About Lang Thang.Travel

When travelling with us, you are travelling with a highly experienced guide who has your enjoyment and safety as his/her primary concern. But you are also supported by a group of passionate industry professionals who is committed to making sure you are looked after at every step of the way, ensuring every behind scene logistics are made. You are also travelling with a local company, owned and operated by local people who have sustainable travel as part of their DNA. 85% of your money is spent in the country and stays in the country, ensuring no further capital leakage back to shareholders/owners in the West.
We also commit 5% of tour revenue goes towards education and reforestation efforts right in the country. ....less

A collective of travel companies who aspire to make the travel experience more sustainable, more equitable for those who carry your luggage and clean your rooms. Most importantly, leaving things better for those who come after ....less

Lang Thang promotes cultural exchange, supports local communities, conserves natural resources, and fosters sustainable development in Vietnam. Along with our pro-bono work with charities such as WWF, Action of Poverty, Eurasia Learning Institute to promote sustainable and ethical travel. ....less

Our approach to cultural preservation (the safeguarding traditions, languages, arts, and customs from extinction or dilution) is a strict adherence to products to do not change the life of the local people; and what we refuse to compromise with activities or experiences that are not culturally enriching, or historically inaccurate. ....less

We commit to removing plastic waste along your entire journey.
We strive to find the least carbon intensive form of travel.
We source hotels that conserve power and water and responsibly manage their waste.
We work with local NGOs to plant trees, save turtles and any cute (or not so cute) critters and crawlies. ....less

5% revenue committed to alternative education and reforestation projects ....less

5% of our revenue is committed towards plastic removal and/or reforestation projects in Vietnam. ....less

All our experiences, accommodations, transport are assessed to ensure minimum hygiene requirements are met.
Staff are expected to be fully vaccinated and wear a facemask at all time in public spaces. Hand sanitisers are provided at the entrance of all premises and carried by tour guides.
All accommodations are sanitised immediately after guest check-out.
Staff exhibiting COVID symptoms are not expected to work in customer facing positions and must self-isolate.
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Travelife engaged member, taking the journey to transform and commit our business to sustainable travel operator ....less

Lang Thang Travel, part of the Travel Neutral Collective, was created from a desire, a drive to do things differently. We are a Collective of travel industry experts, sustainability professionals, activists, owners and travellers, who believe in the endless possibilities of the open road and the impossibilities of the endless road.
Embedding sustainability into the entire supply chain and everything that we do. We are not another CSR program of corporate “greenwashing”. Sustainability is the reason for our existence. We only recruit staff who share our values, we only work with suppliers who are already sustainability champions or willing to be part of the solution. People who refuse single-use plastics, make their own bio detergents, use bamboo toothbrushes.
We are here to provide an alternative way to travel, for those who share our values to have a genuine choice. ....less

We prioritize sustainability and support local economies by directing funds to community-owned businesses, artisans, and sustainable initiatives. With a commitment to avoiding economic leakage of a minimum of 80% of revenue staying in the country, 80% of your spends stay in the community and directly contributing to the local economy. Not enrich some fat cats back in London or New York. ....less