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Real Thailand to Vietnam

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From Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City

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Platinum Operator: Intrepid Travel
City & Culture: Immerse yourself in rich history and local traditions
Group Tour: Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
Fully Guided: An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Low Intensity: Travelers can expect some light physical activities
Guided in English
Group Size 12 - 16
Ages 18-35

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Itinerary

Day 1
Bangkok
Bangkok
Optional Activities
- Temple & River of Kings Urban Adventure
- Tuk Tuk Experience Urban Adventure
- Grand Palace visit
- Thai Massage
- Jim Thompson's House visit
- Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) visit
- Khao San Road exploration
- Chatuchak Market browsing
Landmarks
Grand Palace
Chatuchak Market
Khao San Road
Day 2
Bangkok
Bangkok
Meals
Lunch (Fish Ball Noodles or Tom Yam Pork Noodles at Labour Egg Noodle restaurant)
Included Activities
- Chinatown walking tour
- Wat Mangkon Kamalawat visit
- Sampeng market browsing
Optional Activities
- Food stall stops on Sukorn Alley
Landmarks
Wat Mangkon Kamalawat
Sampeng Lane
Day 3
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai
Optional Activities
- Doi Suthep Temple Complex visit
- Thai massage
- Cooking class at Home Cookery School
- Night bazaar exploration
- Nimman area bar-hopping with leader
Landmarks
Doi Suthep
Day 4
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai
Optional Activities
- Muay Thai class (1.5-hour session with professional trainers)
- Ziplining
- White water rafting
- Cycling tour of the area
- Temple exploration
- Massage
Day 5
Chiang Mai to Nan
Chiang Mai to Nan
Meals
Breakfast
Included Activities
- Orientation tour of Nan
- Wat Phumin visit
Landmarks
Wat Phumin
Day 6
Nan to Pua
Nan to Pua
Included Activities
- Cocoa Valley visit and chocolate workshop
- Hand weaving centre demonstration
- Talad Mued Night Market visit with leader
Optional Activities
- Gallery visit by Nan River
- Coffee break
- Dinner at local restaurant
Landmarks
Cocoa Valley
Nan River
Day 7
Pua to Luang Prabang
Pua to Luang Prabang
Meals
Dinner (Traditional Sindad BBQ (grilled meat on hot pan with boiling water for blanching vegetables) at Talad Mued Night Market)
Included Activities
- Muang Ngeun local village visit
- Local Buddhist temple exploration
- Luang Prabang orientation walk
- Wat Phu Si sunset hike
- Talad Mued Night Market visit with BBQ dinner
Landmarks
Wat Phu Si
Muang Ngeun
Day 8
Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang
Included Activities
- Sunset Mekong River cruise
Optional Activities
- Kuang Si Waterfalls visit with hiking or swimming
Landmarks
Kuang Si Waterfalls
Mekong River
Day 9
Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang
Included Activities
- Alms giving ceremony viewing
Optional Activities
- Wat Xieng Thong visit
- Street exploration and photography
- Mt Phu Si hiking
- Cooking class
Landmarks
Wat Xieng Thong
Mt Phu Si
Day 10
Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng
Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng
Included Activities
- Alms giving ceremony viewing
Optional Activities
- Town exploration
- Market visits
- Noodle soup at French café
Landmarks
Nam Song River
Day 11
Vang Vieng
Vang Vieng
Optional Activities
- Tham Poukham cave exploration
- Cycling tour
- Kayaking on Nam Song River
- Monastery visits
- Hiking
Landmarks
Tham Poukham Cave
Nam Song River
Day 12
Vang Vieng to Vientiane
Vang Vieng to Vientiane
Meals
Breakfast
Included Activities
- Wat Si Saket visit
- Leader orientation walk
- COPE visit
Optional Activities
- Dinner exploration on Quai Fa Ngum Road
Landmarks
Wat Si Saket
Quai Fa Ngum Road
Day 13
Vientiane to Hanoi
Vientiane to Hanoi
