Viet Orient Tours can bring the entire expanse of the Southeast Asian experience to you in the format you desire, individually tailored, rich in unique experience and also safe and comfortable.
“Educational” tours highlight the religious, political and social history of the region offering detailed explanations of the major shifts of power, from the Hindus to the French to the West to the closing and then re-opening of the borders. Landmarks, temples, key geographical and political regions are covered, with tours often taking visitors over the same routes known to have been traveled by kings and their courts.
“Ethnic” Village tours allow you to discover the rich ethnic diversity of Southeast Asia. Each of the many tribes has its own culture and customs, some even their own language. You can observe how a small community subsists on farming and fishing. In these tours you see first hand how life was -- and is -- lived well before modernization and cities were built. In these villages, thatched huts are the norm and water is drawn from a well or mountain streams, not from a faucet.
“Bike The Country” tours enable the visitor to experience the countryside of their chosen country like many locals – on bikes. With a variety of destinations and itineraries there is something for every level of experience. Here’s a great way to feel the pulse of the country and come closer to the essence of each area.
“Adventure” tours can be oriented on the thrill-seeker’s desire to experience the natural elements of Southeast Asia, from boardsailing off the coast near Phan Thiet in Vietnam to the paddling the untouched rivers or hiking the Laotian highlands. This part of the Asian continent affords one to experience the high of Mount Phou Bia, 9.242 feet in the Laotian highlands. It also offers the flatlands of southwestern Cambodia, whose beaches on the Gulf of Thailand bring to mind the Adventures of Robinson Caruso – unspoiled expanses of white sand and turquoise sea.
“Water” tours allow the visitor to get the in-depth historical perspective on the distinct economies that developed around the vital rivers of the region. With its banks crowded with green rice paddies and farms, the Red River in the north end of Vietnam, for example, has been compared to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which are known as the “cradle of civilization.” The Mekong River, the 10th longest in the world, runs like a power cord through Southeast Asia, stretching from the headwaters in Tibet to the mouth of the South China Sea.
