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How to Spend the Festive Season in Asia
Asia offers more than one way to spend the festive season. Pair culture with coast, disappear to a private island, bring the family together, or choose somewhere entirely unexpected. At one of the busiest times of the travel year, the right journey starts with how you want to spend the holidays — then our specialists shape the strongest options around your dates, priorities, and preferred style of travel.
HOW TO SPEND THE FESTIVE SEASON IN ASIA
Asia offers endless possibilities for a memorable festive season this year. Pair cultural immersion with relaxation on the coast, escape to a secluded private island, set out on an unforgettable family adventure, or explore somewhere entirely unexpected. During one of the most sought-after times of the year to travel, the right journey starts with how you want to spend the holidays — then our Asia specialists shape the strongest options around your dates, priorities, and preferred style of travel, creating a holiday that feels entirely your own.
CULTURE AND COAST
Fishermen, Sri Lanka
Across Asia, days of discovery can flow effortlessly into time by the sea. In Thailand, delve into Bangkok’s temples and Chinatown kitchens, explore Chiang Mai by rickshaw and venture into its misty mountains, then fly south for warm Andaman waters and unhurried days in Phuket. Vietnam offers a similar change of tempo, pairing the street life and culinary riches of Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City with a quiet retreat on the coast. Sri Lanka combines ancient cities, leopard country, and cloud-wrapped tea plantations with an easy onward hop to the powder-white sands and turquoise lagoons of the Maldives. Or discover the temples of Angkor before trading Cambodia’s jungle-clad ruins for the tranquility of a private island off its southern coast.
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THE ART OF DISAPPEARING
Shinta Mani Wild
Sometimes the greatest festive luxury is leaving almost everything behind. In the Philippines, that might mean Amanpulo, where a private flight delivers guests to Pamalican Island, a pristine sweep of powdery white sand surrounded by the crystalline blue waters of the Sulu Sea. In Indonesia, board a private yacht in Raja Ampat and wake somewhere new each morning, snorkeling or diving among pristine reefs, kayaking through hidden lagoons, and stepping ashore on deserted beaches.
In Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, Shinta Mani Wild takes seclusion deep into the rainforest for an entirely different kind of escape, with river expeditions, jungle trails, waterfalls, and opportunities to accompany Wildlife Alliance rangers into the surrounding wilderness. Leave the schedule behind and surrender to days shaped by landscape, adventure, and the rare luxury of being somewhere genuinely remote.
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FOR EVERY GENERATION
Cruising through Raja Ampat
Some of the best festive memories are made together as a family. In Indonesia, take over a traditional schooner and sail through Raja Ampat, where younger travelers can snorkel in sheltered lagoons and kayak along jungle-fringed shores while experienced divers explore coral walls and manta ray cleaning stations. In Vietnam, head out with local fishermen in Hoi An’s distinctive basket boats before sitting down to a traditional fisherman’s breakfast of seafood rice porridge. Cambodia can bring an entirely different perspective, with a helicopter flight revealing the scale and majesty of the ancient Angkor temples from above.
For families who prefer to settle in, Thailand and Bali offer a wealth of spacious private villas and multi-bedroom residences, giving several generations room to come together while retaining a little independence. Private pools and generous shared spaces make long festive stays particularly appealing, while private guides, flexible pacing, and carefully planned transfers allow each day to be shaped around different ages and interests.
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SOMEWHERE LESS EXPECTED
Morning almsgiving in Luang Prabang
There are many ways to escape winter weather in Asia, well beyond the beach. Venture to Rajasthan, where cool, clear days invite exploration of mighty forts, ornate palaces, and desert landscapes glowing beneath the winter sun. In Nepal, crisp skies reveal the snow-covered Himalayas beyond Kathmandu’s ancient stupas and temple squares. Laos moves to a gentler rhythm. Rise before dawn in Luang Prabang to witness saffron-robed monks collecting alms, cruise the Mekong to the Pak Ou Caves and their thousands of Buddha images, or swim beneath the cascades at Kuang Si waterfall. Malaysia and Singapore offer another kind of festive journey altogether, built around buzzing markets, heritage neighborhoods, and culinary scenes that rank among Asia’s most exciting.
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THE REST IS TAKEN CARE OF
Pak Ou Caves, Laos
The festive season is one of Asia’s most sought-after times to travel. Planning ahead naturally opens up the widest choice, but there is still time to create an exceptional journey this festive season. Tell us your dates, priorities, and preferred style of travel, and our Asia specialists will draw on their deep knowledge and longstanding relationships across the region to curate the strongest options still available — from established icons to lesser-known places you may not yet have considered.
Tell us how you want to spend the festive season, and we’ll take it from there.
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