Yes, and because every trip is private the pace, the drives and the amount of walking are set around the ages of the children travelling. Where families are travelling together we try to arrange family rooms, connecting rooms or rooms next to each other, though not every hotel in the region has them and they are in high demand in July and August, so booking early helps. Most three and four star hotels can provide a cot, but we can only confirm that hotel by hotel once the reservations are made.

In Laos, children usually enjoy the waterfalls at Kuang Si near Luang Prabang, cycling around the old town, and boat trips on the Mekong. In Cambodia, exploring the Angkor temples by bicycle works well for older children, and a boat trip on the Tonle Sap to see the floating villages is often the part they talk about afterwards. Cooking classes and craft workshops are available in both countries and suit most ages. Activities are chosen once we know how old the children are.

The two countries share a similar pattern, which makes them easy to combine. The dry season runs from about mid-October to April and brings clear skies and very little rain, which is the easiest time for the temples and for travel between regions. The rains fall from May to September and the trip still works then: showers are usually short and fall in the afternoon, the landscape is at its greenest, prices are lower and there are noticeably fewer visitors at Angkor. Late October to March is the most comfortable window overall.

Ten days covers the essentials: Luang Prabang with Vang Vieng or Vientiane, then the Angkor temples at Siem Reap. Fifteen days lets you add Phnom Penh, Battambang or a few nights on the Cambodian coast. Twenty days is what you need to include southern Laos, meaning the Bolaven Plateau and the 4000 Islands on the Mekong, which are a long way from Luang Prabang and are usually the part travellers remember.

Yes, for both. Travellers from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and most EU countries need a visa for each country.

• For Cambodia you can get a visa on arrival, currently 30 USD for a single-entry tourist visa allowing a stay of 30 days, or apply in advance for an e-visa at the official site evisa.gov.kh, which is only valid at certain airports and land crossings, so check that your entry point is covered. Separately from the visa, everyone entering Cambodia must also submit the free e-Arrival card at arrival.gov.kh within seven days before arrival: it is not a visa and does not replace one.
• For Laos you can also get a visa on arrival at the main international airports and major land borders, or apply in advance at laoevisa.gov.la; the Lao visa allows 30 days and can be extended twice at a provincial immigration office up to a total of 90 days, and the fee depends on your nationality. Fees and rules change, so please check the official sites before you travel.

Last checked: September 2026.

Quoted prices are based on a group of four travellers staying in standard hotels, and they do not include international flights. Because the trips are private, the final price depends on when you travel, the category of hotels you choose and above all the number of people in your group: the same itinerary costs less per person for a group of six than for a couple. On a three-country route the internal flights make up a large part of the total, so the dates you choose affect the price more than on a single-country trip.

Yes. Trips can begin in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh or Luang Prabang and end in any of the others. Because everything is private there are no fixed departures, so the direction is usually decided by which international flights suit you best, which often saves both time and money.

Yes. Thailand borders both Laos and Cambodia and can be added by air or overland. Allow at least five to seven extra days: with less than that Thailand becomes a stopover rather than a proper part of the trip. Bangkok is also a common international gateway, so for some routes adding it costs less time than you would expect.

November to March is the window that works across all three. Cambodia and Laos share a clear pattern, with a dry season from about mid-October to April and rains from May to September. Vietnam is the complication: it runs 2,000 km from north to south and the regions do not share a season, so October to November and mid-March to May are usually the most comfortable overall.

If you are travelling in the rainy months the trip is still workable, as the showers are normally short and fall in the afternoon, and you will find greener landscapes, lower prices and far fewer people at Angkor.

Mostly by air, because the distances are long: flights of about an hour connect Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang with Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Luang Prabang and Vientiane. Between southern Vietnam and Phnom Penh there is also the option of going up the Mekong by boat, which turns the border crossing into part of the trip. Overland crossings exist on all three borders but the drives are long, so we use them only where they genuinely add something to the route.

Fourteen days is the practical minimum for all three countries, and at that length each stop is short: roughly a week in Vietnam, then three days for the Angkor temples and three for Luang Prabang. Three weeks is the length that lets the trip breathe, with time for Vietnam from north to south, for Phnom Penh as well as Siem Reap, and for Vientiane or the Mekong in southern Laos alongside Luang Prabang. Below two weeks we would normally suggest dropping one country rather than compressing all three.

The three countries have separate rules, so check all three.

• For Vietnam, citizens of the United Kingdom and of most western European countries enter without a visa for up to 45 days, while citizens of the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand need an e-visa, applied for online through the Vietnamese immigration authorities, which allows up to 90 days with multiple entries.
• For Cambodia, all of these nationalities need a visa: either a visa on arrival, currently 30 USD for a 30-day stay, or an e-visa from the official site evisa.gov.kh. Separately from the visa, everyone entering Cambodia must also submit the free e-Arrival card at arrival.gov.kh within seven days before arrival: it is not a visa and does not replace one.
• For Laos, all of these nationalities also need a visa, available on arrival at the main airports and land borders or in advance at laoevisa.gov.la, allowing 30 days and extendable twice up to 90 days; Lao fees depend on your nationality. We help with these procedures when you book, but entry rules change, so please confirm the current position for your own passport before booking flights.

Last checked: September 2026.

Quoted prices are based on a group of four travellers staying in standard hotels, and they do not include international flights. Because the trips are private, the final price depends on when you travel, the category of hotels you choose and above all the number of people in your group: the same itinerary costs less per person for a group of six than for a couple. Send us your dates and group size and we will put together a detailed quote.

Yes to both. There are no fixed departures, so you set the period that suits you or the dates that give you the best flight prices. The itineraries on this page are starting points: a travel consultant adjusts the route, the hotels and the pace around your dates, your interests and your budget until it fits.

There is no deadline, but most of our clients book four to six months ahead. Booking early matters more on a two-country trip than on a single-country one, because the internal flights and the better-regarded hotels in both countries fill up first, and a gap in either half affects the whole route.