Lotussia Travel has launched a 11-day trekking tour package to the North of Vietnam. Joining this trip, travelers will have an opportunity to discover the less travelled areas of Vietnam such as Hoang Su Phi terraced fields, Ha Giang hill tribe villages, Dong Van ancient town and Meo Vac Sunday market…
Travelers will take an overnight train trip from Hanoi and spend a night on board/train before reaching the famous market town of Bac Ha and beyond over one of Vietnam’s highest road passes. Bac Ha market, located in the heart of Bac ha small town is the largest one in the area. Every Sunday, the different and colorful ethnic minority come all here to sell their homemade products or buy something for the family. They are Hmong, Phu La, Back Dzao, Tay or Nung minorities. Some of these ethnic minorities can’t be met in any other areas.
Upon leaving Bac Ha we set off on a full day journey through Sin Man and Hoang Su Phi to Ha Giang Town. The rough but scenic route traverses a dense jungle before crossing over a pass and dropping down to Sin Man. This day is a real challenge for our driver as we travel by winding roads with many uphill and downhill drives. Along the way we may encounter the Nung Ing, Tay, Red Dao, Dao Ao Dai, La Chi and Co Lao, just some of the many hill tribe groups who have settled there.
Upon arrival in Ha Giang, travelers will trek to Khau lan village, a small village of the Dao people. You have the unique opportunity to share the daily life of your host family, which might include working in the fields, fetching wood, cutting grass for the livestock and cooking meals.
The next highlight of the trip will focus on the district of Meo Vac. The Transfer take you through a beautiful landscape of rolling and imposing mountains and steep valleys leading from Dong Van to Meo Vac District. This is the most remote corner of Vietnam, where the traditional life of ethnic minority people is the most vivid and colorful.
“After many inspection trips we have made in this remote areas, we were finally able to customize out a 11-day off-the-beaten path trekking itinerary for those who look for the beautiful sceneries, authentic life experience in Vietnam. The trip offers a truly experience of the Vietnamese hilltribe villagers culture.” – According to Mr. Phung Cao – Lotussia Travel Product Manager.
Lotussia Travel is a Hanoi-based travel company offering the widest selection of multi-activity adventure tours in Vietnam including jungle trekking, mountain hiking, road cycling, motorcycle touring, sea kayaking, river rafting, scuba diving, bird watching and more.
Lotussia Travel, a Hanoi-based tour company has just launched a 11-day luxury tour adding one more choice for those who look for first class holiday in Vietnam.
Starting in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, travelers will discover a city rooted in ancient traditions yet increasingly embracing modern lifestyles. The wet-rice cultures of South East Asia present in the old village of Duong Lam as a trio of familiar images: rice, water buffaloes, and bamboo. Sapa, the most favorite mountain retreat destination is such a colourful town thanks to the H’mong and Dzao people from the local hill tribes who head into the town’s market every day to trade their produce. There’s a main market every Saturday when the place is packed but there’s a lower key one every other day during the week.
The experts at Lotussia Travel have created this tour with a focus on exclusive cooking course and meals at the top restaurants so this tour is sure to please the taste buds in Hue where still remains the cultural heart of the country with its many ancient buildings, museums. Hoi An was once an important trading port town and the traditional shop houses and small laneways offer a glimpse into Vietnam’s storied past.
The 11-day tour concludes in the bustling south. Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon, is the fast-paced commercial capital of the country yet is still filled with architectural remnants of the French Indochina period. Travel to the nearby Mekong Delta and experience the rustic lifestyle of this region as you explore the labyrinth of waterways, floating markets and fertile rice fields.
Whether as an extension to a Vietnam package tour or as a luxurious escape, this tour was created for the discerning traveler wishing to see the true beauty and hidden charms of the south.
Lotussia Travel is a Hanoi-based travel company offering a wide selection of tailor-made trips, star hotel reservations and free travel tips in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia. The company was founded in 2005 with head office in Hanoi and branches in Danang, Sap, Ho Chi Minh city.
The best way to find out how the Vietnamese farmers live is to join a day trip to the ancient village of Duong Lam. The short excursion will offer travelers an opportunity to bike in the authentic countryside, to plant rice on the real rice fields and to learn how to make Vietnamese traditional courses.
Duong Lam village is the maintain style of ferralitic architecture over 4000 years ago only far away 50km from North West of Hanoi.
The tour will start around 08am from Hanoi. Leaving the hotel, travelers will enjoy two-hour drive south-west Hanoi. Pass through the surprisingly little noise of bike horns, take the short biking follow the narrow clay road to the old village, travelers will bike along the paddy rice field in the countryside, the green plantation, small channel water, thin bamboo bridge show on the river with small boats waiting in the shading trees.
