Best 17-day Vietnam trips and itineraries

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Seventeen days in Vietnam gives you room to balance major hubs with quieter regions, while still keeping the pace realistic.

A northern route can use Hanoi as a base for Pu Luong, Ninh Binh and Ha Long Bay, with cooler highlands, rice terraces and limestone karsts giving the trip a strong landscape focus.

A route through the north and centre can add Hue’s imperial sites and Hoi An’s historic streets, with rural detours and coastal views breaking up the city stays.

If you want the trip to feel more active, Phong Nha is worth extra time for jungle trekking and caves. To bring in more food and city life, you could shift the route toward Ho Chi Minh City, the Mekong Delta and Hanoi, using markets, street food and river journeys to shape the final stretch.

Every trip on this page is designed by Vietnam travel experts who live and work in the country, not pulled from a generic brochure. These itineraries are examples you can customize, adjusting routes, dates, comfort level, and activities to match how you like to travel.

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