It was very hot weather, but me and my son was most impressed with visit to the Organic Farm. I was greatly impressed by Banyan Tree, who sought sustainable value for the local community.

A must for any visitor is to visit the local school for the ‘Let’s Talk’ program, a genuinely Vietnamese experience and truly rewarding.

English is fun” – very meaningful activity from #lagunalangco property. It is one of the best activity I have done, for my first time standing and teach English for the kids.

I originally thought that we were going to be the giver, we were surprised by the song and dance that the children and nuns prepared for us. They even surprised me with beautiful roses as they serenaded me with a happy birthday song. My husband and I are away from our grown children as we are on an expat assignment in China so the joy that they gave me was PRICELESS!

Thank you very much for organizing such meaningful activity. Teaching English for local children is such a wonderful experience and we both think this is the BEST and most fun activity during our stay in Banyan Tree. It is such a rejuvenating experience seeing the kids laughing so genuinely.

Thank you for your warm hospitality and we indeed enjoyed ourselves during the 1.5hours session. The session was indeed fruitful and informative for 3 of us, especially my daughter who has great interest in organic farming. The hot weather did not deter her from being a farmer, instead she understood the hard work of all farmers better and is more determined to be one when she grows up.

We ate in Saffron and Watercourt which I would say was good food but definitely had better Thai food. Best meal by far was in the seedlings restaurant (restaurant run by a programme/apprenticeship for local disadvantaged teenagers) the food was so fresh and delicious plates of food.

Thank you Laguna Lăng Cô for providing a great opportunity to these young artists to share their works. I am very happy that I could be here at Silent World Art Exhibition opening ceremony this time. I hope to have opportunity to comeback and see the improvement in artworks next year.

Seedlings dinner program- a Banyan tree mentoring program me whereby they train disadvantaged local teens to have F&B related skills. The dinner and team was great -xinh the restaurant manager, chef Nguyen and our server (tu) did a great job, and I wish that there is more done to promote this dinner set.

There’s a huge programme of activities on offer and we took part in a some kite-flying as well as the option to teach English at a local school. Run CSR department, this was the highlight of our stay and an experience we’d highly recommend especially for those travelling with kids. It’s would be a good idea to take some stickers, pencils or similar for the kids who were enthusiastic and great fun to meet. The English class was a joyful experience.

On our holiday visiting Vietnam, we wanted a few days of complete indulgence. The Banyan Tree surpassed all of our expectations, further surprising us with their policy of social responsibility. For us, that meant a morning spent with local schoolchildren, which was a brilliant experience, a real highlight.