12 Days Discover Vietnam and Cambodia

Welcome to Hanoi City – the capital of Vietnam.

Our guide and driver will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel to have some rest. The room is at your disposal from 14:00 onwards.

The balance of the day will be free at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at hotel.

Meals Included: N/A

07:30 – 07:30: Our guide will meet you at your hotel/stay and start 110km on Bus-journey through the verdant landscape of countryside. Short brake en route.

10:00: – Visit Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17th Century.

12:00: – Enjoy lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisine.

13:30: – Boarding a small sampan to visit Tam Coc which means literally “three caves” (1.5-hour boat trip). With Halong bay-type views of majestic limestone cliffs and mysterious caves, as well as countryside landscapes like peaceful streams, rice paddies, and deserted green fields, Tam Coc really has it all. You will feel the fresh air and peaceful moments, a very good opportunity for photo lovers, freezing the special moments and scenery.

15:30: Leisure cycling on rural roads alongside the extensive canal network and through small villages with back drop of a maze of limestone mountains.

16:45: – Return to our bus and then come back to Ha Noi

18:45 – Drop you off at your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Have a local breakfast at your hotel.

08.00 – 08.30: Pick-up at hotel and start the 3 hour-and-a-half drive to Bai Tu Long, check in Athena’s private waiting hall – The Athena Lounge

11:30: Ready at Athena check-in lounge

12:00: Boarding time

13:00: Check-in your cabin.

13:15: The Cruise Manager will give a welcome speech with all the cruise information and Safety instructions.

13:30: Enjoy the Buffet Lunch with the best products of the Bay.

14:45: Visit the Vung Vieng Floating fishing village by kayak or bamboo boat

15:30 -16:30: If you want to relax on the boat instead of participating in other activities feel free to use our sauna for no extra cost.

16:30: Relaxing time: the right moment for a massage or to take some pictures of the spectacular sunset in the bay.

17:00 – 18.30: Happy Hour: buy 01 get 01 drink

17:30: The Cooking Demonstration is waiting for you to discover the secrets of Vietnamese Cuisine

19:00: Dinner is ready in the restaurant. Fill your senses with a selection of Western fusion food and Vietnamese traditional dishes.

21:00: Enjoy the Squid Fishing activity.

Free time on the boat. The bar is open late to serve you.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

06:30: Practice one of the oldest traditions of East Asia: Tai Chi – A beautiful and relaxing experience on the open deck. Tea and coffee are served.

07:00: Light breakfast is served.

07:30: Explore Thien Canh Son cave in Ha Long Bay. Witness its beautiful stalactites and stalagmites. Note: there are about 200 steps to get up to the cave.

09:00: Check out time.

Please put your luggage outside the cabin and the key at the reception desk.

Our staff will transfer your luggage to our lounge for you. Bill settlement at the reception desk.

09:30: Brunch is served at the restaurant on the 2nd deck.

10:45: The boat arrives at the pier. Then we transfer back to Hanoi.

Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Brunch

7:30: Our driver will pick you up for your flight to Hue city.

Arriving in Hue, our driver (no guide) will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel to check in. The room is at your disposal from 14:00 onwards.

The balance of the day is free at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast

8h30: Pick up at hotels in Hue center

Morning:

• Boat trip to Thien Mu pagoda – The oldest pagoda in Hue city
• Imperial Citadel – The home of Vietnam’s last royal dynasty, the Nguyen Dynasty (1802 – 1945)
• Hue Royal Antiques Museum – A collection of ornaments from the Nguyen dynasty
• Dong Ba Market to see the daily life of local people

Afternoon:

• Lunch at local restaurant Herbal foot bath.
• Khai Dinh Tomb
• Minh Mang Tomb
• Conical hat and Incense stick village

16h00 – 17h00: Back to your hotel.

Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast

Departure by car for Hoi An via the scenic Hai Van Pass, where we enjoy the spectacular panorama of the central coastline from the summit. Upon arrival in Hoi An, you can leave the luggage at the hotel and have some rest. Our driver and guide will pick you up for lunch, after lunch we have some rest at the restaurant and begin the Hoi An half-day city tour.

In the afternoon, explore the old port town’s narrow cobblestone streets and visit historic sites including a traditional house, Phuc Kien Pagoda, and the 400-year-old Japanese Covered Bridge. Take the boat on the Thu Bon River.

Transfer back to your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Breakfast at the hotel.

7:00: You’ll get picked up and transferred to Da Nang airport (without a tour guide) for a morning flight (VN 0113 9:20 DAD 10:50) to Ho Chi Minh – the largest city in Vietnam.

Upon your arrival at the airport, our driver will meet you and transfer you to the hotel. You can leave the luggage at the hotel. At noon, our driver and guide will take you to lunch at Tandoor res

After lunch, have some rest then you’ll begin your trip: Ho Chi Minh city tour, including:

• Independence Palace (the Reunification Palace) was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace.
• War Remnants Museum which has a vast display of both the Indochina wars.
• Notre Dame Cathedral & central Post Office the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times
• Jade Emperor Pagoda with a peaceful atmosphere &o many stories behind each detail of the pagoda.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

After having breakfast at the hotel, you will start the trip to depart for My Tho, the town lies on the left side of the Mekong River.

8:30: Our driver and guide will pick you up for the trip to Mekong Delta. Boarding the sampan and cruising down the river around the four beautiful islands known as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Tortoise islands.

• Stop at one of the floating fish houses, in nets and wire baskets under their house, the villagers cultivate freshwater fish and shrimp – a major export product of the region.
• Cross the River to the other side, you will stop at a traditional workshop to witness a step-by-step process on how to make coconut candy, honey farming… while trying some yourself and listening to traditional music.
• Enjoy what local people offer by hand rowing a sampan along the shady, breezy canal. We will transfer to local transportation called Xe Loito travel throughout the villages.

Lunch will be served at a riverside restaurant with a Vietnamese 5-course set menu. Please request in advance if you have a food allergy, you are a vegetarian, or you observe Halal.

Take a rest after lunch before boarding the motorboat back to My Tho. We drive to Vinh Trang pagoda, an ancient southern architectural gem built in the middle of the 19th century. There are many Buddha statues including some that are over a hundred years old.

We drive another 1,5 hours back to Ho Chi Minh city and drop you at your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Afterward, you will be back in Ho Chi Minh City.  Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

10:10: Our driver will pick you up and transfer (without guide) to the airport for the flight to Siem Reap by Cambodia Angkor Air 

Upon arriving in Siem Reap, our driver and guide will pick you up to transfer to hotel for check-in. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast

Local breakfast at your hotel.

8:30: Our driver and guide will pick you up for the trip to discover the Angkor Complexe.

The first stop is the Angkor Thom complex. Within these magnificent walls, you’ll discover the fascinating beauty of Bayon and the world-famous Ta Prohm (Tomb Raider) Temple.

Following that, satiate your hunger at one of the many local restaurants within the Angkor Complex with some delicious Cambodian cuisine!

Your final two stops will be at the massive and gorgeous Angkor Wat, followed by a stunning sunset view from the top of Phnom Bakheng. The temples on this tour are among the largest in the Angkor Complex, and Phnom Bakheng has a 300-person limit at the peak, so we keep the temple count low to ensure enough time at each spectacular stop!

We’ll return to town once the sun has set (around 6:30 p.m.) and your legs have grown tired.

Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast

Have a local breakfast at your hotel. You are free to relax until being transferred to the airport (without a tour guide) for your departure flight. Room is at your disposal until noontime. Meals on your own.

Meal Included: Breakfast