Swinging through an endless series of z curves, the centre line a mere suggestion of which side you should be on, dodging motorcycles, cars, container trucks, walkers, water-buffalo, dogs, and on and on and on... this was our road trip through the beauty of North Vietnam.

Our driver, Bao, expertly handled the car; we were grateful for his skill and felt very safe. Our guide, Loi, was a kind, fun-loving man who assured our needs were met and patiently provided explanations and answers to our many questions. He was warmly greeted by everyone we met and made an extra effort to keep us comfortable and well-fed.

We were happy to have had our warm weather clothing as the weather was rainy and temperatures cold which was unusual for the season. Our home stay hosts were gracious in welcoming us and provided delicious meals.

The beauty of the limestone peaks, green valleys, terraced gardens were the reward as was the privilege of seeing the people of the region at work.

Mr Linh’s 5 night, 6 day tour certainly was an adventure and left us with a most positive impression.

We were a group of six friends traveling all women we did a home stay near Ban Gioc waterfalls.Our guide and driver were both fantastic Loi was our guide he was very knowledgeable about many things and kept us laughing our driver Long was great and made us all feel safe! The home stay was also great the hosts were very welcoming and Loi went above to take care of our needs ! Would definitely both with him again