Private journeys and custom trips across Vietnam
Daily excursions
22 excursions we run out of 4 cities — picked up from your hotel in the morning, back by evening. Take one, or string three together into a week.
Three regions, one day each
Every one of these is a real programme we run, with the timings the drivers actually work to. Guides speak English, entrance fees are in the price, and lunch is included unless the day says otherwise.
12 excursions · pick-up in Ho Chi Minh City
The whole city in a day: the Independence Palace and the War Remnants Museum in the morning, Cholon's market and temples in the afternoon, the river at the end.
Half a day in the tunnel network north of the city: the documentary, the bunkers, the smokeless kitchen and the traps, with tapioca at the end.
The two things everyone comes south for, in one long day: the tunnels in the morning, the river and the islets in the afternoon.
Vinh Trang Pagoda, the river, the four islets and a hand-rowed sampan through the coconut canals, finishing in Ben Tre.
The delta at bicycle pace: village lanes and paddy fields around Long An, a dragon fruit garden, a cooking class, then the river.
A day at the sea: the long sweep of Thuy Van Beach, the Christ of Vung Tau above the town, the Whale Temple and the White Palace.
Out to Phan Thiet on the new expressway for the fishing fleet, the Fairy Stream, the white dunes and the red dunes at sunset.
Up the roof of the south by cable car, round the pagodas and caves at the summit, then the Cao Dai Holy See in the afternoon.
The city in the morning and the tunnels in the afternoon: Independence Palace, the Central Post Office and the War Remnants Museum, then ninety minutes north to Cu Chi.
Up the Saigon River by private speedboat instead of the highway: breakfast on deck, the city thinning into forest, and the tunnels reached before the coaches arrive.
The mangrove biosphere an hour from Saigon: a thousand bold monkeys, a crocodile reserve, the guerrilla base hidden in the Sac forest, and grilled seafood at the market.
Two hours on the water after dark: a buffet dinner, live music and a floor show, with the lit riverfront going past the windows.
6 excursions · pick-up in Da Nang and Hoi An
The afternoon on the Son Tra peninsula and in the Marble Mountains, then dinner and Hoi An's old town after the lanterns come on.
The record-holding cable car up to the Golden Bridge, the French Village and Fantasy Park, with a buffet lunch on the mountain.
Over the pass to the old royal capital: the Imperial Citadel, Thien Mu Pagoda and the mausoleum of Khai Dinh, with royal cuisine for lunch.
A morning or afternoon in the villages outside Hoi An: herb beds at Tra Que, basket boats through the coconut palms, then cooking what you eat.
A morning at the Cham holy land: red-brick tower temples in a green valley, a dance performance, and the river back.
Out to the Cham Islands by speed canoe: a UNESCO marine park, coral reefs shallow enough to snorkel, a fishing village of three thousand people, and seafood on the beach.
4 excursions · pick-up in Hanoi
A full day across the capital: the Ho Chi Minh complex, the Temple of Literature, the Museum of Ethnology, and the Old Quarter on foot.
Out to the bay on the expressway and six hours aboard: Sung Sot Cave, kayaking at Luon Cave, Ti Top Island and a sunset party on the deck.
The old capital, two hours on a sampan through the limestone caves at Trang An, and five hundred steps up Mua Cave for the view.
The largest Buddhist complex in Southeast Asia in the morning, then a sampan down the Ngo Dong river through three water caves.
The multi-day journeys put these days in order for you, with the hotels, transfers and internal flights handled — two nights on the central coast, five across the north, or eight end to end.
See the multi-day journeys
Most guests take two or three of these and we fit them around arrival days, flights and the weather. Send us what you have booked so far.
