Sun Plaza Cầu Mây is the sapa station where you can get funicular and cable car tickets from sapa station Sun of Plaza Cau May is on the first floor. If you decide to take the Cable car and funicular during the week is not as busy as on the weekends and events.

The Sapa station of Sun Plaza Cau will be getting very busy like at the airport for the weekends and events it will take 1-2 hours for you to get to cable car to reach the peak of the Fansipan Mountains.

The Fansipan cable car is 6.292,5 m long and there are 33 cabins each of the cabins can fit 35 people, takes you to Fansipang Peak at 3,143m in height this mountain is one of the highest mountains in Vietnam. The Fansipan cable car was built in November 2013 and in February 2016 the cable car was for International and demoestct tourism.

How long does the Fansipan cable car take?

It will take 15 minutes for you to take the Fansipan cable car to reach the peak of the mountain, The total for going up Fansiapn and back to Sapa takes 3-4 hours to finish everything, but on the weekends and events, it will takes 4-5 hours to done everything.

What time does Fansipan open?

Fansipan Cable Car Operating Hours and (last cable car departs from the peak)
Monday, Thursday, and Sunday:
Open from 8:45 AM to 1:45 PM
Friday and Saturday:
Open from 8:45 AM to 3:15 PM.
Monday and Sunday:
Open from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

Is Fansipan worth going to?

Only if the weather is nice and clear, sunny not foggy on the peak of Fansipan Mountain, if the weather is not nice, better not to go to Fansipan Mountain otherwise is a waste of money. These is some recommendations for you what to do if the weather is not good. https://www.sapaweather.com/product/sapa-homestay-trekking/

What is the best time to go to Fansipan?

It is hard to say what is the best time to go to Fansiapn as you know that we have 4 seasons in a day in Sapa, but the best season to go to Fansipan is in winter time from November until May. But just independent how lucky you are with the weather in Sapa in the winter time, sometimes it can be very foggy weather which is not worth going to Fansiapn Mountain. The best season for visiting Sapa is from July until the beginning of September.