17 Days Vietnam and Cambodia – Heritage Lines

The-Temple-of-Literature-Hanoi

• Morning, you will be picked up at the hotel and start the city tour.
• Visit to Ho Chi Minh complex, including Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, House – on- till and One Pillar Pagoda – a group of structures consisting of a pagoda and a tower built in the middle of a square lake.
• Then we explore the Temple of Literature – the first college of Vietnam and the place dedicating to Confucian.
• Lunch served at a local restaurant for authentic Hanoi cuisine.
• Afternoon, we will visit Hoa Lo Prison which once known as “Hanoi Hilton”)
• Back to Hoan Kiem Lake (Restored Sword Lake) with Ngoc Son Temple.
•  Take a cyclo tour through the Old Quarter, also known as the 36 streets, this bustling area of narrow streets is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Meals: (B, L)

Cozy Cruise Halong

• 8.00-8.30: 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.
• Visiting Sung Sot Cave (Surprising cave)
• Enjoy your swimming at Titov beach.
• Enjoy welcome sunset party and Cooking class.
• Enjoy your dinner when sitting by overlooking sea view window in the night romantic Bay.

Stay overnight on board.

Meals: (B, L, D)

kayaking-in-ha-long-bay

• 6.00: Wake up in the early morning to see sunrise on sundeck.
• 7.15: Morning view of bay’s landscape with a cup of tea of coffee. Have breakfast
• 8.00: Do kayaking to explore Halong Bay
• 9.00: Visit Pearl farm. The pearls in Halong are the most renowned in Vietnam. The process of farming and retrieving pearls takes years.
• 10.00: Check-out and enjoy a fantastic cruise on the bay.
• 10.45: Enjoy the lunch while Cruising back to Tuan Chau Harbour.
• 15.00: Get back Hanoi. Recheck in Hotel. Enjoy your free time

Overnight in Hanoi.

Meals: (B, Br)

•  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 Hue. Be picked up airport and transferred to the hotel.

Overnight  in Hue.

Meals: B

Imperial citadel Hue

• Pick up you at your hotel at around 8:00 and then take a full day to discover Hue:
• visit Emperor Minh Mang Mausoleum and Emperor Khai Dinh Mausoleum.
• Stop on the way to see how conical hats and incense sticks are made in local village. Lunch at a local restaurant.
• In the afternoon, visit Imperial capital during Nguyen Dynasty: the Royal Citadel, Forbidden City, Hue Royal Museum and the seven – storey Thien Mu Pagoda on the riverbank.
• Tour will end 16:00. You will be transferred to your hotel.

Overnight in Hue.

Meals: (B, L)

• Today, we 'll take a 3 hour driving to Hoi An -the land of lantern. 
• The journey by private car and take you through iconic Hai Van Pass.
• On the way, stop several times for taking great pictures.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Meals: B

• 8.00 am Tour guide will pick you up at your hotel and start the day with Thanh Ha pottery village, where you can visit temples, museums with exhibitions, learn about history, and experience pottery-making activities.
• Continue the journey, we will visit Kim Bong Carpentry Village to visit carpentry workshops and see directly how artisans work to create intricately carved products.
• Take a bicycle ride of the carpentry village, discover what it takes to work on a farm, or take in the picture-perfect lifestyle of the villagers
• At Tra Que Vegetable Village, you will get to experience what it's like to be a real farmer  like tilling, watering, fertilizing, and picking vegetables.
• Have lunch then return to the hotel

Overnight in Hoi An.

Meals: (B, L)

• Hoi An Ancient Town is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site.
• Spend the entire day at your leisure.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Meals: B

• Enjoy breakfast at hotel, free time until our driver transfer you to Danang airport to take flight to Ho Chi Minh city.
• Arrive in Ho Chi Minh (fornly named Saigon) and check in hotel.
• The rest of the day is spent at your leisure, discovering the most active city in Vietnam.

Overnight  in Ho Chi Minh city.

Meals: B

• 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.
• 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.
• Take a boat ride to An Khanh
• Enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed sampan under the shadow of the water coconut trees along natural canals.
• Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle.
• Return to HCMC

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

Meals: (B, L)

Cu Chi tunnels

• 07:30 – 7.50am: Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel and then start drive to Cu Chi which located 60km from HCM city
• Explore the legendary tunnels system of over 220km  and learn more about Vietnam War.
• Return to Ho Chi Minh city around 14.00 pm

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

Meals: B

bus Ho Chi Minh - Phnom Penh

• At 8.00am, be picked up and transferred to bus station. A 6-hour  journey to Phnom Penh or upgrade the journey to a flight (please contact directly).
• Stop at the border for visa process and the continue going to Phnom Penh.

Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Meals: B

Visit the TuolSleng Prison Museum

• At 8-8.30am pick up at the hotel
• 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.
• 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 Phnom Penh.

Meals: (B, L)

• Today in the morning, head to Siem Reap by bus  (5 hours) or upgrade the journey to a flight (please contact directly).
• Check into hotel and relax.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Meals: B

Angkor Temples

• At 8-8.30am 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 Siem Reap.

Meals: (B, L)

• 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.