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Hidden Indochina

What the guidebooks don't tell you

Moments chosen one by one by our teams, to slip into your dream board.

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A night with a White Thai family
Mai Chau 1 night

A night with a White Thai family

Sticky rice and rice wine at dinner, bamboo dancing, waking to the rooster in a stilt house.

Hike from Lao Chai to Ta Van
Sapa Full day

Hike from Lao Chai to Ta Van

Eight kilometres across the terraces with a Hmong guide, lunch in a family home.

The Flower Hmong market
Bac Ha Sunday morning

The Flower Hmong market

Buffalo, embroidered brocades and horse soup: the mountains' great weekly market.

Hmong hemp and indigo workshop
Sapa 3 hours

Hmong hemp and indigo workshop

Spin hemp, dye with indigo and draw with beeswax alongside the women of Ta Phin.

A delta homestay
Vinh Long 1 night

A delta homestay

Orchards, a dusk sampan ride and elephant-ear fish for dinner with a Mekong family.

A ca trù evening in a communal house
Hanoi 1h30

A ca trù evening in a communal house

The UNESCO-listed sung poetry of the scholars, performed intimately in an Old Quarter house.

Water puppetry
Hanoi 1 hour

Water puppetry

Meet a master puppeteer backstage before the performance.

The Temple of Literature with a scholar
Hanoi 2 hours

The Temple of Literature with a scholar

Read the doctors' steles and try calligraphy with a Hanoi calligrapher.

My Son at dawn with Apsara dance

My Son at dawn with Apsara dance

Enter at opening time, before the heat and the groups, followed by traditional Cham dance.

With the potters of Bat Trang
Bat Trang Half day

With the potters of Bat Trang

Throwing and glazing with a family of ceramicists for fifteen generations.

Angkor by a side gate

Angkor by a side gate

Sunrise through the east gate, away from the crowds at the ponds, then a picnic breakfast.

Tak bat, with discretion

Tak bat, with discretion

Witness the monks' alms round beside a local family, respecting the ritual.

Imperial dinner in a garden house
Hue Evening

Imperial dinner in a garden house

Twelve dishes of the Nguyen court served in a garden house, with court music.

Street food by Vespa
Hanoi 3 hours

Street food by Vespa

Bún chả, bánh cuốn, egg coffee: a night tour riding pillion on a vintage Vespa.

Cooking in the Tra Que gardens

Cooking in the Tra Que gardens

Pick herbs, cook and lunch with a family of market gardeners.

Hanoi at dawn
Hanoi 2 hours

Hanoi at dawn

Lakeside tai chi, the Long Bien wholesale market, drip coffee on a plastic stool.

Cai Rang floating market
Can Tho Morning

Cai Rang floating market

By sampan from 5am, as boats trade pineapples and watermelons to the hum of engines.

Hoi An's countryside by bike
Hoi An Half day

Hoi An's countryside by bike

Dykes, rice paddies, fishing villages and a basket boat on the Thu Bon river.

Lanterns on the Thu Bon
Hoi An Evening

Lanterns on the Thu Bon

Make a lantern with an artisan, then set it on the river at nightfall.

Inle Lake with the Intha fishermen
Inle Lake Full day

Inle Lake with the Intha fishermen

Floating gardens, lotus-silk weavers and fishermen rowing with one leg.

Kompong Phluk by canoe

Kompong Phluk by canoe

A village on ten-metre stilts and a flooded forest, by canoe with a fisherman.

The La Passion spa ritual
Hanoi 2 hours

The La Passion spa ritual

A Dao herbal bath, hot-stone massage and lotus tea.

Dinner on deck in Lan Ha Bay
Lan Ha Bay Evening

Dinner on deck in Lan Ha Bay

Cat Ba seafood under the stars, in a cove where the boat anchors alone.

The water wheels of Pu Luong
Pu Luong Full day

The water wheels of Pu Luong

A walk through the valley of bamboo water wheels, spring swimming and a lodge picnic.

Trang An by sampan at dawn
Trang An 3 hours

Trang An by sampan at dawn

Three hours of rowing between caves and temples, before the visitors arrive.

Kayaking Lan Ha's lagoons
Lan Ha Bay 2 hours

Kayaking Lan Ha's lagoons

Paddle beneath limestone arches into inner lagoons reachable at low tide.

The caves of Phong Nha

The caves of Phong Nha

Paradise Cave and Phong Nha's underground river, then kayaking to Dark Cave.

The Ha Giang loop with an easy rider
Ha Giang 3 days

The Ha Giang loop with an easy rider

Ma Pi Leng Pass and the Dong Van plateau riding pillion with an experienced driver.

Turtle nesting on Con Dao

Turtle nesting on Con Dao

A night with national park rangers watching green turtles nest.

Kuang Si before opening

Kuang Si before opening

Swim in the turquoise pools when the forest belongs to the birds.

Bagan by hot-air balloon
Bagan Dawn

Bagan by hot-air balloon

Float over two thousand temples in the golden light of early morning.

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