Explore the way of farmer living is playing into the farmer as the history time in 19th century wearing with the old brown pajamas, non hat ( bamboo Vietnamese hat), irrigating the plantation into green herbs vegetable by hands, carrying the short grances rice or the long one. Before lunch time, travelers will learn how to make their own desserts which is a famous course traditional desserts from long time ago. Keep biking to the Mia pagoda where was built in 15th century containing 287 statues of different sizes and more Ngo Quyen temple, Phung Hung temple before returning by the private car to home.
According to the company’s director Nguyen Khuong, this new excursion is a good choice for those who want to experience the real life of Vietnamese farmers. The destination is old. But Lotussia Travel has discovered a new way for you to enjoy the journey.
For more information about the tour either visit its website http://www.lotussiatravel.us or email to info@lotussiatravel.us
There is no better way to discover Hanoi than by bike. Join Lotussia Travel’s newly-discovered bicycle tour and experience both the old quarter of Hanoi and its new suburb area in just a half day.
You will be met up at your hotel at 8:00am by Lotussia Travel tour guide. He then give a brief explanation about the biking route, riding tips and related information. Leaving hotel, you will follow an narrow road where there is surprisingly little noise of bike horns. You will bike along these small streets until we reach the peach garden there we cross the river to join an immense corn field. As you cycle through the corn field, and vegetable gardens, you will see how the life is quiet and peaceful after just few minutes cycle.
The dog barks; farmers plant vegetable working on their fields; children play on their house court with simple toys…these are common sceneries we will experience during your trip. Stopping by a local house and talking with local people will make your trip more enjoyable.
Why don’t you join the Long Bien historical bridge before biking to another part of Hanoi. Long Bien bridge is a historic cantilever bridge across the Red River that connects two parts of the city of Hanoi, Vietnam. It is also commonly referred to as the Paul Doumer Bridge. After crossing the bridge, you continue cycling through local villages, rice fields and smiling faces. With the guide, you will know how we plant rice, how the villager life is, how our rituals are…
According to the company’s director Nguyen Manh Khuong, this new is a good choice for both business and leisure travelers. For only a half day, they can experience both the “old” and the “new” Hanoi actively and differently.
For more information about the tour either visit its website http://www.vietnamcycling.com or email to info@vietnamcycling.com
At 07:00 we pick up you at the hotel, we transfer to Gia Lam Heliport for a 50-minute flight by helicopter to Ha Long Bay. (Each helicopter can carry from 20 to 24 passengers.)
Arrive at Ha Long Heliport and transfer to the Ha Long Harbor. We will board our private boat for a four-hour cruise of this stunning area, stopping along the way to visit one of the limestone caves in the area.
As we cruise our boat staff will serve you a sumptuous local seafood lunch on boat.
Transfer back to Ha Long Heliport and board the helicopters for a different but just as spectacular view of the bay. After a 45-minute fly over the bay head back to Hanoi. Transfer to the hotel on arrival at Gia Lam Heliport.
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October 28, 2009 (Hanoi) — Lotussia Travel has recently launched a new specialist website about car rental, car hire in Vietnam – www.vietnamcarhire.com.
Car rental in Vietnam is relatively inexpensive and considered to be convenient. However, travelers who are unused to foreign travel should be aware that, in general, renting a car in Vietnam means renting a driver with the car. The driver also knows where to stop for meal and bathroom breaks on the way. This is standard procedure and should be considered a good method of getting around and getting information about the area at the same time.
www.vietnamcarhire.com offers both travelers and business customers the full spectrum of car rental, airport pickup, car leasing in all major cities of Vietnam. Besides the latest range of compact, mid to large size, sports and luxury vehicles from popular brands such as Mercedes Benz, Toyota, Audi and many others, a professionally trained and experienced English speaking local driver will also be included as part of the car hire.
www.vietnamcarhire.com is comprised of four major categories including travel news, airport pickup service, car rental and useful travel related information on Vietnam. All these categories are well designed and smartly arranged making search quite easy and convenient.
“www.vietnamcarhire.com provides the most completed information about car rental, car hire and land transport in vietnam. We believe this site will be soon appreciated by both travelers and business customers coming in Vietnam. Above anything else, we are proud of our drivers. They provide discreet, professional and friendly service and are trained to drive safely and comfortably on Vietnam’s challenging roads. ” – Said Nguyen Khuong, the CEO of Lotussia Travel.
Lotussia Travel is a privately owned travel company offering a wide selection of easy adventure tour an value-for-money service such as trekking, cycling, kayaking, hotel reservations, car rental and more. The company was established in 2005 having offices and branches in Hanoi, Sapa, Danang and Ho Chi Minh city.
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Halong Bay is one of the most visited and recognized of the Vietnam tourist attractions. It houses a great diversity of ecosystems including coral reefs, freshwater swamp forests, mangrove forest, small freshwater lakes, and sandy beaches. The islands feature beautiful grottos and caves with interesting stone formations and hidden ponds.
