About this trip
This 10-day trip moves through Vietnam via its food, starting in Ho Chi Minh City, working up through Hoi An and finishing in Hanoi. Each city has its own culinary identity, and the focus throughout is on eating the way locals actually eat, not the tourist-menu version.
You'll spend time in markets, street food stalls and family-run kitchens, picking up the dishes and habits that don't always make it onto a standard itinerary. It's a trip built around curiosity and appetite more than sightseeing checklists.
The pace lets you settle into each city rather than rush through it, with food as the thread connecting Ho Chi Minh City's energy, Hoi An's central cuisine and Hanoi's more traditional capital fare.
What you'll do
- Eat your way through Ho Chi Minh City's street food scene
- Explore Hoi An's distinct central Vietnamese dishes
- Sample Hanoi's traditional capital cuisine
- Visit local markets and see how everyday Vietnamese meals are made
- Learn about regional food culture directly from the people who cook it
- Partially guided, so expect a mix of led activities and time to explore on your own
- Built around food and local life rather than major landmarks, suited to travellers who want to eat widely and try lesser-known dishes
Worth it if you love regional Vietnamese food, hands-on cooking classes, and attentive local guides. Think twice if you're budget-conscious or heat-averse in June.
- Cooking classes with locals, particularly Ba Vi and Moc Village, genuinely interactive and memorable.
- Guides consistently excellent and flexible—one helped your wife on a motorbike when cycling wasn't viable.
- June weather is oppressive heat; tap water unsafe in many HCMC hotels despite bottled water provided.
- Tour covers vast ground fast—Hanoi, Ha Long, Hoi An, Mekong Delta; long days but guides keep energy up.
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Where to stay
A night before your tour in Ho Chi Minh City · 20 Jul – 21 Jul
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