Classic Vietnam & Cambodia

Accommodation: City Hotel

Meals included: No

Welcome to o Ho Chi Minh City - the city used to be considered “the Pearl of the Far East” and start your tour with us! Meet your driver then transfer to Hanoi center, check in to your hotel at 2:00 pm before exploring this beautiful city.

Overnight in Saigon

Note: Hotel check-in time: 14 pm

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast

Continue to Cu Chi to visit Cu Chi tunnels, where you have to become a true explorer when you crawl underground for an insight into life as the guerrillas during the Vietnam War. Be ready for a dark and sweaty experience you might never go through before!

Then start Saigon city tour, the first place is The Independence Palace symbolizes Vietnam's victory, peace, and territorial integrity. This place has a glamorous design, hundreds of rooms equipped with luxurious furnishings and decorations, and an enormous and gorgeous exterior space; continue to Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office: Built between 1877 and 1883 this is one of the best examples of classical French colonial architecture. End of the tour is Ben Thanh Market: This bustling market is very popular with tourists, primarily due to its central location. It has a wide selection of goods ranging from fake Nike shoes to beautiful silk Ao Dais.

Return to Saigon for dinner and cozy overnight.

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast

Travel to the Mekong Delta to take a boat ride and float down the Mekong River. En route visit Coconut Candy Village or Cai Be Village to get a closer look at how their specialties are made. Row a sampan through the channels, you can learn more about the local life and sample freshly harvested tropical fruits. Have lunch at a local homestay, restaurant or on boat. You will head to Can Tho about midday for overnight.

Accommodation: Hotel/Ecolodge

Meals included: Breakfast

Take a morning boat tour of Cai Rang and delve into the sights and sounds of this extraordinary market. Visit iconic places that include the Binh Thuy historic home and the Khmer Munirangsyaram Pagoda before heading to Chau Doc. Arrive in Chau Doc, check in hotel and relax.

Overnight in Chau Doc.

Accommodation: Hotel/Ecolodge

Meals included: Breakfast

From Chau Doc, travel to Phnom Penh by speedboat at 07:30. It takes about 4 hours. Arrive in Phnom Penh, meet our driver then you’ll transfer directly to hotel in city center for check-in. Free at leisure and relax at hotel in the afternoon. Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Accommodation: Hotel/Ecolodge

Meals included: Breakfast

Breakfast at hotel.

08:30am, our guide & driver will pick you up from hotel’s lobby for a full day tour by begin your first stop at The Independence Monument; designed by the Cambodian architect, Vann Molyvann, he was the foremost of a generation of architects who contributed to the unique style of architecture that emerged during 1950s-1960s and that has been coined New Khmer Architecture. With 37 meters tall in a form of lotus-shaped stupa was built in 1958 to memorialise Cambodia's independence from France in 1953.

Your next stop at Toul Sleng Genocide Museum or also known as prison number “S-21”. From 1975- 1979, Formerly a school building, S-21 the site served as an interrogation and extermination center, operated by the regime of “Democratic Kampuchea”, commonly known as the “Khmer Rouge regime. Prisoners were systematically tortured and murdered on site or on the killing field of Cheung Ek.

Then head out at South-West from the center about 15km to Choeung Ek or the best-known as the Killing Fields, it was a place where more than 17,000 civilians were killed and buried in mass graves; many of them transported here after detention and torture in Toul Sleng. This place is a chilling reminder of the brutalities of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. In the center of the area is a 17-story glass stupa which houses 8000 skulls exhumed from mass graves.

We come back to the city for lunch and tour in afternoon to visit the Royal Palace, built by King Norodom in 1866 on the site of the old town, and the Silver Pagoda. Located within the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda is so named because of its floor, which is made up of 5000 silver tiles. The treasures found inside include a solid gold Buddha encrusted and weighing 90kilograms and a small 17th century emerald and baccarat crystal Buddha. After finished of seeing a beautiful Royal Garden in palace, we’ll move to Wat Phnom “Mountain Pagoda” a pagoda on the only hill in town. According to legend, the first pagoda on this site was erected in 1372 to house four statues of Buddha deposited here by the waters of the Mekong River and discovered by Lady Penh. Hence the city name Phnom Penh or 'hill of Penh'.

Now time for you to rolling around the Central Market (Phsar Thmei), a large market constructed in 1937 in the shape of a dome with four arms branching out into vast hallways with countless stalls of goods. The four wings of this gigantic yellow dome are teeming with stalls that sell goods ranging from gold and silver, antique coins, money exchange, books, flowers, food, fabrics, shoes, souvenirs, seafood and countless other products. If time permitted, walk along 4 face rivers to take fresh air or take optional sunset cruise to view wonder sunset seeing Phnom Penh at evening.

Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast

Breakfast at hotel. At the morning (08:00am), you’ll pick up by driver and transfer to bus station for you sharing bus to Siem Reap, bus leaving at 08:45am with distance 314 km – 6 hours drives. Meet our driver on arrival and you’ll transfer to check in at hotel. Remain of the day is free.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast

Breakfast at hotel. Enjoy a full day tour with our local English-speaking-guide & driver at Angkor World Heritage Site covers the most impressive and stunning temples in the country, the Heart & Soul of Cambodia!

