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The Ultimate Guide to Vietnam Tours in 2026 — Tips, Costs & Best Routes

  Mar 6, 2026

  By Tony Jaa

If you are planning for a trip around Asia in 2026, then a Vietnam Tour is the best choice for you. With its diverse natural beauty, rich culture and fascinating history, Vietnam offers an excellent experience for you with affordable cost.

You are looking for a Vietnam Tour and looking for a local tour company in Vietnam for your trip to Vietnam. Vietnam Escape Tours is happy to be one of the best tour operators in Vietnam for you. A Vietnam Tour is package including accommodation (Hotel, cruise), guide, transportation, entrance fee, meals and many other services like kayaking, cycling, boat trip, cable car. All of those services create a tour in Vietnam for you. 


Why Choose a Vietnam Tour With Us?

Booking a tour package in Vietnam is an easy way to save your time for searching information, avoid the mistake in creating an itinerary. Our travel consultants will work with you to create a suitable itinerary special for your group with affordable cost. With our experience, our team will have the advice for the weather, what to do and where to go with your travel duration and period. We have understanding about the services in Vietnam from accommodation to the destinations to choose the best services for you.

It is a tour package but it is flexible and we can customize a suitable trip special for your group due to your budget, duration, travel season.

Just book the tour with us and all things we will arrange smoothly. You do not have to worry about booking too many small services in Vietnam.

With thousands of excellent reviews on TripAdvisor, Google Map and other forums you can be confident to work with Vietnam Escape Tours.

How To Plan for a Vietnam Tour

International Flight:

After deciding the duration and your travel date in Vietnam you may search for your return international flight to Vietnam. You will search for the best schedule for your flights with good price. In the same time, you can start working with Vietnam Escape Tours travel consultant to see if that flight is good for our travel plan. Sometimes, you have a good flight but it does not suit your travel plan. For example, you have a good flight schedule from your country to Hanoi and from Ho Chi Minh to your country but you only travel around Hanoi for some days so you need to consider again if you should change to another flight which depart from Hanoi back home.

Vietnam Visa:

Planning for a trip to Vietnam and you need to know about the visa to Vietnam. There are countries which don’t need visa to Vietnam but many their countries need a visa when you travel to Vietnam.

The visa policy changes year to year depending many factors so please check again when you plan for your trip to Vietnam and before you go to Vietnam. Vietnam Escape Tours is one of the best tour operators in Vietnam and our team will help you to check also and have the best advice for your group.

Please make sure your passport is valid at least 6 months from your travel date and has at least 2 blank pages.

Itinerary for your trip to Vietnam

After discussing with our travel consultants about the itinerary which suites the best for your duration, travel season, heath, suitable flight, and your interests in the places in Vietnam. Vietnam Escape Tours will send you a quotation for the final itinerary together with the accommodation. You will discuss with us until the itinerary and the budget suit you the best. You will deposit, book your flight, apply the visa if you need and just wait for the travel date. 


Prepare for your coming trip to Vietnam


About 1 months prior your travel date, please check your passport again to make sure that they are not left somewhere. Please make sure that your visa to Vietnam is ok. 

Some days before your travel date please check your flight if there is any change in your flight time and update to Vietnam Escape Tours team so we can pick you up at the airport smoother.

Please update the weather in the places you will visit in Vietnam to make sure that you bring the suitable clothes for the weather in each place.

Top 5 Most Popular Vietnam Tour Routes

There are different routes you can chose from depending on your interests, your duration and weather in your travel time. Below are some popular routes for travelers visiting Vietnam.

1. Northern Vietnam: Hanoi – Ninh Binh – Sapa – Halong

+ Start from Hanoi: History, streetfood, train street in Hanoi, Hoan Kiem Lake, Water Puppet Show, cyclo tour.

+ Explore Ninh Binh: Tam Coc, Hoa Lu, Trang An, Bai Dinh Pagoda, Hang Mua Peak. You may visit all of them or some of them depending on how many days you may have for Ninh Binh

+ Visit  Sapa: Local Ethnic people, terrace rice field, Fansipan Peak, beautiful villages

+ Take a Halong Bay Cruise Tour: Cruising, kayaking, cycling on the island

Halong Bay

2. Central Vietnam: Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An

+ Visit Hue Ancient Royal City: Emperor Temples, Dong Ba Market, Boat trip on Huong River, Thien Mu Pagoda

+ Visit Da Nang: Ba Na Hill, Nice beaches, Son Tra Peninsular

+ Visit Hoi An: Wander the lantern-lit streets and ancient houses of Hoi An, Visit My Son Holy Land, Take the boat trip in Cam Thanh Coconut Jungle 

Thien Mu Pagoda

3. Vietnam Tour from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh or from Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi:

 Hanoi – Ninh Binh – Sapa – Halong – Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An – Ho chi Minh –Cu Chi Tunnels -  Mekong Delta

+ Visit Hanoi with street food, Dong Xuan Market, train street, historical sites, try Cyclo tour, enjoy the Water Puppet Show (Ho Chi Minh Complex, Hoang Kiem Lake, Museums)

+ Discover Ninh Binh with ancient capital of Hoa Lu, enjoying the local boat trip in Trang An or Tam Coc.

+ Enjoy the cruise trip in Halong Bay with luxury cruises.

