Ailsa Edwards
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We did the signature tour (R9) which was incredible, tiring and challenging trek but well worth it for the variation of ethnic villages that you visit. Our guide was very local and had grown up in one of the villages, married a man in another and had childhood friends in a third village we visited, this gave us an incredible insight into the uniqueness of the people who live in this area. we wanted to give it five stars but felt we couldn’t because, whilst we expected very basic accommodation, there were things that could’ve made it a five star experience. The mosquito nets were not all working, there wasn’t always soap in the sink to wash your hands, (due to not understanding our guide)we didn’t get to walk through the bamboo forest and the last day was on roads rather than the more wild hiking that the itinerary describes. We had Thanh with us for our first day and a half, which was wonderful as he was really good company and also very respectful of it being our tour.