Southeast Asia Tours

Alick Peng at Odyssey did a great job via extensive email correspondence trying to understand our wants and then devising a programme to suit. The day tour in Hoi An was a huge success. The people he lined up to guide and serve us were terrific. Loved Guide Tuan's tour of the old town, lunch was excellent and the afternoon visit to the vegetable farm was huge fun. The pancake cooking lessons were fun too. Everything went smoothly despite the very hot weather and the Odyssey people were all friendly and fun. Great value.

The trip was well organized and planned, the timing was perfect, and the cost was just right. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and it was easily seen that he loves his country and his job!! I would recommend this trip to anybody who plans on visiting Vietnam.

Odyssey facilitated our first trip to Asia. Not only were their suggestions dead on, but the guide they provided was the best guide we have ever had! We have found that private guides are the best way to get the most out of each country we visit. The hotel that was suggested to us, was the Metropole as we asked for 5 star. They not only suggested the best hotel for us, but encouraged us to book the historic wing which made all the difference in the world. Our adult daughter traveled with us and at the last minute wanted a day tour to Halong Bay, and by the next morning, Odyssey's guide, had the boat and transportation ready and off to Halong Bay they went. Truly, an exceptional experience for her. I suggest one day tour to Halong Bay, instead of the Junk boats as we heard from fellow travelers that you can have poor experiences. My husband and I are older, so went to tailors while our daughter went to Halong Bay and back in the same day and was beyond thrilled with the whole experience!! If you do a private or semi-private tour, you can bypass all the stops that the regular guides do for buying trinkets. That way, you go right to Halong and have more time for kayaking and cave touring.

This company helped us design a truly perfect month in Vietnam. We identified cities/areas we were interested in; they suggested others and reasons. We jointly decided how long in each place. They found terrific hotels, restaurants, drivers and English speaking guides who knew so much about every place we went, including temples, parks, caves, museums. We used boats of all types on little and big rivers. Went fishing, swimming, hiking, biking and more. I can't say enough good about this company. Everything was perfect, not one logistical misstep. Guides helped with medical needs, e.g place for blood tests, translated where we needed it. If I hadn't already traveled in the other countries they support, I'd be planning another trip with them pronto. I can recommend them without reservation, something I can't do with any other tour company we've used, and there are many good ones. the trip was very reasonably priced and we were in 4 star hotels and ate wonderfully.