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Go Asia Travel (GAT) was licensed as international tour operator in July.2011 by VNAT.

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Do charity in Mu Cang Chai Yen Bai - Vietnam Charity Tours

Tour overview:

Our charity tour starts from Hanoi, then pass by to the Red River, where we experience daily life of villagers on lower land. Spend 3 days to Mu Cang Chai with the poorest families, orphans, children who cannot go to school because of lacking time and money. They have to struggle with their life by helping their parents to do housework. We give them foods, clothes, studying equipments.   

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Tour outline:

Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D, WP)

Day 2: Hanoi – Nghia Lo town (B, L, D)

Day 3: Nghia Lo – Do charity in Mu Cang Chai (B, L, D)

Day 4: Nghia Lo – Hanoi and departure (B, L)

Tour itinerary:

Day 1:  Hanoi arrival (D)

Welcome you at airport, we transfer you to hotel in Hanoi, have dinner in local restaurant and enjoy Water Puppet Show. You overnight in hotel in Hanoi.

Day 2:  Hanoi – Nghia Lo (B, L, D)

Start a long drive to Nghia Lo, on the way have chance to watch the countryside picture. We have lunch on the way and keep going to Nghia Lo town. We will stay overnight in Nghia Lo town.

Day 3:  Nghia Lo – Do charity in Mu Cang Chai (B, L, D)

We will pass many villages of ethnic people and amazing terrace paddy, surely this area will give so beautiful photos collection about northwest of Vietnam. We reach the top of the pass of Khau Pha, then Mu Cang Chai. We work with local authorities to know exactly how many families need strong supports. A part from clothes, medicine, books, pens, backpacks, we donate them in cash as scholarship for the hardest pupils. We go to visit those families, give them support, advises and encouragement. Lunch is served on the way and goes back to Nghia Lo for dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Nghia Lo – Hanoi and departure (B, L)

Following the old route, we come back to Hanoi, relax and prepare for going to airport

Tour included

-      Hotel with sharing twin or double room with daily breakfast

-      Transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle as specified in the itinerary

-      Experienced English-speaking guides acted as interpreter  

-      Entry fees for all visits as mentioned in itinerary

-      Meals as indicated in itinerary

Tour excluded

     -  International and domestic flights

     -  Visas & visa fee, travel insurance, tips & gratuities

     -  Personal expenditure like shopping, drink, laundry, phone

Trip note

Accommodation and foods: We aim to do charity, so staying in 2 or 3 star hotel in Hanoi is the best solution that makes you feel healthy and comfortable or even safe. You will enjoy the absolute local foods cooked by local people with hygiene and quality. When you are in Nghia Lo, hotel provided is just 2 star hotel on basis.

What to bring: You had better take sun cream, hiking boots, bottled water, and comfortable clothes. GAT travel’s staff will wrap all necessary charity offerings in to a box together with your offerings. We make sure all of this hand directly to poor children, cash donation should be handling to poor family, you will do that directly

Guide acted as interpreter: Our guide will help you with Vietnamese-English/French or reverse conversations with our staff’s support to pre-contact to local government and authority under the name of our company

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Ba Be Lake becomes Vietnam’s third Ramsar site - Go Asia Travel

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will present the UNESCO’s decision recognizing Ba Be Lake as a Ramsar site (wetland of international importance” to the Ba Be Lake management board on June 5, the World Day for Environment. Ba Be lake under threat from ore exploitation and deforestation.

Tours to Babe - Ecotours

Earlier, The Secretary General of Ramsar Convention, Anad Tiega signed the decision that recognizes Vietnam’s Ba Be Lake as the wetland of international importance. This is the third Ramsar site in Vietnam, besides Xuan Thuy (Nam Dinh province) and Bau Sau (Dong Nai province).

Having been formed approximately 200 million years ago, the 10,048ha Ba Be Lake is located at the elevation of 178m above sea level, in Nam Mau commune, Bac Kan district, Bac Kan province, in the northeastern region. It is the largest natural lake in Vietnam. It is surrounded by limestone cliffs, which in turn are covered by primary forests. This is the only natural lake on amountain and the largest natural lake in Vietnam.Ba Be Lake is a featured geographical science and is a biodiversity reservoir. It is a part of the Ba Be National Park. In 1995, Ba Be Lake was recognized as one of the 20 special fresh-water lakes in the world that need protection. In 2004, the Ba Be National Park was recognized as the heritage park of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

The Ramsar Convention (The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat) is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. It is named after the town of Ramsar in Iran.

In September 1988, the Ramsar Convention Office recognized Xuan Thuy as Vietnam’s first Ramsar site. Vietnam is the first country in Southeast Asia joining Ramsar Convention.

In August 2005, Bau Sau, which is located inside the Cat Tien National Park in the southern province of Dong Nai was recognized as Vietnam’s second Ramsar site. The Agency for Biodiversity Preservation said that Vietnam would nominate Tram Chim as the fourth Ramsar site of Vietnam.

News by VietnamNet /  Go Asia Travel