Eco Holidays

Travel with a purpose

HOBBY BUSINESS LEARNING CULTURE FRIENDSHIP PROFESSIONAL

Hanoi has grown over the last 1000 years as a trading centre, home to dozens of different artisanal activities. Each activity has evolved over time its own Guild and has migrated to specialist villages around the city, each of which is a centre of Excellence in the Craft involved.

These villages are hubs of excellence in design and making - ceramics, woodworking, stone, silk, metalwork and many many more. The level of expertise, skill, knowledge, experience, competence in each village is quite extraordinary. Hanoi itself has a myriad of museums, workshops, showrooms and expertise in each of the crafts produced in the surrounding villages.

These 'Holidays with a Purpose' gives you the opportunity to engage with Artisans of particular interests to you, whilst immersing you in Vietnamese culture. In Hanoi this can include visits to spiritualists and healers, the Hill Tribes and much more.

KEY ELEMENTS:

Small groups, sharing common interest in: learning, culture- gastronomy, art, music, history, society, museums, art galleries, theatre etc
Spiritual - healers, clairvoyants, herbalists etc
Built around a one week stay- which is totally flexible either way
Opportunity to use our container space to ship purchases back to the UK (4x a year)
Meet and work with local experts- artists, designers, artisans, professionals, experts, educators...
Possibilities of bespoke manufacture to your taste and need
Workshops & Talks
% of monies support the Fair Earths' Global Village Funds, helping female artisans in particular
Discounts (10%) on Global Village purchases, see www.truefairtrading.com
Expert knowledge on further travel in the region or elsewhere
A range of different themes to focus on - see below
Local translators part of the group - always
Groups of 4 or more catered for at any time of year. Otherwise join one of our groups in the Autumn (November), Winter (February) or Spring (May)
Opportunity to join Global 7 Peak Challenge and support project(s) of your choice- social, nature, environment.
Range of accommodations

The Vietnam programme is a start of a whole range of similar programmes. 

Bangkok (Thailand) & Kandy (Sri Lanka) are initial possibilities as well.

Different themes available in Vietnam are;

In each of the following themes we arrange with you a mix of expert talks and meetings, visits to local professionals, designers, educators, museums, specialist markets, showrooms, workshops etc, educational workshops and possible special projects (see below themed areas).