The newly installed cable car system on Mount Fansipan, Vietnam and Indochina’s highest peak (10,312 feet), has helped to draw an increasing number of tourists to the area (Photo: Sun World)
The Hoang Lien Son mountain range ranked 7th in this list, and was voted as the most exciting destination in Southeast Asia (Photo: Sun World)
The Hoang Lien Son Range is among three Asian destinations on the list, alongside Oman and Fanjingshan in China (Photo: Sun World)
This cultural and spiritual architectural complex is a site of the rare phenomenon of 'luminescence', a mysterious and sacred spiritual phenomenon according to the Buddhist concept (Photo: Sun World)
The highest point of Fansipan is where tourists are immersed in the 'beautiful clouds looks like a sea cloud' that National Geographic magazine described when talking about Hoang Lien Son (Photo: VNA)
Thanks to the new cable car, more and more visitors have the opportunity to reach Fansipan summit with 3,143m height (Photo: VNA)
When sitting in a cable car, tourists may enjoy the spectacular view of Sapa town in clouds (Photo: VNA)
National Geographic advises travelers visitors to hike routes in and around Hoang Lien Son National Park and the adjacent Muong Hoa Valley, then rest up at homestays among the Hmong, Red Dao, Tay, Giay, and other ethnic minority groups (Photo: VNA)
If you do not take the cable car, trekking, exploring the mountains and the life of ethnic people in Sa Pa, are also a unique experience (Photo: VNA)
Tourists can see local ethnic people’s daily life on the way to Hoang Lien Son mountain range (Photo: VNA)
Tourists can see local ethnic people’s daily life on the way to Hoang Lien Son mountain range (Photo: VNA)
Cat Cat village in Sa Pa town (Photo: VNA)
Cat Cat village in Sa Pa town (Photo: VNA)
Hoang Lien Son is one of Vietnam’s grandest mountain ranges. Apart from the Fansipan peak, Sa Pa Town, with its picturesque rice terraces and dreamy cloud scenes, is a major tourism draw (Photo: VNA)
If you do not take the cable car, trekking, exploring the mountains and the life of ethnic people in Sa Pa, are also a unique experience (Photo: VNA)
If you do not take the cable car, trekking, exploring the mountains and the life of ethnic people in Sa Pa, are also a unique experience (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam mountain range among world’s best destinations in 2019
U.S-based National Geographic’s listing of best travel spots for 2019 includes Vietnam’s Hoang Lien Son mountain range.
