Guide

English speaking tour guide. Please note that this tour consists of a combination of day tours, so you may have different tour guides on different days and you will meet different people during the activities.

Meals

All meals mentioned in the itinerary B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: Dinner

Others

- Accommodation on double/twin sharing room basis - All tours and transfers in private air-con vehicle - English speaking guide - Meals as state B =Breakfast , L=Lunch , D=Dinner - Cruise in Ha Long Bay - Night train ticket from Ha Noi to Da Nang - Flight ticket from DAD-SGN (Vietjet or Vietnam Airline, etc). - Private car pick up at airpost - Public bus Ticket from HCMC- PNH and PNH-REP - Boat cruise on Tonle Sap lake - All entrance fees - Bottle of drinking water & Cool towel during tour .

Flights

Flight ticket from DAD-SGN (Vietjet or Vietnam Airline, etc).

Transport

Train & Rail, Bicycle, Boat, Local Transport, Private Vehicle, Plane, Ferry

Accommodation

16 nights accommodation included 14 nights in hotel (3 star), 1 night on the train (sharing cabin), 1 night on Halong cruise

Not included:

Others

- All airfares & airport taxes - Visa Cambodia and Vietnam - Travel insurance - Beverages in the restaurants where meals are included - Service charge of central bank - Insurance Traveler - Gratuities to guide and driver - From 23 Jan 2020 to 28 Jan 2020, tour will be charged at 30% fee (Lunar New Year in Vietnam) - Personal and other expenses such as porter age, bar bills and laundry not stated in the itinerary

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Day 1 Day 1: Hanoi - Airport Pick Up - Check In Hotel In Hanoi (Meal: No)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Hanoi - Airport Pick Up - Check In Hotel In Hanoi (Meal: No)

Pick up from the Noi Bai airport and then transfer you to the hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter – the most exciting place for tourist. After that you are free to visit Hanoi City by yourself. Note: Check in time is 13:00 P.M.
Day 2 Day 2: Hanoi - Halong Bay - Overnight On Cruise (Meal: B, L, D )
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Hanoi - Halong Bay - Overnight On Cruise (Meal: B, L, D )

07:30 – 08:30 Our tour guide and bus pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi old quarter. 08:30 Departure to Halong Bay for 3.5 Hours. 10:00 Arrive in Hai Duong province, and have 20 minute short break. 12:00 Arrive Tuan Chau harbor, Halong Bay. 12:15 Welcome to the Cruise and enjoy Welcome drink, Enjoy welcome drink get a brief introduction about cruise and safety guidelines. Check-in your cabin. 12:30 Have Vietnamese seafood and vegetarian lunch, while cruising in the magnificent Halong Bay, admiring the fascinating rock formations in the bay. 14:30 arrival in Pearl Farm, kayaking through the village 15:30 Continued exploration the bay. 16:00 Visiting Titop Island 17.30 Back the cruise and relax. 18:00 Join cooking class guided directly by Chef of the Cruise. You have chance to practice Vietnamese traditional dishes such as spring roll or famous cuisine of Vietnam. 19:30 Time for dinner enjoying special BBQ seafood on the cruise. 21:00: Evening entertainments: play game on the cruise: cards game, chess, karaoke,squid fishing, and overnight on Cruise.
Day 3 Day 3: Halong Bay - Hanoi - Check In Hotel In Hanoi (Meal: B, L )
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Halong Bay - Hanoi - Check In Hotel In Hanoi (Meal: B, L )

06:30 Early morning sun risers can enjoy Tai Chi lesson on sundeck. 07:00 Morning view of bay’s landscape with a cup of tea or coffee. Have breakfast. 08:00 Arrive Sung Sot Cave (Amazing Cave) and joining with guide to visiting and explore the cave. 10:00 Check-out and enjoy a fantastic cruise on the bay. 11:00 Enjoy the lunch on cruise. 12:00 Cruise are landing Halong Bay harbor, tourist say goodbye to sailors and finish the cruise. 12:30 Return to Hanoi by shuttle bus. 14:30 Stopover in Hai Duong province to visit a ceramics workshop. 16:00 – 16:30 Arrive in Hanoi end your trip.
Day 4 Day 4: Hanoi Free Day – Train Station Transfer- Night Train To Da Nang (Meal: B )
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Hanoi Free Day – Train Station Transfer- Night Train To Da Nang (Meal: B )

