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17 Days/ Best of Vietnam & Cambodia

17 Days/ Best of Vietnam & Cambodia

Price

$9.00

Duration

17 days

Max People

30

Min Age

5+

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Overview

Vietnam:

  • Ha Noi
  • Ha Long
  • Hoi An
  • Da Nang
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Cu Chi
  • Mekong Delta

Cambodia:

  • Siem Reap
  • Tonle Sap Lake

Included/Excluded

  • All flights in the tour
  • Hotel & accommodation
  • Meals (B,L,D = Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner as mentioned)
  • Transfer vehicle
  • English speaking guide
  • Entrance and sightseeing tickets
  • Drinks
  • Tips
  • Visa
  • Personal expenses
  • International flights from/to your country

Tour Plan

Day 1: Arrival in Hanoi

Our driver welcomes you at airport and transfers you to hotel in Old Quarter area of Hanoi. Rest of the day is your leisure time for walking around and shopping.

Stay overnight in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi – Halong bay (B,L,D)

In the morning, our guide comes to your hotel to pick you up for Halong bay. Arrival in Halong bay at 11.45pm. Get aboard and enjoy welcome drink, get a brief introduction about cruise and safety guidelines.

After checking-in your cabin, have lunch while Cruising through thousand amazing islands and islets in Halong bay. Following lunch, you may freshen up in your room before embarking on a visit to the Surprising Cave, kayaking, swimming, and other activities.

Sunset: Relax on boat and taking part in a cooking demonstration and food decor with Chef. Dinner is served aboard restaurant.

Night time: Join squid fishing with the crew members, sing karaoke or just laze around or relax in your cabin.

Stay overnight on boat in Halong bay.

Day 3: Halong bay – Hanoi (B,L)

Early morning, risers can enjoy Taichi lesson on sundeck. Morning view of bay’s landscape with a cup of tea or coffee then have breakfast at sunrise. After breakfast, visit a gorgeous cave in the bay – Amazing Cave (Sung Sot cave). Then going back to the boat and check out your cabin. The boat continue cruising through many islands while you are having lunch.

Disembark at 11.45. Going back to Hanoi.

Stay overnight in Hanoi.

Day 4: Hanoi city tour - Flight to Hoi An (B,L)

Morning, you will start the tour by visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ho Chi Minh Museum. Enjoy the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho’s final resting-palace. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts where he used to live in the past. Lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda, built by King Ly Thai To in 1049 the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi.

Continue to visit the Temple of Literature (Quoc Tu Giam) – Vietnam’s first University constructed in 1070. Its gardens and well-preserved architecture offer a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam’s past.

Have lunch at a local restaurant. Proceed to visit the Ethnology Museum. After that we will take you to Hoan Kiem Lake, see the peaceful water, and visit Ngoc Son Temple.

Stay overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

Day 5: Hoi An – Visit My Son Sanctuary (B,L)

At 8.00, Our guide picks you up at hotel and leave Hoi An for visiting My Son Holly Land – the ruins of Cham people and was an imperial city during Cham dynasty. Here you can have more chance to explore and understand of technique of Old Cham people in making red bricks to build Tower which still now a secret to everyone, you can see a large complex of religious relics that comprises more than 65 architectural works. It also surprises for those who are curious with architectural art.

In 1999, UNESCO labeled the Cham architecture in My Son as a World Cultural Heritage Site.

Afternoon, free at leisure to discover the city of Hoi An by foot.

Stay overnight at hotel in Hoi An.

Day 6: Hoi An – Free time (B)

Breakfast at hotel.

Your leisure time for walking around the Old Town for shopping and relax in Hoi An.

Stay overnight in Hoi An.

Day 7: Hoi An → Da Nang (B)

Morning, enjoy breakfast at hotel. it’s your leisure time for walking around the Old Town for shopping and relax in Hoi An.

Afternoon, we transfer you Da Nang. Rest of the day is your leisure time at beach in Da Nang.

Da Nang, one of the most popular destinations in Vietnam, is a vibrant coastal city in central Vietnam, known for its beautiful beaches, historical landmarks, delicious local cuisine, and friendly locals. The coastal area offers breathtaking views, beautiful landscapes and stunning beaches, which can be explored by bike or on foot.

Stay overnight in Da Nang.

Day 8: Da Nang – Free time (B)

Enjoy breakfast at hotel. Spend your leisure time for relaxation at beach in Da Nang. You can also visit some famous places on your own and try local cuisine.

Stay overnight in Da nang.

Day 9: Da Nang → Flight to Ho Chi Minh (B)

Morning, breakfast at hotel in Da Nang. Your leisure in Hue until we transfer you to airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh.

