Green getaway in 6 days

Sleep in a mountain lodge and stop. The terraces can wait until tomorrow.

• A lodge in Sa Pa. The rate is Check on arrival.
• The way up is the Hanoi to Sa Pa page: night train to Lao Cai, or the bus. Fares are Check on arrival.

Trek the rice terraces and a waterfall. One valley is enough.

• Rice terraces on the slopes around town.
• A waterfall on the same walk. Which fall, and the fee, are Check on arrival.

Return to Hanoi and fly to Can Tho. Sleep on the river, not in a city tower.

• A flight via Hanoi. The fare is Check on arrival.
• A riverside hotel a few minutes outside Can Tho, on the water. The rate is Check on arrival.

Take a boat to the floating markets and the islets. Eat hủ tiếu on the water.

• Cái Răng or another floating market. The boat fee is Check on arrival.
• Hủ tiếu at the market.
• An islet on the same boat if the tide allows. How long the loop takes is Check on arrival.

Move to Con Dao and do nothing ambitious. The island is the rest of the trip.

• The transfer. The fare is Check on arrival.
• A first evening on the island. Beach fees are Check on arrival.

Snorkel, or ride to the prisons. Do not schedule both as a rush.

• A beach day: snorkel and a swim. The boat fee is Check on arrival.
• Or bicycles to the prison museums and the shaded streets. The museum fee is Check on arrival.