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Itinerary

Day 1
Bangkok
Optional Activities
- Visit Grand Palace (THB500)
- Thai massage (THB300)
- Jim Thompson's House tour (THB200)
- Chinatown exploration
- Temple of the Emerald Buddha visit
- Khao San Road walk
- Urban bike tour of backstreets
Landmarks
Grand Palace
Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Wat Pho
Khao San Road
Day 2
Bangkok to Chiang Mai
Included Activities
- Khlong boat canal tour
- Wat Pho visit
Landmarks
Chao Phraya River
Wat Pho
Day 3
Chiang Mai
Included Activities
- Doi Suthep Temple Complex visit
Optional Activities
- Night Bazaar exploration
- Riverside restaurant dining
- Traditional northern Thai food (kao soy)
Landmarks
Doi Suthep
Day 4
Chiang Mai
Meals
Lunch (Lunch in a riverside sala (pavilion) alongside elephants)
Included Activities
- ChangChill Elephant Sanctuary visit
Landmarks
ChangChill Elephant Sanctuary
Day 5
Chiang Khong
Meals
Dinner (Final Thai drink and dinner in Chiang Khong)
Included Activities
- Wat Rong Khun (White Temple) visit
Optional Activities
- Wat Phra Kaew visit
- Wat Luang visit
- Town exploration
Landmarks
Wat Rong Khun
Wat Phra Kaew
Wat Luang
Mekong River
Day 6
Chiang Khong to Pak Beng
Meals
Lunch (Lunch on board the slow boat)
Included Activities
- 2-day Mekong River boat trip
Landmarks
Mekong River
Day 7
Pak Beng to Luang Prabang
Meals
Lunch (Lunch on board the slow boat)
Included Activities
- Pak Ou Caves visit
Optional Activities
- Mt Phousi sunset climb
Landmarks
Pak Ou Caves
Mt Phousi
Phu Si Temple
Day 8
Luang Prabang
Meals
Drink (Drink by Mekong River at weaving social enterprise)
Included Activities
- Kuang Si Waterfalls visit
- Weaving workshop and social enterprise visit
Landmarks
Kuang Si Falls
Mekong River
Day 9
Luang Prabang
Included Activities
- Alms giving ceremony
Landmarks
Luang Prabang
Day 10
Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng
Landmarks
Nam Song River
Day 11
Vang Vieng
Optional Activities
- Bicycle hire (USD2)
- Tham Chang cave visit and swimming
- Tham Phu Kham Cave (LAK10000)
- Kayaking on Nam Song River (USD35)
- Hiking to lookout points
- Organic mulberry farm visit
- Wat Si Vieng Song visit (Free)
Landmarks
Tham Chang
Tham Phu Kham Cave
Wat Si Vieng Song
Day 12
Vang Vieng to Vientiane
Included Activities
- Wat Si Saket visit
- COPE visitors centre visit
Optional Activities
- Group celebration dinner
Landmarks
Wat Si Saket
COPE Visitors Centre
Day 13
Vientiane to Hanoi
Meals
Dinner (Dinner at KOTO restaurant)
Included Activities
- KOTO dinner
Optional Activities
- Urban adventure tour
- Old Quarter exploration
Landmarks
Hanoi Old Quarter
Day 14
Halong Bay
Meals
Dinner
Included Activities
- Private boat cruise of Ha Long Bay
- Cave exploration
- Beach visits
- Overnight boat cruise
Optional Activities
- Kayaking tour of Ha Long Bay - VND250000
Landmarks
Ha Long Bay
Day 15
Ha Long Bay to Hanoi
Meals
Lunch (Lunch at The Green Life Centre)
Included Activities
- The Green Life Centre visit
Optional Activities
- Hoan Kiem Lake exploration
- Pho sampling
Landmarks
Hoan Kiem Lake
Day 16
Hue
Included Activities
- Imperial Citadel entrance and guided visit
Optional Activities
- Dong Ba Market exploration
Landmarks
