October to April
Clear, cool days in Hanoi and on the bay; December to February can be cold and grey. Ha Giang is at its best in October and November, Sapa’s terraces turn gold in September.
Trip planner
Plan your Vietnam journey with AI
Tea hills, craft villages, river markets and the quiet end of the bay. Our planner drafts the route from stops we actually run, with honest travel times — and a Nextour trip designer in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City turns it into a real, exact quote.
A trip designer — not a bot — answers within 24 hours, by email or WhatsApp. No mailing lists.
13Regions, from the Chinese border to the Gulf of Thailand
102Real stops in the planner — nothing invented
31Journeys we already run and can reshape
24 hFrom your draft to an exact quote, hotels named
Route simulator
See a region day by day
Pick a place. The planner lays out a short stay the way our guides would run it — morning, midday, afternoon, evening — and plots every stop on the map.
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Cornerstones
Six mornings people write home about
A few of the stops the planner reaches for most. Tap one to start a route around it.
Ninh Binh
Trang An by rowing boat
Flooded caves and island temples, rowed by the women of the village.
Halong Bay
Kayaking the Lan Ha lagoons
Paddle under rock arches on the quieter side of the bay, then a night aboard.
Ha Giang
Ma Pi Leng and the Nho Que
The great canyon road of the north, and a boat on the jade river below it.
Hoi An
Tra Que herb village kitchen
Pick herbs with the farmers, then cook with them — garden to wok.
Mekong Delta
Cai Rang market at dawn
Boats selling from a pole; whatever hangs on it is what’s for sale.
Da Lat
Arabica on the Cau Dat hills
Walk the coffee rows at dawn, then cup the beans with the roasters.
Why plan it this way
A draft you can actually travel
Fast like a chatbot, grounded like a local operator.
| Big group tour | A general AI chatbot | Nextour journey studio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the stops come from | A fixed brochure route | Anything on the internet, including places that have closed | Only the 102 stops our guides take travellers to |
| Travel times | Long coach days | Often guessed — two cities in one morning | Real drive and flight times counted into each day |
| Who checks it | Nobody — it’s the same for everyone | Nobody | A trip designer in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City |
| Changing it | Not possible | Start again | Swap or drop any stop, then as many rounds as you like |
| Price | Fixed, per seat | None, or a guess | An exact quote for your dates, every service itemised |
| On the ground | A group leader | You’re on your own | Your own guide and driver, and a 24-hour line |
Field notes
The north
The centre
The south
When to go, region by region
Vietnam is long, and the weather runs on three clocks. The planner doesn’t know your dates — your trip designer does, and will steer the route around them.
February to August
Hue and Hoi An are dry and warm through spring and summer. September to December brings the rains, and the old town sometimes floods in October and November.
December to April
Saigon, the Mekong and Phu Quoc are dry and sunny through the winter months. From May it rains most afternoons — short, heavy and over quickly.
Hand it to a trip designer
Draft the route here, then send it on. We come back within 24 hours with hotels named and an exact price — change it as often as you like, nothing is owed until you confirm.