It just wonderful!!!!!

Amazing!! Life changing. Great guides, great ambassador & great fellow backpackers. I had so much fun while busting my butt (literally a few times!). Hard work & probably the challenge & experience I’m most proud to have done. It was so beautiful. Not very crowded, it felt like we had the canyon to ourselves. Everyone was there to lend a hand if needed & I always felt safe. I will be doing another adventure for sure!!

Hi, I was lucky enough to be able to take the trip offered to Northern Vietnam on Oct 7-15. This was my first group trip and my first trip to Vietnam. While I did greatly enjoy a majority of the adventure, there were a few glitches which most of my group will agree on. While we understand that last minute changes may occur, most of us were very disappointed that a large chunk of our kayaking time was cut out, for many of us this was a big selling point. Day 3 Halong Bay kayaking time was just over an hour, also this was not in conjunction with the cave tour as described. Day 4 was listed as another kayak opportunity for a couple of hours around Ao Ech area. That was completely missing on our agenda, seemingly replaced with Tai Chi on the boat. Our time at Emeralda Resort was far too short. It is such a beautiful setting that it was a terrible shame to leave without having a full chance to explore and relax in this peaceful setting. There were 2 sit down lunches along the way that were too long when as a group we would have preferred a quick bite and get back to fun instead of an 8 course meal in the middle of the day. Maybe future trips could lengthen the stay in the countryside by cutting back on some of the time spent in Hanoi, while it is a very interesting city, there is so much beauty beyond that. Thank you , Donna