May 2011
14 posts
New Vespa Tours on the Way!
Just wrapped a VVA meeting where we talked about a passel of new tours. Soon, we’ll be doing River/Scooter tours to Cu Chi Tunnels, After Dark tours in Mui Ne, Dalat, Nha Trang and Hue. and an epic two-weeker from Saigon to Hue via Hoi An. And even more! Stay tuned here or sign up for our monthly newsletter.
“The Best Experience in Saigon”
Our Vespa night tour of Saigon was everything we didn’t expect but thoroughly enjoyed. To say that we had a fantastic time is a definite understatement. The first stop would have easily been my favourite had it not been for that secret cafe that left me captivated. It was enigmatic, and there’s passion permeating the air that I felt like we were in a Paulo Coelho novel.
The moment we mounted up...
Our 50th TripAdvisor Review!
“The Only Way to See Vietnam!” Riding a vintage Vespa 2-up is an experience my partner & I won’t forget. These little 2 strokes handled the roads & terrain just perfectly. The 7 day tour was just great from day one. Vespa Adventures made us welcome from the minute we landed in HCMC & during the next 7 days they looked after us. Nothing was too big an ask for them to do when...
“An unforgettable experience - one of the best ways to see beautiful Vietnam.” We...”
– Martin and Fiona Cutter, Australia via TripAdvisor
Vietnam – a Two-Wheeled Wonderland →
Here’s a fantastic new blog post from Flight Centre NZ’s Kim Seumanutafa, who joined us several weeks ago for one of our 7-day Nha Trang Coastal and Highland Adventures. “Covering over 600km on a Vespa from the coastlines of Ho Chi Minh to the highlands of Nha Trang on a 7-day tour with Vietnam Vespa Adventures. From the buzz of the local markets and local culture to the quiet fishing...
“We had a few hours in HCM City before flying on into Vietnam, but we wanted to...”
– Judy, a passenger on our Insider’s Tour of Saigon, via TripAdvisor on May 8
“Book a holiday you will never forget”
My husband and I just finished the 7-day tour to Nha Trang with Vietnam Vespa Adventures and it was all they promised and more. I will not spoil the surprises along the way, but let me say that this trip was worth the money - and even more it was an experience that you will never forget. Steve, Joshua and their team were attentive to all of our needs and took us to places that you could only go to...
“Our VVA tour was a brilliant mix of adventure, socialising, fun and education....”
– A new review from tour mate Neil Holdsworth on TripAdvisor, April 2011
Women will love the three-Day Vespa tour!
We have just completed the 3 Day HCM - Mui Ne Vespa Tour and we loved every exciting minute of it! Our group comprised 3 women and 4 men and from our first meeting with Steve and his team we were made to feel completely at ease as we were given an overview of the bikes and our first lesson on how to enjoy our time on the roads in Vietnam. The men all chose Vintage Vespa’s and the women were...
April 2011
13 posts
3 Day Vespa Tour was the highlight of our 3 weeks...
We have just completed the 3 Day HCM - Mui Ne Vespa Tour and we loved every exciting minute of it! Our group comprised 3 women and 4 men and from our first meeting with Steve and his team we were made to feel completely at ease as we were given an overview of the bikes and our first lesson on how to enjoy our time on the roads in Vietnam. The men all chose Vintage Vespas and the women were more...
A Great Many Thanks to You and the VVA Team
We have just got back home this weekend & we would both like to say a great many thanks to you and the VVA team (Steve who met us at the Cafe Zoom), Lu who was our guide and one great personality. Hope you have others like him as he makes a tour a lot of fun but also enlightening with his knowledge. A simple example was visiting the cake shop(French style) and having ice cream and the...
Three-day Mui Ne tour up for grabs - now 20% off!
What could make a better Mother’s Day gift than a three-day adventure along the South China Sea in rural Vietnam on vintage Vespa scooters? Okay, yes, grandchildren in the double digits and a son or daughter who calls her every week might be what she says she wants, but there’s nothing like a few days riding along the hidden back roads of a Southeast Asian nation to make her remember...
“Guide, Vespa ride, food and drink exceeded...
Traveling by myself, this was the perfect way to meet up with fun people for scooter rides, food, drink, and great conversation. I was greeted by Steve at Cafe Zoom where we had a couple glasses of wine and met the others. We rode on the reconditioned Vespas about 10 minutes to an outdoor place (there were tables) where the seafood and snails were the highlight. This was a local place…no...
“This is an exciting way to see Saigon at night,...
I took the evening tour, riding on the back of a Vespa, weaving through the alleys of old Saigon to several excellent open air restaurants with a great variety of local food, then to a cozy nightclub and finally back to the Zoom Cafe for more drinks and food (though I could eat little after the restaurants. It’s a great deal, $59, for all you can eat of excellent food and drink, plus the...
