VIETNAM · VIETNAM TRAIN JOURNEYS
Good vietnam train journeys fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 7 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Taste Hanoi classics, explore the Old Quarter, and watch trains pass inches away on a private food tour with an English-speaking guide.
“Excellent trip well deserved five stars. Many thanks to Daisy and Stella for there hospitality throughout”
Review of Da Nang to Hue by train via Hai Van Pass, with Imperial City, royal tombs, lunch, guide, value, and practical tips.
“The train ride through the mountain pass was very special. We also thoroughly enjoyed the history provided by our guides did in the Imperial City . A great tour with well coordinated transportation.”
Ride a Vietnamese Army Jeep from Hanoi’s Red River countryside to Train Street, with local food, small groups, and an English-speaking guide.
“We loved everything about this tour. The lunch was amazing and our guide, Hanna was a cutie pie. So informative and personable. Well worth the time and money to spend a few hours seeing Hanoi with locals. The tour was full of surprises and every turn. Highly recommend!!”
Ride Vietnam’s coastal railway from Da Nang to Hue, cross Hai Van Pass, visit imperial sites, and enjoy local food on a full-day tour.
“Tom was our guide and took the time to answer questions. Very informative and friendly! Took us to a great restaurant where we were served Vietnamese Cuisine and it all was delicious. Had taken our orders previously so when we arrived everything was already to eat.”
Review of a 2-day Sapa tour from Hanoi by overnight train, with village treks, local guides, meals, hotel stay, and practical tips.
“Very well organized. We especially liked that one way was by night train and the way back by limousine/7people bus at daytime so we could see some more of the amazing landscape. Limousine was very comfortable”
Trek Sapa’s Muong Hoa Valley, stay with a Dzay family, sleep on an overnight train, and explore Hmong and Red Dao villages.
“What a truly amazing trip, the memories and photos will last a life time. The 2 guides (Su Su and Ai) were fantastic, very friendly, chatty and knowledgeable. All the transport, accommodation and meals were perfect.”
Review of the Hanoi to Sapa overnight train tour, with hill-tribe villages, rice terraces, trekking advice, costs, and practical tips.
“We did 2 different tours with Charming Travel and were completely overwhelmed with the more then great guides, fantastic foods, awesome sceneries but most of all the real look into the local people's life with all of it's beauty, happiness and sorrow coming with it. Thanks.”
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