Joy House Sapa

This place is a wonderful Hmong family experience. Located on the sapa bamboo trail, you can see the waterfall and trek to the other side of the river to the Dao people. Mrs. Chu, who is an excellent cook, served dishes using wild mushrooms from the mountains and homegrown bamboo shoots. Tien, the all around utility man was so awesome during my stay and provided top tier services. Thank you for providing me the experience of a lifetime.

Cars must stop at road 152 and the bamboo trail. Then walk down the trail or call the homestay to pick you up. Some will say this place is rustic others will say it needs more cleaning. Watch out for the water buffaloes.

The atmosphere was very peaceful, the couple or staff very obliging and very hospitable, the locals all very friendly. A wonderful experience. Breakfast was very generous. Ideal for trekking or just enjoying the peace and quiet.Rural life was going on with ladies planting rice on the property. Wonderful to see that being done so close. And close up insight into production of indigo for dyeing and batik.

All very good

It’s nice to get out of Sa Pa town and into a village. It’s far away from everything and gets you into nature. Very easy to hike from the accommodation. The staff was incredibly friendly and the food was fresh and yummy.

Unfortunately there is a news broadcast that starts at 6am which woke me up and takes away from the serenity but ear plugs or being a heavy sleeper handles that problem. There also are still tons of locals trying to sell you items which I thought we could escape by being away from the town.

Located in a nice location inside a local village, surrounded by mountains, a waterfall and on the way to a trekking path which was very impressive. We were happy it was away from tourist trap so we could really walk around and not bump into any biz dragging us to buy stuff. The room is basic but all you need for a short stay

Fans should be maintained and kept clean better. The only thing which was inconvenient that every morning we had to go search for the host asking for breakfast as she was not really active on phone. Maybe during our staying time, her family had an event.