Southeast Asia

Vietnam End to End

Hanoi to Saigon by sleeper train and motorbike

30 days

Duration

$22

Daily budget

Easy

Difficulty

Mar – Apr, Sep – Nov

Best months

1,700km down one of the best value countries on earth. Reunification Express sleepers, $6 dorms, banh mi for a dollar and the Hai Van Pass in the middle.

The route, stop by stop

🇻🇳 Hanoi · Vietnam

Old Quarter chaos, egg coffee, bun cha lunches.

4 nights$20/day

🏍️ Ha Giang · Vietnam

The loop — the best motorbike ride in the country.

4 nights$26/day

🛶 Ninh Bình · Vietnam

Karsts and rice fields you row through.

2 nights$20/day

🕳️ Phong Nha · Vietnam

World's biggest cave systems and a tiny hostel village.

3 nights$22/day

🏯 Hue · Vietnam

Imperial citadel and the start of the Hai Van Pass.

2 nights$20/day

🏮 Hoi An · Vietnam

Lanterns, tailors, An Bang beach on a bicycle.

4 nights$22/day

☕ Da Lat · Vietnam

Cool highlands, canyoning and coffee farms.

3 nights$21/day

🏙️ Ho Chi Minh City · Vietnam

War Remnants museum, Bui Vien nights, Mekong day trips.

4 nights$24/day

8 stops · 26 nights

≈ $577 total

Totals are estimates built from the per-night budgets above — your real spend will vary.

Getting around

→Reunification Express sleeper trains
→Sleeper buses (Futa)
→Rented Honda Wave for pass sections

Don't forget

✓Rain poncho
✓International driving permit for bikes
✓Dry bag
✓Mosquito repellent

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