Imperial Citadel
Dong Ba Market
Day 17
Hue
Meals
Lunch (Vegetarian feast in a nunnery)
Included Activities
- Motorbike highlights and backstreets tour
- Thien Mu Pagoda visit
- Vegetarian lunch at Pagoda
- Emperor Tu Duc's royal tomb visit
Landmarks
Thanh Toan
Thien Mu Pagoda
Royal Tomb of Emperor Tu Duc
Day 18
Hue to Hoi An
Included Activities
- Old Town walking tour
Landmarks
Hoi An Old Town
Hai Van Pass
Day 19
Hoi An
Optional Activities
- Art gallery browsing
- Bicycle hire and countryside cycling
- Cua Dai Beach visit
- Market and shophouse browsing
- Custom tailoring (hundreds of options)
- Riverside restaurant dining
- Food Adventure Urban Adventure (USD39)
- Private Hoi An: My Son Discovery (USD73)
- Cooking class
Landmarks
Cua Dai Beach
Day 20
Hoi An to Ho Chi Minh City
Included Activities
- War Remnants Museum
Landmarks
Reunification Palace
Notre Dame Cathedral
Opera House
War Remnants Museum
Day 21
Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta
Meals
Lunch (Lunch at a restaurant in the heart of the Delta with regional specialties including elephant ear fish)
Included Activities
- Mekong Delta daytrip and village tuk-tuk tour
- Coconut garden visit
- Mekong Delta lunch
Landmarks
Mekong Delta
Ben Tre
Day 22
Ho Chi Minh City
Optional Activities
- Cu Chi Tunnels Urban Adventures tour
Landmarks
Cu Chi Tunnels
Day 23
Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh
Optional Activities
- Rooftop drink
- Psar Thmei (Central Market) shopping
- Psar Tuol Tom Pong (Russian Market) shopping
Landmarks
Psar Thmei
Psar Tuol Tom Pong
Day 24
Phnom Penh
Included Activities
- Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21)
- Killing Fields of Choeung Ek
Optional Activities
- Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda (USD10)
- Wat Phnom visit (USD2)
- National Museum (USD10)
- Cyclo tour (USD4)
Landmarks
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
Killing Fields of Choeung Ek
Royal Palace
Wat Phnom
National Museum
Day 25
Sambor Preikuk or Battambang
Meals
Dinner (Home-cooked Khmer dinner with host family (Itinerary 1 only))
Included Activities
- Sambor Preikuk - Guided village tour & temple ruins visit
- Sambor Preikuk - Countryside cycling
- Sambor Preikuk - Home-cooked Khmer dinner
- Kampong Chhnang - Pottery village visit
Optional Activities
- Battambang - Cooking Class - USD12
- Battambang - Phnom Sampov bat caves - USD15
Landmarks
Sambor Preikuk Temple Ruins
Day 26
Battambang to Siem Reap or Siem Reap
Meals
Breakfast, Dinner (Dinner at the Spoons Restaurant and School (Itinerary 1 only))
Included Activities
- Siem Reap - Leader-led orientation walk
- Siem Reap - Dinner at the Spoons Restaurant
- Battambang - Countryside cycling with local families visit
Optional Activities
- Siem Reap - Old market exploration
- Siem Reap - Street food dinner
Landmarks
Siem Reap Old Market
Day 27
Siem Reap - Angkor Wat
Meals
Breakfast (Early breakfast before sunrise visit)
Included Activities
- Sunrise at Angkor Wat
- Angkor Temples guided tour
- Three-day Angkor Pass
Landmarks
Angkor Wat
Bayon Temple
Ta Prohm
Day 28
Siem Reap - Angkor Wat
Included Activities
- Tonle Sap floating village visit
Landmarks
Chhong Kneas
Tonle Sap Lake
Day 29
Siem Reap

