Whenever you travel you should be in good health, especially when traveling to foreign countries. If you are trekking for a multi day excursion you should be in good, both physically and mentally (sense of adventure). For Green Discovery Indochina Travel’s one day and most of the two day treks, you will have the support […]

All of the trails are unpaved and steep in places. Some wading through streams and mud in Pu luong areas is necessary. All of the routes will become more difficult in wet conditions

Al of the trekking is easy going to moderate hiking, depending on the weather. The only trek that will require the use of ropes in the Fansipan trek, where we will use ropes during the final phase to reach the summit.

In the Pu Luong Nature Reserves areas of Hang Kia, Paco, and Khoe there are very few of tourists. So remote, that in some places there may have never been tourists before. While trekking the trails you will only meet friendly local people (Thai and Muong) with a big smiles and looks of excitement when […]

All of our guide are well trained and have been briefed in what to do in an emergency. When necessary will be taking extra resources when needed (porter, extra equipment). Further, all of our clients will be briefed before the trip of any dangers. When a situation occurs where there is danger, all clients will […]

Before leaving for Vietnam, all clients should make sure to receive the appropriate vaccinations especially against typhoid, malaria and hepatitis A. Please ask your doctor for their recommendations as their advice will be better than ours. What are the principle risks to the clients during an expedition? Specifically, please comment on the severity and potential […]

If you are in remote areas that will be quite difficult. The best way would be to give family members the contact at . If the situation arises, will get a hold of a local and have them reach your group by foot.

There is moderately good cell phone coverage on the treks. Especially in Sapa. In case of emergency, there is usually a fixed phone in the Peoples’ Committee Office in the nearest village. If you are still concerned it is recommended that you rent a satellite phone in your country before coming to Vietnam. Please make […]

In the major cities, in rush hour, a patient would be in a clinic in under an hour. All evacuations depend on the situation and it is very hard to determine the length of time to get a patient or patients out. In the wilderness, depending on the difficulty and resources it could take up […]

In cities, town and tourist destinations, there are hospitals / clinics and ambulance service relatively close by and very easy to contact. Throughout Vietnam the number to call is 115. In remote & mountainous areas, an emaergency may become difficult due to poor communication and bad roads. In many of the National parks where the […]

Depending on the situation, emergency, injury and environment we will have the best solution for an evacuation. If we are in a remote area the local people (porters, local guides, villagers) will help us effectively take the client to meeting point or the nearest clinic

We have the standard travelers’ maps of Vietnam with us, and at each trekking site, we will have a more detailed map that shows routes we are going to. It is easy to obtain maps for each of the travelers, this is on your request! If you would like more detailed maps for your journey, […]