Swing Sapa Review: Good for kids?

After being in Sa Pa for a few days, we decided to visit Swing Sapa. This is our review of Swing Sapa from our family of five. Our boys are 16, 14, and 11. We’ve noticed that theme parks in Vietnam tend to be more focused on Vietnam’s culture and legends than on rides (like most North American theme parks).

Additionally, many theme parks in Vietnam create plenty of photo opportunities as a primary attraction, and Swing Sapa is no exception. We had visited plenty of theme parks while backpacking in Vietnam, so we understood the trend.

We have noticed many glowing reviews of Swing Sapa on Google and other travel sites. We’re a bit surprised by these reviews after experiencing the park (this afternoon, late November 2025).

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Here is a quick review of Swing Sapa: Expectations vs Reality

• Admission was 150,000 VND/person (About $6 USD) for the biggest combo for admission, including multiple rides on the rainbow slide and 20 minutes on the electric scooter cars.
• We can’t imagine any of the stock photos of Swing Sapa haven’t been heavily edited. The low-lying clouds would only be present on a uniquely-perfect day for that weather, and the background of many of those photo spots is hills of typical Vietnamese homes – people’s laundry, backyard gardens with kids playing, and cars parked on the roads – not a canvas of green rice fields or mountains like the stock photos.
• The rainbow slide is fun, and the electric carts are worth upgrading your combo. We bought the full combo to enjoy both, and the electric cars were a unique experience.
• The rainbow slide has a limited number of turns depending on the combo you purchase (it’s not an unlimited slide like Thung Lung Xanh’s rainbow slide across town).
• The park is not well-maintained (at least not in November, which seems to be off-season). Most of the landscaping areas are weeded over; the kids’ wooden playground has swings missing and a section of fence falling onto the equipment; a downhill cart ride in the kids are is missing wheels; and our boys avoided the ball pit because of sharp edges on the damaged plastic balls.
• If you’re going for the rainbow slide and electric scooters, enjoy! If you’re going for the perfect photos you’ve seen in their marketing material… Swing Sapa might be worth reconsidering.
• They have a covered pickleball court, which we enjoyed as a family for an hour, and a section next to the pickleball where you can ride skateboards, scooters, and rollerblades.
• They don’t accept card. Cash only or pay with QR with the Moreta App.

A quick note about our experience: We try to look for the best in every experience we get. We know nothing is perfect, and we’re not expecting Swing Sapa in Vietnam to be Disney, but we’d recommend taking your expectations for this park with a grain of salt, especially if you’re hoping to walk away with photos that match what you’ve seen on other travel sites (that say “stock photo” or “photo collected”).

Hey Adam: For a $6 admission, expectations for Swing Sapa shouldn’t be set too high.

We get it. Overall, all three of our boys (16, 14, and 11) said they enjoyed Thung Lung Xanh (Green Valley) across town for a similar admission, which included unlimited rainbow slide rides. I felt like expectations for this park were misrepresented.

Things to Do at Swing Sapa (we enjoyed the rainbow slide and electric cars)

• Take a ride on the rainbow slide
• Explore the many swing options, mostly meant for photography rather than a swing ride.
• Enjoy plenty of interesting photo opportunities with hand statues, an infinity pool, stairs that seem to disappear into the sky, and a variety of different-shaped swings.
• Choose the biggest combo (About $6 each – cash only or pay with QR using Moreta) to get access to 20 minutes on an electric scooter and race laps around the lake at the bottom of the valley, where Swing Sapa is surrounded.
• Play pickleball in a covered section of the park
• Stay in treehouse-style cabins around the park (this may be seasonal – we couldn’t find anywhere online to get pricing or reservation details, but we did see plenty of tiny-home treehouses with beds in them)

Planning Your Visit to Swing Sapa

• Check the weather and dress accordingly. In November, temperatures justified a hoodie.
• Wear proper footwear for walking. This park is built on a hill and a valley, so you’ll need to do plenty of stairs and walking paths that go uphill and downhill.
• No need to bring a water bottle. Admission includes a bottle of water at the park.
• Eat before going to the park. The cafe appears to be seasonal (not open in November for our visit), and we’re not sure what season it would be open.

Getting To Swing Sapa

• Located about 2 km from downtown, we would recommend using the Grab app (like Uber) to get there for a few dollars each way.
• You can walk if you’re up for it. Use your Google Maps or Apple Maps app to navigate. It’s only 2km (just over a mile), but it’s all uphill from downtown Sapa.
• We took a grab to the park, then walked (downhill) back to Sapa after our visit. We stopped at a coffee stand on the road on the way.

Tips and Essentials for Swing Sapa

Bring a backup battery pack for your phone. We’ve been taking a backup battery pack on all of our days out in Vietnam. Since we’re relying on Grab (like Uber), we never want to get to the end of the day without enough battery to use the app, get that one last photo, or use Moreta QR to pay for coffee!

Summing up our Swing Sapa Review

Go for the rainbow slide and electric cars. It’s a fun afternoon for just a few dollars. Eat ahead of time because the cafe isn’t always available. Even though the walk from downtown isn’t that far, it’s all uphill. Grain of salt for your expectations about the photos you’ve seen in their marketing.

If you’re after a rainbow slide for social media videos, we’d recommend visiting Sapa Green Valley (Thung Lung Xanh) on the other side of Sapa town instead, or use our ultimate guide to rainbow slides in Vietnam find another as you’re traveling to other areas – no need to go out of your way for this one.

Photos from our visit to Swing Sapa: