Hoi An House
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
7 days, planned by Farthest Field Co.
Hoi An was a trading port that silted up, which is why the sixteenth-century town is still standing — nothing was ever rebuilt over it.
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| Hoi An old town |
| Japanese Bridge |
| Thu Bon river |
My Son is a Cham Hindu complex from the fourth century, and the craters between the temples are from American bombing in 1969.
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| My Son sanctuary |
| Central market |
| Tailor streets |
The Hai Van is the weather divide between north and south Vietnam, and it is usually clear on one side and raining on the other.
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| Hai Van Pass |
| Lang Co lagoon |
| Hue citadel |
The Imperial City was largely destroyed in 1968 and is being rebuilt slowly; the emperors' tombs upriver survived intact.
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| Imperial City |
| Thien Mu Pagoda |
| Tomb of Khai Dinh |
| Perfume River |
The road north crosses the old DMZ and the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and the guides will point both out.
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| Phong Nha |
| Son river |
| Ho Chi Minh Trail |
Paradise Cave is 31 km long with a boardwalk through the first kilometre, and the chamber is 100 m high in places.
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| Paradise Cave |
| Dark Cave |
| Phong Nha-Ke Bang |
Six hours back. An overnight train from Dong Hoi is the alternative if your flight is the next morning.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
6 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 3 dinners across 7 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 7.
10 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
“Long-haul group trips for people with two weeks and no plan”
Excellent sightings and the guides clearly knew the area. Plenty to eat and they were happy to work around a gluten allergy. Would book with them again.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Sightings were thin on our dates, which is luck, but the drives felt rushed. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing.
Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.
Sightings were thin on our dates, which is luck, but the drives felt rushed. Guides answered every question, including the daft ones.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Only on a permitted four-day expedition run by one licensed operator, capped at a few hundred people a year and costing around USD 3,000. It books over a year ahead. It is genuinely out of scope for this trip.
One other operator runs this trip. See all 2 side by side →