Optional Activities
- Street exploration
- Dinner and drinks with group
- Bia hoi experience
- Nightlife exploration
Day 14
Hanoi
Hanoi
Optional Activities
- Hoan Kiem Lake visit
- Street food exploration
- Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh visit
- Temple of Literature visit
- Fine Arts Museum visit
- KOTO lunch
Landmarks
Hoan Kiem Lake
Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh
Temple of Literature
Day 15
Cat Ba Island
Cat Ba Island
Meals
Lunch (Seafood lunch prepared by onboard chef)
Included Activities
- Boat trip on Lan Ha Bay with seafood lunch
- Kayaking
Landmarks
Lan Ha Bay
Ha Long Bay
Day 16
Cat Ba Island to Ninh Binh
Cat Ba Island to Ninh Binh
Included Activities
- Ninh Binh bike tour
- Temple of King Dinh and King Le visit
Landmarks
Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel
Day 17
Ninh Binh
Ninh Binh
Optional Activities
- Mua Cave hike with mountain peak views
- Trang An boat tour
Landmarks
Mua Cave
Day 18
Hue
Hue
Meals
Dinner (Home-cooked dinner with a local family)
Included Activities
- Home cooked dinner with local family
Optional Activities
- Citadel and Forbidden Purple Palace exploration
- Dragon boat cruise on Perfume River
- Thien Mu Pagoda visit
- Dong Ba Market browsing
- Royal tomb visits by bike
Landmarks
Citadel of Hue
Thien Mu Pagoda
Perfume River
Tomb of Emperor Tu Duc
Day 19
Hue to Hoi An
Hue to Hoi An
Included Activities
- Hoi An old town walking tour
Optional Activities
- Bingo with leader in town square
- Historic house visit
- Japanese Covered Bridge visit
- Chinese assembly hall visit
- Museum visit
Landmarks
Japanese Covered Bridge
Hoi An Ancient Town
Day 20
Hoi An
Hoi An
Meals
Lunch (Freshly prepared lunch using ingredients picked during the garden tour)
Included Activities
- Garden-to-table experience with local chef
Optional Activities
- Central Market browsing
- Same-day tailoring
- Lantern-lit street wandering
- Cooking class
Landmarks
Tra Que Vegetable Village
Central Market
Day 21
Hoi An to Quy Nhon
Hoi An to Quy Nhon
Optional Activities
- Banh It Tower visit
- Canh Tien Tower visit
- Food tour with local specialties
- Eo Gio hike with coastal views
- Local restaurant exploration
Landmarks
Banh It Tower
Canh Tien Tower
Day 22
Quy Nhon
Quy Nhon
Optional Activities
- Con Chim Ecological Zone visit
- Ky Co Beach visit
- Hon Kho Island day trip
Landmarks
Ky Co Beach
Day 23
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Included Activities
- Local market visit
- Local coffee experience
Optional Activities
- Dinner and drinks on Pham Ngu Lao Street
- Market exploration and street food tasting
Landmarks
Pham Ngu Lao Street
Day 24
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City
Optional Activities
- Cu Chi Tunnels day trip
- Mekong Delta exploration
- Phu Quoc Island trip
- City exploration
Landmarks
Cu Chi Tunnels

Landmarks
Grand Palace
Chatuchak Market
Khao San Road

Landmarks
Wat Mangkon Kamalawat
Sampeng Lane

Landmarks
Doi Suthep

Landmarks
Wat Phumin

Landmarks
Cocoa Valley
Nan River

Landmarks
Wat Phu Si
Muang Ngeun

Landmarks
Kuang Si Waterfalls
Mekong River

Landmarks
Wat Xieng Thong
Mt Phu Si

Landmarks
Nam Song River

Landmarks
Tham Poukham Cave
Nam Song River

Landmarks
Wat Si Saket
Quai Fa Ngum Road

Landmarks
Hoan Kiem Lake
Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh
Temple of Literature

Landmarks
Lan Ha Bay
Ha Long Bay

Landmarks
Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel

Landmarks
Mua Cave

Landmarks
Citadel of Hue
Thien Mu Pagoda
Perfume River
Tomb of Emperor Tu Duc

Landmarks
Japanese Covered Bridge
Hoi An Ancient Town

Landmarks
Tra Que Vegetable Village
Central Market

Landmarks
Banh It Tower
Canh Tien Tower

Landmarks
Ky Co Beach

Landmarks
Pham Ngu Lao Street

Landmarks
Cu Chi Tunnels

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4.5

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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