Trip splendor Vietnam & Cambodia

Hanoi - Arrival (D)

Arrival in Hanoi. Picked up by your guide and driver and then transfer to city center where we check-in the hotel. The rest of day is free time to relax or make a first exploration of the city.
Welcome dinner at local restaurant. Night in Hanoi. 

Hanoi - City tour (B/L/D)

Breakfast at your hotel

At 08:30AM meet with your guide and driver and we will begin the guided tours of the capital . We start by visiting the Museum of Ethnology which includes the costumes, tools, musical instruments and some houses of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam (closed on Mondays).  

Then we visit the Temple of Literature which was "the first university of Vietnam" and Tran Quoc Pagoda founded in the 5th century. Visit Ngoc Son Temple on Hoan Kiem Lake. Walking in the Old Quarters of Hanoi allows you to understand the local life: Women in yokes, itinerant shops, rickshaws, neighborhood markets foliage, old buildings with colonial architecture, small street restaurants...

Your guide will then take you to the fame Train Street where sipping coffee while watching trains pass just inches away is a unique experience you’ll never forget. 

In the evening: attend the water puppet show. Overnight at hotel.

Hanoi - Ninh Binh - Tam Coc (B/L/D)

Breakfast at hotel,

At 08:30AM meet with your guide and driver for a 2 hour drive through rural northern Vietnam to Ninh Binh Province — one of the most beautiful parts of Vietnam with its dramatic scenery and historical temples.

Upon arrival your guide will take you to visit Bich Dong pagoda and Thai Vi temple. We then take 2 hours boat ride through a natural landscape of Tam Coc – Bich Dong, a 350 ha area of karst mountain scattered over the lush wetland with paddy fields. This area is referred to as “an inland Ha Long bay” for its strikingly similar water-and-rock terrain features.

Afterward, make a short transfer down a peaceful countryside road to Hoa Lu, Vietnam’s ancient capital eleven centuries ago. Here, your guide will take you for a stroll to discover Tuyet Tinh Coc. A “fairy land” that gives tourists the impression of losing themselves in the dreamlike and mysterious scenes of historical films.

Rest of the day is free time at your leisure.

Night in Tam Coc.

Tam Coc - Halong Bay (B/L/D)

Breakfast at hotel.

At 08:00 AM meet with your guide and driver then we take the road to Ha Long Bay. Arrive at Halong around at noon and embark on the cruise boat for 24 hours exploration in the Bay.

We visit the Suprise cave during the cruise. Seafood meal served by our excellent team.

Overnight on board in your comfortable private cabin.

Halong Bay - Hanoi (B/L/D)

Visit the fishing village or Luon cave, before resuming the cruise in Halong Bay amid the innumerable islets. Around 11h30, return to pier and the road back to Hanoi.

Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

Hanoi - Saigon (B/L/D)

Breakfast and free time to relax or explore Hanoi by yourself. The driver will then come pick you up to go to Hanoi airport for your flight to Saigon.

Arrival in Saigon, welcomed by your guide and driver. Transferred by the private car to city center and check-in at hotel (around 14h00). Free time for your first exploration of the city.

Overnight at hotel in Saigon.

Saigon - City tour (B/L/D)

Breakfast at hotel.

Meet with your guide and driver. You will then visit Notre Dame Cathedral, discover the magnificent neo-Romanesque architecture. Opposite is the Central Post Office, one of the oldest buildings in Ho Chi Minh City and learn about this significant landmark. Next you will visit the Reunification Palace, one of the most important buildings in the city, former residence of the President of South Vietnam until April 30, 1975, the final day of the war against the United States.

Continue the visit to Opera House and City Hall, both were built during the colonial time (visit and photos outside).

Afternoon continue your visit to War Remnants Museum where there is a vast display of machinery, weapons, photos, and documentation of Vietnam War. In courtyard massive military vehicles are for exhibition as well as tiger cages for the visitor to get a feel on how it was to be a prisoner during wartime. In the museum building itself, each floor will represent a separate theme from the war and the war crimes committed. 

Next you will go to Chinatown, Thien Hau pagoda, which is dedicated to the Goddess of the Sea. Explore the highlights of this fascinating area, beginning with intricate friezes, carved tableau and impressive incense coils make for some great photos.

Overnight at hotel

Saigon - Ben Tre/ visits - Can Tho (B/L/D)

Breakfast at hotel.

At 08:00AM meet with your guide and driver then we leave the bustling city of Saigon to join the Mekong Delta. Arrival at the dock Hung Vung (Ben Tre), we embark on a boat and cruise to the islet and observe the scenes of everyday life of the people living along the water.

