Vietnam
Vietnam tours: Ha Long Bay cruises, Phong Nha caves and day trips
Six places, three very different kinds of trip. Ha Long Bay is cabin-priced overnight cruising, from $347 for two sharing. Phong Nha is the cave capital of Asia, where every major cave is licensed to exactly one operator and the catalogue runs from an 800,000 VND day swim into Tra Ang to the 79,500,000 VND Son Doong expedition. Hoi An and Da Nang are day tours, the Golden Bridge and Marble Mountains and My Son, with hotel pickup included. Hue and Khe Sanh add national park trekking and the tallest waterfall descent in the country. Every price below is the operator's own, checked against their site, and every tour page says plainly who the trip does not suit.
Where the trips run
Ha Long Bay
Quang Ninh province, north-east Vietnam
Overnight cruises in Ha Long Bay with the actual per-cabin fares, one night or two, plus how to get there from Hanoi and when the bay is worth it.
Phong Nha
Quang Binh, now part of Quang Tri province
All the guided cave tours in Phong Nha, from an 800,000 VND day trip to a 35,000,000 VND expedition. Real prices, difficulty, age limits and a 5% discount code.
Hoi An
Quang Nam, central Vietnam
Guided day tours from Hoi An with real per-person prices: My Son, Ba Na Hills, Cham Island, basket boats, cooking classes and Hue. Hotel pickup included.
Da Nang
Central coast, Vietnam
Day tours from Da Nang with real per-person prices: Ba Na Hills and the Golden Bridge, Marble Mountains, Monkey Mountain, My Son and Hue. Pickup included.
Hue
Thua Thien Hue, central Vietnam
Guided tours from Hue: a via ferrata and zipline over Do Quyen Waterfall, a 200 m canyoning descent, plus the Imperial City and tombs. Prices and a 5% code.
Khe Sanh
Huong Hoa, Quang Tri
Guided trips around Khe Sanh in Quang Tri: a sweet gum forest that turns red from October, camping on Rao Quan lake, a waterfall abseil. From 1,350,000 VND.
Every tour, cheapest first
16 trips
Jungle Boss
Tra Ang Excursion
1DThe cheapest way into a real Phong Nha cave: a short walk off the Ho Chi Minh trail, then a swim into the dark with a rope to follow.
The cheapest guided cave in Phong Nha, and the only one that takes children from age 7.
Jungle Boss
Phong Huong Adventure
1DA 9.5 kilometre walk through a sweet gum forest that turns red in winter, ending with lunch and a paddleboard on a reservoir ringed by wind turbines.
The only walk here through a forest that turns red, and the lowest age limit in the catalogue.
Jungle Boss
Elephant Cave and Ma Da Valley Jungle Trek
1DThe best single day in Phong Nha if you only have one: a war-history cave, a swim in an emerald lake, and 600 metres of river cave to finish.
The only day tour with pickup from Dong Hoi included, so it works without staying in Phong Nha.
Jungle Boss
Phong Huong Excursion
2D1NThe most relaxed trip in the catalogue: a boat to an island camp on Rao Quan lake, a barbecue, a campfire, and nothing more strenuous than a paddleboard.
The only trip with no hiking whatsoever: a boat to an island camp and nothing more strenuous than a paddleboard.
Jungle Boss
Phong Huong Adventure Overnight
2D1NThe forest walk and the lake camp together, finishing with a 30 metre abseil down Ta Puong waterfall and a jump into the pool.
The only trip pairing the red forest walk with a waterfall abseil, in two days.
Jungle Boss
Bach Ma Discovery
1DA day trip from Hue that puts you on a 130 metre suspension bridge across a waterfall, up 301 steel rungs beside it, and then on a zipline back over the top.
The only way to cross the waterfall bridge, climb the via ferrata and ride the zipline in a single day from Hue.
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Ma Da Valley Jungle Camping
2D1NThe gentlest Phong Nha tour with a night outdoors: the same caves as the day trek, plus camping on the sand at Ma Da Lake and cliff jumps if you want them.
The only overnight here with no rope work at all, and the lowest age limit of any camping trip.
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Victory Cave Expedition
2D1NThe newest Phong Nha cave open to visitors, surveyed in June 2026 and already running: two rappels into a chamber floored with rare cave pearls.
The newest cave open to visitors in Phong Nha, surveyed in June 2026 and running within weeks.
Jungle Boss
Hang Pygmy Exploration
2D1NSleep inside the world's fourth largest cave, after 3.5 kilometres underground through Hang Over and a rope descent into the chamber.
The shortest route to sleeping inside the world’s fourth largest cave.
Oxalis Adventure
Hang En Cave Adventure
2D1NTrek through jungle and river crossings to one of the largest cave chambers on earth, and camp on its sand beach beside a turquoise lake.
A night camped inside one of the largest cave chambers on earth, at the Son Doong expedition's own first campsite, for about a ninth of its price.
Oxalis Adventure
Hang Tien Exploration
4D3NThe Phong Nha tour that leaves Phong Nha: four days in the Tu Lan system near Tan Hoa, ladder descents on harnesses, cave swims, and two nights camped beside jade green lakes.
The largest dry cave of the Tu Lan system, in a different valley 70 km from Phong Nha that no other tour here touches.
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Do Quyen Waterfall Top Adventure
2D1NDescend 200 metres down the face of one of Southeast Asia's tallest waterfalls on rope, after a night camped at the Five Lakes and a training session on a smaller fall.
The only tour that abseils 200 metres down the face of the waterfall itself.
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Hung Thoong Exploration
3D2NFour caves in three days across a system opened in 2023, including a swim through Tron cave and a zipline over a sinkhole.
The only trip with a kilometre-long swim through a flooded cave, and a zipline over a sinkhole.
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Tiger Cave Series Adventure
3D2NThree connected caves and nearly seven kilometres underground, camping at the edge of the Kong Collapse sinkhole without doing the full expedition.
The only way to camp at the edge of Kong Collapse without committing to the five day expedition.
Jungle Boss
Kong Collapse Top Adventure
5D4NA 100 metre rope descent into the deepest sinkhole in Vietnam, over five days, with a medical check before you are allowed to book.
The only tour that descends the 100 metres to the floor of Vietnam’s deepest sinkhole.
Oxalis Adventure
Son Doong Cave Expedition
6D5NSix days to the largest cave on earth: jungle trek in via Hang En, three nights camped inside Son Doong, out over the 90 m Great Wall of Vietnam.
The largest known cave in the world, and this is the only tour licensed to enter it: roughly 1,000 permits a year, one operator.
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