Essence of Vietnam and Cambodia - 12days
Essence of Vietnam and Cambodia - 12days
Starts : Hanoi (Vietnam), ends : Siem Reap (Cambodia)
Highlights: Hanoi, Perfume pagoda, Halong bay, Hue, Hoian, Mekong Delta, Saigon , Siemriep, Temples Of Angkor
Trip Code : CV-EoVaC12
Hoan Kiem Lake - Hanoi CityDay 01: Arrive Hanoi
Upon arrival to Hanoi airport, you will be pick up and transferred to our hotel in Hanoi. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi. At leisure.
Accommodation in Hanoi :
+ Hotel grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Room
Day 02: Hanoi
Today we will have a city tour by bike to visit Ho Chi Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh house, presidential palace, one pillar pagoda and Temple of literature – Vietnam’s first national university and wonderful Museum of Ethnology. Enjoy fish cake lunch at typical Hanoi restaurant, Chaca La Vong. Visit Fine Art Museum followed by walking tour through the mazes of old quarter Visit Hang Bong Street to purchase Communion party banners/badges. Visit Hanoi famous Art Galleries. Time permitting we will visit Ngoc Ha Village to see American B-52 in lake. Tonight we will attend the water puppet show.
Accommodation in Hanoi :
+ Hotel grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Room
Halong BayDay 03: Halong bay cruise
This morning we head out for a 3 hour drive through verdant Red River Delta to Halong bay where we board our own private sampan for a five-hour cruise around the secluded and majestic Ha Long Bay giving us the chance to take in the stunning scenery of this World Heritage Site. Whilst on board a sumptuous fresh local seafood lunch will be served. There will be opportunities for a swim and time to explore some of the limestone caves in the area. Return Hanoi in the afternoon
Accommodation in Hanoi :
+ Hotel grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Room
Perfume PagodaDay 04: Perfume pagoda
The Perfume Pagoda is one of the highlights of the Hanoi area and one of the most important religious sites in Buddhist Vietnam. Every spring, after the Vietnamese New Year, thousands of Vietnamese pilgrims come here to pray for all the health and prosperity they need to get them through the year. The pagoda itself is built into limestone cliffs and can only be reached by boat or on foot as there are no roads into this area. You will have the chance to glide along scenic waterways and walk up steep mountain paths visiting the pagodas and temples that were built in this area over the centuries.
Departing Hanoi at 07.30 we have a two hour drive through the picturesque countryside and back roads to the village of Duc for some refreshments before boarding our boats for a 1.5 hour ride along the scenic Yen river. After this we will walk to the Thien Tru Pagoda (Heavens Kitchen) and the Perfume Cave and Pagoda - an hours walk in total. On our way back we visit Giai Oan and Tuyet Son Pagodas. Lunch will be at one of the little food stalls near Thien Tru Pagoda. After lunch the boat will take us back to our bus for the drive back to Hanoi.
Accommodation in Hanoi :
+ Hotel grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Room
HueDay 05: Hanoi – Hue
Transfer to airport for the flight Hanoi - Hue. Upon arrival to Hue, we start our city tour to visit Citadel and Imperial purple city, imposing Thien Mu pagoda and board the trip from here for a cruise on perfume river. Visit Honchen temple and Minh Mang tomb. We then disembark the board for a visit to Tuduc royal tomb , time permitting we visit Phu Cam and Notre Dame Cathedrals.
Accommodation in Hue :
+ Hotel grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Room
Hoi AnDay 06: Hue – Hoian
Breakfast at the hotel, we then Head out on scenic driver over Cloudy Pass to Danang . Visit Cham Sculpture museum where display fine artifacts and sandstone statues of Cham people. Visit Marble mountain and crafting village before our drive to Hoian. Hoi An is a delightful small town easily explored by foot. More than any other place in Vietnam, Hoi An retains the feeling of centuries past and is a favorite with all travelers. We will have a walking and cycling tour around the historic town soaking up the atmosphere, exploring the fascinating local market. Visit the old houses and temples.
Accommodation in Hoian :
+ Hotel grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Room
Ho Chi Minh CityDay 07: Hoian – Danang – HCM City
Further exploration of Hoin before the transfer to airport for the flight to HCM city. Afternoon visit Independent Palace, War Crime museum, Thien Hau pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City Museum and China town. Balance of the day will be at leisure.
Accommodation in Ho Chi Minh City:
+ Hotel grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Room
Day 08: HCM city - Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta is the southernmost region of Vietnam. Often referred to as the rice bowl of Vietnam, producing three crops of rice per year. The fertile Mekong Delta is also famous for its tropical fruits and flowers. The Delta area is the end of a 4500 km. journey the Mekong River makes after traveling through six countries. Traditional transportation in the Delta is by boat along a vast network of canals and channels. Boating along these canals and visiting the floating markets always proves to be a fascinating experience for all visitors. We drive to Vinhlong, boat through the lush green vegetation of the canals to a orchard, where we are treated to a lunch of delicious tropical fruits.
Accommodation in Ho Chi Minh:
+ Hotel grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Room
Angkor WatDay 09: HCM city – Siemriep
Drive to visit the Cuchi Tunnels. At the height of the Vietnam war, the tunnel system stretched from the outskirts of Saigon all the way to the Cambodian border of over 250 kilometers of tunnels. The tunnel system, built over 25 years starting in the 1940s, let the Viet Minh and, later, the Viet Cong, control a huge rural area. It was an underground city with living areas, kitchens, storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers. In places, it was several stories deep and housed up to 10,000 people who virtually lived underground for years.... getting married, giving birth,going to school. The ground here is hard clay, which made this whole thing possible. But even so, the planning and construction was incredible. People dug all this with hand tools, filling reed baskets and dumping the dirt into bomb craters. They installed large vents so they could hear approaching helicopters, smaller vents for air and baffled vents to dissipate cooking smoke. There were also hidden trap doors and gruesomely effective bamboo-stake booby traps. Today, the trees and bushes have grown back. And since 1988, two sections of tunnels have been open for visitors
Transfer to airport for the short morning flight to Siem Reap. Upon arrival at Siem Reap you will be greeted by your guide and transferred to your hotel. This afternoon you will have a tour of the Angkor Wat Temple before making your way to the hilltop temple of Phnom Bakheng to watch the sunset over this ancient land.
Accommodation in Siem Reap :
+ Hotel grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Room
Angkor TempleDay 10: Angkor Wat
Following breakfast you will visit Angkor Thom, the South Gate, Bayon, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. From here you will then make your way to visit Ta Prohm before an afternoon visit to Preah Khan, Neak Pean, East Mebon and Pre Rup temples.
Accommodation in Siem Reap :
+ Hotel grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Room
Local People in CambodiaDay 11: Angkor Wat
Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning boat trip on Tonle Sap lake before proceeding further to Prasat Kravan, Bantaey Srei and Bantaey Kdei. This afternoon will find us at the Roulous Group of Temples - Preah Ko, Bakong Lole Temples until sunset.
Accommodation in Siem Reap :
+ Hotel grade: 4 Star
+ Room type: Superior Room
DepartureDay 12: Departure
Breakfast at the hotel
At leisure until the departure transfer to airport fro your flight home.
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