We were a small group of 6 travellers heading to various destinations throughout Vietnam. After much research we decided to use Asia Pioneer to help us achieve the best possible trip within our time frame. From the guides and drivers to the constant contact from Lam at IndoChina we were kept in the loop throughout the entire 3 weeks. Our journey took us up the Mekong River, to Anchor Wat temples and lunch at the local Nunnery and the list goes on. Very full itinerary (which was our choice), the only thing I would say is to make sure you have plenty of lay days in between. My favourite was Hoi An were we shopped and had shoes and clothes made but also enjoyed a private cooking class with Hanh from Gioan Cooking School. The hotels that were recommended to us did not disappoint, the landmarks were breath taking and the people truly lovely. We altered a couple of items on our itinerary as we were going and everything was handled for us without any dramas. If you are thinking of holidaying in Vietnam, I cannot recommend this company highly enough. We will be back and we will be using Asia Pioneer. Thanks Lam and team for a wonderful experience. Lyn from Australia

From Hanoi to Ha Long Bay, to Hue and Hoi An, and then from Ho Chi Minh City and up the Mekong River through Cambodia and on to Siem Reap and the wonderful Angkor Wat – Asia Pioneer organized this three week holiday for four friends – all of it with tremendous efficiency, terrific guides. Mr. Lam was always available, always helpful and clearly knows his business extremely well. Would not hesitate to recommend.

My wife and I celebrated our honeymoon in Vietnam with the great team at Asia Pioneer. From the beginning Mr. Lam was great to speak with when we were trying to plan our vacation from Canada. Once we arrived in Vietnam Lam and our guides Lee and Ling were fantastic. We would recommend Asia Pioneer to anyone looking for a professional and trustful touring agency for trips to South East Asia.

Would highly recommend Asia Pioneer to arrange your whole itinerary within Vietnam, not just day tours. Being a travel agent it was a hard decision who to travel with and we were certainly not disappointed. Excellent pre-tour information, down to tipping advise and restaurant selections and quick replies to endless questions, were never a problem with Lam. The recommendations and choice of hotels suited our family perfectly, both in location, budget, room facilities and excellent restaurants all on site. All our meet and greets were done professionally, visa on arrival service was perfect, our guides throughout were well spoken, knowledgeable and proud to be ambassadors for their company and country. All vehicles were of top quality with air con and cold iced water was available all the time. Special mention must be made of Luu in Hanoi. Trekking in Sapa was the highlight of our trip, if we could possibly chose a highlight out of this diverse and beautiful country. Indochina certainly made our trip the memorable holiday want we wanted it to be, we will be back!

Lam organised an 11 day tour of Laos for us and did an excellent job of arranging the tour. Everything went really well, the guides spoke good English and the hotels were very good. Luang Prabang in particular was wonderful and the guide and driver both took really good care of us.

Customised a closed to 8 days 7 night tour with Asia Pioneer for my stay in Hanoi.
Kata, the sales manger is very helpful in planning my itineraries despite such a short period of time.
The tour guides (Cece – Sapa Tour guide, Viet – Hanoi Driver & Nam – Hanoi Tour guide) were knowledgeable and friendly.
Overall, my family and I had an amazing time in Hanoi under the professional planning of Asia Pioneer and the effort the guides put in!

Thumbs up to all of them!

My husband and I have just returned from travelling with another couple through Cambodia and Vietnam for 31 days. We could not find a tour to include all we wanted to see and do, so after reading the excellent reviews on Trip Advisor about Asia Pioneer we made contact with Mr Lam.
Mr Lam customised our tour and provided advice on how long to stay at various places, the best time to travel etc. I have to admit to being a little tentative, thinking it may be a scam but my fears were alleviated from the moment we met our first guide at Siem Reap airport. The guides and drivers were always on time to pick us up. The guides generally spoke good English (some better than others) and all were flexible with regard to slightly changing our itinerary on a particular day if we requested it.

We chose to stay mostly in small boutique hotels and this worked well for us as they are usually close to restaurants and markets. With a customised tour such as this you can choose the type of accommodation (2,3,4 or 5 star)

We would recommend Mr Lam and Asia Pioneer to travellers who want to choose their own route and travel either on their own or with a small group of friends. In our opinion it represented good value for money.