Mountains and Hill-tribes

There are then, as we said, less off-the-beaten-track tours and more off-the-beaten-track tours of Southeast Asia.

Going off-the-beaten-track half way round the World with people you don’t know, food you’ve never tried before and what appear to be extreme weather conditions. What can possibly go wrong?

A few tips on how to get the best out of your small group tour to Southeast Asia

The country’s unusual topography and geography means that the question, when’s the best time to visit Vietnam, results in a far more complex answer than one would at first imagine.

Vientiane We’ve run through our favourite see and dos in  Vientiane before so this post is more of an overall description and brief rundown on the history of the laid-back Lao capital.(1) Although of course growing, it is still by some distance the smallest of the various Southeast Asian capitals with an estimated 215,000 inhabiting the downtown area, increasing to…

Much of Southeast Asia’s rugged mountainous north was until very recently a mere blank on the map

Indochine, as the French called it, comprised 5 regions or territories; Annam, Cambodia, Cochin-china, Laos and Tonkin

A detour through the spectacular mountain landscapes of Pu Luong, Thanh Hoa Province, northwest Vietnam

Meals on our Vietnam small group tours and some of the classic local dishes you’ll come across

Kuang Si Waterfall The picturesque waterfalls, turquoise cascades and limestone-edged ponds of Kuang Si, nestled amid forest some 30 kilometres southwest of Luang Prabang, are an understandably popular destination with both locals and foreign visitors. Though not far from town, it did used to be a bit of an arduous trip along either muddy or dusty, but always bumpy, trails…

Lao money | Which currencies would I be using on a tour of Laos and how much should I take?

Luang Prabang The picturesque town of Luang Prabang is justifiably one of the highlights of the small, landlocked Southeast Asian nation of Laos. The historic, ancient northern capital, added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list back in 2013, comes with a stunning location – nestled amid mountains on the banks of the Mekong – and houses a mixture of ancient Buddhist…