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.
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Hill tribes & hidden places
Authentic journeys deep in the mountains
Flower Hmong, Red Dao, White Thai, Lô Lô: the northern mountains shelter a mosaic of cultures. Our routes favour villages where we have built lasting ties, far from standardised circuits.
Style : Hill tribes & hidden places
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Minh Trần
Travel designer — Centre & South · FR · EN · VI
“Hoi An at dawn, the delta by bike, a secret table in Hue: I compose journeys the way you'd compose a meal — balance and surprises.”
5 journeys
Journeys built around it
6 days
Hanoi · Sapa · Trang An · Tam Coc
4.8 · 126 reviews
Soul of Sapa & Ninh Binh
Six days in the North: the Lao Chai to Ta Van walk with a Hmong guide, two nights in a Sapa lodge and Trang An by sampan before the tour boats arrive.
Small group (6–12)From US$599
8 days
Hanoi · Lan Ha Bay · Trang An · Ninh Binh
4.9 · 74 reviews
Hanoi, Lan Ha Bay & Sapa
Eight days: ca trù in a Hanoi communal house, a night on Lan Ha Bay, Trang An, then two eco-lodge nights and a walk down the Muong Hoa valley.
Small group (6–12)From US$1,433
15 days
Ho Chi Minh City · Ben Tre · Cu Chi Tunnels · Da Nang
4.9 · 88 reviews
Vietnam Premium
Saigon to Hanoi in fifteen days, privately and with more time with people: Apsara dance at My Son, two nights with a White Thai family in Mai Chau, ca trù in Hanoi.
Private journeyFrom US$3,388
9 days
Hanoi · Ha Giang · Dong Van Plateau · Meo Vac
4.9 · 34 reviews
Ha Giang & the Mountain Peoples
The Ha Giang loop, the Dong Van plateau, Ba Be Lake and Ban Gioc falls: the wildest North.
Private journeyFrom US$1,890
8 days
Hanoi · Mai Chau · Pu Luong · Hoi An
4.9 · 26 reviews
Vietnam by Bike
From the Mai Chau valley to Hoi An's dykes and the delta's canals, the Vietnamese countryside at pedal pace.
Private journeyFrom US$2,250
Hidden Indochina
The moments that make these journeys
Sapa Full day
Hike from Lao Chai to Ta Van
Eight kilometres across the terraces with a Hmong guide, lunch in a family home.
Sapa 3 hours
Hmong hemp and indigo workshop
Spin hemp, dye with indigo and draw with beeswax alongside the women of Ta Phin.
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.
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