Vibrant Vietnam and Cambodia

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Ha Noi- Halong- Hue- Hoi An- Hochiminh- Mekong- Phnom Penh- Siem Reap- Angkor

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Indochina Package is a panoramic tour that allows you to explore the heart and soul of Vietnam and Cambodia. Your journey will start by a one-day visit to learn about the capital city, following with a nature escape in UNESCO World Heritage Ha Long Bay. Your trip in Vietnam will end in the energetic Ho Chi Minh City, Cu Chi Tunnel and the “rice bowl” Mekong Delta. Then discover Cambodia’s fascinating history and culture in capital Phnom Penh, before set foot in the sacred temples complex of awe-inspiring Angkor in Siem Reap.

INCLUSIONS:

  • Accommodation based on twin-shared/ double basis with daily breakfast at mentioned hotels or similar ones upon availability
  • Meals as indicated in the itinerary each day
  • Private English Speaking tour guides in each city of visit
  • Private air conditioned vehicle transfers during tour
  • Entrance tickets at indicated sites
  • Boat trips as mentioned in the itinerary
  • All operation service charge and government tax
  • Bottled water on the vehicle

EXCLUSIONS:

  • Any charges during public holidays, Christmas, New Years
  • Travel insurance , Visa
  • Drinks and other meals
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Any international flights/internal flights (quoted separately)
  • Banking fee(if any)
  • Personal expenses and others not mentioned clearly in the inclusion part

Detailed Program

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Day 1

ARRIVAL IN HANOI – with Guide

Welcome to Hanoi, Vietnam! Upon arrival at Noi Bai airport, you are welcomed and greeted by AA Vietnam Travel tour guide and taken to your hotel by private transfer. The rest of the day will be free to relax or explore at your own leisure.
Overnight in Hanoi

Day 2

HANOI CITY TOUR (B/L) – with Guide

This day tour to learn about the capital city of Vietnam occupies your whole day with featured sites, including Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, his house-on-stilts, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature – Vietnam’s first university for the morning. Your lunch today is served at a restaurant in town with local tastes. In the afternoon, the tour continues with a visit to one of the following museums (you can pick the one you like): the Ethnology Museum, Army Museum, National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi Hilton prison or Vietnam Women Museum). Followed by a short walk or a cyclo ride in the Old Quarter. End the day tour with a traditional Water Puppet show.
Spend your second night in Hanoi.

Day 3

HANOI - BAC NINH (OLD PAGODA & TRADITIONAL VILLAGE) (B/L/D) – with Guide

After your breakfast at the hotel, you are picked up again and heading Northeast to the neighboring Bac Ninh province. After 30km drive, you will arrive at Phat Tich pagoda for our first visit of the day. Phat Tich is one of the oldest pagodas in Northern Vietnam. It’s said that the pagoda was originally built in the 7th century. Due to the ups and downs of the country, the original pagoda was destroyed and there have been many restorations so far. It still remains as a popular pilgrimage destination of the locals.
After visit the main pagoda, your tour guide will walk you up 200 stone steps to the Peak of Phat Tich Mountain to see a giant stone statue of Buddha. The statue is 27m tall and weighs 3,000 tons, making it one of the largest stone statues in Southeast Asia. From here you also can get a panorama over the countryside of the Red River Delta with villages and rice field.
Thence we continue on another 30 kilometers along Duong River (A branch of the Red River) to Phu Lao Village where you will have a home-stay experience for tonight. Upon arrival, your host will welcome you with a cup of green tea. Refreshing and enjoy the local lunch with the family. In the afternoon, get back on your vehicle and make your way to Phu Lang Glazed Terra-cotta village. The visit to this village will absolutely amaze you while walking to visit some family-owned workshops. Learning the local techniques of producing different types of ceramics. The main categories that Phu Lang potteries focus on includes: Pottery in credence, Domestic pottery (used in family) and Pottery in decorating. Get back to the home-stay, relax and enjoy the dinner and stay for the night.
Overnight at a home-stay

Day 4

BAC NINH - HA LONG BAY (B/L/D)- with Guide

This morning, you may be woken up by the village roosters. To start the day, you may want to stroll around the village for a while before breakfast. About 9:00 AM, bid farewell to the host family and spend the morning drive to Halong Bay. The Bay is one of Vietnam’s most spectacular natural wonders and listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Upon arrival at the pier, you will board a boat for exploring the bay, the views that you get while navigating past thousands of limestone islands with rocky outcrops are incredible. Lunch and dinner are served on board. The activities of today include a swim in the bay in warmer months. You may have chance to do some as well.
Overnight on board in Halong Bay.

Day 5

HA LONG BAY - HANOI – HUE (B/L) - No Guide

This morning get up early for some fresh-air on the open deck and join the Tai-chi class for some gentle moves if you wish. Otherwise, you are able to remain in your cabin until breakfast time. After breakfast, the crew will pull up the anchor, start the engine again for more cruising to other part of the bay. After visiting a big limestone cave, the boat is gently heading back to the pier. The early lunch (Brunch) will be served aboard. Around noon, you are ferried in and take the return drive toward the airport for the early evening flight to Hue city in the center of Vietnam. Get picked up and transferred to the hotel.
Overnight in Hue

Day 6

HUE CITY TOUR (B/L) – with Guide

Hue city is one of the most cultural and historical territories of the country, once ruled by Emperors of Nguyen dynasty. To start the day, you will embark a dragon boat at a little dock by the bank of the poetic Perfume River for a short cruise to Thien Mu Pagoda, constructed in 1601; the 21-meter stupa tower is the masterpiece of this charming pagoda. Thence getting back to your private vehicle and drive out of the city to visit Minh Mang King’s tomb. This imperial tomb is without doubt the best-combined natural landscape and architectural complex. It was designed on a symmetric axis. Visiting the tomb, you will be impressed by the majesty and symmetry of the architectural constructions. After that, you will enjoy a beautiful lunch at a nice garden restaurant.
In the afternoon, you will be visiting the Royal Citadel where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945. The Imperial City is located in the center of the Citadel where established highest offices of Vietnam’s feudalism and sanctums honoring the cult of decreased Emperors. Together with your personal guide, you will take a walk throughout the complex and enjoy the beautiful constructional works divided many sectors. Back to the hotel late in the afternoon.
Overnight in Hue

Day 7

HUE – HOIAN (B/L) – with Guide

The morning drive to Hoi An via Hai Van Pass will occupies half of your day. Arrive at Hoi An ancient town. Check into your hotel and then go for lunch at a nice restaurant in town
Nestled a couple of kilometers inland on Thu Bon river, Hoi An is typified by the 16th century Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese architecture.
The afternoon walking tour offers you a chance to see how beautiful the Old Quarter of Hoi An is. The sites include the Japanese Covered Bridge; Phuoc Kien Assembly; Tan Ky ancient house; Hoi An Culture and History Museum and Quan Cong temple. Evening is free on your own to chill out at a riverside café or enjoy shopping with tailor-made clothing, shoes and lanterns.
Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 8

HOIAN (B) – no Guide

Today is free for you to do your own things in this charming Old Town: You may be just easy at leisure to enjoy your accommodation facilities or go shopping at the center. If you fancy a swim, this is also the time for that. If your hotel in town you can easily reach a nice local beach by bicycle.
Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 9

HOIAN - HO CHI MINH (B/L) – with Guide

This morning, take a rustic cycling tour to the nearby countryside. View the daily life of the locals along the ride and it is also a good chance to learn some local traditional works such as noodle making and rice processing… Back to town for lunch on your own account. In the afternoon, transfer to Da Nang airport for a short flight to Ho Chi Minh City in the South of Vietnam. The evening is yours.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

Day 10

HO CHI MINH CITY & CU CHI TUNNEL (B/L)- with Guide

After your breakfast in the hotel, start the day by visiting War Remnants Museum and the former Presidential Palace. Thence walk to the major sights of colonial Ho Chi Minh City: Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Post Office.
After lunch, the car will take you out of the bustling city for Cu Chi District, 70 km northwest of Saigon. This is a beautiful green land with fruit gardens, rice paddies and plantations. Cu Chi Tunnels are like a spider web in the soil of Cu Chi District. It consists of more than 200km of narrow underground tunnels that connecting half or total covered hideouts, shelters, fighting bunkers, hospital, school, living rooms and so on… All was built and used by Viet Cong for resistance against their enemy during the French and American war. Thence we will drive back to the city in the late afternoon.
Overnight in HCMC.

Day 11

HO CHI MINH - MEKONG DELTA (B/L) – with Guide

At 8.00 AM, pick-up from your hotel and depart for Ben Tre, a nice province of Mekong Delta. Arrive at the Phong Nam brick kiln, where bricks are still painstakingly made by hand. Get on boat and you will cruise along the Chet Say River (a branch of the Mekong) and stop off at various local workplaces to give you a picture of how the local economy works, including coconut activated charcoal factory where coconut shell is put into high heat kiln to produce coconut charcoal; a coconut processing workshop.
Then the boat will cruise through the small canal, discover the local life. You will then stop at a quiet village where you can have a short walk to experience real Delta village life. Pay a visit to a mat weaving house and learn how straw mats are woven using a hand loom – you can even have a go at weaving yourself. After that, you will board your xe loi (a kind of motorized rickshaw) into another village where you can see farms, rice fields and vegetable gardens.
A delicious and filling lunch will be served at a family-run restaurant, featuring such local specialties as elephant-ear fish, river shrimp and washed down with some cold drinks or beers.
In the afternoon, you will board a sampan for a relaxing ride along narrow canals, and then take your motorized boat back to the pier. Continue on your day to Can Tho City on your private vehicle. Arrive in Can Tho, check into the hotel and relax for the night. Overnight in Can Tho.

Day 12

MEKONG DELTA - HO CHI MINH CITY - PHNOM PENH (B/L) – with Guide

The watery world of the Mekong Delta is home to many bustling floating markets. This day, we take a boat trip and exploring the vibrant floating market of Cai Rang, where the trading way is unique; each boat usually sells one particular item, whether it be pumpkins, pineapples, sugar canes. After an impressive boat trip, disembark at Ninh Kieu quay then visit an ancient house in Binh Thuy 10 km from Can Tho city. Lunch at local restaurant on the way back to HCMC then onward to the airport for taking a flight to Phnom Penh.
Get picked up and overnight in Phnom Penh.

Day 13

PHNOM PENH (B/L)- with Guide

This morning, gain some insight into Cambodia’s recent dark history on a visit to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. Equally as harrowing are the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek. After learning about some of Cambodia’s tragic past, getting back to the city and go to visit the hilltop Wat Phnom Temple, the founding place of the city. Lunch is served at a nice restaurant around noon.
After lunch, embark on a cyclo tour through the most remarkable sights of Phnom Penh. Begin first with a visit to the Royal Palace, followed by the Silver Pagoda, named for the over 5,000 heavy silver tiles that cover its floors. Its original name is Wat Prakeo; the temple is known for its collection of Buddha in gold, silver, crystal, and bronze. Continue on to the National Museum, housing the world’s foremost collection of ancient Khmer artistic, archaeological, and religious artifacts from the 4th to the 13th centuries. Along the ride, you will enjoy great views of the confluence of the Upper Mekong, Lower Mekong, Bassac and Tonle Sap rivers. Get back to your hotel after the sunset.
Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Day 14

PHNOM PENH - SIEM REAP (ANGKOR THOM VISIT) (B/L)- with Guide

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for a flight from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. On arrival in Siem Reap, meet with the local guide and head to the hotel for check in.
The afternoon, visit the incredible temple of Angkor Thom. Angkor Thom was the last capital of the Great Khmer Empire under the reign of Jayavarman VII. This city is surrounded by an 8 meter-tall wall, drawing a perfect square around its perimeter. Enter the city through the ancient South Gate, an impressive carved stone gate.
From here, continue to Bayon Temple, in the exact center of the city. This temple is extremely distinct, with 54 towers, each with four faces representing the 54 provinces of the then Great Khmer Empire. The Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King are also must-visits as they are both known for their intricate bas-reliefs. After an incredible first encounter with the historical wonders of Angkor, return to the hotel. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 15

ANGKOR TEMPLES DISCOVERY (B/L)- with guide

After breakfast, explore the temples of the Small Circuit by Tuk tuk. Begin the day with a visit to Ta Prohm Temple, built in the mid-12th to early 13th centuries. Ta Prohm is unique in that it has been left largely as it was found overgrown by jungle trees and vines, with many parts of the temple crumbling to the ground. The visit will also include Banteay Kdei, a Buddhist monastery from the late 12th Century, and Srah Srang, also known as the “pool of ablutions”. Lunch is served at a restaurant in town.
In the afternoon, continue on with a very special sightseeing tour of the famous Angkor Wat. Built during the reign of King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century, Angkor Wat is constructed to symbolize Mount Meru, home of the gods. The divine residence of Vishnu, the King himself was to reside here after his death. Inside the temple, the walls are covered with stone carvings and bas-reliefs depicting Hindu mythology and the wars Suryavarman II fought during his reign. Moreover, Angkor Wat is well-known for the more than 2,000 Apsara dancers decorating the temple. Construction is thought to have taken around thirty years of intensive labor to complete.
After touring this incredible temple, return to the hotel.
Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 16

DEPARTURE FROM SIEM REAP (B)- no Guide

Free at leisure or do some last shopping until getting picked up and transfer to the airport for your onward flight. End of service.