Begin a trip to avoid the crowd by visiting to Ta Prohm - The Ancestor Brama & Jungle Temple, famously known as the Tomb Raider temple. Most of this temple is covered by gigantic trees that have grown over the ancient structures for over 600 years. Ta Prohm has been left untouched by archaeologists except for the clearing of a path for visitors and structural strengthening to stave off further deterioration. After Ta Prohm, head on over to Ta Keo, one of the biggest temples built during the Khmer Empire and it was built a couple of hundred years before Angkor Wat temple. Then visit the ruined Ta Nei temple that’s hidden in the jungle. Continue your trip to the Victory Gate of Angkor Thom where you will be welcomed by the four smiling faces of the King Jayavarman VII in the form of Buddha accompanied by gods and demons. This is a truly amazing sight. Enter through the gates to discover the impressive Angkor Thom temple complex (the Great City of King Jayavarman VII between 1181 – 1220 AD). The area consists of the Elephant Terrace, Leper King, Preah Paleilay, Ancient Royal Palace, Phimean Akas, Baphoun, and Bayon.

After lunch, you’ll visit to the World Heritage Site; the biggest Buddhist temple on the World. seeing the architectural masterpiece of Angkor Wat and stroll around this massive monument, exploring the many galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple. Go back to hotel and relax.

Overnight in Siem Reap

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast

Free at leisure in the morning then transfer to Siem Reap airport to take flight to Da Nang. Arrive in Da Nang airport, meet our driver and guide then head to Hoian Ancient Town, recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. You will discover the Hoi An Ancient Town including Chua Ong Pagoda, Chinese Assembly Halls, the 200 - year old Tam Ky ancestral house, and the Japanese Bridge. Spend your night in the nostalgic city.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

After a hearty breakfast, enjoy a morning bike ride through the rural scenery of Hoi An to a small vegetable planting village located on the banks of Tra Que Village. Tra Que Village has been infamous for its special aromatic Vietnamese herbs. Join local people in their daily works of planting and watering produce. Here, you can take a cooking class to learn how to cook some local specialties in a tranquil setting. There is nothing better than enjoying your creations for lunch. Head to Cam Thanh Village in the afternoon to experience the bamboo boat and see the coconut forest.

Overnight in Hoi An

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast

After breakfast at the hotel, starting tour to Ba Na Hill. Driver and local guide will pick-up you at the hotel and transfer to Ba Na Hill. Take Cable Car which gains 5 world scores to Ba Na hills station. Stop at By Night station to visit Vong Nguyet hills, Linh Ung pagoda, The Old Villas of French. Continue moving up by cable car to the Nui Chua Mountain – the top of Ba Na range, visiting Nghinh Phong top, Le Nim Villas, Orchid Garden, etc. Experience hill climbing train (first and unique funicular in Vietnam) and visit an old French cellar (Debay Ancient Wine Cellar), flower garden Le Jardin D’amour and Linh Ung Pagoda. After that, transfer by car to Hue city, stopping en route to unwind atop the breathtaking Pass of Ocean Clouds.

Overnight in Hue.

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast

Take a morning cruise on the tranquil Perfume River to Thien Mu after breakfast and explore this sacred pagoda. Continue to the former Imperial Citadel and enjoy this World Heritage Site to the fullest. Afternoon, visit a typical Hue garden house, the impressive tomb of former Emperor Tu Duc, and a village that crafts traditional conical hats. Experience Hue’s special cuisine and folk music to round up a joyful day.

Overnight in Hue.

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast

After breakfast, depart to airport to take a flight to Hanoi.

Enjoy Half day experience to some must-see signature culture sights of Hanoi including: Temple of Literature, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and former president’s house. Or you have an option to visit one of handicraft villages around Hanoi.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Option: Hanoi electric bike tour visits Hanoi half day

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast

After breakfast, departure for Hoa Lu - Tam Coc, enjoying the beautiful sceneries of the rural areas on the way.

After arriving in Ninh Binh province, the guide takes you to visit Hoa Lu - the Ancient Royal capital of Viet Nam. We will visit Dinh king temple and Le king temple, in the 10th century, finding out the heroic histories of this two Kings in Chinese Wars. After that, we go to Tam Coc (10 km far from Hoa Lu).

After lunch you will get on bamboo boat - rowed by the local people - in Hoang Long River to visit Tam Coc (three caves) on the way. You pass through three enormous caves that provide a brief respite from the intense summer sun. It takes approximately two hours to go up and down the river and along the way, you witness local fisherfolk, village life along the river and, of course, the striking limestone karst formations that Tam Coc is famous for.

We take the car come back Hanoi.

Accommodation: Cruise

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Distance: ~ 180km, ~ 3-hour drive (depending on traffic)

Today, head East to Halong Bay - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Board a junk, which is an iconic traditional type of boat in Asia to cruise through the bay with 3000 stunning limestone resembling magnificent creatures. Free to immerse in the outstanding scenic beauty or engage in various activities. The trip can’t be completed without an overnight onboard.

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast, Brunch

Enjoy miraculous sunrise over the islets of the Bay. The boat will take us to go about marvelous areas. Then it’s back to the boat and cruise to Halong Port arriving around noon. Back to Hanoi.

Upon arrival in Hanoi, check in at the hotel and relax. Free in the evening

Overnight in Hanoi

Meals included: Breakfast

Transfer to the airport for onward flight. Make sure to keep in touch with new friends you found during the trip and don’t forget to share your wonderful journey and reviews with us on our social media.

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