EXPERIENCE VIETNAM YOUR WAY
Ready to travel to Vietnam? If it’s your first trip to Asia, you'll experience a culture so different from your own. And for the veteran traveler, you'll return year after year and always see new places, learn new aspects of life in Asia, meet new and fascinating people and have a completely new experience every time.
What type of experience do you want?
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Everyone likes to travel their own way. There are classic Vietnamese cities each with their own culture, amazing countryside, rich local experiences, relaxing beaches and spas, and adventures of all kinds to be found. Where do you start? We suggest:
Step One: Check out these popular itineraries and destinations and see what interests you most.
Step two: Contact us and we'll personalize a guided tour just for you based on your preferences.
Pick a category and review some of the popular itineraries, activities, and destinations. If one appeals to you, we'll personalize the specifics for you. Or let these be ideas that you pick and choose from and discuss when meeting with Van. We'll build a custom itinerary for you based on what’s important to you and your feedback. With 30 years of experience living in Vietnam, and 14 years planning custom Vietnam private tours for travelers from all over the world, we know the best places to visit in Vietnam and the most reputable activities, and pay attention to every detail to build the best personalized custom tour for you, in partnership with you:
CLASSIC SIGHTS (AND ALL 5 SENSES)
At this point in your planning a trip to Vietnam or Southeast Asia, you may already know a bit about Vietnam’s natural beauty or historically significant sights. Cruise the UNESCO heritage site of Ha Long Bay (day trip or 1 or 2 overnights), trek in Sapa through terraced rice paddies and tour local hill tribe villages, take a street tour of the charming, bustling and authentic old quarter of Hanoi, tour the impressive imperial citadel and temples in the former capital of Hue, tour the beach town and beautiful countryside of Hoi An, stay at the best luxurious beach resorts of Nha Trang, explore the wildlife in the National Parks of Cat Tien, Cuc Phuong, and Bach Ma , the historical cu chi tunnels outside of Ho Chi Minh City (for escaping bombing during the Vietnam-American war), tour the 1000 year old floating markets near Can Tho and Vinh Long, and the romantic “Le Petit Paris” of Da Lat.
And these are just some of Vietnam’s most popular areas. You can spend one, two or three weeks exploring just the classic sights of Vietnam’s beauty and culture. Choose a slow pace to get to know local places and people, or a fast pace to see it all. You decide your level of comfort, amount of free time, and we’ll build a custom Vietnam private tour itinerary with you within your budget that will leave you with an unforgettable experience:
VIETNAM TOURS
CAMBODIA TOURS
LAOS TOURS
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Saigon / Siem Reap River Cruise - 12 Days / 11 Nights
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Cross-Border: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia - 13 Days - 12 Nights
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Explore the World Heritages of Indochina - 14 Days / 13 Nights
FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN
Family vacation? First of all, nice job! You could have followed the beaten path in your own country. But you choose to give your children an inspiring, eye-opening experience, introducing them to more of the world. But a great trip traveling with smaller children means smart planning. We’ll help you design more time at each location, with activities that small children will enjoy while also unique to Vietnam’s culture (nothing is worse than taking your kids halfway around the world only to be met with “can we go now?”, or for you to think “we could have done this at home”). We specialize in Vietnam family tours. Our long experience with lodging choices means we select the best hotels that offer you the most support to make your vacation with small children easier.
These are a few itineraries that our clients with children have told us at Designer Vietnam tours they really enjoyed:
HONEYMOON,BEACHES OR JUST RELEXING
Vietnam is a place whose beauty shows up in many different ways. You can spend 2 weeks full of adventure across many destinations, or two weeks lounging on beaches with drinks at the pool across only 2 or 3 locations, and both people will come back saying Vietnam was “exactly what I expected!” We can take you to the isolated islands of Ninh Van Bay, Con Dao, and Koh Rong (Cambodia), the best beaches on Nha Trang or Phu Quoc, the romantic countryside village of Dalat, or overnight cruises on the UNESCO heritage site of Ha Long Bay. We can arrange for private cooking classes, romantic dinners on the beach, spa treatments, with little touches to make your time special and relaxing. Looking for Vietnam luxury tours or a Vietnam honeymoon?
Choose from 5-star resorts in Nha Trang or Con Dao or humble rooms, depending on your style of travel and budget. Van will talk with you to learn what type of style of vacation you like, what comfort level you prefer, how much pampering you like, how fast or slow paced you want to go, then make suggestions and build you a custom itinerary just for you. We hope you will send us photos from your romantic memories.
Here are our most popular Vietnam Honeymoon itinerary ideas:
ADVENTURE!
Is your idea of a vacation in Vietnam trekking down picturesque mountains through fields of rice paddies in Sapa, staying in local villages at a homestay, snorkeling or diving, visiting off-the-beaten-path remote hill tribe villages in Ha Giang, perhaps a 6 hour boat ride up the Mekong river on an express boat? Vietnam is not known for adrenaline adventure, but rather immersing yourself in its natural features. We’ll take you up close and personal with that beauty—which might mean slipping ankle deep in a rice paddy, coming back with cornstalk scrapes, being wet and exhausted at the end of a day, and wearing through your hiking shoes.
But the rewards are amazing views of Vietnam’s rugged and beautiful countryside, wandering through local villages that largely retain their primitiveness, meeting and talking with local hill tribes, experiencing life in rural Vietnam. And a memory card full of priceless, once in a lifetime photos! Tell us what your idea of adventure is and we’ll suggest and help you choose from both popular and unique destinations:
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Explore Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos - 19 Days / 18 Nights
FOOD, DRINK & SPA
Personally, my favorite type of trip is when I am eating traditional foods! Walking through local markets, buying fruits from street vendors, eating with locals from menus that might not be in my language, trying different country or regional specialties each night, sampling local desserts at restaurants that have been there for decades or modern and popular with locals, drinking a local beer or wine, talking about traditions and life. All of our itineraries will include great restaurants with local cuisine, and if you like, we'll tailor your meals and activities to really get into Vietnamese cuisine.
Our guides will take you to local (and reputable and even some famous) restaurants and street vendors, guide you through sampling local fruits like Rambutan, Dragonfruit, Mangosteen, we can even arrange for simple and local cooking classes, where you first buy ingredients at a local market. And in Hoi An and its surrounding villages, you can tour rice planting and even plant your own rice. Try renowned Hue cuisine, the best Pho, Bun Cha, Che Vietnamese dessert, classic Vietnamese spring rolls, and even choose live seafood from street vendors, cooked for you on the spot – steamed, grilled or sautéed with lemon grass, tamarind or coconut milk. And since you may do more walking on this itinerary, we can build in any amount of spa or massage time throughout your trip:
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Vietnam Food & Spa - 11 Days / 10 Nights
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Vietnam Zen & Spa - 12 Days / 11 Nights
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Taste of Indochina - 13 Days / 12 Nights