Today, you are free at your leisure, then transfer (without guide) to Hanoi Train Station for solf – Sleeping train to Da Nang. Time you need to spend on the train is around 13 hours. On the train you can view our beautiful country along the coastal line. You also stay overnight on the train and reach Danang train station at around 11.30 am.
Day 5 Day 5: Da Nang Pick Up - Check In Hotel In Hoi An Town (Meal: No)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Da Nang Pick Up - Check In Hotel In Hoi An Town (Meal: No)

Train arrive on the next day. We will pick up and transfer to Hoi An Ancient town. Check in hotel in the ancient town and relaxing.
Day 6 Day 6: Hoi An - My Son Day Tour (Meal: B,L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Hoi An - My Son Day Tour (Meal: B,L)

7:30 – 8:00: The bus and tour guide pick you up at your hotel 8:30: Leaving Hoi An for My Son HolyLand. 9:30: Arriving in My Son - the Holyland surrounded by the marvelous mountains, 48km west of Hoi An. My Son was chosen as a religious center, built in the late 4th century under the Cham’s King Bhadravaman. It is a huge religious complex with over 70 towers and temples of different architectures. Wander through the elaborate carvings and sculptures of the Cham people, tourists are welcomed at the Old Tower of the Cham. Spend 2 hours to enjoy and discover the beauty of Ancient buildings at of the Champa Kingdom with our tour guide. 12.00: Leaving My Son for boat station and taking a boat trip on Thu Bon river. You could visit the living of the local people and feeling the fresh air. You will have soft lunch on the boat and see the beautiful views along the river. 13:30: The boat trip will finish at Bach Dang Boat station. Our driver will pick you up to local restaurant for lunch. Back to your hotel after lunch & End your trip!.
Day 7 Day 7: Hoi An Free And Easy (Meal: B )
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Hoi An Free And Easy (Meal: B )

This day you are free to visit Hoi An town with a tea on the old house or discover the daily life of the farmers (on the vegatable farm or fishing village along the River….) around the area. If you do not want, you can move to the beach for totally relaxing.
Day 8 Day 8: Hoi An - Airport Transfer - Flight To Hcmc- Pick Up- Check In Hotel (Meal: B )
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Hoi An - Airport Transfer - Flight To Hcmc- Pick Up- Check In Hotel (Meal: B )

After breakfast at your hotel and you are free till airport transfer. Today, you will have a flight to Ho Chi Minh city and stay overnight at the most active area of Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 9 Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta - Cai Be Floating Market - Vinh Long Tour (Meal: B, L )
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta - Cai Be Floating Market - Vinh Long Tour (Meal: B, L )

8:00 Picking up from hotel/stay. 08:15 Starting drive to Cai Be. Short time to take photos at Tan An town over the flat rice fields. 10:30 Start the motorized boat to visit the Cai Be Floating market, experience how people exchanging goods, fruit and many other commodities on their vessels. Visitors then roam into the small villages to visit the orchard, fruit plantation. Keep cruising to Vinh Long through small canals to enjoy the charm of the Upper Mekong Delta. Visit some handmade family business products such as the coconut candy mill, the crispy rice popcorn. Arrive in Binh Hoa Phuoc village the green pearl of Vinh Long town where you can indulge yourself into the nature. Have lunch with fresh river food served in the heart of the garden. Enjoy the southern Vietnamese traditional folk music. Take a nice walk through the bonsai garden, in Vinh Long. Head home to Ho Chi Minh City. 18:30 Arrive in your hotel.
Day 10 Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City Tour- Cu Chi Tunnels (Meal: B,L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City Tour- Cu Chi Tunnels (Meal: B,L)

