters just want to say a big THANK YOU for all the love and support we have received the last weeks. The response on our crowdfunding campaign has been amazing. We don’t know how long until we can open up for business again, but thanks to you, Sapa Sisters will be able to stay afloat.

We are so very happy for your help!

We wish you all the best, that you stay healthy and well, and that we someday see each other in the mountains again!

XOXO
/Sapa Sisters

Sapa Sisters launched a crowdfunding campaign to stay afloat durring the Covid-19 outbreak. We got amazing response! This is our Thank You -Video to all fant...

28/04/2020

Corona update, post #8 28th April 2020/in Corona, Vietnam, Sapa /by YlvaHi everyone!This week Vietnam has started to open up again. Restaurants, cafés, and shops are now open again while beauty salons, karaoke, bars, and clubs are still suspended.As some business in Vietnam starts to open up again,...

25/03/2020

Please be a responsible traveler! 25th March 2020/in Corona, Vietnam, Sapa /by YlvaHanoi will close all bars, coffee shops, massage parlors, karaoke clubs and cinemas to avoid large crowds and potential virus spread. The entire Whole Hoan Kiem area seems to be closed starting tomorrow, Thursday.Pass...

22/03/2020

A big THANK YOU! to all of you who have already support our campaign!!!

I was thinking that there are many of you friends out there who have not been trekking with us during the last 2 years, then you have not visit our new Sapa office!

Since spring 2018 we have our own house in Sapa center. Our headquarters. Here we have our breakfast restaurant, several showers and bathrooms for our arriving guests, luggage room, information counter where customers can book treks and transportation or just ask for advice. This is where the guides and travelers meet to begin their treks. We have invested lots of money to renovate the house to fit Sapa Sisters needs and the office has become the heart of our business.

To rent a space in Sapa is not cheap and even if we got friendship-price the monthly cost is a big burden at the moment.

21/03/2020

https://gogetfunding.com/sapasisters/

Until end of January this year, Sapa Sisters was a healthy growing business. Normally spring is high season in Sapa, our calendar was filled with bookings. But during the New Year Holiday the Corona Virus started to spread in China.

21/03/2020

Corona update, post #6 21st March 2020/in Corona, Vietnam, Sapa /by YlvaVietnam is a very quiet place at the moment. Much is done to make sure to protect minority groups in the north from the virus. All tourist destinations in Vietnam are closed for travelers. Many hotels and university dormitories....

17/03/2020

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Corona update, post #5 17th March 2020/in Corona, Vietnam, Sapa /by YlvaXin Chao Cac Ban!Today we have taken the decision to temporarily close Sapa Sisters. We tried as long as we could to keep business running, but clearly now is not the time to travel. All of our tours and treks will be canceled t...

16/03/2020

To cheer us up in these insecure times, a catchy V-pop hit! ...about corona (of course)

Thank you to the Vietnam Health Department for making this public service announcement to help everyone who speaks Vietnamese learn a little more about COVID...

16/03/2020

Corona update, post #4 16th March 2020/in Corona, Vietnam, Sapa /by YlvaTa Van village is now closed off for all visitors. Therefor we can now only arrange 1-day treks and market tours.Sapa Sisters still do tours in Ha Giang. If you are in for an adventure, we recommend a private motorbike tour or r...

14/03/2020

Corona update, post #3 14th March 2020/in Corona, Vietnam, Sapa /by YlvaVN close border for 30 day for Europeans!From noon, Sunday 15/3, Vietnam closes their border for all European travellers (Schengen and UK). This restriction also affects all travellers that have been visiting UK or Schengen the....

13/03/2020

Corona update, post #2 13th March 2020/in Corona, Vietnam, Sapa /by YlvaAll of the markets around Sapa and Lao Cai are open as normal and Sapa Sisters still arrange market tours by shared bus or private car.Rightnow there are no homestays open in Sapa valley, therefore we can not arrange overnight t...

12/03/2020

We have many questions about how the Corona effects traveling in Vietnam and Sapa. This blog is an attempt to give you the last update

Corona update, post #1 12th March 2020/in Corona, Vietnam, Sapa, Covid 19, Vietnam, Sapa, Safe travel Vietnam /by YlvaXin Chao!We just started this blog to try to give you some daily updates about the situation in Sapa and Hanoi due to the Corona virus.Unfortunately, Sapa Sisters office and Homestay...

13/01/2020

Tết holiday is soon coming up! Time for us to take a break and recharge our batteries. Sapa Sisters office and Zao’s House homestay is closed 23-30 January. Email booking is closed 24-26 January. We wish all our fantastic friends and family a Happy Luna New Year!

(Thanks Roger Salvadó Romero for the beautiful picture!)

09/01/2020

There is no better way to discover Sa Pa, Vietnam than trekking! And no better guides than Sapa Sisters Trekking Adventures! Follow our experience here!

12/09/2019

I never get tired of this view!

29/08/2019

Tung shared some pictures from her trek in Ha Giang the other day. Amazingly green rice fileds that is soon to be harvested, tasty food, happy water and two fun travellers as great company! 😊
@ Hà Giang

10/07/2019

Home - Sapa Sisters Trekking Adventure, Ha Giang

https://adventures.sapasisters.com
Sapa Sisters goes Ha Giang! Sapa Sisters Trekking Adventure started arranging treks and tours in Sapa 2009. Now 10 years later, we finally take the next step and expand our tours to cover a larger area in Northern Vietnam. We start by offering treks, motorbike, and car-tours in Ha Giang! Our new website is just up, still a bit work left on it but go in and have a look!

Sapa Sisters tour in Ha Giang, sustainable travel, private guides in Ha Giang, Bike-packing, motorbike tours, car tours

09/07/2019

Today our restaurant turned in to a union-hall when Sapa Sisters joined the Working Union! @ Sapa Sisters Trekking Adventures