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Vietnam - Travel Guide

 

Type of Vietnam Holiday

Deciding what to include on a tour of Vietnam depends of course on your interests, time and budget. We can tailor make any Vietnam holiday to suit your exact requirements.

Our tailor made Vietnam Tours can include just flights, hotels and transfers without any excursions or your trip can be tailored to include a mix of guided excursions with time to explore independently (which we think is usually the best mix).

Typically many people combine a week or longer of touring in Vietnam with a beach extension in the south, in Mui Ne or perhaps on Phu Quoc Island.

Family Holidays to Vietnam

Vietnam offers plenty of options for exciting Family Holidays. Vietnam is a very visually stimulating country with lots of activities on offer as well as some great beach resorts for families.

Kayaking in Halong Bay, cruising around the Mekong Delta, learning how to make Vietnamese sweets and cyclo rides around Hanoi are just some of the activities which children of all ages tend to love.

Vietnam is well connected by domestic flights, but adventurous families may consider including an overnight train trip as part of the trip.

Temples & Heritage

Vietnam is a great destination for those looking for some cultural experiences. Hanoi has plenty of temples and buildings to satisfy the most ardent culture seeker.

Hue should be top of most people's lists, being the old Imperial capital of Vietnam, with remnants of the Imperial Citadel still standing and the glorious tombs of the Vietnamese Emperors on the outskirts of the city.

Hoi An is a charming old riverside trading town whilst is many people's favourite destination in Vietnam.

River Cruises

The Mekong River is one of Asia's iconic waterways and Vietnam offers several options for a Mekong River Cruise.

Cruises range from short overnight Mekong Delta cruises on small traditional boats, to multi day Mekong Cruises from Saigon to Phnom Penh in Cambodia, and onwards to Siem Reap and the Temples of Angkor.

Pandaw Cruises introduced a Red River Cruise from Hanoi in 2015 which is proving extremely popular.

Another popular overnight cruise of course is to Halong Bay close to Hanoi, where tall limestone cliffs jut out from the Emerald Sea of the bay.

Wildlife & Nature

Vietnam has over 3,000 km of coastline, the fertile Mekong Delta, a backbone of mountains, glorious Halong Bay and the recently discovered largest cave in the world, so the natural attractions rate highly.

Wildlife experiences aren't particularly well set up, although the Cat Tien National Park close to Saigon is the most accessible and most rewarding National Park, especially for seeing gibbons.

Cat Tien is also a great birding site, as is the highland region around Dalat, about 4-hours north of Saigon.

Active Holidays

Vietnam offers excellent opportunities for a more active holiday.

Cycling is one of the most popular forms of transport in Vietnam and cycling in the countryside around Hoi An or Hue or in the Mekong Delta is very popular.

Some of the best trekking in Vietnam is in the north, in the hilltribe region around Sapa or Ha Giang.

Trekking around Mai Chau, south of Hanoi is also a great option, combining walking with staying overnight in village homestays.

Undiscovered Vietnam

There is a fairly well-trodden path through Vietnam but it is fairly easy to get off the beaten track in Vietnam.

The Northeast of Vietnam is a little visited but extremely beautiful corner of the country, with stunning mountain scenery and diverse hilltribe populations.

Much of central Vietnam sees relatively few visitors outside the hotspots of Hue, Hoi An and Danang.

A journey along the coastal stretch from Hanoi to Hue will reveal an area of Vietnam few visitors make it to.

The Central Highlands is also a fantastic area for active and cultural experiences but receives few visitors.