If eating is always the highlight of your holiday, this one’s for you. Think of it as the highlights of Vietnam: foodie edition.

Find out why Vietnam was Anthony Bourdain’s favourite country as you explore its rich and varied cuisine, guided by our very own culinary connoisseurs. Want to change the route? Tell us! We can adapt any destination to suit your tastes (quite literally).

Trip Highlights

• Enjoy four food-themed experiences as you tour Hanoi with a food blogger, zip through the streets of Hue on a Vespa street food tour, and get hands-on with two cooking classes in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
• Deepen your understanding of Vietnamese history with two historical tours in Hanoi and Hue
• Experience countryside life at the Moon Garden Homestay, exploring rural villages and learning to cook some local delicacies
• Contrast different regional cultures with a home dinner in Hanoi, a countryside tour of Hoi An, and a day trip through the canals, coconut groves and workshops of the Mekong Delta

What's great

• Contrast the different cuisines of northern, central and southern Vietnam
• With plenty of guided experiences included, you’ll have lots of chances to engage with the locals and get first-hand experience of Vietnamese culture
• Covering all of Vietnam’s classic destinations (except Halong Bay), this is a great itinerary for first-timers with a passion for food
• It couldn’t be easier to add a beach extension in the south, or a few days at the temples of Angkor in Cambodia

What's included

• Breakfast every day
• Seven lunches: one at Chef Ai’s cooking class in Hanoi; one at the Moon Garden Homestay in Ky Son; one at a local home in Duong Lam Village; one in Triem Tay Village near Hoi An; one at a Garden House in Hue; one at the Mango Home Restaurant in the Mekong Delta; one at Chef Hong’s house in Ho Chi Minh City
• Five dinners: one at a local restaurant in Hanoi; one at a local home in Hanoi; two at the Moon Garden Homestay in Ky Son; one on the Vespa tour in Hue
• Two full-day experiences: one countryside tour near Hoi An; one day trip to the Mekong Delta
• Six half-day experiences: one street food tour with a blogger in Hanoi; one Hanoi historical city tour; one home dinner in Hanoi; one cooking class in Hanoi; one Hue city tour; one cooking class in Ho Chi Minh City
• Two evening experiences: home dinner in Hanoi; Vespa street food tour in Hue
• Moon Garden Homestay activities
• All accommodation
• All entrance fees to sites included in guided experiences
• All domestic transfers and transport