Ride bullet trains from Hanoi to Bangkok on a 20-day adventure through Vietnam, China and Laos, featuring hikes in Sapa and Tiger Leaping Gorge, a Mekong cruise and kayaking in Vang Vieng.
  • Hike along Tiger Leaping Gorge beside the roaring Jinsha River.
  • Hike Sapa’s rice terraces and meet H’mong villagers.
  • Visit a Tibetan home in Shangri-La and make yak butter tea.
  • Learn Dongba calligraphy during a Naxi family visit in Lijiang.
  • Hike Nannuo Mountain’s Pu'er tea plantations with Hani hosts.
  • Cruise the Mekong to Pak Ou Caves filled with Buddha statues.
  • Kayak Vang Vieng’s Nam Song River past limestone cliffs and rapids.
  • Witness Luang Prabang’s sunrise alms giving ceremony with saffron-robed monks.
Stay in hotels across Vietnam, China and Laos, with occasional basic, family-run guesthouses in rural China. Expect firmer mattresses and potential smoke odours in some Chinese properties, Wi-Fi often only in reception, and, in Laos, some rooms may be windowless; guesthouses may not provide towels.