Rest of the day is your leisure time to discover the city on your own.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

DAY 10: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi tunnel (B,L)

Morning, Ho Chi Minh City tour. We start the trip by these famous places: Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office, followed by exploring the Reunification Palace, and the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum. (Drop you off at Ben Thanh Market for shopping if we have enough time).

Afternoon, leave Ho Chi Minh for Cu Chi. Arrival at Cu Chi tunnel, before entering the tunnels visitors can watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed. You will spend the next hour exploring the tunnels. Afterwards, enjoy tea, cassava (guerrilla’s food during the war).

Located 60km from Ho Chi Minh city, Cu Chi is now a popular spot for both Vietnamese & foreign tourists – the network of over 200km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. In their heyday, the tunnels were functioning underground cities including numerous trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers & kitchens.

Today, ducks and water buffalos happily co-exist in the rivers along the side of the road. However, the peaceful rural rice paddy scenery belies the area’s violent history. Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destruction, damage & defoliation over this whole area, caused by bombing and mines. There is plenty of evidence of the fierce battle that took place here during the 1960s when Cu Chi was a “Free Target Zone”.

Go back to the city.

Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

DAY 11: Ho Chi Minh – Mekong Delta (B,L)

Around 8.00am, leave Ho Chi Minh city and head to Can Tho, enjoy the scenic journey along the National Highway bordered by green rice fields. On arrival at My Tho, visit Vinh Trang pagoda, take a leisurely boat ride along the river, view stilt houses, fruit plantations and fishing villages along the river bank.

Proceed to Tortoise islet, have lunch in the orchard garden. Then a boat ride to An Khanh, a less touristy attraction in Ben Tre, enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed sampan under the shade of the water coconut trees along natural canals. Then enjoy seasonal fruit & honey tea to the sound of “Southern Vietnamese folk music”, performed by the locals.

Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle, taste delicious coconut candy & observe the pastoral life as you roam through fruit plantations and villages. Transfer to Can Tho city.

Stay overnight at hotel in Can Tho.

DAY 12: Mekong Delta – Floating Market – Ho Chi Minh (B,L)

Take a leisurely boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong river (Bassac River), then proceed to visit Cai Rang floating market which are the liveliest in the whole religion.

Have you ever tasted Vietnamese vermicelli soup? Well, now go and see how it is made. Then wander around the village and meet the friendly local people and experience how to cross a “Monkey bridge” which is built by only o­ne stem of bamboo. We continue the tour and stop at a orchard garden.

Stop for lunch. Then go back to Ho Chi Minh city.

Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 13: Ho Chi Minh – Free time

Free time in Ho Chi Minh to discover the city yourself. You can go shopping or walking and relax in this city.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

Day 14: Ho Chi Minh → Flight to Siemreap

Enjoy breakfast at hotel.

Spend your leisure time in the city until we transfer you to the airport for departure flight to Siemreap.

Overnight at hotel in Siemreap.

DAY 15: EXPLORE ANGKOR THOM AND ANGKOR WAT (B,L,D)

In the morning, visit to the antique capital of Angkor Thom (literally: “Great City”), located in present day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. Continue your visit at the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, the Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King.

Continue your visit to Ta Prohm, one of the most beautiful temples in Angkor. Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool (representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain-lake), Ta Som, built in late 12th century C.E. the most distant temple on the grand circuit, small but classic.

In the afternoon, visit Angkor Wat the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture.

Before ending the tour today, enjoy a wonderful sunset scenery from the Top of Phnom Bakhen Hill.

In the evening, enjoy a delicous dinner at a nice local restaurant in Seam Reap. Watch a Apsara dance show while dining.

Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.

DAY 16: BOAT TRIP ON TONLE SAP LAKE – DEPARTURE (B,L)

Morning, enjoy breakfast at hotel. Visit Angkor National Museum at 7.30am.

Angkor National Museum is an archaeological museum dedicated to the collection, preservation and presentation of Angkorian artifacts, also to provides information and education about art and culture of Khmer civilization, with collections mainly dated from Khmer Empire’s Angkor period circa 9th to 14th-century. Most of the artifacts are discovered in and around the Angkor archaeological sites nearby. The museum is located in Vithei Charles de Gaulle No. 968, Siem Reap, Cambodia, on the way between downtown Siem Reap to northern road leading to Angkor ancient city.

After that, take a boat trip for sight-seeing on Tonle Sap Lake, the Great Lake of Cambodia. It is one of the largest lakes in Asia. Here, enjoy a brief cruise past floating villages complete with schools, restaurants, and hospitals.

Free time in the afternoon and overnight at hotel in Siemreap.

DAY 17: FREE TIME - DEPARTURE (B,L)

Morning, enjoy breakfast at hotel.

Transfer to Siem Reap airport for your departure flight. 

End of the journey!

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