Travel to Vietnam for Unusual Holidays and Exotic Vacations
among Vietnam's Ethnic Minority
Peoples
Tailor-made tours to Vietnam to explore some of our fifty-three
minority communities.
If you enjoy unusual holidays or
exotic vacations that involve getting to grips with other cultures
and totally different lifestyles, you'll love meeting Vietnam's
ethnic minority peoples! Most Vietnam travel companies include
visits to minority villages in their package tours, but our tailor-made
private tours to Vietnam and itineraries go deeper into Vietnam's ethnic
minority cultures. They're the real McCoy - unusual holidays with
authentic experiences.
‘Unusual holidays’
sometimes means roughing it somewhat. The worst-case scenario is
communal sleeping, basic or non-existent sanitation, rock-hard beds,
no electricity, and plenty of walking. If you can cope with that,
you’ll come across some of the friendliest and most hospitable
people and spectacular scenery in Indochina - exotic vacations indeed!
Sapa
and the Northern Mountains
The ethnic minority area around Sapa is the most commercialised,
but tourism has hardly spread further than its environs. The views
from the town across to Mt. Fansipan are superb, and the ethnic
costumes are a riot of colour! Head further west into Lao Chai province,
and you’ll find remote villages hardly touched by tourism.
The northeast mountains
have the least experience of tourism, so you're likely to find only
the the most basic levels of accommodation. A tour towards the Chinese
border is real exploration – exhausting, but rewarding.
The
Central Highlands
The minority people of the Central Highlands differ considerably
from their northern counterparts not just by ethnicity, but also
by a lifestyle adapted to the climate of the broad plateaux on which
they live. Their ethnic costumes are less vibrant than those in
the north, but the fascinating buildings and traditions more than
compensate.
Responsible
tourism - the way we work!
Although they live in some of the most beautiful scenery imaginable,
Vietnam's ethnic minority communities are among the poorest people
in the country.
Unlike many Vietnam
travel companies, we believe our tours to Vietnam should be more
than exotic vacations that concentrate on sight-seeing and taking
photos of ethnic minority life. Travel to Vietnam with Haivenu,
and you’ll get to know about, and if you wish, have practical
experience of what it’s like to live in a grindingly poor
village set in magnificent scenery.
Haivenu tours to Vietnam
are not just unusual holidays that feature ‘pretty’
views, costumes and dwellings. Among Vietnam travel companies, we're
regarded as a leader in responsible tourism. If you travel to Vietnam
with us, apart from the idyllic rural setting, the intriguing cultures
and the colourful life-style, we'll show you the downside of poverty
and politely ask you to help us to improve the life of the local
people wherever possible.
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