Landmarks
Grand Palace
Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Wat Pho
Khao San Road

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Chao Phraya River
Wat Pho

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Doi Suthep

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ChangChill Elephant Sanctuary

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Wat Rong Khun
Wat Phra Kaew
Wat Luang
Mekong River

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Mekong River

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Pak Ou Caves
Mt Phousi
Phu Si Temple

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Kuang Si Falls
Mekong River

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Luang Prabang

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Nam Song River

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Tham Chang
Tham Phu Kham Cave
Wat Si Vieng Song

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Wat Si Saket
COPE Visitors Centre

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Hanoi Old Quarter

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Ha Long Bay

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Hoan Kiem Lake

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Imperial Citadel
Dong Ba Market

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Thanh Toan
Thien Mu Pagoda
Royal Tomb of Emperor Tu Duc

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Hoi An Old Town
Hai Van Pass

Landmarks
Cua Dai Beach

Landmarks
Reunification Palace
Notre Dame Cathedral
Opera House
War Remnants Museum

Landmarks
Mekong Delta
Ben Tre

Landmarks
Cu Chi Tunnels

Landmarks
Psar Thmei
Psar Tuol Tom Pong

Landmarks
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
Killing Fields of Choeung Ek
Royal Palace
Wat Phnom
National Museum

Landmarks
Sambor Preikuk Temple Ruins

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Siem Reap Old Market

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Angkor Wat
Bayon Temple
Ta Prohm

Landmarks
Chhong Kneas
Tonle Sap Lake

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david
April 25th, 2026
The riding and support were good but the temperatures should have been 15C cooler. The Thailand leg wss the best as...
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Melanie
March 30th, 2026
There were quite a lot of transfers compared to how much we actually got to see. We would suggest that Intrepid skip...
There were quite a lot of transfers compared to how much we actually got to see. We would suggest that Intrepid skip the Raft House—this would reduce travel time and allow you to go straight to Phuket and spend two days there instead. In Phuket, we only got to experience a small part of the nightlife. In general, the transfers were very long, and considering the trip only lasts eight to nine days, we spent a significant amount of time traveling. However, we did take plenty of breaks along the way. I would recommend that anyone who has the opportunity to stay longer in Thailand plan a longer trip in order to see much more. The Raft House is probably not suitable for people who are a bit picky or used to a certain level of comfort. We are really talking about very basic wooden huts—with just a mattress inside, and that’s it. There were no clean showers or toilets. You also couldn’t bring a large backpack, so you need to remember to pack a smaller bag with the essentials for this part of the trip. Overall, you don’t see or do enough at the Raft House location for the stay to really be worth it. However, the stay in Koh Samui was definitely worth it, and three days there felt like the perfect amount of time. The additional activities are also highly recommended. The guides were also very helpful when it came to gluten-free food.Show more
James
March 2nd, 2026
Thailand & Laos Adventure was overall a really good trip, the itinerary up to day 8, one of if not the best...
Thailand & Laos Adventure was overall a really good trip, the itinerary up to day 8, one of if not the best itineraries I've ever done. However the writers of the itinerary seemed to just phone it in with free days after that except Vientiane on day 12 where you as a group actually do things together again. With free days if you're solo on a tour that has couples (or people travelling together) when there's free time couples either do there own thing or team up with one or two other couples. So there's not really any benefit to not just catching public transport and doing your own thing not on a tour for much cheaper. I liked how Intrepid has finally got with the times and introduced a chat room on their app for the group to use prior to the tour. Unfortunately most people on tour didn't know about it, hence they didn't communicate with others before the tour so more promotion is needed. Rival companies where this has been an established thing for years, if you arrive early you meet up before the tour and explore the city together, you can also plan stuff to do after the tour is over to make sure everyone books with the same companies. On the negative side Intrepid still has this odd thing where even though two strangers are sharing a hotel room, each hotel only has one key for them. Even traveling solo to hotels not on an Intrepid tour I rarely get just one key, so not sure why this happens with Intrepid. This means you've got to drop the key at reception and whoever gets back to the hotel first takes the key (usually just given by the receptionist who has never seen you before, so not great for security) , but if they want to go to sleep they've got to leave the door unlocked or get woken up with knocking on the door. G Adventure also has this issue, but no other tour company other than them has this issue. Also on this and the previous tour I did in Morocco. Even though I spent time filling out insurance, next or kin and all the other details here on Tourradar. On night one the guide does not have this information. Yet prior to those two tours, they always had it and you were just confirming it was correct at the meeting. But on the positives the tour is non stop (for the non free days parts) and you see a lot. You see some fun temples from a speedboat, and visit one after in Bangkok before boarding the overnight train. It's a pretty comfortable sleep, but if you get a top bunk, the hallway ceiling lights are always on and the guy who is changing sheets on beds at other stops is constantly storing them on the hallway roof next to your head. Chiang Mai itself isn't that interesting, but it was the first of our guide Lady Jane (Arjan is her real name) dinner choice to eat at a food court at the night bazaar instead of a an expensive restaurant where we could each grab what we wanted from street food and bring it back to the tables to eat together. I really wish other guides would do this on other Intrepid trips. Lady Jane was always excellent at translating with the ordering of food and when needed for other things. The elephant sanctuary has four female elephants, you just walk around looking for them (not hard to find) and then chop up some sugarcane and put it in some feeders and they come down and eat it. Not really an in the wild experience, but passes the time and the included lunch is okay too. My favouritefor the whole trip was the White Temple in Northern Thailand. If you're a horror fan you'll want to go there. The detail in the architecture is amazing! Two days on the Mekong River is a slow paced journey proceeded by riding in the back of utes from the Thai border. We had a replacement boat on the second day. They didn't have an alternative to fish even though obviously Intrepid knew I was allergic to it. But both boats are a laid back experience. Bring a book or something to do. The lower cave is a better viewing experience than the upper on the second day if you don't want to do both. Kuang Si Falls near Luang Prabang are amazing, and you can swim there. Lots of temples in the town itself, but really you don't need an extra free day there. However it is in the itinerary. Don't pay the ridiculously high $60 AUD transport fee from the airport to the starting point hotel. Train from airport is only $1.60 AUD to the Metro. Metro to the station next to hotel is 5c. Both you can tap on and off with your credit card. Also don't waste time and money staying extra days in Vientiane, Laos. There isn't much there and what is you see on day 12. Day trips go to Van Vieng (where you just were) and all the caves and stuff you can do there. Plus most of your tour group are likely continuing onto Vietnam and Cambodia since this tour is also leg one, in a three leg tour. I highly recommend this Intrepid tour though, best way to see Laos for sure.Show more

