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Lang Tan - the place where the sun rises the earliest and goes to bed the latest in Y Ty. To set foot on the roof of Y Ty's house, we had to climb a distance of 8 km to the top, which took at least 6 hours. If we wanted to hunt clouds on the top of Lao Than, we had to climb the mountain in the afternoon and sleep overnight on the top so that we could wake up early the next morning to welcome the sunrise and watch the white clouds flying.
On the journey to conquer Lao Tan peak, you will experience extremely interesting landscapes and terrain, from burning grass hills halfway up the mountain, thousands of green fern forests, dense bamboo forests, cardamom forests, tra forest forests, red-leaved forests,... forming a colorful picture of nature.
It is said that there must be two stones to make a fire, and there must be teamwork, cooperation can achieve great things. In the tired times of conquering the peaks, I still see people around me sharing with each other cakes, water bottles, medicines and medicines. Even unfortunately, some people are injured, walk slowly, some people stay with the porter to help them back...
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Moving Instructions
From Sapa (Lao Cai), people have to travel about 80km to get to Y Ty, the total time to travel by motorbike takes about 4 hours. From Y Ty, continue to ride a motorbike to the vegetable farm at the foot of Lao Tan Mountain, this is also where your journey to hunt clouds begins.
On average, it will take you about 5 hours to climb to the top of the mountain, but it depends on the health of each person. The total distance to conquer the top of Lao Tan mountain is about 16km long, although it is not too arduous but also requires endurance. Especially, Lao Tan peak is known as the earliest sunrise place in Y Ty (about 5 am – 5:30 am), so what is better than being immersed in the light of yourself in the wild mountains and forests.
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Cost of climbing Lao Tan Mountain
Not as expensive as traveling to Da Lat or Da Nang, but coming to this wild and peaceful Northwest land, you will experience "away from the smog of the city", immerse yourself in the nature of the mountains and forests. And the cost of traveling to Lao Tan is also extremely cheap, here are the necessary costs for the trip that you can refer to:
• Bus fare from Hanoi – Lao Cai: 500,000 VND/person (round-trip ticket)
• Motorbike rental fee: 300,000/2 people/car
• Porter rent: 500,000 VND/porter
• Meals: 400,000 VND/person (including lunch, snacks and accommodation at the shack)
• Arising money: 100,000 VND
Total reference cost is about: 1,200,000 – 1,500,000 VND depending on the number of people traveling
Additional Information
• Location: Phin Ho Village, Y Ty Commune, Bat Xat District, Lao Cai Province
• Coordinates: 22.610420◦, 103.686535◦
• Altitude: 2,862m
• Difficulty: Medium
• Duration: 2 days 1 night
Photo: Lekima Hung
Story: Lekima Hung