This is a comfortable, small mid-range hotel. Apart from the comfortable, warm, rooms the hotel price included an excellent breakfast and very reasonably priced laundry service. But the standout for me was its social conscience. It both employs people from the local tribes and organises tours using guides local to the area you are visiting. My wife and I organised two one day tours through the hotel while we were in SaPa and both were excellent. The hotel was very helpful in discussing the options available and advising in light of the weather forecast.
My wife and I found the charges for the tours very reasonable at $20USD per person for a half day and $35 for a full day which included lunch, all fees and transport back to the hotel at the end of the walk. The quality of the guides was excellent and, although we can't comment on prices elsewhere in SaPa, our experience of the hotel leads us to accept the statement in their flyer that:
"There are travel agents offering cheaper package tours here in Sapa but we believe in paying our guides a fair salary and hope that their knowledge of the area makes their guests trip to Sapa as memorable as possible."
Highly recommended.
- Cha Pa Garden Boutique Hotel
