Vietnam Tours with Flights from €650

The classic trip runs the length of the country, top to bottom: two nights in Hanoi, an overnight Halong Bay cruise, an internal flight to Hue or Danang, two or three nights settled into Hoi An, then a flight to Saigon and a day out in the Mekong Delta. Most 10-day routes follow exactly this spine and cost €600-€1,200 on the land side before your flight from Europe.

A few trips consistently win travellers over: Vietnam Tour Fun's "Astonishing Vietnam in 11 Days" at around €640, Legend Travel Group's 10-day Hanoi-departure package at roughly €810, and Hoi An Express's 10-day South-to-North Cultural Odyssey at €1,100. All three include the domestic flights, which genuinely matters — booking Hanoi-Danang and Danang-Saigon yourself on VietJet or Vietnam Airlines adds €80-€150 per person.

You'll clock 6-10 km on a busy day weaving through the old quarters, take breakfast at the hotel and sort lunch and dinner yourself (€5-€15 at a good street-food spot). The overnight Halong junk is almost always thrown in with full board. Vietnam is wonderfully cheap on the ground: €30-€50 a day covers meals, drinks and the odd extra, so long as you're not chasing rooftop cocktails.

Seven or eight days is tight. You can do Hanoi, Halong and Hoi An and skip Saigon, or Saigon, the Mekong and Hoi An and skip Hanoi — either makes a fine first taste. Land cost €450-€750. The catch is you only see half the country, and a good slice of the time goes on short internal flights.

Ten days is where most travellers land, and where the choice is widest. Realistic Asia's "Amazing Vietnam Super Save" at €655 and Wonderscape Travel's 10-day daily-departure package at €605 are the entry point; mid-market 10-day trips run €800-€1,200. The length lets you walk the full Hanoi-Halong-Hue-Hoi An-Saigon-Mekong arc without ever feeling hurried.

Fourteen days is the sweet spot if the budget stretches. Realistic Asia's "Best Of Vietnam In 14 Days" at around €900 land is the one to measure against. You add the rice terraces and a hill-tribe homestay around Sapa in the north, or beach time on Phu Quoc in the south, or the karst country of Ninh Binh on the way out of Hanoi. If this is your one shot at Southeast Asia, stretch to fourteen.

North-only (Hanoi, Halong, Sapa, Ninh Binh) suits travellers drawn to mountains and big landscapes, and works year-round if you pack layers. South-only (Saigon, Mekong, Dalat, Phu Quoc) is the one for beach and food, and runs brighter and hotter. Choose by the weather window rather than by gut feeling — see the seasons section below.

Small-group tours of 10-16 people are the default, and the best value. International operators like G Adventures and Intrepid run polished 10-15 day itineraries at €1,200-€2,000 land, with Western-style trip leaders and a step up in hotels. The local specialists cover the same ground for considerably less: Realistic Asia, Legend Travel Group, Vietnam Tour Fun, PrestiGo Asia and Indochina Today Travel all sit in the €600-€1,300 band for 10-14 days, using the very same guides, boats and restaurants — you simply get a less branded trip and a local rep in place of a Western tour leader.

Private tours are unusually good value here. Two people sharing a private guide and driver through Hoi An Express or PrestiGo Asia typically pay €1,200-€1,800 per person for ten days — not much over a group trip, and you set the pace, skip the 7am bus calls and can linger over lunch.

If you'd rather be active, SpiceRoads and Exodus run supported cycling trips along the Ho Chi Minh Highway and the coast road from Hue to Hoi An, usually €1,800-€2,800 for 8-12 days with bikes, support van and a mechanic. Motorbike tours over the Hai Van Pass and the northern loops out of Ha Giang run €900-€1,600 for 7-10 days with Easy Riders or Onyabike. Much Better Adventures runs shorter active trips pitched neatly at working professionals short on annual leave.

Vietnam runs 1,650 km top to tail, and the weather breaks into three zones that stubbornly refuse to line up. This is the single most important thing to get right when you plan.

The north (Hanoi, Halong, Sapa) has a proper winter. October to December is the sweet spot: dry, 20-25°C, clear skies over Halong Bay. January and February turn cold and misty — Halong loses its postcard sheen and Sapa can drop to 5°C. March to May is warm and easy. June to September is hot (35°C and up) and wet, with a real chance of typhoons shutting Halong Bay for two or three days at a stretch.

The centre (Hue, Hoi An, Danang) does the opposite. February to August is dry and hot; September to December is the wet season, and the flooding risk in Hoi An through October and November is no small thing — the old town has gone under more than once in recent years.

The south (Saigon, Mekong, Phu Quoc) splits into dry (November to April) and wet (May to October). Wet-season rain is usually a heavy late-afternoon burst rather than all-day grey, so it's far more livable than it sounds.

The one window that works just about everywhere is mid-February to early April: shoulder-season prices, broadly dry weather the length of the country, and Tet (Vietnamese New Year, 17 February in 2026) to either lean into or sidestep on purpose, since some businesses close for up to a week.

Vietnam has two international gateways — Hanoi (HAN) in the north and Ho Chi Minh City (SGN, still called Saigon) in the south — and your trip flows best north-to-south, so the smart move from anywhere is an open-jaw ticket: into HAN, out of SGN. It saves a whole day of doubling back and rarely costs more than a round-trip.

From Australia, this is your patch. Vietnam is close — closer than most Aussies realise — and that's the whole selling point. Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar and Vietjet fly Sydney and Melbourne direct to Saigon or Hanoi in about 9 hours, and Qantas has joined the direct game on some routes. One-stop options through Singapore (Scoot, Singapore Airlines), Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur are plentiful and often cheaper. Return economy fares from Sydney or Melbourne run roughly A$700-A$1,100 in the shoulder months, climbing to A$1,200-A$1,600 over the December-January summer holidays. For the price and the short hop, Vietnam is one of the best-value long-ish trips going from Australia.

From the US, the West Coast has a real edge. Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle reach Saigon or Hanoi in about 17-19 hours with one stop in East Asia (Korean Air via Seoul, EVA Air via Taipei, ANA or Japan Airlines via Tokyo, Cathay via Hong Kong), and crucially the fares are lower and the routing shorter than flying to most of Europe — Southeast Asia genuinely is the easier long-haul from California. Expect US$750-US$1,100 return from the West Coast in shoulder season, US$1,100-US$1,600 at peak. From the East Coast (New York, Washington, Boston) you're looking at 20-22 hours and US$900-US$1,400, routed either across the Pacific or via the Gulf (Qatar, Emirates).

From Canada, Vancouver mirrors the US West Coast — one stop in East Asia, around 17-19 hours, roughly C$1,000-C$1,500 return. Toronto and Montreal route via Asia or the Gulf at C$1,200-C$1,800.

From the UK and Europe, Vietnam Airlines flies direct from London, Paris and Frankfurt in 11-12 hours, while one-stop routings via the Gulf (Qatar, Emirates, Etihad) or East Asia (Singapore Airlines, Cathay, Korean Air) tend to price about the same in a nicer cabin. Shoulder-season returns run €550-€850, climbing to €900-€1,300 over Christmas and Tet.

Whatever your home airport, the bundle prices the flight live in your own currency the moment you search, so the total — open-jaw routing and all — shows right beside the tour price before you commit to either booking. Kiwi.com handles the routing behind the scenes.