This trek through lush valleys and verdant hillsides offers breathtaking views of steeply terraced rice fields, towering ridgelines, and raging rivers. You wil be traveling to the Sapa Mountains in Northern Vietnam, high in the Tonkinese Alps near the Chinese border. During the five day trek you will share in the ancient cultures of these diverse hill tribes and be given the opportunity to share in the activity of their daily lives.

You will have the opportunity to experience the colorful Sapa Market where women from different ethnic minority groups sell their products before you transfer back to Lao cai for the night train to Hanoi to commence your journey home.

Departures: This trip can be adapted to suit you, as necessary.

Price: £298 (5days) per person excluding flights

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If you are in reasonably decent shape, posess a keen interest, and a sense of humor as well as a desire for travel to a magical land, this could be just the trip you’ve been waiting for. In this intensive Ranger Programme, you’ll be given the opportunity to spend time with the mahouts and their elephants, meet local villagers and forest guards while you experience and practice all aspects of ecology, conservation and life in the wild.

You will travel and work with guides in the day and night of the jungle. Here you will have a matchless opportunity to experience the night sounds of the jungle; the alarm calls oof the sambar and chital deer, the langur monkeys and the snort of the nilgai antelope, the eerie call of the Golden Jackal, and even perhaps the low moaning call of the tiger.

This Programme is planned and monitored to insure maximum benefit in terms of cultural interaction, awareness, and understanding is achieved by both local people and participants. The environmental, social, and economic impact of the visit are assessed to avoid over dependency.

Departure:This trips’ itenerary can be tailormade to suit your budget and arranged for your schedule convenience

Price: £1,875 (12 days) per person based on twin share room basis, including flights from London Heathrow, U.K.

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