15-day Splendour of Vietnam and Cambodia (River crossing)

Welcome to Hanoi, Vietnam, upon your arrival at airport, our driver welcomes you and transfer you to hotel to check in. Rest of the day is your leisure.

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Overnight in Hanoi

Meal: N/A

After your breakfast, At 9h00 Am. Our tour guide will escort you for a nice walking tour.

Start with a small pagoda named Ba Da quietly located in a small alley – only few steps from the Hanoi Great Cathedral, built by French colonialism since the 19th century. Your tour guide also takes you to typical streets of Hanoi such as Lan Ong Street selling traditional medicine, Lo Ren Street where metal items are produced … Stop to visit the Dong Xuan central market – the largest in Hanoi. Continue walking to the famous area for night activities and street food – Ta Hien street, where you can see the vibrant streets with a lot of the amazing local foods and drinks. Trying to taste some for an unforgettable experience.

• Meal: Breakfast
• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi An

8h00- 8h 30 am: Tour guide  will pick you up at your hotel in Ha Noi Old Quarter.

10h15: Have a short break on half way for 20 minutes to relax.

12h00: Arrive to Tuan Chau Harbor.

12h30: Welcome to Cozy Bay Cruise and Enjoy welcome to drink and get a brief introduction about cruise and safety guidelines. Check- in your room with Air-Conditioning.

13h00: Enjoy a special lunch with Vietnamese traditional dishes, while cruising in the magnificent Halong Bay, admiring the fascinating rock formations in the bay.

Afternoon Itinerary:

15h00: Visiting Sung Sot Cave (Surprising cave).

16h00: Our cruise will take you to the Titop/Soi Sim Island. It is noted for having a viewpoint at its peak which affords splendid views all around Halong Bay or you can enjoy your swimming on romance sandy beach.

17h30: Come back to Cozy Bay Cruise then take a shower, Relax on sundeck, sunset watching in comfortable lounge chairs while drinking a cocktail or reading a book in the most magical moment.

18h00: Enjoy welcome Sunset Party and Cooking Class. How to make fresh noodle roll, you can enjoy product which you make it.

Evening Relaxing:

19h00: Enjoy your dinner when sitting by overlooking sea view window in the night romantic Bay

20h30: Playing some sports games like: Squid Fishing, Singing karaoke, or Relax on sundeck

• Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: traditional Junk

6h00: Wake up in the early morning to see the sunrise on sundeck.

7h00: Morning view of bay with a cup of tea of coffee. Have Buffet Breakfast !

8:00: Luon Cave is one of the most places in Halong Bay for Kayaking. If you have a great passion for kayaking, you should not miss Luon Cave. If you don’t want to do kayak that you can seat on a bamboo boat. If you’re lucky, you can catch beautiful pictures with mischievous monkeys running around the cliffs.

9:30 – 10:00: Check-out and enjoy a fantastic cruise on the bay.

10h45: Enjoy the lunch while cruising back to Tuan Chau harbour.

12h00: Return to the harbor, tourist say goodbye to sailors and finish the cruise.

12h30: Get on the Bus to return Hanoi by Expressway.

14h30: Stop on half way for short break.

15h00: Arrive at the hotel in Ha Noi Old Quarter. Take a little bit rest

15h30 our driver transfers to the airport to fly Da Nang. On arrival Da Nang airport, be picked up and transferred to Hoi An to  check in.

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• Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
• Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An

Enjoy your day is free and easy by yourself or go shopping.

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Meals: B

Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An

Enjoy your day is free and easy by yourself or go shopping.

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Meals: B

Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An

Transfer from the hotel to Da Nang to fly Ho Chi Minh City.

Upon landing at Tan Son Nhat airport, you will be warmly welcomed by a driver at the pickup lobby to transfer you to the hotel.

• Please note that hotel check-in time is at 14:00.

Rest of the day is your leisure.

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Meals: B

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh

Depart from your hotel at 8:00 and start a half-day city tour to explore highlight spots in Saigon.

• Visit the Reunification Palace, an impressive Parisian-style building holding significant historical relics from the Vietnam War.
• Explore the Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral and Post Office, magnificent French-built structures showcasing exquisite neoclassical architecture.
• Immerse yourself in the thought-provoking War Remnants Museum, featuring documentaries, photos, videos, and relics depicting the impact of war crimes on Vietnam.
• Conclude the tour at a local market, where you can not only purchase souvenirs but also learn the art of bargaining.

