Cat Cat Village Sapa

... . It is truly stunning. Later that morning we took ourselves off for a gentle (well we hoped so) trek to near by Cat Cat village waterfalls. After paying the 15,000 Dong ($1) entrance fee, yes you have to pay an entrance fee to walk in the mountains! You ...

... ?  It can get a bit trying after a couple of days. I took a little trek on my own on Sunday, through Cat Cat village, which is an easy walk down a valley to the most spectacular waterfall (found another random person to take my photo), but then I ...

... up before going to sleep. We did three walks/treks in 3 days!! Day 1 was a steep and enjoyable walk down to Cat Cat village without a guide (and a ride back up on the back of motor cycles for us both). Day 2 started with heavy rain and ...

... to our hotel, checked in partially, and went on a "trek" which was actually a walk on a paved path through Cat Cat village, where Hmong hilltribe people live. The village and scenery were interesting, but we were very disappointed and amazed to see that ...

... we had given her a $10 tip on top of the $5 she makes from the tour company for the whole 2 day trek! Cat Cat Village was a lot more tourist orientated with stone paths the whole walk round and only took about an hour. Instead of heading back to the ...

... with peculiar signs offering "Best view from this point" (don't all points have a best view?). On our walk to Cat Cat village we found ourselves adopted by a charming 11 year-old English-speaking village girl, we eventually bade farewell the proud owners ...

... we still went. the first day was a morning of exploring the little town that is Sapa, and in the after we took a stroll to cat cat village, the walk down to the village was easy it was the walk back that got you legs burning, but it was practice for what ...

... school so they help on the rice paddies or become tour guides but speak very good english. We have another day of trekking tomorrow to Cat Cat village and then back on the overnight train to Hanoi where we will make our way down to Hue (central Vietnam).

... bought some from each, its only a few cents but they certainly are getting the hang of tourism dollars quickly. Cat Cat Villageis certainly beautiful though... huge bamboo plants, rivers, terraced mountains... spectacular scenery.  The kids are ...

... Sapa. Got to our hotel (called Cat Cat Hotel)... and decided to go for a little hike to the village of the same name (Cat Cat Village), which was only 3km down the hill. At first we thought we were being stalked by a H'mong Hill Tribe woman trying to sell ...

... a trek without a guide, so we chose one tht we were guaranteed we couldn't get lost on...but we did! Findingour way to Cat Cat village was easy, we just had to follow the road and tourists. But we wanted to continue to the next village. It should have ...

... darker intent of selling their illegal wares. On the morning of our first full day in Sapa we headed out for a walk to Cat Cat Village. Our destination was a waterfall at the bottom of a valley and the entire walk ...

... make a sale before lunch. Picked up by a army jeep to take us back to Sapa. ------------------- SATURDAY 16/09/2006 ------------------- Cat Cat village Breakfast on the hotel balcony. Gorgeous view of the misty cloudy mountains. View of ...

... soon as I actually arrived, it was glorious sunshine. I checked into Cat Cat Hotel, located on the steep hill down to Cat Cat Village which, despite having about 200 steps up to my room was really nice and the views were fantastic. I showered and washed a ...

... (Lao Chai), and high mountains on the other side, of which the Fansipan (3143 meters)  is the highest mountains in Indochina. Cat cat village where some local Black H'Mong folk live is also worth the effort, not too far by Sapa. I went there by ...

... morning that I finally felt healthy enough to do some real exploring. I got up around 8 and decided to walk down the hill towards Cat Cat village, cut West and just walk until I found a back way up to Sapa. I stopped by a bakery to grab some breads for ...

... we could go to breakfast.The Victoria Sapa Hotel buffet breakfast setup is as good as I have seen anywhere and the food was exelent. After breakfast Gwen checks out the foyer shop while I wait for Vung to take us on our first treck to Cat Cat Village.

... as we can shower and change before breakfast. After breakfast it is a short drive to the top of the trail to Cat Cat village to visit Black Hamong minority people and the continue walk to the valley floor to relax beside waterfall  the trek to Sin ...

... a bit of a write off after a sleepless night train but on my second day I hiked to Cat-Cat village - home to the largest minority group in North Vietnam - the Hmong people. As with many tourist traps this villiage was not very authentic and it felt a bit ...

... decided to travel does not mean I am a professional trekker! I don't know what I was thinking. After booking the tour we explored Cat Cat village (Hmong tribe) on our own (as a warm up) and enjoyed the scenery. It was nice and quiet, not a lot of ...