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 […]

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 […]

Yes, it’s very easy to hire or buy cell phones here in Vietnam. There are many new and used mobile phone shops. Prices are extremely cheap and buying a SIM card is very easy. If you are traveling for an extended period of time we recommend that you have a phone number for safety and […]

Yes, but is advised to please contact us long before your vacation, our office will be closed during Tet holiday.

No, we close our office during Tet holidays, please see the time we are off here.

Homestay is an overnight in the home of one of the local ethnic minorities. They have been set up in a way that the community benefits from the added tourism income and not just a single entity. There are not many tours that we do that involve camping. We now use camping in Fansipan, Bach […]

This really depends on your budget for your vacations in Vietnam. It is nice to be at the 4 to 5 stars hotels where standards are up to an international level, but please note that these are often fully booked. There is currently not enough rooms in the 4 – 5 star hotels estimated for […]