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Hidden Indochina

Close to the people

Immersion in local life

Share sticky rice with a Thai family, learn a Dao song by the fire, follow a fisherman at dawn: genuine encounters, prepared with communities and fairly paid.

Linh Nguyễn

Your travel designer

Linh Nguyễn

Travel designer — Northern Vietnam · FR · EN · VI

“I was born in Lao Cai. I know Sapa's trails step by step, and every family that welcomes you is one I know personally.”

5 Experience

Close to the people

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A night with a White Thai family
Mai Chau 1 night

A night with a White Thai family

Sticky rice and rice wine at dinner, bamboo dancing, waking to the rooster in a stilt house.

Hike from Lao Chai to Ta Van
Sapa Full day

Hike from Lao Chai to Ta Van

Eight kilometres across the terraces with a Hmong guide, lunch in a family home.

The Flower Hmong market
Bac Ha Sunday morning

The Flower Hmong market

Buffalo, embroidered brocades and horse soup: the mountains' great weekly market.

Hmong hemp and indigo workshop
Sapa 3 hours

Hmong hemp and indigo workshop

Spin hemp, dye with indigo and draw with beeswax alongside the women of Ta Phin.

A delta homestay
Vinh Long 1 night

A delta homestay

Orchards, a dusk sampan ride and elephant-ear fish for dinner with a Mekong family.

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