ITINERARY VIETNAM, LAOS AND CAMBODIA

If you want to save some time, I will strongly recommend to fly instead of taking ground transportation between the countries. I had two weeks and a half to visit Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. In the following suggested itinerary, I added some extra days where I considered necessary. But if you don’t have the amount of time recommended, you can definitely cut some days off to meet your needs.

 DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN HO CHI MINH (SAIGON), VIETMAN

 DAY 2: HO CHI MINH (SAIGON), VIETMAN

 DAY 3: FLIGHT FROM HO CHI MINH (SOUTH VIETMAN) TO HUE (CENTRAL VIETMAN)

 DAY 4: HUE, CENTRAL VIETMAN

 DAY 5: FLIGHT FROM HUE (CENTRAL VIETNAM) TO HANOI (NORTHERN VIETNAM)

 Day 6: HANOI, VIETNAM

 Day 7: HANOI, VIETNAM

 DAY 8: TWO DAYS CRUISE TO HALONG BAY (Could be extended)

 DAY 9: HALONG BAY, VIETNAM

 DAY 10: HALONG BAY, VIETNAM

 DAY 11: RETURN TO HANOI FROM HALONG BAY, VIETMAN

 (You can add here a day or two to Sapa. You can reach Sapa by train. Or go back to Hanoi)

 DAY 12:  FLIGHT FROM HANOI TO LUANG PRABANG, LAOS.

 DAY 13:  LUANG PRABANG, LAOS

 DAY 14: DAY TRIP FROM LUANG PRABANG TO PAK OU CAVE AND KHOUANGSI WATERFALL, LAOS

 DAY 15: BUS FROM LUANG PRABANG TO PHOSAVAN, LAOS

 DAY 16:  PHOSAVAN, LAOS

 DAY 17: BUS FROM PHOSAVAN TO VANG VIENG

 DAY 18:  VANG VIENG, LAOS

 DAY 19: VANG VIENG, LAOS

 DAY 20: TWO OPTIONS:

  • Take a bus from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang and take a flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia. 
  • Take a boat to Vientiane (Laos’s capital) and take a flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia.

 DAY 21: SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA

 DAY 22: SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA

 DAY 23: SPEED BOAT FROM SIEM REAP TO PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA

(There are also busses available for this route)

 DAY 24: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA

 DAY 26: DEPARTURE FROM PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA