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The Vietnam and Cambodia Treasure 22 days is a great exploration of Vietnam and Cambodia at the famous cultural, historical, hidden charm areas.

ITINERARY:

Day 01: Ha Noi Arrival

Today, the Vietnam and Cambodia Treasure 22 days will be started by picking up from airport to check in at the hotel. Free for a walking around the old city and overnight in Hanoi.

Services included: Transportation and hotel.

Day 02: Hanoi – Halong (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

At 08h00-08h30am, after breakfast at the hotel, we well drive to Ha Long city with 03 hours on coach trip. Upon arrival, get on boat and start for a spectacular cruise among thousands of limestone peaks rising from clear, emerald water while on boat you enjoy a welcome drink & a fresh seafood lunch followed by a visit to Sung Sot stalagmite cave, one of the most quite caves where you can climb up to the top for a great view to the bay, most of other tourists do not get to visit. There will be plenty of time for swimming, sunbathing before cruising to a quite firth; enjoy a great sunset dinner before retiring to your comfortable sleeping cabin with sea view. Overnight at cabin on cruise.

Service included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fees, boat trip and cabin on cruise.

Day 03: Halong – Hanoi – Lao Cai (Breakfast, Lunch)

After the Morning cruise back to Ha Long city by the other part of the bay with the new beautiful scenery, time for lazy on deck. At 11.30AM arrive the jetty & transfer to a nice-decorated restaurant on the seaside with fantastic view for a great lunch, and then bus back to Hanoi for keeping bags and have rest.
At 20h30, take a night train to Lao Cai. Night on train.

Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fees, boat trip and train tickets (Shared 4 soft sleepers cabin).

Day 04: Sa Pa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Giang Ta Chai (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

On arrival, pick up, bus uphill to Sapa. Have time for breakfast, and have a rest before trekking down to Y Linh Ho then Lao Chai village of the black H’mong people.
– After a picnic lunch, continue trekking to Ta Van village, visit the Dzay’s families and Giang Ta Chai village of the red Dzao minority
– Visit and stay overnight in a red Dzao family close to a beautiful waterfall among hills and rain forest
– With your tour guide and the house owners, we will set up a temporary cooking class to learn how to cook Vietnamese food for dinner.
– Finally join each other for dinner and get to know local typical traditional customs, cultural features. Overnight at local house.

Service included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fees and home stay

Day 05: Giang Ta Chai- Su Pan – Ban Ho – Sapa (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

In the early morning you will be sure to be woken up by the households but lucky to see how is their daily life for a new day coming!
– Enjoy some pancakes made by your tour guide’s skillful hands.
– Say good bye and start a new trek with more stunning landscapes and other ethnic minority villages dotted as far as your eyes sigh. The trails leading you to Su Pan then Ban Ho village, an imagination of down tower steps with a universal view of the house roofs of the Tay minority isolated in a green valley appearing in front of your eyes will mark you an unforgettable trip.
– Finally, take bus trip to return you to Sa Pa for checking in. Free at leisure and overnight in Sapa.

Service included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fees and hotel.

Day 06: Sa Pa – Cat Cat – Sin Chai – Lao Cai – Ha Noi (Breakfast, Lunch)

At 08h00-08h30am, after breakfast at the hotel, we will walk down to Cat Cat village of H’mong people to discover the daily lives, tradition, culture and custom, visit Cat Cat waterfall and an old French Hydro Power Station. Next we will continue trekking to Sin Chai village for a wild and remote minority village. Finally, drive back Sapa for a rest before transferring down to Lao Cai station for a night train back Hanoi. Overnight on train.

Service included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee and train tickets (Shared 4 soft sleepers cabin)

Day 07: Hanoi City tour full day (Breakfast, Lunch)

Upon arrival at station at around 5h00am, our staff will pick you up and then drive to office for a rest.
At 08h00-08h30am, we will spend full day tour to visit the most famous sites such  Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Museum, One Pillar Pagoda, Ethnological museum, Temple of Literature (First University built in the 11 Century), back Ngoc Son Temple discover the Hoan Kiem Lake in the centre of city. Free at leisure and overnight in Hanoi.

Service included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fees and hotel.

Day 08: Hanoi – Bai Dinh Pagoda – Trang An Eco (Breakfast, Lunch)

At 08h00-08h30am, after breakfast at the hotel, we will depart for Ninh Binh with over 2 hours along the countryside. Upon arrival, visit Bai Dinh pagoda and Trang an Eco-tourism.
10:20: Arrive in Buddha Prayer place in Bai Dinh Pagoda, the biggest pagoda in Vietnam with 500 La Han statues, biggest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam with 10 meters in height, 100 tons in weight.
12h00: Have lunch in local restaurant with some local special dishes.
13:00: Depart to visit Trang an Eco-tourism, take boat trip to visit cave complex: Sang Cave, Toi Cave, Ba Giot Cave, Nau Ruou, Sinh Cave, Si Cave…etc.
16:00: Getting on the car return to Hanoi.
18:30: Arrival hotel, and then free at leisure. Overnight in Hanoi.

