Vietnam
Blessed with an open, welcoming, and engaging society, Vietnam is a nation balanced between deeply held traditions and an exploding modernity that make it a uniquely wonderful travel destination. The war is a distant memory and Americans are now appreciated as partners in economic opportunity. Vietnam is more about experience than checklists. Being paddled on a river by a rower who uses her feet, taking a cooking class, having a dress or suit tailor-made in a day, relaxing in a hammock in the Mekong Delta, or drifting quietly along on a subterranean river – these are the activities you’ll cherish from this outing. There are, of course, great sights to be enjoyed, including the Temple of Literature, Halong Bay, the ruins of My Son, and Hue’s Citadel. Add in the best food in Southeast Asia and you have a formula for travel memories to last a lifetime.
Featured Tours
vietnam
2023
Dates: Feb 5 - 18, 2023 (14 days) Begins Hanoi, Ends Ho Chi Minh City
Cost: $3695 Early Pay Discount ($300) available until Aug 1, 2022
Single Supplement: $400 Note: 3 nights (night train; home stay) on this tour where single accommodations are not available.
Post-tour Angkor Wat extension available Feb 18 - 21
Cost: $900 Single Supplement: $200
Video Content
LiveStreams, Virtual Tours, Powerpoints and Coffee Chats
Blogs
Tam Coc & Halong Bay
Ho Chi Minh City
Recommended Reading
“Vietnam Rising Dragon” by Bill Hayton
“When Heaven and Earth Switched Places” by Le Ly Hayslip
“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien
Recommended Viewing
The Quiet American (1958) & (2002)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
Featured Articles
A Local’s Guide to Vietnam (Conde Nast)
Best Places to Visit in Vietnam (Lonely Planet)
Vietnam Travel Guide (National Geographic)
Know Before You Go
VIsas
VIETNAM DOES REQUIRE A VISA FOR ENTRY - THEY ASK FOR A BLANK PAGE IN YOUR PASSPORT UPON ARRIVAL
cURRENCY
VIETNAMESE DONG, VND
CHECK LOCAL CURRENCY RATES BEFORE DEPARTING
Check latest tRAVEL ADVISORIES before departing
weather / when to go
WEATHER IS TYPICALLY WARM AND HUMID BUT IS ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL DURING CERTAIN MONTHS
THE BEST TIME TO VISIT IS BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE WHEN WEATHER CAN RANGE FROM WARM TO VERY HOT OR JANUARY TO MARCH WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE COOLER