AboutOur story
One’s destination is never a place,but a new way of seeing things.
Henry Miller
Ansova is a boutique luxury travel company based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
We specialise in creating tailor-made journeys through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.
Our team of dedicated experts has been delivering money-can’t-buy travel experiences for the last twenty years, giving our guests access to people and destinations that others simply don’t get.
Ansova trips are inspired by our passion for showcasing the very best of Southeast Asia, refined by years of experience living in the region and harnessed by relationships on the ground that allow us to go above and beyond the ordinary.
About our CEO and Founder –
Mike Viet Nguyen
Mike Viet Nguyen
Mike was kayaking through the mangrove forest in Tonle Sap lake, Cambodia
While earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City, Mike’s desire to ignite a career in travel began to burn. Beginning as a guide while still a student he soon landed a position with top Canadian luxury travel operator, Butterfield & Robinson, and the next fifteen years were spent leading tours across Vietnam and Cambodia where he carved his own niche in luxury, active travel. As a result, he knows Southeast Asia like few others and having developed a sixth sense for the needs and expectations of the high-end traveller, began Ansova in 2009. Mike sees the company as a vehicle for sharing his passion for discovery and creating experiences that are authentic, immersive and unique.
The Ansova difference
Ansova invites you to experience a better way to travel. Aside from curating authentic, personalised and fully supported tour itineraries, it’s our ethos of remaining small that enables us to deliver the best possible outcome for our guests. In addition, we live by the following pillars that set us apart from others:
We are local
With dedicated luxury travel consultants living throughout Southeast Asia, and a hands-on business owner who is one of the region’s most experienced former guides, our insight into the best hotels, food, activities and attractions is second to none.
We are obsessed with detail
From pre-departure and pick-up to final farewells, Ansova will act as your private travel concierge. Every element of our trips are carefully selected from a wide range of luxury hotel and service providers that all share our commitment to excellence and environmental sustainability.
We are always at your service
During your trip, our staff remain on-call 24 hours per day. Whether it be dinner reservations, a unique activity request or just help navigating the language, no question is too big or small.
We provide the best tour guides
Our handpicked guides are the best-in-class, they are our ambassadors, with decades worth of knowledge on every single area we visit. Rest assured, they know how to make things happen quickly while you’re on the road.
We give back
We’re serious about the way we give back to communities still doing it hard in this region. It’s why we’ve been awarded Positive Luxury’s Brand to Trust award. Our philanthropic activities are aimed at empowering families through education and providing basic social relief wherever possible.
Tailor-made journeys that create magic memories
We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find
ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about
the world, and we travel, in essence, to become young again.
Pico Iyer
With Ansova you can design your very own Southeast Asian trip of a lifetime. In fact, we encourage it. Simply tell us what kind of activities you’d like to plan, where you’d like to go and how you’d like to stay and we’ll craft a true luxury journey of discovery you won’t forget. These tailor-made trips are limited only by your appetite for adventure and are based on your dreams, desires and budget. Tell us what you want!
If you’re looking for something that’s ‘ready to go’ our Portfolio Collection of Journeys deliver itineraries that weave in the very best of what the region has to offer without ever locking you into that cookie-cutter feeling of mass tourism. Our research and trip design is the result of years of insight, constantly refined by our connection to the countries we visit.
How it work
Tell us what your dream trip to Asia looks like?
Include the basics likes dates, preferred activities, the kind of experiences you’d like to have and the type of places you’d like to stay. Our dedicated consultants will help you out with this – it’s what we do. Just remember, these are based on YOUR dreams, desires and budget, so tell us what you want!
Let us take care of the details
As we said already, we’re fanatical about detail, w…e for your journey, providing everything from visa assistance and packing list to dinner reservations to destination information.
We fine-tune your itinerary
Our travel consultant will work closely with you to design an amazing journey just for you, based on your requests of time frame, trip objectives, desires and travel dreams.
Book with confidence!
Purchase when you are satisfied with your detailed tailor-made luxury itinerary.
Enjoy your trip!
Relax in the knowledge that we will be with you every step of the way.
