Itinerary for one month in Vietnam.



Beautiful Hoi An.


If you're deciding on an itinirary for one month in Vietnam, I hope this will be helpful. In 2011, my boyfriend and I spent nine months living in and travelling around South East Asia. While I was there, I was forever trawling the internet for information for travellers on a budget. So, here is my first blog on travelling which attempts to give some practical tips if you're planning to spend one month in Vietnam.

Itinerary:

We were there for a whole month and travelled from HCMC to Hanoi (south to north). A lot of people say it's better to travel north to south but we were already in Cambodia so it made sense to get the 10-hour bus from Phnom Penh to HCMC and head up the country.

Here's a rough idea of our itinerary...

HCMC (two nights)

Mui Ne (six nights)

Da Lat (three nights)

- Two-day/two-night Easyrider tour

Nha Trang (three nights)

- Night bus

Hoi An (six nights)

- Night bus

Hue (one night)

- Night bus

Hanoi (four nights with one night in Halong Bay)

I hope that's of some help. We found that if we loved somewhere (Mui Ne, Hoi An) then we ended up staying longer than planned and if we weren't so fussed (Hue, HCMC) then we'd make an exit ASAP - generally you only get a month-long visa so make the most of it. My advice is: be flexible and if you aren't feeling it, then get out!