After the sightseeing tour, you will be transported back to your hotel, where you can enjoy the remainder of the day at your leisure.

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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh

Morning

Start heading for Mekong Delta at 8:00, you will reach Cai Be in about 2 hours. Let’s get on the sampan boat and admire the scenic life along the riverside.

Your first stop will be a local factory where a family production makes a range of traditional products like coconut candy, rice paper, pop rice, wine, etc. Here, you can try a bite of these specialties.

Continue discovering the next stop, the world of mangrove swamps and tropical fruits – Tan Phong Island is waiting for you. You will transfer to a longtail wooden boat and sail further into the mangrove forest.

After disembarking, it’s time to sit back and relax with savory fruits and traditional performances – Don ca tai tu. This is a type of musical art and spiritual activity rooted in folk songs in South Vietnam.

Your lunch will be served with some local dishes, including deep-fried elephant-ear fish.

Afternoon

You will be transferred to Can Tho in more than 2 hours. Get to your hotel and freely discover the city in the evening.

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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Can Tho

Morning

6:30: Wake up early to depart for Cai Rang floating market. It’s a great time to visit because you might see the crowds at dawn. You can observe amazing scenery where the locals gather at the same spot, and boats cover the river with bustling trading activities.

Our guide will take you to a floating shop that produces rice noodles and sells its products. On the way back, you will pass by a vendor and taste fresh tropical fruits.

After the boat trip, you will be dropped off at the hotel and pack your luggage to transfer to Chau Doc Province.

Afternoon

On the way traveling to Chau Doc, you will have lunch at a local restaurant.

For your spare time, you can refer to our optional tour of Tra Su Cajuput Forest. On this excursion, you will have 3 – 4 hours to experience from a long small motorboat to a traditional sampan through the endless green and bird sanctuary.

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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Chau Doc

Morning

After breakfast, you will have time to prepare your luggage and check out the hotel. Transfer to the boat station and take the speed boat to Phnom Penh in approximately 5  hours.

A local driver will be waiting for you at the port in Cambodia, then drive you to your hotel for checking in. After that, you can take a nap or enjoy Phnom Penh on your own.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Phnom Penh

At 8.00 am, Guide and driver will pick you up, drive along riverfront for fantastic morning highlight of Phnom Penh Capital toward Independent Monument where we stop to capture some beautiful photos before resuming witness the tragic site of Cheug Ek – the killing field that proceeded more than 20 thousands of civilians and the site is connecting with Tuol Sleng Museum – was the former school that was transformed to Tortured Prison S21. Stroll around Russian market for shopping.

Afternoon, visit The Royal Palace – a complex of buildings which are served as the royal residence for the King of Cambodia, admired by impressive Silver Pagoda with over 5000 solid silver tiles and other Royal Stupas, shrines, monuments etc. Continue for a guided tour at the National Museum, the world’s most important collection of Cambodian antique sculptures and carvings. Next, continue to visit Wat Phnom with interesting legendary of founding place of Phnom Penh Capital. Tour finishes around 5.30pm and return hotel.

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Accommodation: Hotel in  Phnom Penh

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Today is transferred to bus station to catch the bus to Siem Reap. Journey is around 6 hours.

A tour guide will pick you up at Borei Seang Nam station in Siem Reap and take you to your hotel and help you with the check-in procedure. Then, you should rest after a long trip and prepare for the next day’s itinerary.

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Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap

At 8.00 Am, Our guide and driver will be greeting you at your hotel’s lobby then transfer within Angkor jungle toward the South Gate of Angkor Thom atop 4 giant faces that religiously represents compassion, sympathy, equanimity and charity.

• Stroll around Bayon temple consisting of more than 200 smiling faces in stone, admired by interesting temples including Baphuon, Phimeanakas, terrace of leper king and terrace of elephant. Resume the journey to visit Ta Prohm temple.
• After Lunch, we visit the marvelous Angkor Wat – the world’s heritage listed by UNESCO in 1992 and the largest unrivaled monument in the world. Return to your hotel.
• In the evening, our driver transfer you to the Khmer Restaurant where you have dinner while watch the Traditional Dance Performance.

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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap

The 15-day Spendour Vietnam and Cambodia Tour has come to and end.

You can either extend your stay in Siem Reap to take a flight to other destination in South East Asia.

Both, We can arrange hotels or airport transfers.

Thank you for adventure with Vietnam Tour 247