08:30 Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel to start the trip at travel office for visiting Reunification palace which was the residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of the war in April 1975. Continue seeing some impressive French colonial structures including Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Central Post Office then War Remnants Museum. 12:00 Have lunch in a local restaurant 13:30 After lunch, the tour will drive to Cu Chi which located 60km from HCM city, Cu Chi is now considered a heroic district for its role in the anti-American war in Vietnam. It is legendary for Original tunnels system of over 220km and is a popular spot for both Vietnamese and foreign visitors. The peacefully rural rice paddy scenery contains ducks and water buffalos swimming in the rivers alongside the road. Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destructions, damage and defoliation all over the area, caused by bombing and mines, When Cu Chi was" A Free Target Zone ". The remnants visitors will see show Cu Chi still has her evidence to prove the fierce battleground that took place there and visitors will see the remnants. 16:00 Return to Dist 1, overnight at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
Day 11 Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City – Bus To Phnom Penh – Cambodia – Check In Hotel (Meal: B )
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City – Bus To Phnom Penh – Cambodia – Check In Hotel (Meal: B )

Bus start at 8.00 am and drive to Moc Bai border gate to enter Cambodia (bus time 6 – 7 hours). You will get visa on arrival with the help of bus crew (on request) for you to pass Cambodia. Bus station pick up and check in hotel in Phnom Penh V Hotel (or Similar). Arrive Phnom Penh, meet with driver and transfer to hotel for check in. Free to relax. Phnom Penh is known as the "Pearl in Asia", it was considered one of the loveliest French-built cities in Indochina in the 1920s with old colonial buildings. There are a number of surviving French colonial buildings scattered along the grand boulevards. Currently known as the political and commercial city of Cambodia.
Day 12 Day 12: Phnom Penh City Tour (B/L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 12: Phnom Penh City Tour (B/L)

In the morning after having breakfast then we tour Phnom Penh, the capital of the Kingdom of Cambodia. We will visit Wat Phnom, the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, and the National Museum, with many pre & post Angkor artifacts. Lunch is at Friends the Restaurant a ‘kindness restaurant’s where ex-street children are trained in hospitality and restaurant skills, helping them to break away from life on the streets. This afternoon, we deal with a dark chapter of Cambodian history as we visit sites related to the Khmer regime. Visit the notorious Tuol Sleng Museum & Choeung Ek Killing Field. This former school was used as a prison by Pol Pot’s security forces and became the largest center for detention and torture during the rule of the Khmer Rouge. We will also have some time to explore the Russian Market.
Day 13 Day 13: Phnom Penh –Siem Reap By Public (B) Mekong Express Limousine
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 13: Phnom Penh –Siem Reap By Public (B) Mekong Express Limousine

After breakfast, you will be driven to the bus station to begin the journey to Siem Reap, which takes around 6 hours distance: 314km without guide . On the way to hotel, we will stop in front of the King’s Residence to see the Main Shrine, where the local people usually worship, with its statue of Yeay Teap, Preah Ang Chek and Preah Ang Chorm. Buying jasmine and lotus flowers to worship is very important for the Cambodians. We will continue to "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. Spend the rest of time to visit one of the city’s lively open markets, Psar Chars, also called the “Old Market”, where anything and everything is for sale! Then continue to Wat Bo, a large, highly respected pagoda, founded in the 18th Century. Like the Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh, the vihear of Wat Bo contains unique wall paintings of the Reamker that are said to be late 19th Century. Here we will have a blessing ceremony by Buddhist monks for propensity, happiness and safely etc, during your holiday in Cambodia.
Day 14 Day 14: Siem Reap - Angkor Wat Temple Tour (B/L/D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 14: Siem Reap - Angkor Wat Temple Tour (B/L/D)

