Vientiane Active and outdoor Trips

The trip, overall itinerary and organisation was very good. This trip covered 3 countries over 4 weeks, in each of which we had a separate tour leader. Although all were nice people and helpful there is room for improvement. Our TL in Cambodia was quite difficult to understand (accent) but more significantly he talked far too much making details difficult to sort out. If he had focussed just on key facts, events etc it would have been much better. Also, all 3 took us to very poor restaurants where it seems they get free meals as a minimum. This should be addressed or made clear to clients. Nevertheless overall had a fantastic time. One further item to consider the train from Hanoi to Hue was considered by nearly all the clients on our trip to be exhausting and poor. Perhaps consider upgrading the train compartments. Most hotels were fair to OK with a few good, which I liked.

Very good trip. In Siam Riep, it would have been good to have some free time and maybe some trips other than to temples (e.g. land mine rats). Otherwise, a very good trip overall.

This tour is actually three tours stitched together, which is fine. Each of the countries had its own leader and a relatively new roster of tourists. To be fair, a separate review of each of the countries-Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia is recommended. I enjoyed all of the tours but have comments for each-too much for this space.

On the whole the trip was amazing. However, the guide we had in Vietnam was very disappointing, as he was difficult to understand and he didn't give many facts about the country or fully engage with the group. The guides in Laos and Cambodia were very good. I was disappointed with the accommodation, especially in Laos, it was very basic. The itinerary was great, although I would have liked to stay longer in Halong Bay, maybe doing an overnight boat trip. The train journey from Hanoi was horrendous and would have preferred to fly or done in the daytime.