+ Visit Sapa with beautiful terrace fields, diversity of ethnic minorities, visiting Fansipan Peak – The roof of Indochina.

+ Enjoy the cruise trip in Halong Bay, go swimming, hiking, visit the caves in Halong Bay, go kayaking or enjoy the sampan boat in Halong.

+ Visit the ancient royal city of Hue, enjoy exquisite dishes fit for royalty in the 19th century.

+ Enjoy the beach city Da Nang and Hoi An, visit Ba Na Hill, the Lady Buddha Pagoda, visit the lantern city of Hoi An, enjoy the round boat trip in Cam Thanh Village.

+ Visit the bustle city of HCM, Ben Thanh Market, the War Remnants Museum, Reunification Palace, visit Cu Chi Tunnels.

+ Enjoy the boat trip in Mekong Delta.

4. South Vietnam Tour: Ho Chi Minh – Cu Chi Tunnels – Mekong – Phu Quoc Island

+ Visit Cu Chi Tunnels, Ho Chi Minh City with Ben Thanh Market, the War Remnants Museum, Reunification Palace.

+ Enjoy the boat trip in Mekong Delta

+ Enjoy the beach time in Phu Quoc Island, take some island tour there.

Mekong Delta Boat Tour

5. North and Central Vietnam: Hanoi – Ninh Binh – Halong – Da Nang – Hoi An

+ Visit Hanoi with historical sites ( Ho Chi Minh Complex, Temples of Literature, Hoan Kiem Lake, The museums in Hanoi, visit Dong Xuan Market, enjoy the Water Puppet Show, the Cyclo Tour or Jeep Tour.

+ Visit Ninh Binh with Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, enjoy the boat trip in Trang An or Tam Coc.

+ Enjoy the cruise trip in Halong Bay.

+ Visit Da Nang with My Khe Beach, Ba Na Hill

+ Visit Hoi An Charming Town – the Lantern Town, visit My Son Holy Land, enjoy the round boat trip in Cam Thanh Coconut Forest.

How Much Do Vietnam Tours Cost

The price for a tour in Vietnam depends on a lot of factors from duration, travel period, the tour class and the tour type you take part in.

If your travel period is in the high season and the cost for the tour will be higher, especially in the peak season like Dec and Jan.

The price for the tour will be high if your travel duration is long.

If you use the high-class accommodation like deluxe, luxury then the price of the tour will be higher.

If you take the private tour the cost normally will be higher than the group tour when you share the services with other travelers. The tours which use longer transfer or the tours with high price for the tickets, some special tour with unique services, the tour with rare language speaking guide will cost more than the normal tour.

In general, 1 day tour in Vietnam with English speaking guide, entrance fee, breakfast, lunch, transfer, 3 star hotels costs about 70 to 100 USD/person. If you use the higher-class accommodation the price can be 120 to 200 USD/person or even more.

How to Pick the Best Vietnam Tour for You

Step 1: Decide the travel period

+ If your travel time is dependent on others such as your spouse, parents, children, friends, or factors like your or your children's summer or winter vacations, or other factors, then you cannot choose your travel time and it is subject to change. In this case, you don't have many options, so you can inform your travel consultant so that we can optimize your trip as much as possible to create a reasonable itinerary that suits your group's weather. We can also choose a suitable travel route from North to South or from South to North to minimize the negative impact of weather, especially for trips of 15 days or more.

+ However, if your travel schedule is flexible and can be adjusted easily, then that's when you need to work with our travel consultant to know the best time for your holidays. It also depends on the places you want to visit, the things you want to do and the activities you wish to take and the best time for travelling may change a bit.

Step 2: Decide what visit

When you know your travel period, duration and you may decide what to visit depending on the weather. Sometimes, you need to decide between the best for weather to visit one place and the best time for enjoying the activities or for experience in that area. For example, August and September is not the best time for the weather to visit Sapa but it is the best time for visiting terrace rice fields in Sapa.

Our travel consultant will advise you the best tour you should take depends on your budget, your duration also.

Vspirit Cruise Halong

Step 3: Finalizing the best tour itinerary and service

After deciding the time to visit, duration and the places to visit, you and our travel consultants can discuss more to decide the type of tour you should take (private/group tour), the accommodation for your trip depending on your budget. Then, we can finalize everything to send you a final itinerary with service. If you are happy with the itinerary and quotation then you can deposit for the tour. Our team will start make reservation for this holiday in Vietnam and let you know what to prepare for your trip from checking passport, visa, flight ticket, prepare suitable clothes.

The Best Time to Book Your Vietnam Tour

One of the most frequently asked questions by travelers is when is the best time to book a trip to Vietnam. There's no single correct answer to this question. 

However, we offer the following suggestions: 

+ During the off-season, from May 1st to September 30th, you don't need to book too far in advance, and you can book about 1 to 2 months beforehand, except for certain holidays and some popular domestic destinations. 

+ During the high season, from October 1st to April 30th, you can book your Vietnam tour about 3 to 5 months in advance. If your group is large, you need to book even further in advance, while if your group is small, you don't need to book too far in advance, except for some special periods. Our experts will give you advice for each specific case.

Please note the season above is international travel season. For local travel season it is from June to July. Local travelers will not share all the travel destinations with international travelers but some destinations so our travel consultants will have the best advices for your itinerary and the time for booking for your group when you work with us!