Ma Tra

Ma Tra village is home to the H’mong and Red Zao. Tourists can enjoy the panorama view of the whole valley, stretching for about 12 Km with some low hills in the middle to divide the valley into two parts.

Ma Tra Village is home to the H’mong and Red Zao. It lies some kilometers east of Sapa town lies a large oval shaped valley. Following the main road from Sapa to Lao Cai for 4km. Tourists can enjoy the panorama view of the whole valley, stretching for about 12 Km with some low hills in the middle to divide the valley into two parts. The closer part to the road is area of Ma Tra village;the further one is Ta Phin village where the Red Zao and Black H’mong share the land. The H’mong occupy the higher land on which they built narrow terraced rice paddies while the Red Zao cultivate larger and flat fields around the center of the valley. From over 10 years ago, a 15km motor way was built to connect the center of the valley with Sapa town and it takes only half an hour. However, it is much more interesting to follow the trail which run on high elevation around the valley for a real life discovery.