U.S-based National Geographic’s listing of best travel spots for 2019 includes Vietnam’s Hoang Lien Son mountain range.

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)

The highest point of Fansipan

Thanks to the new cable car, more and more visitors have the opportunity to reach Fansipan summit with 3,143m height

When sitting in a cable car, tourists may enjoy the spectacular view of Sapa town in clouds

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

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

Tourists can see local ethnic people’s daily life on the way to Hoang Lien Son mountain range

Tourists can see local ethnic people’s daily life on the way to Hoang Lien Son mountain range 

Cat Cat village in Sa Pa town

Cat Cat village in Sa Pa town

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

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

VNA