Others

- Entrance fee - Boat trip in Ha Long and Mekong - Kayaking in Ha Long - Bus ticket from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. - Bottle on the bus

Accommodation

13 Nights accommodation at 3 star hotel.

Meals

Meals as indicated: B= Breakfast, L=lunch, D=Dinner, X = no meal

Transport

- Private car pick up and transfer to the airport - shuttle bus pick up at the hotel.

Guide

Professional English tour guide. No guide on free day (pick up and drop off the airport)

Not included:

Others

•Beverages and other meals do not indicate in the program •Travel insurance •Personal expenses (laundry, telephone, shopping...) •Tipping/ Gratuities: $3/ person/ day •Single supplement •Any additional expenses caused by reasons beyond our control such as natural calamities (typhoon, floods), flight delays, rescheduling or cancellations, any accidents, medical evacuations. •Check out late and check in early (check in time 14:00 and check out time 12:00). •Visa on arrival: prepare 2 passport photo size 4x6/ each of international airport. •Air ticket

Flights

Excluded flights ticket: - Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh - Ho Chi Minh (Viet Nam) - Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Insurance

prepared by yourself

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Day 1 Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (No Meal)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (No Meal)

Welcome to Hanoi! You will be met at the airport at ...and transferred to hotel in Hanoi. Renowned as the “Paris of the East”, Hanoi is one of Asia’s most delightful cities. Rich in culture and history this diverse city draws its influences from both French and Chinese culture. The rest of day is yours to enjoy.

Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 2 Day 2: Hanoi - Sapa - Cat Cat Village (Meals: B/L/D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Hanoi - Sapa - Cat Cat Village (Meals: B/L/D)

6:30 - 7:00 – Our driver will come and pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi to depart for Sapa.

10:00 – Follow the highway to Lao Cai City with a comfortable short break on the way to Sapa.

13:00 – Arrive at Sapa town and be amazed by the colorful traditional costumes of H’mong, Dzao, Tay ethnic people. Enjoy welcome drinks and itinerary briefing. Then, have lunch with local Vietnamese dishes before the hotel check-in.

14:30 – Start hiking downhill to Cat Cat village at the bottom of Muong Hoa Valley. Enjoy the spectacular views of the beautiful valley towards Fansipan – the highest peak in Vietnam and Indochina. Upon arrival at the village, you will have a chance to visit the Black H’mong’s traditional stilt houses as well as watch people weaving, embroidering, and drying their clothes, etc. Then, keep walking to visit the dramatic and picturesque Cat Cat Waterfall, which is a great spot for photo-shoots.

17:00 – Return to Sapa town for dinner. Enjoy your free time in the afternoon to explore Sapa Market and town.

Overnight at the hotel.

Notes: Check out hotel in Ha Noi
Day 3 Day 3: Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa – Hanoi (Meals: B/L/-)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa – Hanoi (Meals: B/L/-)

8:00 – Have breakfast at the hotel.

9:00 – Begin trekking from Sapa towards another part of Muong Hoa Valley where you can see the magnificent landscapes of the mountainous region. Trek through Y Linh Ho, the village of the Black H’mong, then continue the adventure through lush rice terraces to visit Lao Chai village and experience the Black H’mong’s daily life and traditional culture.

11:30 – Arrive at Ta Van village of Tay minority, which is exhibiting a strong influence from Chinese culture.

Take a bus ride to return to Sapa.

14:30 –Free time in Sapa for refreshment.

15:15 – Catch a bus to travel back to Hanoi.

21:15 – Arrive in Hanoi.

Overnight at the hotel.
Day 4 Day 4: Hanoi - Ha Long - Sung Sot Cave- Titop Island (Meals: B/L/D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Hanoi - Ha Long - Sung Sot Cave- Titop Island (Meals: B/L/D)

8.00 – 8.30: The tour guide will pick you up at the hotel.

11.30: Arrive harbor, transfer by tender to Cruise, and enjoy welcome drinks, receive cruise briefing, safety instructions then check in to your cabin

12.30: Lunch in Vietnamese cuisine of fresh seafood and an assortment of appetizing favorites are served while sailing through these islands

14.30: Start visit Surprising cave is one of the most biggest and amazing cave in the bay

16.00: Continue to Titop island where you can enjoy swimming on sandy beach and climbing up the Top for hall panorama view Ha Long Bay

18.00: Come back to cruise later to enjoy sun set party on sundeck

19.00: Dinner is served in the restaurant. Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served for you by our wonderful onboard catering staff.

20.00: Join the fishing excursion or singing karaoke, have a drink or dancing at the bar.

Overnight on board.

Notes: Check out hotel in Ha Noi
Day 5 Day 5: Ha Long Bay – Hanoi (Meals: B/L/-)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Ha Long Bay – Hanoi (Meals: B/L/-)

Morning Activities:

6:30 – 6:45

- Start your day with Tai Chi exercises or a photo hunt.-

- Have breakfast on board while the boat starts cruising to the Natural Preservation Zone.