Visiting local workshops such as brickmaking using the traditional method of printing and firing. You'll also visit one of the many coconut processing workshops located along the canal. You'll then follow the natural streams, which gradually narrow as they flow towards the village.

Stroll to a family workshop where mattresses are made, and enjoy some fruit and tea.

Lunch will feature local specialties, including elephant ear fish.

Enjoy a sampan ride along the canal before returning by boat to the Ham Luong pier. We take the road for Can Tho. Upon arrival, check in at your hotel.

Overnight in Can Tho.

Can Tho - Saigon (B/L/D)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning at 08AM (or earlier) departure to see the most typical floating market of the Mekong – the Cai Rang market.

Located 5km from the center of Can Tho, Cai Rang is a wholesale market with a myriad of boats loaded with watermelons, mangoes, bananas, papayas, pineapples, onions, etc. The main items sold there are agricultural products and regional specialties. Many producers and farmers come here to sell their harvest to wholesalers. If the first boats arrive very early in the morning, the Cai Rang market is in full swing a little later, around 7 or 8 a.m.

After the market, it's the visit to Binh Thuy ancient house. Return to vehicle and we take the road back to Saigon, along the way a stop at Tien Giang to visit the mat manufacturing village of Long Dinh.

Arrival in Saigon, short time to rest before the farewell dinner in Vietnam.

Overnight at hotel.

Saigon - Siem Reap (B/L/D)

After breakfast, pick up by the driver then transfer to Saigon International airport for flight to Siem Reap. Arrival in Siem Reap, welcomed by your guide and driver. Check-in the hotel.

In the afternoon we go visiting Roluos Group (Hariharalaya) which is about 10km far away from the center. The Roluos Monuments, which served as the capital of Indravarman I (reigned 877-89 before J.C), is between the largest temples of the pre-Angkorian period, and mark the beginning of the traditional Khmer art.

Visit Preah Ko erected by Indravarman I in the late 19th century, and Bakong, the largest and interesting of Roluos of Lolei group, with its four brick towers, a replica of Preah Kho, built on an island - now covered by the rice fields.

Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.

Siem Reap - Angkor Thom - Angkor Wat - Siem Reap (B/L/D)

Breakfast at hotel

In the morning, visit Angkor Thom (Great City), beginning with the South Gate, the famous Bayon of 12th and 13th-century Baphuon, dedicated to Brahmanism, the Terrace of Elephants, Terrace of Leper King, Phimeanakas (heavenly Palace).

In the afternoon, discover the wonderful Temple of Angkor Wat.

This architectural masterpiece was constructed in the 12th century and covers an area of about 210 hectares. With many galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water, carved low-reliefs about Ramayana Story and day-to-day life at the time of Angkor's construction. Then continue to explore Ta Prohm Temple of Tomb Raider fame and often referred to as the “one with the trees”, is a phenomenal example of the interplay between man and nature and should not be missed.

Overnight at hotel.

Siem Reap - Small Circuit & Grand Circuit (B/L/D)

After breakfast: visit the "Small Circuit" group: Ta Prohm, where the gigantic trees dominate the monastery, imprison the ruins by their impressive roots as a giant octopus with tentacles to keep their prey.
Continue to visit Thommanon, Chau Say Teveda, Ta Keo, Banteay Kdei and Srah Srang terrace.                          

Lunch at local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the sites of Baray Oriental "Grand Circuit": Pre Rup, Mebon, Tasom, Neak Pea, Preah Khan.

Overnight at hotel.

Siem Reap - Beng Mealea - Siem Reap (B/L/D)

Breakfast at hotel.

This morning we visit the temple of Beng Mealea, located 60km far away in the East of the city (2 hours of drive). It was built in the early 11th century by Jayavarman VII, according to the model of Angkor Wat. This area is only accessible to the public since 2010! The rough road allows you to see the beautiful countryside. Just a few tourists go to the temple, which provides an instant adventure.

Picnic lunch. In the afternoon: transfer to Koh Keh for the visits. Farewell dinner in Cambodia.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Siem Reap - Tonle Sap - Siem Reap - Departure (B)

The morning is devoted entirely to the boat trip on the Tonle Sap, which is connected to the Mekong by a channel of 100km long.

We leave by boat on the lake, to meet the fishermen and the lakeside village on stilts at Chongneas.

It is one of natural tourisms and a mangroves for hundreds species of fresh water fishes and birds and decorated with ethnic stilted houses line over the water surface up to the air. The villages are primarily Khmer and have about 3000 inhabitants between them, most of who live in stilted houses. You will have a great opportunity to learn about their lifestyle and how do they live on the lake. 

Late afternoon transfer to Siem Reap airport for your departure flight.