Welcome to Phnom Penh!
Upon arrival the airport, met and greeted by our tour guide & driver and transfer to the hotel for check in.
Afternoon: We will take a tour for the city’s featured sights including the Royal Palace – built by King Norodom in 1866, the Silver Pagoda with its floor made up of 5000 silver tiles and where you can see the solid golden Buddha statue. We will also visit Wat Phnom Temple, Phnom Penh’s namesake, from where you can enjoy views over the tree-lined avenues of Phnom Penh during sunset.
Meal Included: N/A
Breakfast is at hotel.
8.00AM: We head out of to visit the Tuol Sleng Prison Museum and the notorious ‘Killing Fields’ of Choeung Ek, which will give us a deep insight into the painful bloody rule of the Khmer Rouge.
Also, we spend some time to explore Psar Toul Tom Pong, a local market with massive variety of local products. Transfer to the airport for a short flight to Siem Reap. Check in hotel and rest of the day is at leisure.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast is at the hotel
8.00AM: Start our full-day tour to explore the wondrous Angkor with a visit to the South Gate of Angkor Thom, which is famous for its series of colossal human faces carved in stone, the impressive Bayon Temple, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace, the Terrace of the Leper King and of course, the amazing Angkor Wat – the largest work and masterpiece of the area.
Also, we will have chance to discover the jungle-covered temple of Ta Prohm that is known in scenes of the Holywood movie ‘Tomb Raider’ with the play of Angelina Jolie.
Early this evening, we will take Tuk Tuk to cruise around the Siem Reap town and have a blessing ceremony by Buddhist monks for happiness, prosperity and safety.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Morning: After breakfast we head out for the Tonle Sap Lake. We take traditional wooden boat cruise on the “Great Lake” of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia. Visit the floating village of Chong Khneas and learn bout the lake as well as local life. Also, we will have a visit to the “Chantiers Ecoles – Les Artisans d’Angkor” which provides training to young Cambodians in an effort to revive the ancient Khmer traditions of stone carving and wood sculpting.
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City. Airport transfer then check in hotel upon arrival and the remainder of the day is at leisure.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Morning: After breakfast we head to Cholon, the city’s Chinatown district, where we discover the busy and colorful scenes of the area and visit to Thien Hau Pagoda. Continue with a visit to the FITO Museum, Vietnam’s first traditional medicine museum where you can learn all facts about traditional medicine in Vietnam.
Afternoon: We visit other higlights including: the War Remnants Museum (or History Museum), Reunification Palace – Presidential Palace of South Vietnam, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the colonial style Central Post Office, formerly Rue Catinat in the book ‘The quiet American’, Continental Hotel, Opera House and City Hall. Later, spend time to wander around the city central market of Ben Thanh.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
8.00AM: Leave the bustling Saigon for the 2 hour drive to Cai Be town in the Mekong Delta. Upon arrival board our long tail boat for a cruise on Mekong River to visit the fascinating Cai Be floating market. Following with a visit to local cottage industries where ‘pop-rice’, rice paper and coconut candies are made. Also, we take sampan rowing on meandering creeks to visit to typical local house in Mekong area and orchards and learn more about local life. Get back to Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City in the late afternoon.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Morning: Transfer to Tan Son Nhat Airport for the short flight to Danang. Private transfer to Hoi An and check in hotel.
Afternoon: Take a walking tour of the Hoi An town to visit ancient merchants’ houses, the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge, communal halls and the colorful Hoi An market. Along the walk we also have chance to sample some Hoi An specialties such as Wonton, ‘White roses’, Cao lau and some other stree delicacies that Hoi An famous for.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Morning: free at your leisure for relaxing or swimming on Hoi An beach.
Afternoon: We will take a bicycle ride through stunning villages and green farm lands. Visit to Tra Que – a vegetable growing village – and join with locals at farm work, visit local homes to learn about their life. Later, we enjoy a round bamboo boat rowing and playing in the water coconut forest before boarding a sunset cruise on the Thu Bon River back to Hoi An town.
Meals Included: Breakfast
8.00AM: Leave Hoi An for Hue, former imperial capital of Vietnam. Along the way we have stops to visit Cham Musuem in Da Nang which contains the finest collection of Cham sculptures, the Hai Van Pass and wonderfully photogenic fishing village of Lang Co.
Check in hotel upon arrival in Hue and this afternoon we take a guided tour to visit the Imperial Citadel and Royal Forbidden City that reflects pomps and ceremonies of dynastic rulers of the Nguyen Dynasty from 1802 to 1945. Continue with a visit to Dong Ba market before getting back to hotel.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Breakfast is at the hotel.
8.00AM: Start our sightseeing tour with a visit to Thien Mu Pagoda, one of Hue’s most iconic landmarks that was constructed in 1601. Continue to the Mausoleum of Emperor Tu Duc that is like a romantic park within stunning natural setings and following strict Fengshui principles. The place was used as summer retreat for the emperor decade before his death. Continue to Khai Dinh Emperor Tomb which is traditional Vietnamese in design with a European touch making it unique from the other emperor tombs in Hue.
Afternoon: Transfer to the air port for the short flight to Hanoi. Transfer to hotel for check in and the remainder of the day is at leisure.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
8.00AM: Start our full day tour to explore the capital city and its featured sights include Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho’s house-on-stilts, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature – Vietnam’s first university that built from 1076, one of the following museums (the Ethnology Museum, Army Museum, National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi Hilton prison or Vietnam Women Museum). Later, we take a short walk around the Old Quarter for observing busy local life and finish the day with a Water Puppet show. (Today is open for you, activities are also flexible so you could follow our suggestions or just talk with the tour guide and customize the day).
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
8.15AM: Leave bustling Hanoi for a 3.5-hour drive through the rich farmlands of the Red River Delta to Halong Bay with a stop at the midway to visit at a humanity center.
Arrive in Halong at noon. Board your overnight boat for a cruise among the spectacular limestone islands. Lunch is served as you wind your way through the bay of dramatic rock formations and floating villages.
Afternoon: we spend time to explore a natural karst cave, swim in emerald water and relax on little pristine beach. Rest of the afternoon is to relax on the sundeck, enjoy a cooking demonstration and watch the sun setting down over the bay. Dinner and overnight on board.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Enjoy a morning Taichi class on the top deck with a view of the bay at sunrise. After breakfast, cruise further to another part of Halong bay and take a rowing boat to visit a floating village and a pearl oyster farm. Lunch is served aboard before you reach quay around at noon. Drive back to Hanoi. Check in hotel and the remainder of the day is at leisure.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Today is departure day so no activity planed. Free at your leisure for relax or last minute sightseeing and shopping until your transfer to Noi Bai Airport for onward flight.
Meals Included: N/A