- Kayaking to explore around the area or visit a floating house and learn about the daily life of the local fishermen who live there.

- We board the cruise again .Take time to refresh and relax before checking out. Bags can be left in luggage store .

- Continue your cruise exploring the Bay, passing Ba Hang fishing village, Dog Islet, and more…

- Join in the Cooking Class , teaching you how to make our specifically (Spring rolls) before an early lunch is served .

11: 30 – 12:00

- Disembark at the harbor, Tuan Chau Marina.

- Transfer to minibus or private and return to Hanoi

- Arrival back at your hotel in Hanoi approximately 16:30pm or 17:00pm

Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.
Day 6 Day 6: Hanoi City Tour – Fly To Sai Gon (Meals: B/L/-)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Hanoi City Tour – Fly To Sai Gon (Meals: B/L/-)

Have breakfast at hotel & ready for the trip at the lobby OR the meeting points.

Our guide will pick you up between 07h45 and 08h30

(Please see PICK-UP TIMETABLE)

08h30: Arrive Tran Quoc Pagoda – the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century.

09h00 – 9h15: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Godess of Mercy – It is the most unique padoga in the world

11h00: Visit one of these

 Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in Vietnam (Tuesdays – Thursdays – Saturdays & Sundays)

 Bat Trang ceramíc village to explore the daily life of the local & learn about the process how to make a perfect product (Mondays – Wednesdays – Fridays)

12h30: Have lunch at our restaurant. You have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with 8 delicious dishes.

13h30 – 13h45: Continue visit Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11 century

15h45: Leave for Hoan Kiem Lake to visit Ngoc Son Temple, which honors General Tran Hung Dao in 13th certury.

16h15: Tour finishes. Back to hotel.

The driver transfer to airport for flight to Sai Gon.

Sai Gon arrival, the driver transfer to hotel for check in.

Overnight at hotel in Sai Gon.

Notes:

- Check out hotel in Ha Noi in the morning.

- Suggest flight time Ha Noi to Ho Chi Minh: should book after 18:00 PM
Day 7 Day 7: Sai Gon City And Cu Chi Tunnel (Meals: B/L/-)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Sai Gon City And Cu Chi Tunnel (Meals: B/L/-)

PICK UP: 07:30 – 08:00 (the time of pick up depends on customer’s hotel/ accommodation’s exact position).

RETURN: 19:00

Take the morning trip to visit Independence Palace, also known at the Reunification palace, was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace. The Independence palace is a widely known landmark of Ho Chi Minh City and was designed by the architect Ngo Viet Thu. Continue seeing the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times such as the Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office. Followed by the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum the museum has a vast display of the both the Indochina wars.

Have lunch at local restaurant.

Depart for Cu Chi tunnel, the trip will take approximately one and a half hours bus driving. Upon arrival, before exploring the tunnels, you will have some short introduction followed by introductory video about how the tunnels were constructed and how the people survived in the harsh conditions of the war time. Then, spend your time to explore the remaining area and tunnel systems which included the special constructed living areas with kitchens, bedrooms side by side with other martial facilities like storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, and command centers helping whoever lives inside the tunnels meet their basic needs. Besides, there are also many hidden trap doors and dangerous traps within the maze-like tunnels for security purpose during the war. Afterward, special tea and cassava (guerilla’s food during the war) will be served.

Break time for relax or time for those who want to try the real shooting gun.

Return to Saigon at 19:00 PM.

Overnight at hotel in Sai Gon.
Day 8 Day 8: Sai Gon – Mekong - My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho (Meals: B/L/D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Sai Gon – Mekong - My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho (Meals: B/L/D)

PICK UP: 07:30 – 08:00 (the time of pick up depends on customer’s hotel/ accommodation’s exact position).

RETURN: 17:00

Pick up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city and start the trip to My Tho. Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda which sated back to the late 19th century. Then boarding the sampan and cruising down the river around the four beautiful islands known as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Tortoise islands.

Stop over at Unicorn Island, go walking in the village paths to contemplate orchards, enjoy tropical fruits, and Vietnamese folk music performed by the local people. Visit the fruit plantation.

Be rowed in a small sampan through the Thoi Son canal and treat yourself to the beauty of the countryside, visit the family business & bee-keeping farm, enjoy honey tea and coconut candy workshop.

Have lunch at the local restaurant. Break time.

The afternoon is time for cycling around the Tan Thach village, meeting the local people to experience their daily life in the Mekong delta. Relaxing on hammocks to enjoy the cool breeze is for those do not want to join the cycling trip.

Proceed to Can Tho City and overnight in Can Tho
Day 9 Day 9: Can Tho – Cai Rang Floating Market- Ho Chi Minh City (Meals: B/ L/ -)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Can Tho – Cai Rang Floating Market- Ho Chi Minh City (Meals: B/ L/ -)

Breakfast at the hotel. Take a leisure boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong River (Bassac River) then visit to Cai Rang floating market which is the liveliest one in the whole of region.