After breakfast, enjoy a full day excursion to discover Angkor Thom and Temples. Firstly, you will visit the wonderful Angkor Thom (the Great City) including the Southern Gate, famous Bayon temple (12th century in the centre of city remains one the most enigmatic temples of the Angkor group composed of 54 gothic towers decorated with 216 smiling faces of Avalokitesvara. Baphuon temple is lying just to the north of Bayon a pyramidal representation of mythical Mont Meru. Terrace of Elephants used as a giant reviewing stand for public ceremonies and served as a base for the king’s grand audience hall ; Terrace of the Leper King a platform 7m high, with statue and temple walls covered in emerald-green moss intertwined with roots which many deem the most charming of all, Ta Prohm. Lunch is Khmer style in a local restaurant. Regain your energy enjoying a sumptuous Khmer feast near Sras Srang, the Royal Pool of Ablutions, originally reserved for the King and his consorts. Enjoy a spread of great local food followed by a nap lazing in a hammock, or explore to see the traditional way of life and say hello to the Cambodians near here. Afternoon, it is time to visit the wonderful Angkor Wat Temples – one of the seven greatest architectural wonders of the world, as a temple and mausoleum for King Suryavarman II at the peak of the Khmer empire in the first half of 12th. Angkor Wat is probably the best-preserved of the Angkorean temples, with a central tower surrounded by four smaller towers. The central monument represents the mythical Mount Meru, the holy mountain at the centre of the universe, which was home to the Hindu God Vishnu. The whole complex covers 81 hectares, a rectangular wall measuring 1025 meters by 800 meters borders the inner edge of the moat, and temple's greatest sculptural treasure is its 2 km-long bas-reliefs around the walls. In the late afternoon, visit to the Phnom Bakheng temple, is the first temple in Angkor region build by the Yacovarman I King in the first of 9th century, located on a slope gently hill where thousands tourist are grouping on the hilltop to catch a memorable time of life when viewing the marvellous sunset, the distant Angkor Wat in the jungle. This evening, enjoy buffet local dinner with Cambodian Cultural Performance including Apsara Show.
Day 15 Day 15: Siem Reap – Free Leisure (Meal: B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 15: Siem Reap – Free Leisure (Meal: B)

Today you will free leisure on own arrange.
Day 16 Day 16: Siem Reap-Kulen Mountain Waterfall (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 16: Siem Reap-Kulen Mountain Waterfall (B)

In the morning will be driving through the lovely country where could see the traditional Khmer houses, friendly local inhabitants as well as also see cattle are in the field. After arriving the mountain top of Phnom Kulen we will explore from the thousand Linga River, gigantic reclining Buddha where local people believe as a holly place then enjoy to swim at the waterfall follow by picnic lunch on the river bank. On the way back stop at Pradark Village, where you will see the villagers making palm sugar, handicraft for selling to tourist. It’s a nice chance for you to see the local people living at the country side with their struggling for daily life.
Day 17 Day 17: Siem Reap - Departure (Meal: B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 17: Siem Reap - Departure (Meal: B)

Today is on your own leisure until transfer to the airport for your flight to the next destination. End of base tour service.

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17 Days Vietnam And Cambodia Tour

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Itinerary of your trip 17 Days Vietnam And Cambodia Tour

Day 1: Hanoi - Airport Pick Up - Check In Hotel In Hanoi (Meal: No)

Day 2: Hanoi - Halong Bay - Overnight On Cruise (Meal: B, L, D )

Day 3: Halong Bay - Hanoi - Check In Hotel In Hanoi (Meal: B, L )

Day 4: Hanoi Free Day – Train Station Transfer- Night Train To Da Nang (Meal: B )

Day 5: Da Nang Pick Up - Check In Hotel In Hoi An Town (Meal: No)

Day 6: Hoi An - My Son Day Tour (Meal: B,L)

Day 7: Hoi An Free And Easy (Meal: B )

Day 8: Hoi An - Airport Transfer - Flight To Hcmc- Pick Up- Check In Hotel (Meal: B )

Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta - Cai Be Floating Market - Vinh Long Tour (Meal: B, L )

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City Tour- Cu Chi Tunnels (Meal: B,L)

Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City – Bus To Phnom Penh – Cambodia – Check In Hotel (Meal: B )

Day 12: Phnom Penh City Tour (B/L)

Day 13: Phnom Penh –Siem Reap By Public (B) Mekong Express Limousine

Day 14: Siem Reap - Angkor Wat Temple Tour (B/L/D)

Day 15: Siem Reap – Free Leisure (Meal: B)

Day 16: Siem Reap-Kulen Mountain Waterfall (B)

Day 17: Siem Reap - Departure (Meal: B)

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