Active Travel Vietnam www.activetravelvietnam.com

We just spent 2 weeks on a tour organised for 3 people by Active Asia Travel and would not choose anyone else to travel with throughout Vietnam. We had drivers and guides at every point to meet us (and all early), our every need was catered for. We started in Hanoi where we were picked up at airport and met our wonderful guide who would take us onto Halong Bay where we kayaked and cruised for 2-3 days - absolutely breathtaking. Caught a night train to Lao Cai where we trekked from beautiful Sapa and had two wonderful home stays, our guide was so much fun and we had a fantastic experience. Onto Hue, Hoian where we had shorter day tours of these lovely places then finished bike riding through the Mekong Delta for 4 days with yet another fantastic guide. All our transfers were taken care of, all accommodation organised and almost all our meals were catered for. The guides were all so much fun and extremely knowledgable of the areas they took us. The kayaking, treks and bike riding where all well planned and able to be adjusted if it got too difficult - the guides were great at determining just the right amount of activity to be challenging yet moreso enjoyable. Our travel agent Jessie should be commended, she done a fabulous job and we will definately be back to Vietnam, and would not travel with anyone else. Thank you Active Travel for an absolutely wonderful trip

Vietnam have such a beautiful country! All my bruises have settled down now! I only had one fall on the motorbike, and to be honest at the time I didnt really feel the pain, as i was laughing so hard at the fact that I missed buffalo poo by a couple of inches!! Was only a few bruises, but still very good fun, and i just got right back on the bike and carried on.

Thank Active Travel Vietnam for organizing everything for me... and I no doubt expect i'll be sending more people them!!

Jodie Cummings

Note: my pics during Vietnam trip at https://cid-5bfe0352afe37949.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Recommendation%20about%20the%20tour%20in%20Vietnam/DSC02600.JPG

3-day trek to mount fansipan from Ema_London

It's probably one of the hardest things i've done, but also the most rewarding. It's a very steep climb, up and down several mountains before you reach the top - most of the time you're in the jungle, and you're walking in dry and wet streams rather than on tracks (so bring lots of warm socks!)

The team was absolutely amazing! Every night they put together a fantastic dinner, at least 5 or 6 delicious dishes, plus vegetables and rice. The spring rolls were the best ones i've ever tasted. Pancakes for breakfast and a hot lunch every day. Absolutely brilliant, they did such a good job with everything. And we had a lot of fun with them too - hao hao :-)

So it was a hard trek, but we very much enjoyed it, and the view from the top of mount fansipan was stunning! We were really lucky with the weather (there was a rain storm the night before, and it got v cold in out tent at 2,600!), so we could see v far. It truly was an amazing experience - we'll never forget it!

Kristy Pitman / Cat Ba National Park & Halong Bay / Vietnam

Itinerary: Trekking Cat Ba National Park and Kayaking in Halong Bay

Date: April 21, 2010

Nationality: American

We very much enjoyed our tour with Active Travel. The only suggestions I would make for improvement to the package would be to state it was a hut for the accommodation on the beach and not include the tent option on a secluded beach in the itinerary as it isn't really what you get.

Also maybe you could consider rock climbing incorporated in the package? We saw people doing this while we kayaked and would have enjoyed the experience of this during our trip.

Name: Brent Sandweiss & Stefan

Itinerary : Taste of Ho Chi Minh Trails

Date: July 29 - July 31, 2010

Nationality: NY, USA

Our experience with Active Travel Asia was absolutely outstanding. Trang corresponded with us, via email, very professionally and timely. She went out of her way to assist us with each and every question. At great inconvenience to herself, she drove across town on very short notice to personally meet with me and setup our trip. Her English is very good. Her personality is even better. And, I feel quite fortunate to have met her online. She is a class act. As Trang was leaving, I asked her if our guide would have English as good as hers. She responed by saying yes and you will really like our guides.

Within minutes of meeting our guide, Luan, I could tell that we were going to have a terrific time. Once again, Trang was spot on!

Luan picked us up the next morning and we stopped off to pick up our motorbikes and allow Luan time to assess our skill sets. After he was confident of our motorcycle skills, we got a general briefing at an out of the way historical museum*. After a few false starts (we were riding authentic Russian made Minsk motorcycles!) we got the bikes up and running!

Luan was absolutely fantastic! Not only was his English amazing. But, his personality was even more amazing! To say that we had a trip of a lifetime is an understatement! We rode through beautiful rice paddies, limestone monoliths popping up everywhere, gorgeous mountain passes and caramel colored rivers and green and blue lakes. But, most important, it was the great good fortune of meeting warm, sincere and generous Vietnamese people everywhere we went that will remain etched on my mind for the rest of my life. The home stays were incredible. The food was amazing. A true life experience that will never be forgotten. Oh and did I mention that Luan was amazing? !!

Prior to this trip, we spend time in Thailand & Cambodia. In each place, we worked with several guides. Many were quite nice. None came close to the professional and first class treatment offered by Luan. He was terrific in every sense. Sharp enough to keep a professional, timely tour. But, more important, very funny, down to earth, easy to understand and eager to assist us with any needs. It takes a very special person to operate as a guide 24/7 with new clients from a different culture. Luan's ability to execute this enormous responsibility flawlessly earned our respect and gratitude. He is a true gem and it is my great pleasure and honor to write this review.

Thank you so much for orchestrating the trip of a lifetime. Before I met you, I loved Vietnam. After meeting and touring with you I love Vietnam even more. Toi Thich Vietnam!!

Halong Bay was the highlight of our Vietnam family holiday. I don't usually use these types of words, but I can only describe it as an awe-inspiring, almost mystical place.

We have 2 days and 1 night Halong Bay tours with Active Travel Asia in "Indochina Sails" junk. The tour was well organised with a excellent tour guide who was useful and rich information. Our Junk was well equipped, very clean, with friendly and professional staff - and importantly the food was great! .

It was a very peaceful, but also breath-taking, experience. The views were stunning.

We got to laze on the deck of the junk, swim in the bay, kayaking, visit Ti Top island (where we climbed to the top of a hill to see some amazing vews) and also visit a floating fishing village.

We thoroughly enjoyed the trek with Active Travel Vietnam, it was even more amazing than we had hoped for! Our guide Thanh was exceptional, he had great knowledge of the region and took us on routes which many others do not see. The trek stretched us but it was wonderful experience. We really love Sapa and the surrounding area!

I am back in Macau and back to work. I had a very good time in Vietnam with Active Travel Vietnam and enjoyed my time with Hung the guide and Nam the driver. Please send me updates of the trips that you organise, if I can, I would like to come back and do something similar. Hung also told me about the chance to go trekking on the mountain (I think it's called Fansipan). Please let me also have Hung's email because I want to send him some of the pictures that I made.

It was our great trip with Active Vietnam travel to Sapa. I must praise them for their best effort to make our trip enjoyable. We also would like to affirm that Cao Son Ecolodge ( www.caoson-ecolodge.com) is also a good place to stay. We did the tour to Cao Son market and visiting some markets after traveling Sapa last year.Book the tour with Active Vietnam is a good choice

We appreciated highly the Services and care by Cosmos Travel Vietnam. We can ensure that they will be mostly recommended by clients worldwide to their relatives.

We enjoyed a wonderful with Cosmos Travel Vietnam. All guides we had are friendly, enthusiastic and professional. They guided us in the smart presentation in each sightseeing. All hotels are very good in term of services, comfort and charm. The weather is not nice, we maybe had not chance to get good weather. It is so cold and humid in the north of Vietnam.