2018 is coming soon. Whether going back home for New Year holiday or meeting friends and chatting, people will definitely spend some time travelling. Thanks to the length of S-shaped country, Vietnam always consists of many outstanding and surprising places that you may not discover in such a year. If you are wondering where to go for this upcoming year, let’s explore some of the travelling experience you might favor for your future trip!
1. Staying overnight on a junk boat in Halong Bay
There won’t be any complaints when it comes to Halong Bay, one of the world natural heritages that is so much famous to everyone. Staying on boat and sailing around this legendary bay would be the best experience. And I think this coming time, Halong Bay will still attract travelers with one or more night on board to discover the untouched areas of Halong bay, Bai Tu Long bay and Lan Ha Bay.
With a variety of selection of the quality of the cruise boat ranging from 3- 5 stars, as well as its designs and materials, you can choose whichever you want and can be affordable. On average, the price is from US$120 up to US$300 for each person sharing room with full board for 2 days 1 night cruise. Just imagine you sitting next to the fresh water of the bay and relaxing enjoying the beautiful and glamorous sunrise or sunset, you cannot ignore this amazing experience.
2. Get hidden by the nature
Going to the beaches has become a familiar activity of tourists and Vietnamese people at the weekend or even in holiday. However, recently, going up to the mountain is getting more well-known than going down as beaches are crowded whenever it comes to holidays. Getting hidden by nature can also mean a life staying away from the normal life in cities and ignoring all stressful work, a life having shortage of modern equipment but definitely bringing one of the most peaceful moment in your soul.
A house, a swimming pool or a field on the high region using nature is the main environment is what some of people are preferring. If you have heard about this type of relaxing, Sapa, Ninh Binh or Thanh Hoa are among those destination that are suitable for experiencing, having to include Pu Luong Retreat, Chezbeo Valley Bungalows, Eco Palms House, Topas Ecolodge, The Haven Sapa Camp Site and other attractive places. The price would not be cheap at all together with even a long and hard way to reach, they are still worth to be enjoyed, aren’t they?
3. Living closer to the local life
One of the most noticeable place that uses that type of travelling is Da Lat, another is Sa Pa. Instead of renting a classic room in a hotel with all four white walls as previous, tourists are looking for more and more homestays to stay overnight as if they are at their own houses. Homestay in the modern town is no longer for only staying and sleeping. It is becoming a piece of art, where people taking a rest, enjoying the incredible view with lots of flowers and trees and even drinking a cup of coffee in the slightly coldness of the weather.
If hanging around social networks and coming across with those pictures with the amazing sightseeing, retro or colorful style, you can recognize they might be in a homestay, not a hotel!
4. Have lunch with ethnic minority people
You would never know how good they are when speaking English. Local people, here we mention those living in ethnic minorities group, can speak English very well with their accent familiar to the native speakers. Together with their unique traditions and culture, many foreigners wants to find the way to deepen the nature and discover the beauty of people living there.
Sapa, where H’Mong people live, is where local people usually welcome tourists coming and having lunch with them. Also, after that, tourists should join in the trekking with them around their hamlets or villages.
5. Backpacking Tourism
If those travel agencies have been famous for their good job in guiding tourists when they travel to Vietnam, most of people especially the youth and even foreigners are getting more interested in backpacking tourism, which is a type of travel within a small group using mainly motorbikes and carrying one or two backpacks. Thanks to the dramatic development of the Internet, people can go almost anywhere with their own smartphone having internet connection. That might be the reason why more people prefer trekking by themselves.
Get ready to join in the motor world where most of people use motorbikes instead of cars as the main means of transportation. Tourists can rent a motorbike and explore the beauty of every place along Vietnam. However, be patient with the traffic jam and be serious with those transportation principles!
6. Experiencing life on the boat Mekong delta
The north of Vietnam are famous for the extreme and harsh coldness where you can find a similarity in weather with your own country. The middle region has been complimented for its antique and charming beauty as well as the relaxing tranquility. The south of Vietnam are too well known to tourists when mention Saigon, the biggest and busiest city in the country. So what about the southwest area? Life and work on the boat has become a unique feature of people living there.
We can see a charming and luxurious boat floating on the river or sea including people enjoying their meal. We also notice a cruise with tourists sitting and relaxing during their holidays. However, it is rare to watch people living, staying, and reading on their own boat with full of commodities in every early morning on the river. But that’s true with people in the southwest of Vietnam. And that is when people, especially tourists coming from abroad find interesting in life of people there. We cannot tell how exciting and amazing the air is when floating markets along the Mekong Delta start.