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Homestay & Trekking

REAL SAPA – a 100% ethnic-minority owned business

UPDATE July 2024: All our trails are open!

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The REAL SAPA experience:

We are a group of ethnic Black H’mong cousins living in a mountain valley near Sapa, in northern Vietnam. We do guided trekking tours, that are different from your usual tours offered by other companies.

We take you to areas that other tourists do not get to see, so as to keep your experience unique and traditional.

Our tour usually treks through the mountains and stays over night in a local family’s house.

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Stay

  • Stay with families in ethnic-minority villages!

See

  • See farming and village life in action!

Trek

  • Trek far off the beaten path!

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  • See farming and village life in action!

Trek

  • Trek far off the beaten path!

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Proud of what we do

avatar “Most important is that we give back to our community. Tourism can help my people to make stable income.” – Lang Giang

REAL SAPA is social enterprise, 100% owned by locals. We are a group of Black H’mong cousins living in a mountain valley in northern Vietnam. We grow watermelons, oranges, dragonfruit and bananas on a five-hectare orchard about 37 kilometers from Sapa. Tourism to our area is providing us with new opportunities to earn sustainable salary. With that income, we can help our families and our communities. Contact me any time if you want to know more.

  • Experience

    Many years of experience

    We have worked as tour guides in the Sapa area for many years. In 2014 we started working together under the name of Real Sapa 🙂

  • Language

    We speak English well

    We speak English, Vietnamese and our local languages.

  • No mass tourism

    Quiet walking trails

    Many Sapa guides offer walking tours near Sapa town. But we take guests up to 60 kilometers away from the town to places that most tourists never see. We also give tours on our fruit orchard.

  • 100% ethnic owned

    100% ethnic owned

    Almost all businesses in the Sapa area are owned by Vietnamese, but Real Sapa is 100% ethnic-minority owned. We invest our profits into our orchard and we give money to poor people in our community.

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Farming corn near Sapa photo © Ton Koene

  • Experience

    Many years of experience

    We have worked as tour guides in the Sapa area for many years. In 2014 we started working together under the name of Real Sapa 🙂

  • Language

    We speak English well

    We speak English, Vietnamese and our local languages.

  • No mass tourism

    Quiet walking trails

    Many Sapa guides offer walking tours near Sapa town. But we take guests up to 60 kilometers away from the town to places that most tourists never see. We also give tours on our fruit orchard.

  • 100% ethnic owned

    100% ethnic owned

    Almost all businesses in the Sapa area are owned by Vietnamese, but Real Sapa is 100% ethnic-minority owned. We invest our profits into our orchard and we give money to poor people in our community.

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Our tours/trekkings

Option 1: Easy

In this trip, our guests trek 8 to 10 kilometers per day. It includes lunch, a private guide and car pick-up at your hotel (if applicable). We do some walking on roads and some on mountain foot (or buffalo!) paths.

Option 2: Intermediate

This trip features two to five days of walking and homestays, meals, a private guide and a pick-up at your hotel (if you need one). We trek about 10 to 15 kilometers per day, and most of the walking is on mountain foot (or buffalo!) paths.

Option 3: Difficult

This trip includes two to five days of walking and homestays. We trek about 10 to 15 kilometers per day, and the walking is on mountain paths and through jungles.

smily See you in Sapa!

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