Allure of Vietnam and Cambodia – 16 days – Private tour!

In the morning, be picked up from hotel and transferred to Halong Bay. Take a boat trip to explore one of the world’s great natural wonders, cruising the thousands of limestone islands filled with caves of all shapes and sizes. The sails of junks and samfans gliding along the clear and emerald waters of the bay form a magnificent picturesque scene that blends with the sky. In the afternoon, you also get a chance to visit Sung Sot cave, swim and relax in Titop island and enjoy Sunset Party on sundeck. After dinner, socialize with other guests, take part in board games, fish for squid, or just laze around.

Stay overnight on board.

Accommodation: Cozy Bay cruise or similar

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Do TaiChi in early morning and enjoy the peaceful morning of Halong Bay. Kayak around Drum cave; visiting Ba Hang fishing village, Dog Islet, and more. While heading back to the harbor, watch the fruit carving demonstration and participate in the Cooking Class before enjoying a traditional Vietnamese lunch. Disembark from the junk at noon and transfer to Hanoi. Return at hotel around 16.00 pm. Recheck in at hotel.

Overnight at hotel.

Accommodation: La Storia Ruby hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

At 7.00am, be picked up at hotel and  transferred by private car to Sapa. Arriving Sapa around lunchtime, you’ll check in to your hotel.  In the afternoon, visit Cat Cat village (light trekking required), where you may wish to try the local apple wine or purchase a hand-woven blanket, and Sapa town.  Free and easy in the evening time.

Overnight at hotel in Sapa. 

Accommodation: Sapa Panorama hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast, start a 5 hour trek to visit Lao Chai – Ta Van and Giang Ta Chai village, exploring the local ethnic minorities life, admire the spectacular natural scenery with the terraced rice fields. Visit Sapa’s ancient rock formations with engraved images big and small, the unique patterns of the ancients, as well as admire the picturesque bridge to the clouds clear over the Muong Hoa stream.  Lunch at restaurant in the middle of village  Return to hotel in Sapa around 14.00pm.  15.00. Good bye Sapa. Drive back Hanoi.  Arrive at Hanoi around 21.30 pm, check in at hotel again.

Overnight at hotel.

Accommodation: La Storia Ruby hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

After breakfast at hotel, the rest of the day is spent at your leisure until our driver come and transfer you to airport.  Take a 1- hour- flight to Danang. Be picked up airport and transferred to Hoian by private car.  Arrive Hoi An and check in. The rest of the day is spent at your leisure, discovering the beauty of  Hoi An.

Overnight at hotel in Hoian 

Accommodation: Rose Garden hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast

Have breakfast at hotel.

08:00 Our guide picks you up at your hotel and depart to My Son Sanctuary – The World Cultural Heritage. 

09:00 Arriving in My Son – the Holly land 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. We will have 2 hours to discover the site by walking throughout the landscape, learning histories with our local English speaking guide, enjoying the traditional performances of Champa People.

11:00: Get back to bus and move to a local house to learn how to make rice-paper, you will enjoy your own hand-making product later on.

11:30: Back to the bus and have lunch at another local house, relax with cold herbal tea,  nice foods and fresh air.

12:30: Take a boat trip to Hoi An with nice and cool breeze on boarding, beautiful river scenery on the biggest river in the Central of Vietnam named as Thu Bon River.

13:30: Arrive at Hoi An, we will drop you at your hotel.

Overnight at hotel in Hoi An 

Accommodation: Rose Garden hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Spend this day to free relaxing. Do shopping, clothes tailor made and exploring the town, try delicious food and coffee.

Overnight at hotel in Hoi An. 

Accommodation: Rose Garden hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast

You will  take flight to Ho Chi Minh city (formly Saigon). Arrive in Ho Chi Minh and check in hotel.

The rest of the day is spent at your leisure, discovering the most active city in Vietnam.

Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city 

Accommodation: Prague Saigon hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast

07:30 – 7.50am: Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel and then start tour. Enjoy the scenic journey along the National Highway bordered by green rice fields.

On arrived at My Tho, visit Vinh Trang pagoda, take a leisurely boat ride along the river, view the stilt houses, fruit plantations and fishing villages along the river bank.

Proceed to Tortoise islet, have lunch in the orchard garden. Then a boat ride to An Khanh – a less touristy attraction in Ben Tre, enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed sampan under the shadow of the water coconut trees along natural canals, then enjoy seasonal fruit & honey tea to the sound of “Southern Vietnamese folk music”, performed by locals.

Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle, taste the delicious coconut candy & observe the pastoral life as you roam through the fruit plantation and village.

Meet the bus and return to HCMC.

Overnight at hotel

Accommodation: Prague Saigon hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Spend your free time for shopping and sight seeing.  Optional: join Cu Chi tunnel, Ho Chi Minh city tour… (on request)

Overnight at hotel

Accommodation: Prague Saigon hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast.

At 8.00am, be picked up and transferred to bus station. A 6-hour coach journey to Phnom Penh. Stop at the border for visa process and the continue going to Phnom Penh. Check in Hotel then free and easy at your leisure.

Overnight in hotel

Accommodation: King Grand Boutique 

Meals: Breakfast

At 8-8.30am Visit the TuolSleng Prison Museum and the notorious ‘Killing Fields’ of ChoeungEk, which will give us a deep insight into the painful bloody rule of the Khmer Rouge.  Lunch at local restaurant. We will have time this afternoon to explore PsarToul Tom Pong, also called the “Russian Market”, where anything and everything is for sales. Later this afternoon, we will take one hour boat cruise on the Mekong river.

Overnight in hotel

Accommodation: King Grand Boutique 

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

At 8.00am, be picked up and transferred to bus station. A 6-hour coach journey to Siem Reap. Check in Hotel then free and easy at your leisure.

Overnight in hotel

Accommodation: Amber Angkor hotel

Meals: Breakfast 

At 8-8.30am After breakfast, proceed to Angkor Thom Area (Angkor Thom Temple South Gate, Bayon Temple, Baphuon Temple, Phimean Akas Temple, Elephants Terrace & Leper King Terrace, Royal Palace, Woman and Man Pond) Proceed to visit Ta-Prom Temple.

After lunch, continue your journey to Angkor Wat Temple – one of the seven greatest architectural wonders of the world, built in between the 9th – 13th century.  16.30pm: return to hotel.

Overnight in hotel

Accommodation: Amber Angkor hotel

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Have breakfast at the hotel then free and easy. Enjoy the last day in Siem Reap then be picked up at hotel and transferred to airport. Good bye Cambodia. Trip ends.