Like having a sister of a friend show you her hometown
I visited Viet Nam for the first time, and My (for English-speaking folks, pronounced “Wee”) as the guide and Vu (rhymes with “you”) as our driver showed me around Hue, Da Nang (My’s home town), and Hoi An over 4 days. Vu was dependable, always where we needed him to be when we needed him there. Safe driver, good navigator, and friendly and accommodating. His English was not as good as My’s–whom I would describe as “conversational” if not “fluent”–so we spent most of our time with My. And she is a total delight! Young, vibrant and genuine. University degree in tourism, but more like a friend-of-a-friend who knew you were coming to town and wanted to proudly show off where she grew up. We have traveled a lot and had many tour guides, but this was the first that I felt like we were with family and not a commercial counterparty earning her keep. What do I mean? She had opinions. She engaged. She laughed at us when we did silly things, and then explained why in her culture they were silly. She said silly things and listened when we explained why, to us, they were silly. She asked questions about our lives, she asked about pictures we showed her of our lives back home, and she talked with enthusiasm about her own. She worked tirelessly at helping us in our attempts at pronouncing the Vietnamese word for “delicious.” Apparently, we kept saying “vomit” instead, and she laughed at us and tried to demonstrate. She wouldn’t let us bail on one particular stop (Marble Mountain outside Da Nang) when it was getting late and we were tired–and marveled with us when she saw the sights at dusk in a way she had not seen them before (because we had her out way past the normal time). I could go on, but instead I’ll say count yourself lucky if you can line her–and/or Vu–up to show you around this amazing part of the world. — Traveller: Donald M from Tripadvisor
Excellent Tour Guide and Company
We booked this excellent tour from Hoi An to Hue. Our guide “Can” picked us up at our hotel in Hoi An. On Our way to Hue we stopped in Danang and we had the best Vietnamese coffee at Nam Cafe. We visited the Imperial tombs before arriving to Hue and visiting the Citadel and Pagoda. Our guide “Can” was friendly, spoke good English and knew the history well. He was very welcoming and by the end of the tour we considered him a new friend. Ask for him, he was excellent. There were no shopping stops involved and the restaurants he recommended were very good. — Traveller: fernMiami from Tripadvisor
Danang & Hoi An
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of Danang & Hoi An. Our tour guide, Lam, was excellent, professional and very funny. The booking process was easy and efficient. Xuan Tu returned emails very quickly – a pleasure to deal with. A definite highlight of our trip to Asia! — Traveller: TravellerBarbA from Tripadvisor
Danang city and Hoi an highlights
Our trip to Vietnam was eye-opening as the tour gave us a peek into the daily lives of Vietnamese people and the intriguing sights and sounds of the city and the farm lands. The tour through the streets and backalleys of Danang City and through the paddy fields and natural landscape of Hoi An was nothing short of spectacular. The bustling streets as well as the serene countrysides will definitely be missed. Special thanks goes to our tour guide Lam who went the extra mile to make our trip memorable and took great care to meet the needs of my 70-year old mum. We will look forward to coming back to explore more of Vietnam and engage the impeccable services of Xuan Tu Tours! — Traveller: dj4wong from Tripadvisor
A deeper insight into Vietnam !!
Happy that I made a last min decision to take up a day tour with xuan tú tour and requested for Lam especially after reading gd reviews about him in trip advisor . I believed Hoi An will just be another sight seeing place for us if we didn’t engaged a tour guide . Lam made the whole journey pleasant .. he was attentive to us throughout & take good pictures especially 🙂 Lam is very knowledgeable and passionate abt his country , he shared with us a lot on Vietnam history, culture and people . Truly value adding as a guide ! Engage him, You would definitely love chatting with him ! — Traveller: Wendy Y from Tripadvisor