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

Coffee Shop in 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.
•  Enjoy the Water Puppet Show then driving back to your hotel.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Meals: (B, L)

cycling-in-mai-chau

• In the morning drive to Mai Chau for 3hrs30mins travelling, we'll leave the city behind and pass through craggy, mountainous landscape.
• We drive up a massive pass and end in the mountainous circus of Mai Chau.
• In the afternoon, start a refreshing valley biking tour.
• Get to know the local hill tribe people and their culture better while passing through charming local villages, lush rice paddies and into the countryside.

Overnight in Mai Chau.

Meals: (B, L)

Pu-Luong-Vietnam

• This morning we enter Pu Luong Nature Reserve by road via a breathtaking mountain pass giving you a panoramic view of the whole valley.
• Arrive at your accommodation in time for a delicious lunch, followed by free time to explore the beautiful retreat, with its captivating panoramic views and tranquil setting.
• In the afternoon, we step into the wild with an awesome hike on trails across the second half of the reserve to reach its Western edge. The hike is not too hard and lasts 3 to 4 hours. It makes it an intermediate level trek.
• Then you will be transferred back to Pu Luong Retreat for dinner and overnight.

Overnight in Pu Luong.

Meals: (B, L, D)

Trang An

• This morning you have the chance to get close to village life and interact with locals living in the hills above the Retreat.
• Glimpse at daily life, walk around working farm land and rice fields, and learn about making rice wine and weaving colourful textiles.
• After that, head to Tam Coc known as “Inland Ha Long Bay”. We arrive at destination around noon.
• Hop on bicycles to journey across the Halong-like sceneries of Tam Coc and learn more about this typical region of the Red River delta.
• Later, get on a local rowed sampan and discover the scenic waterways of the area.

Overnight in Ninh Binh.

Meals: (B, L, D)

Halong Bay

• 07.30 AM, drive to Ha Long Bay with 4 hours travelling for the overnight cruise
• 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 Cruise sails through Lan Ha Bay. The area is surrounding of extraordinary limestone karsts landscapes. We progress to Ong Cam Area of Lan Ha Bay- a separate part of Ha Long Bay. This is a quiet tourist paradise in Vietnam, enjoy kayaking and/or enjoy swimming in the crystal-clear waters of the Bay.

• Back to Cruise, drop anchor for staying overnight.

• Enjoy cooking demonstration (teaching you how to make Spring rolls) and the complimentary Sunset Party on the sundeck with local wine and fresh fruit.

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

• After dinner, retiring to your cabin or join the fishing excursion, watch a movie, have a drink at the bar, wifi access or play exciting games.

Stay overnight on board.

Meals: (B, L, D)

kaykaking in Halong Bay

• 06:00: Enjoy sunrise and admire the never-ending miraculous scenery of the Bay.
• 06:30: Light breakfast, coffee and tea served.
• 07:15: Visit Dark & Bright Cave and islets by local rowing boats which is a wild and mysterious beauty in the middle of the World Heritage.
• 09:15: Back to the Cruise, relax before checking out.
  10:00: Lunch is served on board.
  12:00: Disembark at the Tuan Chau marina by tender.
  Our driver awaiting you at the port and transfer you to Hanoi's airport for the flight to Da Nang.
• Take a 1- hour- flight to Da Nang. Be picked up airport and transferred to the hotel in Hoi An.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Meals: (B, Br)

hoi an

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

Overnight in Hoi An. 

Meals: B

Spend this day to free relaxing.

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 (formerly 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

Mekong_Delta

• 8.00 am: 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)

• 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 Phnom Penh.
• Be picked up airport and transferred to the hotel.

Overnight  in Phnom Penh.

Meals: B

National Museum Phnom Penh

• 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)

Apsara Dance dinner in Siem Reap

• Today in the morning, Drive to Siem Reap (5 hours) and experience the countryside along way.
• Stop at Kampong Tohm Province for visiting a School (on your request).
• Check into hotel and relax.
• Evening, transfer to the Local restaurant and enjoy Dinner while watching Apsara Traditional Dance.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Meals: (B, D)

Angkor Wat

• 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.