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Dao Lanten girls with their mother
Arguably one of the most beautiful places in Indochina, northwest Vietnam offers the more adventurous traveller an authentic taste of traditional hill tribe life.
The majestic mountains rise dramatically from the fertile plains and numerous rivers and streams provide ideal conditions for the terraced paddy fields to thrive.
Woven into this dramatic landscape are the simple houses of the ethnic minorities who continue to live a lifestyle that has remained unchanged for centuries. If possible we will time your trip to coincide with one of the bustling weekly markets that take place in the villages dotted amongst the surrounding hills. These markets are an undisputable highlight and many colourful ethnic minorities come down from their settlements to trade.
Whilst pockets of the northwest have already been discovered, for the more determined traveller who is prepared to venture off the beaten track the rewards are immense.
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