Private TourBest of Vietnam Cambodia and Laos Tour in 3 Weeks
Private TourGlimpse of Cambodia Vietnam and Laos Tour in 2 Weeks
Private Tour14 Days of Heritage: Exploring Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
The Essentials
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The Essentials
The three countries have separate rules, so check all three.
Last checked: September 2026.
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.
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.
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.
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.



