Joseph Faith
Wrote a review 1 - 2025
Walking along the river
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
We especially liked the extra walks. Tour guide: Very knowledgeable and metall our needs. But It is hard to see out the windows, if you are tall and they are dark!
Date of experience: 1 2023
Jean Marc
Wrote a review 7 - 2025
The tour guide is a very nice and caring person and Very good driver
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
Nothing really to complain all very good and guide and driver very effect. All good prefered homestay than hotels.
Date of experience: 7 2023
Leda, Maria, Marianne
Wrote a review 7 - 2025
Tour is overall great
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
Great flexibility and managing of cultural differences. Well ed and accommodating. Beds are hard in some places.
Date of experience: 7 2023
Josephine Fryters
Wrote a review 7 - 2025
Visiting the families in the villages, swimming Ba Be lake
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
Good sites with excellent guiding from Mr Long. Helen has done an amazing job to give our family our itinerary for a travel to remember. Thank you Helen Mr Long and Mr Long. Very skilled, a lot of knowledge, high service, very friendly tour guide. Very friendly and skilled driver
Date of experience: 7 2023
Eszter Kalmar
Wrote a review 12 - 2025
Trekking skypath, Hotel at Ba Be lake, Contact to locals, Local food
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
Perfect tour for our limited time. The driver was Very safe + friendly .The guide was helpful + nice! He could be less distant, seemed a bit uninterested in us
Date of experience: 12 2023
Tom Gardner
Wrote a review 3 - 2025
Eddie is fantastic, really good and very friendly, nothing too much! Very knowledgeable and a lovely person
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
1st homestay bathroom was not clean but very goodmosts. Great to taste so many dishes. Bit expensive but now we understand price = good value. The chance to see and feel the real Vietnam, we asked to see country, meet the people and see place they lived and Eddie and Ngoc driver
Date of experience: 3 2025
Bridget Stephens
Wrote a review 3 - 2025
Dong Van, Ma Pi Leng Pass
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
Would have liked to stop a bit more where possible where views were good. Justin was friendly, caring we found him a little hard to underutard. He did not understand the questions we were at times. Recommendations:1. Flexibility to after the itinerary when views aren't good. Early afternoon option to view another village or provide map local area so we can expiore local area on our own.
2. May be arrange accomodation in Cao Bang would have preferred to stay in small town/villa...Read Morege instead.
3. Flexibility in itinerary when time allows is cold have done longer on Ma Pi Leng pass instead only did scheduled walk and arrived in Dong Van at 2 pm when itinerary sad wouldn't arriver till 6 pm similar 6 arrived at Mr'Kim homestay arand 2 pm could have liked to see other village around this area
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Date of experience: 3 2025
Tobias & Christine
Wrote a review 12 - 2025
Did the extra mile+very caring. We learned a lot! Highly recommend about people+culture.
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
Mr Linh homestay = highlight, many homestay very nice, others still good considering the rorel standard. Homestay very kind + atmosphere. Smaller lunch places varied a lot. Very safe driver. Knowledgeable guide; very close to people + life; last stay at Ba Be lake
Date of experience: 12 2024
Matthew Eltrich
Wrote a review 1 - 2025
Excellent! highly recommend: Our guide and driver, the caves especially the water cave
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
Love the caves. Love to go to less tourist places. The driver and tour guide were Great! So helpful all the time. Food ok but more variety would be nice. Some rooms had very thin walls so can hear noise of others
Date of experience: 1 2025
Anh Huynh
Wrote a review 4 - 2025
Skillful, friendly and helpful
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
Attentive to details, flexible and great spanse of knowledge. Deep insight into ethnic minorities up North. Itinerary planning is lacking. We were thankful that the guide changes it around. Some places were great, others not so much. Loved Mong Ngua homestay!
Date of experience: 4 2025
Karine Bassler
Wrote a review 6 - 2025
Mu Cang Chai, the terrassed rice fields
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
We would have wish for more hiking at Cao Bang for a point of view of valley
Date of experience: 6 2025
L.Campbell
Wrote a review 6 - 2025
We loved the friendliness of the host homestays and their hospitality
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
Scenery was stunning. Trekking trails and view points incredible! Our guide enhanced our entire trip with his local knowledge and experience.We would highly recommend our guide and drive to anyone touring north Vietnam. John's knowledge of the area - for trekking and local food - including all the herbs and vegetables was amazing, coupled with his patience and love of photography was an ideal mix for us. Helen at the office was highly efficient, organiged and always responsive
Date of experience: 6 2025
Tania, Andrew Jerovich
Wrote a review 8 - 2025
The accomodation were all so different. I would have to do them all seperatery
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
Du was excellent. Lovely and considerate man. Thank you! Loved the food that Hai piched for us each day. Everything, the place, the people, the food, the accomodation and the sights were all great.
Date of experience: 8 2025
Tonya Hackett
Wrote a review 12 - 2025
Very friendly and helpful
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
Ba Be cave trekking seeing different villages between rest and activities
Date of experience: 12 2025
TraceyHaz
Wrote a review 9 - 2024
Northern Vietnam 8 day holiday- the best holiday with Long and Long as our guide and driver. Would highly recommend it.
Review of: Off the beaten tracks North Vietnam 8 days 7 nights
We had a fantastic guide and driver, Long and Long, for our holiday and we couldn’t have asked for more. Great scenery from Sapa to Hanoi through the mountains and valleys of the northern Vietnam region.
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