Vietnam, Thailand and Bali in 15 Days: Halong Bay, Hoi An, Bangkok and Ubud

Your guide and driver meet you at Noi Bai airport and take you to your hotel near the Old Quarter. In the evening, take a first walk around Hoan Kiem Lake and the red Huc Bridge to Ngoc Son Temple.Overnight: Hanoi

Visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum area and the One Pillar Pagoda, then the Temple of Literature, Vietnam's first university, founded in 1070. After a lunch of local dishes, explore the Old Quarter on foot, where each street once had its own trade, and stop for egg coffee.Overnight: Hanoi · Meals: B, L

Drive about two and a half hours to Halong Bay and board your cruise. Sail among limestone islands, kayak or take a bamboo boat into a quiet lagoon, and watch the sunset from the deck before dinner on board.Overnight: Halong Bay cruise · Meals: B, L, D

Join tai chi on deck at dawn and visit a cave before brunch. Drive back to Hanoi airport for the flight to Da Nang, about 80 minutes, and transfer to Hoi An.Overnight: Hoi An · Meals: B, L

Walk the UNESCO-listed old town with your guide: the Japanese Covered Bridge, old merchant houses, Chinese assembly halls and the riverside market. In the evening, see the lanterns glow along the Thu Bon River.Overnight: Hoi An · Meals: B

Cycle or drive to Tra Que, a village of organic herb gardens, and join a cooking class with a local family. In the afternoon, paddle a round basket boat through the water-palm forest of Cam Thanh.Overnight: Hoi An · Meals: B, L

Enjoy a day at your own pace: the beach at An Bang, a visit to a tailor, or a morning trip to the Cham towers of My Son, which we can arrange on request.Overnight: Hoi An · Meals: B

Fly from Da Nang to Bangkok, about 90 minutes. Your Thai guide meets you, and in the late afternoon you take a long-tail boat through the canals of Thonburi, past stilt houses and riverside temples.Overnight: Bangkok · Meals: B

Visit the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew with the Emerald Buddha, then Wat Pho and its 46-meter Reclining Buddha. Cross the river to Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn. Shoulders and knees must be covered.Overnight: Bangkok · Meals: B

Drive north to Ayutthaya, the old royal capital, and walk among its brick prangs and Buddha images, with a stop at the summer palace of Bang Pa-In. Lunch at a riverside restaurant, then return to Bangkok.Overnight: Bangkok · Meals: B, L

Fly from Bangkok to Bali, about four and a half hours. Your driver-guide meets you and drives you up to Ubud, the island's cultural heart, set among rice fields and river valleys.Overnight: Ubud · Meals: B

Walk the rice terraces of Tegallalang in the morning light, visit Tirta Empul, where Balinese bathe in holy spring water, and have lunch with a view of Mount Batur at Kintamani. End at the Ubud market and the royal palace.Overnight: Ubud · Meals: B, L

Leave Ubud for the royal temple of Taman Ayun, then the sea temple of Tanah Lot on its rock. Continue to Jimbaran and check in to your beach hotel.Overnight: Jimbaran · Meals: B

Spend a free morning by the sea. In the afternoon, visit Uluwatu temple on its clifftop above the Indian Ocean, then enjoy a seafood dinner on the sand at Jimbaran Bay as the sun goes down.Overnight: Jimbaran · Meals: B, D

Enjoy a last breakfast by the beach. Your driver takes you to the airport for your flight home.Meals: B