Cat Cat Village has long been famous among visitors to Sapa with its rustic appearance, embellished with the vibrant culture and traditional costumes of the H’mong people here.
How to get here and turn around?
Cat Cat Village is a small village located in Muong Hoa Valley in Lao Cai Province; about 2km from the center of Sapa town. Located in the high mountains of the Northwest, this place has cool air all year round, each season is beautiful in its own way with outstanding features.
To get to Cat Cat Village, you will need to go to Sapa first. If you go from Hanoi, you can easily book a bus to Sapa with a travel time of about 6 hours or take the train to Lao Cai, then take a taxi or rent a car to Sapa. From the center of Sapa town, there are many different ways and means that you can experience to get to Cat Cat village:
Trekking
For those who love to enjoy the natural landscape and want to have a clearer view of the daily life of local people, trekking is definitely a great choice for you!
Trekking not only helps you improve your physical strength, experience a real way to make the trip more memorable, but it is also completely free. 2km is the distance from Sapa town to Cat Cat village, if you like, you should try it once!
If you love the beauty of Sapa and want to see more beautiful scenery here, you can learn more about trekking at Ky Quan San – Sapa’s paradise in the clouds and Bach Moc Luong Tu – one of the four highest mountains in our country.
Rent a bicycle
In addition to trekking and renting a motorbike, we can also experience the bicycle rental service to Cat Cat village. Usually, hotels in the tourist town of Sapa will have this service available, you just need to ask the receptionist, rent a bike and go. The bicycle rental price in Sapa ranges from 120,000 – 150,000 VND/day. This is also a way to bring a new experience to your trip to Cat Cat village. If you have the chance, invite your friends to try cycling together!
Rent a motorbike
For those who want to travel more conveniently, you can choose to rent a motorbike to ride together through the roads from Sapa to Cat Cat village. The road is not too difficult or bumpy and it is also short, so you don’t need to worry too much, just pay attention to driving carefully, driving at a moderate speed. The motorbike rental price in Sapa ranges from 100,000 – 240,000 VND/day.
In addition, if you are traveling with a large family, including the elderly and children, you can choose to rent a taxi so that the whole family can move more conveniently and easily.
Why does Cat Cat village attract so many tourists?
Visitors to Cat Cat have an opportunity to admire the lively and colorful picture. That is the image of young women setting by looms with colorful pieces of brocade decorated with designs of flowers and birds. When these pieces of brocade are finished, they are dyed and embroidered with beautiful designs.
A noteworthy is that H’Mong women use plants and leaves to dye these brocade fabrics. And then they roll a round and smooth section of wood covered with wax on fabrics to polish them, making their colors durable.
In addition to the brocade weaving craft, many residents in Cat Cat are good at manipulating gold and silver jewelry. Their products are fairly sophisticated, especially jewelry for women.
Tourists to Cat Cat are most attracted by its unique customs, including the custom of “pulling wife”. A man can ask his friends to lure a girl he likes to his house and keeps her there for 3 days. During these days, if the girl agrees to become his wife, a wedding will be held. However, the girl can happily go home after three days if she does not like him.
Traditional houses of H’Mong people in Cat Cat have three rooms with three doors and cover with po mu wood roof. In the house, there are three columns that stand in round or square stones. The walls are made from sawn timber. The main door is always closed and only opens when people in the house organize important events. Altar, inlaid floor containing food, places for sleeping, kitchen and receiving guests are indispensable parts of the houses.
Visitors to Cat Cat village can discover countless unique features of H’Mong.
Source: collected by An
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