Coming to Sa Pa during the New Year, visitors can freely check-in next to pink cherry trees, hunt for ice and snow, or countdown with brilliant fireworks displays...

Cherry blossom garden blooming

In the last days of December, Sa Pa enters cherry blossom season with thousands of trees blooming, glowing pink. Destinations to see beautiful cherries here include Muong Hoa hill, Fansipan cable car station area of ​​Sun World Fansipan Legend tourist area, and O Quy Ho tea hill area.

At Fansipan cable car station, cherry trees bloom brilliantly, forming large clusters. And at Muong Hoa hill, hundreds of cherry apricot trees bloom at the same time, creating a flower hill for visitors to freely check-in.

Since early December, the Fansipan peak area has had many frosts in the early morning. Although it does not last long, this is a signal that if you come to Fansipan at the end of the year, you are likely to witness ice flowers at the top of the mountain. Many meteorological experts also predict that with continuous cold waves, it is very likely that snow will appear on Fansipan peak. Therefore, coming to Sa Pa to hunt for ice and snow during the New Year promises to be a new experience for tourists.

Countdown to welcome the new year with brilliant fireworks display

On New Year's Eve (December 31 night), Sa Pa will shoot low-level fireworks to see off the old year and welcome the new year 2024 with new hopes.

The New Year fireworks display will take place in the San Quan area, Sa Pa ward, Sa Pa town, Lao Cai province with a duration of no more than 15 minutes. Tourists can "change the mood" by welcoming the New Year in the middle of the mountains and forests, under the bright fireworks sky next to their loved ones to have more memorable experiences.

Attend the Ceremony of Amitabha Buddha

One of the major holidays in the Buddhist calendar that monks, nuns and Buddhists across the country look forward to at the end of the year is Amitabha Buddha's Resurrection Ceremony, usually held on the 17th day of the 11th lunar month to commemorate Buddha's immeasurable merits. Amitabha Buddha - one of the most worshiped Buddhas in Mahayana Buddhism.

This year, the festival falls on December 29 of the solar calendar, and that is also the reason Buddhists choose Sa Pa for their New Year's holiday, both to have a unique experience here and to attend the important day. era of Buddhism at the sacred peak