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I live on the Gold Coast so what is the best way to travel to and from the start and end of this tour?
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  Julie
  Traveler•Written April 2026
  If I were thinking of booking on this tour, I do not want to be the only person. So, how do I make sure that does not happen?
- J
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  Traveler•Written April 2026
  The extras seem to be quoted in USD. I trust that AUD would also be acceptable?
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  Traveler•Written April 2026
  What is the best currency to travel with through this tour?
- Intrepid TravelOperator•Written April 2026
  Based on what's available online, the tour starts in Bangkok and ends in Siem Reap. For getting there from the Gold Coast, there are no direct flights, but there are some simple and common routes you can consider:
  
  • Gold Coast → Sydney → Bangkok (with airlines like Qantas / Thai Airways)
  • Gold Coast → Melbourne → Bangkok (Jetstar / Qantas)
  • Gold Coast → Denpasar (Bali) → Bangkok (Jetstar / Virgin connections)
  
  The fastest option is usually via Sydney, taking around 13–14 hours total travel time. You'll find multiple weekly connections, especially with Jetstar and Qantas.
- Intrepid TravelOperator•Written April 2026
  For the extras, yes — we can absolutely provide those in AUD since your booking currency is AUD.
- Intrepid TravelOperator•Written April 2026
  In terms of spending during the trip, we recommend carrying local currencies for each country. Your tour leader will also guide you on exchanging money once you're there, so it's quite easy on the ground.

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