“The real way to see Saigon”
In Jan this year, I was in saigon too n was takin cabs all the time. N mainly the places I went was full of tourist which wasn’t wat I really wan to see. Till in April when my hubby brought me to Saigon n I checked out trip advisor n found out of tis trip which loads pple given gd review. So both of us took the chance & try it out. Geee… It was really fun especially with Patrick n...
“A True Highlight Of Our Trip To An Incredible...
Our 3-day Mui Ne tour with Vietnam Vespa Adventures, was a wonderful beginning to our fortnight in Vietnam. Every detail was taken care of by Steve and his marvellous team, leaving us to do nothing but ride our Vespas, enjoy the scenery and listen to Walter, our guide share his extensive knowledge. Steve even met us at the airport and gave us a practice Vespa ride the day before the tour...
“What a way to enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of Vietnam! We booked a seven...”
– Our latest review from TripAdvisor member Mezlington, on April 4.
“Great Tour!! I took some visiting friends on the After Dark tour of Saigon, and...”
– A new rave review from amrubo at TripAdvisor of our Saigon After Dark tour.
“My husband and I visited Saigon for 3 days. Seeing Saigon riding pillon on a...”
– A new TripAdvisor review from member danipie on 04 April 2011 of our seven-day Nha Trang Coastal & Highland Adventure
“The best way to eat in Saigon! This was an awesome tour. You get to see HCMC the...”
– Jazzhands93 at TripAdvisor, on our Saigon After Dark tour
March 2011
12 posts
“This was a great way to see the somewhat intimidating city of Saigon. All under...”
– Our latest reviewer on TripAdvisor makes some very good points about our Saigon After Dark tour and we welcome the feedback. Our night tour is primarily a culinary excursion through some of the city’s purely local street food spots. We don’t get many requests for photo stops on the...
“@BecTheWordsmith Still on massive high after today’s vespa adventure. Time...”
– Bec Christensen
A Taste of Vietnam in "India Today" →
What Ho Chi Minh, or Saigon, lacks in aesthetics, it compensates in pace, energy and in its cuisine. Amid a jumble of ramshackle buildings, its narrow streets and tiny alleys overflow with nondescript restaurants which open onto the sidewalks. On almost every corner are hand-pulled carts and old women stirring soot-covered pots. Patrons rest on rickety stools or cheap plastic chairs, hunched...
“I just wanted to get back to you to say thank you for an absolutely brilliant...”
– Jette (in Singapore) A happy customer :-)
Lessons for Vietnam in the Ha Long Bay Tragedy
Three weeks ago we were deeply saddened to learn, with the rest of the world, that in the early morning hours of February 17, a tour boat moored in Vietnam’s picturesque Ha Long Bay sank without warning, taking the lives of 12 international passengers and a Vietnamese tour guide. Among those who drowned were vacationers from the U.S., Australia, Britain, Sweden, Japan, Russia and France.
Our...
Expansion pack to Arrowhead Studios’ PC game hit Magicka is titled - incredibly - ‘Magicka: Vietnam.’ WTF? http://ow.ly/46XdZ
Lonely Planet puts VN’s hard-boiled duck embryos at #1 on grossest foods list. We say it’s not bad with enough ketchup. http://ow.ly/46Sww
Trial program in Hanoi prohibits VN students from riding motorbikes to school and using mobile phones. Next up: bans on eating, breathing.
February 2011
36 posts
Six Senses Con Dao has finally opened: 5 stars, 45 mins from HCMC, 50 villas @ $800 a pop. With a faux market ‘resembling’ a real one.
Motorcycling Vietnam’s gorgeous Ho Chi Minh Trail, via the Victoria Times: http://ow.ly/43Qbg
RT @lonelyplanet Motorbiking the Mekong: two-wheeled adventures from mountain to coast http://bit.ly/gcFfgm. They even recommend via Vespa.
RT @VNNetBridge: “Vietnam faces onslaught of magnetic storms in 2011 http://ow.ly/1brCzd.” Incredibly, only Vietnam affected….
RT @DestSaigon: “It’s Pho King Delicious” http://t.co/8QaBJ4z via @engrishfunny. These just never get old.
Vietnam’s int’l tourism growth rate explosive last year at 35%. Int’l arrivals to Southeast Asia overall? Up 12%. http://ow.ly/42jUw
Vietnam Vespa Adventures just hit #1 of 94 attractions in HCMC on TripAdvisor!! Break out the bubbly!! http://ow.ly/41HyY
Over the Top at TripAdvisor →
We’re all about tooting our own horn. It’s a necessary part of driving here in Vietnam, where motorcycle traffic gushes like water through a firehose and horns are one of the only things that let a driver trying to navigate the torrent know what his neighbors on the road are up to. But we like it even more when other people toot our horn for us — as they’ve clearly been...
We’ve reached the #2 spot on TripAdvisor for attractions in HCMC!! Thanks to all our friends & travel partners who rated & raved about us!
