About Us
About Topas Group
Back in 1993, our parent company, Topas Explorer Group, began running adventure tours to Sapa and the Fansipan mountain area. From these early tours, the idea of building a comfortable explorer’s base arose. This idea came to fruition first with Topas Ecolodge in 2005 and again with our sister lodge as you know it today, Topas Riverside Lodge.
Originally a homestay operated in partnership with a local Red Dzao family, Topas Riverside has recently been remodeled and modernized. As of 2019, the Lodge has been fully owned by Topas Travel Vietnam. Keep reading to find out more about our team as well as our other companies.
Read our CSR policy here and Code of conduct of Topas Explorer Group here.
Our Team
Our Team
While we are not a homestay, our small team does its best to imbue Topas Riverside Lodge with a strong sense of family warmth and friendliness.
Indeed, many of our locally hired staff have been with us since the conception of our sister property, Topas Ecolodge, back in 2003!
About Topas Travel
About Topas Travel
Our Danish parent company, Topas Explorer Group, has been crafting unique adventures since 1973 throughout Denmark and Greenland, before heading to Vietnam in 1993. Since that time, we’ve developed strong relationships with local communities and service providers, enabling us to offer high quality and bespoke tours, built a series of international standard trail events and opened two stunning lodges in the northern mountains.
With offices in Hanoi and Sapa, Topas Travel Vietnam can arrange diverse and personalized travel experiences for those wanting to uncover a different side of this fascinating destination.
About Topas Ecolodge
About Topas Ecolodge
Nominated as one of the best places to stay if you care about the Earth by National Geographic, Topas Ecolodge provides the perfect setting to indulge in guilt-free modern convenience all while protecting the surrounding environment and local cultures in the spectacular mountains of Hoang Lien National Park.
Topas Riverside Lodge is a part of Topas Ecolodge. Read our CSR policy here and Code of Conduct of Topas Explorer Group here.
About Vietnam Trail Series
About Vietnam Trail Series
Organized by Topas Travel Vietnam, Vietnam Trail Series is comprised of three annual racing events taking place in different locations throughout northern Vietnam’s most pristine mountainous areas.
Race lengths range from 10 – 160km and vary in difficulty level and terrain. Vietnam Trail Marathon in Moc Chau takes runners through tea plantations and blossom fields, Vietnam Jungle Marathon heads through Pu Luong’s sublime landscapes of rice paddies, lush jungle and towering mountains, and the original event, Vietnam Mountain Marathon takes on Sapa’s hardest trails, culminating at Topas Ecolodge.