Fansipan Moutain
Location
Phan Xi Pang, Fansipan or Phan Si Phang is a granite pole cutting out of Hoang Lien Son mountain range, and Fansipan is the highest mountain of Vietnam and the three indochina countries with the height of about 3.143 metters, it also called "The roof of Indochina".
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Fansipan peak |
Fansipan is 9km far from Sapa town belong to the northen west of Viet Nam. According to the local language, it named "Hua Xi Pan" means "the huge tottery stone". The fog is full year and Fansipan is impressive and romantic place to welcome the tourists to come and discover.
Weather (climate) and Ecosystem
Fansipan Mountain has tropical climate and weather so the vegetation on Fansipan Mountain are distinguished by the height of the Mountain. At lower range, Fansipan Mountain has amazing tropical forests with lots of big trees, bamboo forest, different species of flowers and orchards. At the higher levels, Fansipan Mountain owns great bamboo forests with unique species and pine trees. On top of Fansipan Mountain, it is cold all year around therefore only bamboo, grass and low trees can live.
Conquer Fansipan
Fansipan Peak is the meeting point of many climbers.
Formerly from Sapa to the top of Fansipan and returned to take approximately 5-6 days . Currently a total time of ascent within 3 days, 2 days, or even those proficient and good health can make in a day.
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Conquer Fansipan |
Climbers need good health. The materials useful for the mountaineers include hiking shoes, raincoat, tent, sleeping bag, personal medications, eat candy to increase glucose in the blood while reducing the feeling of climbing in the chest and shortness of breath when climbing go to high place. The limited number of personal belongings to help reduce work gravity and easy climbing.
Near the top of the mountain, tourists can shoots of the meal. The cooking is also very difficult, visitors must go to collect firewood, cook. Often rainy night and the temperature dropped very low.
Mountaineering appropriate time is from September to March next year. But the road to the most beautiful Fansipan is late February, when the flowers start blooming on the mountain.
Tourist can go to Sapa from Hanoi everyday.