I first heard about Asia Pioneer at tripadvisor and I decided to write an enquiry email right away. Best choice ever! 🙂 Got my first answer from Kata (our contact person for the whole time) within 24 hours and the first offer was very good. But until we could finally book the trip we had to do a lot of chances – no problem for Kata at all, she put in whatever I asked her to in our program. About the hotels we totally trusted her knowledge. We just wanted to have 3 to 4 star hotels. And I have to say every hotel that we stayed at was perfect for our needs, breakfast was always included. As were the entrance fees and meals if mentioned in our program.

About our tour: we did a 3 1/2 weeks Vietnam and Cambodia tour – all organised by Kata. In total we had 3 (international) flights, two trainrides (Hanoi – Sa Pa retourn) , a night at a boat in Halong Bay and the rest in “normal” hotels.
Everything worked out perfectly – we got a mobile phone at the beginning of our trip to call Kata at anytime if problems would occur. We had to do that once and within minutes our problem was solved, eventhough it was already 10 pm!

Every tour guide we had made a perfect job and tried to fullfill every of our wishes. It was no problem to stop by somewhere, leave early or late, whatever we wanted too do. Íf we wanted to buy typical stuff we got help negotiating the prices.
In Sa Pa our tour guide cooked a meal in a homestay house for us – a thing we wouldn’t have asked for as we wouldn’t have know that this would be possible! And we loved it!

All in all, I would not consider a second about booking my trip with Indochina Pinoeer again, I would just do it. We talked to people who did everything on their own, it was neither cheaper nor more relaxing or anything. It was just nice to have somebody taking care of us wherever we were.

We met Kata once in Hanoi – she extra came to our breakfast restaurant in the mornging – and it was really nice to finally see the person, I’ve been writing to emails for about 5 months.

It’s hardly to say what we liked most: but Sa Pa should be a must on every Vietnam trip and I would definitly go to Cambodia too, if I’m there, as it’s not a very long journey and absolutely worth it. Halong Bay was also beautiful too, of course. Vietnam in general is a very beautiful country with lots of different things to do and see, I wouldn’t want to miss anything that we did on our trip! It was just perfect as it was!

Thank you again, Kata and everybody else that made our trip unforgetable!

What a fantastic holiday we have just had. Lam from Asia Pioneer organised a private tour for the four of us, I would definitely recommend a private tour over a large group tour. It is just like having a local friend show you around each area. We were able to experience things that would not have been possible in a larger group – like the food tours which were fantastic, visiting small local shops to taste the delicious food and other activities like the basket boats and Sampan rides – just not possible in a large group.
We did a 15 day Best of Vietnam tour of Hanoi, Sapa, Halong Bay, Hue, Hoi An and Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon. The tour had a good level of content and many meals included. We have come home with some great memories and photos.
Hanoi with its busy traffic was a great introduction to the tour. We enjoyed walking through the minority villages in Sapa and the Huong Hai Sealife Cruise on Halong Bay was excellent. The boat, like the hotels we stayed in were all high quality. The hotels were also located well so that we could easily get around in our spare time. Hoi An is a great spot to visit and we enjoyed the village and also the other activities like the basket boat rides, another great food tour and a visit to My Son Holy Land. In Saigon we enjoyed our trip to the Mekong Delta where we we embarked on a scenic boat trip on the Ben Tre River, a Sampan and Motor Cart ride, and a delicious lunch. We also found the Cu Chi Tunnels interesting
The guides were great and spoke English well. Tuan, Sissy, Bao and Larry- thanks for showing us around. We enjoyed your jokes Bao! The drivers were also good and thanks to the driver in Hue/Hoi An who was always ready with a bottle of icy cold water after we had been out and about.
I found Asia Pioneer Tours on tripadvisor and was impressed by their high ratings and reviews. We were not disappointed and are very happy that we chose this tour over the larger group tour we had been looking at.

as a group of 13 women, we had a fantastic 5-day private customized tour of siem reap and the vicinity. incredible beauty. and pascale was a kind and informative guide.

We just returned from a fantastic two weeks in Cambodia & Vietnam, all expertly organized by Asia Pioneer on fairly short notice. Within 45 minutes of my first email inquiry, Kata Tran was calling to begin arranging an itinerary that included everything we wanted to see and more. The trip ran smoothly from start to finish, there were no surprises, and all of the activities/hotels/arrangements were excellent. My husband and I travel internationally all the time for work, so we know how many things can go wrong, but with Indochina P, everything went right and it was so nice to be in the good hands of Kata, our guides and drivers – we managed to squeeze in a ton of sightseeing in Siem Reap, HCMC, Hoi An, Hue, Hanoi and Halong Bay. Do not miss Halong Bay or a cooking class in Hoi An! Special thanks to our fantastic guides Tam in HCMC and Tony in Hanoi. If you are thinking about booking through Asia Pioneer — don’t think any more, just do it, you will not regret it. This was probably the best trip we have ever taken!

My wife and I just returned from 16 days in Cambodia and Vietnam. Lam at Asia Pioneer worked with us from our first inquiry all the way through our last day. He always answered any question or concern very promptly. He was very professional and very nice to work with. In fact we had the pleasure of meeting him for lunch in Hanoi.

Every hotel, flight, tour and guide he booked for us was as good or better than promised. We had four guides in total and they were all knowledgeable, reliable and very friendly.

The entire operation is first-rate.

We have just returned from a wonderful 11 days in Vietnam. Quyen arranged a wonderful itinerary that enabled us to start in HCMC, visit Hue and Hoi An and finish in Hanoi. A busy but great time was had by all 5 of us. Looking back Quyen was able to strike a balance of busy days and also time to meander and take our time which we greatly appreciated. It was a family celebration of a milestone birthday and a really nice touch was the amazing birthday cake that turned up on the day when we returned to our hotel! Everything was organised really well, with guides and drivers always on time- we felt so safe and cared for. All our guides were great and we enjoyed each one’s own way of explaining their country and Vietnam’s history. Our guides were able to give us ideas on where to head when we had time to ourselves and we appreciated both Thuy and Duy helping us when we needed to change our USD to VND. They both went out of their way to do this for us 🙂 Quyen took great care in following up with me when changes had to be made to the itinerary and hotels. Also his emails instilled me with confidence that things were in hand and we would not be let down. Thanks so much for a memorable time.

We could not speak highly enough of Ms Ruby and Asia Pioneer. We travelled as a small group on a tailored tour. We did not want to go on a bus with 20-30 people we did nor know and wanted our itinerary changed at a moments notice if we chose. We started planning 12-15 months in advance and asked Ms Ruby many questions and advice on different topics. She did not miss a beat and the end result was an amazing trip with everything going according to our desires. Asia Pioneer is definitely the tour company you need to have make your holiday a trip of a lifetime. Their knowledge and attention to detail far surpassed our expectations and our tour guides were local people with local knowledge. We did not have to line up, take turns at sitting up the front of the bus, we could always hear and see our guide. We can highly recommend this company and Ms Ruby – thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We will return