Walking trip to visit the fruit plantation and local noodle factory. Visit Binh Thuy communal house and Munir Ansay Pagoda - a Khmer pagoda, renowned for its unique structure.

Have lunch and return to Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 10 Day 10: Ho Chi Minh- Flight To Phnom Penh (Meals: B/ -/D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh- Flight To Phnom Penh (Meals: B/ -/D)

Have breakfast at the hotel.

The driver takes you to the airport for flight to Phnom Penh- Cambodia.

Upon arrival at Phnom Penh international airport, you will be met and welcome by our friendly guide and then transferred direct to your hotel for check-in. This afternoon, discover the Phnom Penh City, visit Wat Phnom, an ancient pagoda stand up on the hill, Independence Monument commemorates the end of Cambodia’s ruled by France in 1953, Wat Ounalom, the oldest Buddhist foundation in the city, probably predating the abandonment of the capital at Angkor in the 15th century. Continue your visit to the National Museum built in 1917-18 is exclusively dedicated to Khmer arts. Royal Palace built in 1866 and Silver Pagoda located within the Royal Palace compound.

Dinner at local restaurant, overnight at hotel in Phnom Penh
Day 11 Day 11: Phnom Penh – Siem Reap By Public Bus (Meals B/ L/ -)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 11: Phnom Penh – Siem Reap By Public Bus (Meals B/ L/ -)

Breakfast at your hotel, visit the famous Tuol Sleng Museum. We back to city and if time permit we will visit to Russian market. We will go to Siem Reap (by flight = USD105.-per pax, Mekong Express bus =USD13.-per pax). Upon arrival your will be met and then transferred direct to hotel for refreshment.

On arrival your will be met our guide, then transfer direct to hotel for overnight in Siem Reap
Day 12 Day 12: Siem Reap Tour (Meals: B/ L/ -)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 12: Siem Reap Tour (Meals: B/ L/ -)

Breakfast at your hotel, visit the Rolous group, the monuments of Rolous which served as the capital of Indravarman I (reigned 877-89), are among the earliest large, permanent temples built by the Khmers and mark the beginning of Khmer classical art, Preah Ko erected by Indravarman I in the late 9th century dedicated by the King to his ancestors in 880. Bakong the largest and most interesting of the Roluos group temples, with his active Buddhist monastery just to the north of the east entrance. Lolei built on an islet in the center of a large reservoir (now rice fields) by Yasovarman I, the founder to the first city at Angkor. Continue your visit to the jungle covered temple of Ta Prohm is an incredible sight. There are enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers which embrace themselves in the stone foundations of the structure giving the impression of man’s creation being reclaimed by the powerful forces of nature. We explore this masterpiece as well as some of the surrounding temples including Banteay Kdei, Sra Srong, Ta Keo, Thommanon and Chau Say Tevada.

Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap
Day 13 Day 13: Siem Reap- Angkor Thom- Angkow Wat (Meals B/ -/ D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 13: Siem Reap- Angkor Thom- Angkow Wat (Meals B/ -/ D)

Breakfast at your hotel, visit the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century); See the South Gate (with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk), Bayon Temple (unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara), the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. In the afternoon, visit the most famous of all the temples on the Angkor plain: Angkor Wat. The temple complex, cover 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. Dinner at local restaurant with Apsara Dance Show.

Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap
Day 14 Day 14: Siem Reap-Departure (Meal:B/ -/-)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 14: Siem Reap-Departure (Meal:B/ -/-)

Breakfast at hotel. You are free until the driver transfer to the airport for flight back home.

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Itinerary of your trip Vietnam - Cambodia 14 Days 13 Nights

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival (No Meal)

Day 2: Hanoi - Sapa - Cat Cat Village (Meals: B/L/D)

Day 3: Sapa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa – Hanoi (Meals: B/L/-)

Day 4: Hanoi - Ha Long - Sung Sot Cave- Titop Island (Meals: B/L/D)

Day 5: Ha Long Bay – Hanoi (Meals: B/L/-)

Day 6: Hanoi City Tour – Fly To Sai Gon (Meals: B/L/-)

Day 7: Sai Gon City And Cu Chi Tunnel (Meals: B/L/-)

Day 8: Sai Gon – Mekong - My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho (Meals: B/L/D)

Day 9: Can Tho – Cai Rang Floating Market- Ho Chi Minh City (Meals: B/ L/ -)

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh- Flight To Phnom Penh (Meals: B/ -/D)

Day 11: Phnom Penh – Siem Reap By Public Bus (Meals B/ L/ -)

Day 12: Siem Reap Tour (Meals: B/ L/ -)

Day 13: Siem Reap- Angkor Thom- Angkow Wat (Meals B/ -/ D)

Day 14: Siem Reap-Departure (Meal:B/ -/-)

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