Fansipan is the highest mountain in Vietnam, is also the highest of the three Indochinese countries, so it is dubbed the “Roof of Indochina” (3,143 m) belonging to Hoang Lien Son mountain range.
Today, with modern services so it is easy to go to Fansipan peak. From Sapa (altitude about 1,500m) can take the train to transport the cable car station at an altitude of about 1,800m, from there go cable car to Fansipan peak has a altitude of 3,143m.
From Fansipan peak, we can look at the whole mountain and clouds over the sky. The climate here is cool with strong wind and can see easyly the clouds are floating below…
In Sapa, northwest Vietnam has a cooler and colder climate in Dalat in the south, at Fansipan peak, it is said that there is snow in the winter, this is the coldest place in Vietnam. Right at Sapa, lower than Fansipan but like every year, there are places where there are still snow and icy but not very much.
Depending on the season, when I came here on April, 2019, I was only wearing a long-sleeved shirt and only felt a little cold. The wind is very strong up here (sorry, girls or women don’t should wear short skirts…). For backup, except in winter (November or December), it’s better you should wear a windbreaker for the rest of the month.
On the way down from the highest peak 3,143m. Although going down but also quite tired, the steps are very steep, must go about 30 steps to have a place to stop … The position of shooting this foggy video at an altitude of about 3,100m.
Although saying that, there is no big obstacle, I am 65 years old, but I also see that there is an 77-year-olds follow their descendants to go to Fansipan peak once to know…
