Vietnam
A week that starts in mist on limestone and ends barefoot on the Gulf of Thailand.
Three parts, and none of them repeats the last: the north and Ha Long Bay, the central coast at Da Nang, then two nights on Phu Quoc to finish — the cable car and a day on the water. Phu Quoc is what makes this different from every Hanoi-to-Saigon week on the market — a cable car over open sea, and a day among the islands it crosses.
Day by day
Arrive and transfer in. The Old Quarter on foot in the evening, with a coffee stop on Train Street.
Hanoi old quarter
City touring — the Temple of Literature, Hoan Kiem lake and the French quarter, and the Thang Long water puppet show in the evening.
Drive to the coast and board the overnight cruise around midday. Lunch aboard, Sung Sot Cave, kayaking and Titop Island, and sunset from the deck.
Ha Long Bay
Morning on the bay, brunch aboard, then the drive back to Hanoi and the evening flight to Da Nang.
A full day at Ba Na Hills — the cable car, the Golden Bridge and the gardens — on the early cars, back to the coast by late afternoon.
Ba Na Hills · Da Nang
Son Tra peninsula and Lady Buddha in the morning, then the flight to Phu Quoc, which normally connects through Ho Chi Minh City. Evening free on the island.
Phu Quoc
The Hon Thom cable car in the morning, then a three-island snorkelling speedboat through the An Thoi group with lunch aboard, and sunset from the beach.
Transfer to Phu Quoc airport.
Day 1: Arrival
Arrive and transfer in. The Old Quarter on foot in the evening, with a coffee stop on Train Street.
Old Quarter, Hanoi · Train Street
Day 2: Sightseeing
City touring — the Temple of Literature, Hoan Kiem lake and the French quarter, and the Thang Long water puppet show in the evening.
Temple of Literature · Hoan Kiem Lake · Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre
Day 3: Transfer
Drive to the coast and board the overnight cruise around midday. Lunch aboard, Sung Sot Cave, kayaking and Titop Island, and sunset from the deck.
Sung Sot Cave · Titop Island
Day 4: Flight
Morning on the bay, brunch aboard, then the drive back to Hanoi and the evening flight to Da Nang.
Day 5: Sightseeing
A full day at Ba Na Hills — the cable car, the Golden Bridge and the gardens — on the early cars, back to the coast by late afternoon.
Ba Na Hills
Day 6: Flight
Son Tra peninsula and Lady Buddha in the morning, then the flight to Phu Quoc, which normally connects through Ho Chi Minh City. Evening free on the island.
Son Tra peninsula
Day 7: Sightseeing
The Hon Thom cable car in the morning, then a three-island snorkelling speedboat through the An Thoi group with lunch aboard, and sunset from the beach.
Hon Thom · An Thoi islands
Day 8: Departure
Transfer to Phu Quoc airport.
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One extra night, and what it buys is limestone, a rowed boat and five hundred steps.