This was an excellent holiday, within the time/distance restraints of the trip. Everything was organised and implemented very professionally, and also with genuine attention to customer service. The local team were fantastic. This is a combination holiday - experiencing Vietnam, and cycling. If you like to cycle from start to finish, or are worried by fairly heavy traffic over not-insignificant parts of the route, then this might not be for you. In particular, note that there is a lot of time spent in the coach. However, for us, it was all worth it. We really felt we experienced a lot of Vietnam, we were pushed just the right amount to ensure we felt we'd really achieved something in terms of cycling exertion (we holiday quite a lot on bikes) - and the trip organisation and the efforts of our tour leader (Chi) just couldn't be faulted.
Such an amazing 12 days in Vietnam with an amazing leader Shelby! Always lifted the mood and made it such a memorable trip, we was all so lucky to have her throughout
A road trip with a difference An easily manageable cycling holiday for most moderately fit people full of variety. Through careful, informative and expert guiding we cycled away from main roads through rural Vietnam and into cities. There was time to admire the view and quietly pedal along, past traditional Vietnamese ways of life of rice paddies, children waving, people conveying ambitiously towering loads of produce and shorelines of fishing practices.
In contrast the cities were hectic, bustling with motorbikes negotiating around each other, of clothing stalls and fishmarkets, ancient ruins of rich colour and splendour and of people hard at work in an attempt to make a living away from the land.
Halong Bay was the northernmost attraction which was spectacular though possiblly too over developed with torusim for my liking.
Our group of 15 seemed like minded and we worked well as a team with much supporting of each other.