Service included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fees, boat trip and hotel

Day 09: Hanoi – Fly to Hue City (Breakfast)

Today, after the breakfast, we will be free at leisure, check out at noon time and then take the flight to Hue. Pick up to check in at the hotel and free at leisure. Overnight in Hue.

Service included: Transport, flight tickets and hotel

Day 10: Hue City (Breakfast, Lunch)

At 08h30-09h00am, after breakfast at the hotel,, we will spend full day to discover Hue – the last King Palace which is still remained with various kinds of royal construction and architecture. With a visit at Flag Towel, Ngo Mon gate, Nine Urns, Thai Hoa and forbidden Palace. After that, continue to visit a King Tombs before enjoy a boat trip cruising along Perfume River for a visit Thien Mu Pagoda and Minh Mang King Tomb. Finally, end tour at Dong Ba Market for a leisure around to discover the traditional foods and goods selling there. Overnight in Hue..

Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee, boat trip and hotel.

Day 11:  Hue Leisure (Breakfast)

Today, we will be free at leisure around the city. Overnight in Hue.

Service included: Breakfast and hotel.

Day 12: Hue – Danang – Hoian Town (Breakfast, Lunch) – Private tour

At 08h00-08h30am, after breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Hoi An. On the way, we will stop for visit Hai Van Pass, then Lang Co beach, picture the overview scenery from here. Continue to visit the Marble Mountains with their cave and hillside temples and scenic views. Keep driving along nearby China Beach before continuing on to enchanting Hoi An for check in. In the afternoon, enjoy a walking tour around the old town with the famous architectures of French, Japanese and Chinese. Overnight in Hoian.

Service included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fees and hotel.

Day 13: Hoi An – My Son Temple – Boat trip (Breakfast)

At 7h30-08h00am, after breakfast at the hotel, bus will come to pick up and then drive about 50km from Hoi An to My Son sanctuary. It comprises many Champa temples, in a valley roughly two kilometers wide, surrounded by two mountain ranges. It was the site of religious ceremony of kings of the Champa dynasty, and was also a burial place of Champa royals and national heroes.
Arrive in My Son at 9:00, then take a walk around with your guide for 2 hours to see the historic and cultural ruins of the 16th century, You will be brought back to the glorious time of the Champa civilization.
11h00: Leave My Son for Cau Lau boat station and taking a boat trip on Thu Bon river.
14:00: The boat trip will finish at Bach Dang Boat station. Free at leisure and overnight in Hoian.

Service included: Transport, guide, entrance fees, boat trip and hotel.

Day 14: Hoian – Danang – Saigon (Breakfast)

Today, after the breakfast, we will be free at leisure around. Check out at noon time an then drive to the airport for the flight to Saigon. Pick up on arrival to city for checking in at the hotel. Overnight in Saigon.

Services included: Transport, flight ticket and hotel.

Day 15: Saigon – City tour – Cu Chi Tunnel (Breakfast, Lunch) 

At 07h30-08h15am, after breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the  Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office,  Reunification Palace. Followed by the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum. Break time for lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon trip to Cu Chi tunnels – a popular spot for both Vietnamese & foreign tourists. The network of over 200km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. In their heyday, the tunnels were functioning underground cities included  innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapon factories, field hospitals, command centers & kitchen. Plenty of evidence of the fierce battle that took place here during the 1960s when Cu Chi was a”Free Target Zone”. Today, start our trip, visitor can have chance to know how the tunnel was constructed, spend the next hours exploring the tunnels and war remnants, where you’ll learn more about the conditions the people lived in, the hardships they faced, and the amazing ingenuity employed to maintain life in the tunnels, sample some of the simple cuisine that local fighters would have survived on, and have an opportunity to venture into the tunnels and explore the complex. Finally, return to Saigon for overnight.

Service included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fees and hotel.

Day 16: Saigon – Tour to Cai Be – Vinh Long – Can Tho (Breakfast, Lunch)

Today, from 08h00-08h30am, we will depart for Cai Be. Upon arrival, start a tour on a boat trip among the Mekong River to visit and exploration of lush vegetation of Mekong Delta and the lively floating market buyers bargaining. Next a rowing boat rides on the maze of shady canals to arrive at a local orchard to enjoy the local tropical fruits and visit the daily activities the handicraft villages of local people. Break time for lunch at the orchard fruit garden. From here have a pleasant time riding bicycles to the villages to discover the countryside landscapes, time for relax and start heading to Vinh Long city for a land market, then drive to Can Tho for check in. Free at leisure and overnight in Can Tho.

Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fees, boat trip and hotel.

Day 17: Can Tho – Cai Rang Market – Chau Doc (Breakfast, Lunch)

At 06h30-07h00am, after an early breakfast at hotel, we will start a boat trip touring among the Mekong river to discover the busiest floating market of the Mekong River Delta: Cai Rang Floating Market. Hundreds of vessels gather here to trade all kinds of fruit from neighboring fertile farms. Next we will walk through the village to visit a rice-husking mill and a rice noodles marking shop. Leisure and then head to Chau Doc for checking in at the hotel. Overnight in Chau Doc.

Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fees, boat trips and hotel.

Day 18: Chau Doc – Speed boat trip to Phnom Penh – City tour (Breakfast)

At 07h00-07h45am, after breakfast at the hotel, we will embark the speed boat trip from Chau Doc to Phnom Penh. On arrival, pick up to city and start enjoy a trip for visit some most famous sites around such as: the National Museum of Khmer Arts, with its warm red terracotta and its gracefully curved roof topped by dozens of guardian nagas. Then we continue to the nearby Royal Palace, one of the most beautiful samples of Khmer palace, which allows us to visit the precious, Throne Hall, Prasat Khemarin, Prasat Samrn Phirum, Hor Preah Khan, Chan Chhaya, and Silver Pagoda where the king regularly does the warship. We pass through the River Front Park whose scenery is much worth shooting, and continue to the only one hill in town with sacred sites called Wat Phnom (Visited sites are based on time permitted!). Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee, boat trip, speed boat trip and hotel.

Day 19: Phnom Penh Killing Field – Siemreap (Breakfast, Lunch)

At 08h00-08h30am, after breakfast at the hotel, we will spend the morning for visit the unforgotten Cheung Ek killing field where is a genocidal site. Then visit Toul Sleng Museum where is the largest center of detention and torture of Khmer Rough regime, back city for lunch time and then taking a flight to Siemreap. Pick up to hotel for check in and overnight in Siem Reap.

Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee, flight ticket and hotel.

Day 20:  Siem Reap City (breakfast, Lunch) – Private tour

At 08h00-08h30am, after breakfast at the hotel, we will tour to Rolous Group temples including the 9th-century-erected Preah Ko temple, Bakheng, the largest and most complex temple of the Rolous group temples, and the four-brick-tower temple of Lo Lei. After the lunch break, we will head to Small Circuit to witness the Prasat Kravan (Cardamon sanctuary), where we will experience the stunning image of the eight-armed Vishnu in the largest central tower. Then we get going to Banteay Kdei, a massive Buddist temple with four concentric walls, Srah Srang (Royal Bath), Ta Prohm, which is best known for its originally ancient look. Next, we move to just east of Ankor Thom where stand the Thommanon and Chau Say Tevoda that seem to be known as the twin temple, and to Takeo, the only temple never completed, that is yet one among the finest. Overnight in Siem Reap

Service included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fees and hotel.

Day 21: Siemreap – Angkor Thom – Angkor Wat temples (Breakfast, Lunch)

At 06h00-06h45am, after an early breakfast at the hotel, we will view sunrise at Angkor Wat. There you will see the wonderful spectrum of sun rise on the top of the five peaks of Angkor Temple,then breakfast at hotel. In the morning, we continue to visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat. Visit the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century). See the South Gate (with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk), Bayon Temple (unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara), the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. In the afternoon, visit the most famous of all the temples on the Angkor plain: Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. The distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture. Angkor Wat’s five towers symbolize Meru’s five peaks, the enclosed wall represents the mountains at the edge of the world and the surrounding moat symbolizes the ocean beyond sunset from Phnom Bakheng, one of two hills dominating the plain of Angkor, from where you will have a spectacular view of the Western Baray and Angkor Wat. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Service included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fees and hotel.

Day 22: Siem Reap- Tonle Sap Lake – Departure (Breakfast)

Today, after the breakfast at the hotel, we will check out and then drive to Tonle Sap lake. On arrival, enjoy a boat trip to discover Great Lake Tonle Sap that is renowned for its basin of fresh water fish (10 tons/ 1Square Km in the 60’s). Visitors may also view the fresh water exhibition where we can see various kinds of fish in Tonle Sap Lake. Return to city center for a rest and then drive to the airport for the departure flight. End the Vietnam and Cambodia Treasure 22 days.
Services included: Transpor , guide, meals, entrance fees and boat trip

Tour cost: In USD/ Person – Please send us a request with the proposal toured date, group quantity and preferred hotel standard.

HOTEL LIST

Included services:

+ Transportation with A/C
+ English speaking guide on tour
+ Meals mentioned above,
+ Entrance fee for sites visited
+ Boat trip in: Ha Long bay, Ninh Binh, Hue, Mekong Delta, Chau Doc -Phnom penh, Tonle Sap lake
+ Train tickets: Hanoi – Lao Cai – Ha Noi, Hanoi – Dong Hoi (Shared 4 soft sleepers with A/C)
+ Flight ticket from Hanoi – Hue, Danang – Saigon, Phnom Penh – Siemreap.
+ Hotels – shared twin room
+ Government tax, services charge.

Excluded services:

+ Personal expenses, Drinks, telephone, laundry, tips
+ Airfare, Vietnam and Cambodia visas, All airport taxes – paying at airport check in desks.
+ Payment services charge by credit card or bank transfer (3%)
+ Surcharge for peak season or public holiday time (Such Gala dinner on 24 Dec and 31st Dec)
+ Other services not mentioned in the itinerary.