- Destinations: Hanoi, Halong Bay, Ho Chi Minh City, Cu Chi Tunnel, Mekong Delta, Seam Riep, Phnom Penh

- Customized upon requested

- High comfort & flexibility

                 - Private tour, high comfort & flexibility

                 - Started from either Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Seam Riep or Phnom Penh

                 - Year round organized/ on demand

BRIEF ITINEARY:
Day 1: Arrival Hanoi. Airport Pick Up.
Day 2: Hanoi - Halong Bay Overnight Cruise (B, L, D)
Day 3: Halong Bay Cruise - Hanoi. (B, L)
Day 4: Hanoi City Tour. Flight to Ho Chi Minh City (B, L)
Day 5: Ho Chi Minh City Tour - Cu Chi Tunnels (B, L)
Day 6: Ho Chi Minh City – Cai Be – Can Tho (B, L)
Day 7: Cai Rang Floating Village – Ho Chi Minh City. (B,L)
Day 8: Flight Ho Chi Minh City – Seam Riep. (B)
Day 9: Siem Reap Angkor Temples tour (B,L,D)
Day 10: Flight Siem Reap – Phnom Penh (B,L)
Day 11: Phnom Penh City Tour (B,L)
Day 12: Phnom Penh – Departure (B)

DETAILED ITINEARY:

Day 1: Arrival Hanoi. Airport Pick Up.

Today you will land at Noi Bai International Airport, met up with the tour guide, driver of Indochina Leisure Travel and transferred to the hotel in Hanoi city centre. Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.

Day 2: Hanoi - Halong Bay Overnight Cruise (B, L, D)

This morning, you leave Hanoi for Halong Bay (the World Natural Heritage site) via the Red River Delta. After 3.5 hours driving, arrival at Halong Pier, you check out the junk cruise while lunch is served. You will cruise passing through the magical bay, where thousands of sculpted limestone islands rise from the waves like dragons teeth. After lunch, you take a short trek to a nearby summit for a panoramic view of the bay, swimming on a quiet beach or sunbathing on the sundeck. In the late afternoon, you visit an interesting fishing village with an opportunity to interact with fishermen who have been living in the bay for almost three generations. At sunset, you do kayaking or simply take a bamboo row boat to discover a water tunnel with many coral reefs in a scenic lagoon. Back on board, enjoy watching the peaceful sunset and later unwind at a restaurant. You will stay overnight onboard.

Day 3: Halong Bay Cruise - Hanoi. (B, L)

This early morning, after waken up by the sounds of waves and birds welcoming the new day, you will have an opportunity to view the sunrise over the bay. After breakfast, visit a beautiful limestone grotto. You will have one more time take a walk back to the boat for a final glimpse of Halong Bay while cruising back to the dock. Check out the junk and get on car to return to Hanoi. Overnight stay at the hotel in Hanoi.

Day 4: Hanoi City Tour. Flight to Ho Chi Minh City (B, L)

08.00: Our driver & guide will pick you up at your hotel to start the trip.

The post-colonial capital city of Hanoi is a unique Asian city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, numerous lakes, pagodas and temples. This full day tour takes you around Hanoi s most interesting sights, including the Ho Chi Minh Complex, Ho Chi Minh s Mausoleum and his Stilt House, the Presidential Palace and the One Pillar Pagoda nearby. Also on the tour will be the Lake of the Restored Sword, Ngoc Son Temple, the Temple of Literature, and one of the city s museums, either the History Museum or the Ethnology Museum. You will stay overnight in Hanoi after water puppet show performance and 1 hour cyclo ride around the Hanoi Old Quarter. Afterwards, you will be transferred to the airport for Ho Chi Minh City departure. Arrive Ho Chi Minh City in the evening. Pick up from airport then transfer to hotel for check in. Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 5: Ho Chi Minh City Tour - Cu Chi Tunnels (B, L)

8.00am Pick-up at your hotel, you enjoy a half day excursion to the famous Cu Chi tunnels. This network of tunnels, which stretched for over 200km, became legendary during the 1960s.

The Cu Chi tunnels played a vital part in the U.S.-Vietnam War in that they allowed the Viet Cong to control a large rural area only 30 to 40 km from former Saigon. At its height, the tunnel system stretched from Saigon to the Cambodian border. The network, parts of which were several levels deep, included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centre and kitchens.

Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and feel of what underground life during the war must have been like. The tunnels have been widened for our benefit (otherwise we would not be able to enter them!) For those interested there is even the opportunity to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range.

Lunch is arranged at the local restaurant.

Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is the biggest and most crowned city of Vietnam, warm year round and hospitable people. This afternoon we visit the bustling Ben Thanh Market - a fantastic place for bargains of every kind! There are several interesting sights in Saigon . The War Remnants Museum has a wealth of images from the wars, the most moving being a gallery entitled Requiem which is dedicated to Vietnamese and foreign journalists and photographers who perished during the French and American conflicts. The Reunification Palace was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until April 30, 1975 when the North Vietnamese tanks came crashing through the front gates, bringing the U.S.-Vietnam War to a dramatic end. Close to the Palace some of the best examples of French colonial architecture are represented in the forms of Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office. Notre Dame Cathedral was built between 1877 and 1883, and the stones used to create it were exported in its entirety from France. Next to the cathedral stands the Central Post Office, finished in 1891. It is another fine example of French architecture and is Vietnam s largest post office. For all of its French colonial history, Ho Chi Minh City is by far Vietnam s most modern city. It has numerous shopping malls, cinemas, discotheques and a bewildering number of bars. Return to hotel for free. Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 6: Ho Chi Minh City – Cai Be – Can Tho (B, L)

8.00am Pick up at the hotel , start a full day trip to Cai Be, the watery world of the Mekong Delta. After driving to Cai be, we go on a boat trip along narrow waterways overhung with dense vegetation. We try exotic fruits in one of the many orchards. We visit the floating market CAIBE, Visiting the local pop rice, rice paper workshops, and take part in making popcorns and taste the warm crispy ones right after they are made.  We have late lunch in a bonsai garden especially to try eating the local Elephant Ear Fish. Direct to Can Tho , arriving home stay, find your most favorite place, rest. The landlord will guide around the neighborhood and visit the garden. You could walk around the village, visit the rice paddy, talk to local farmers or join their daily activities. One of the highlight points is try to be a farmer by doing real farming work such as bailing water into rice paddy with a four-stringed bucket which you have to balance a bucket of water by four strings or catch fish, crab for your own dinner! 

Another interesting activity is ploughing and seeding vegetable.

You can oalso have chance to learn cooking simple local dishes with fresh ingredients collected in the garden or a small market nearby for their own dinner under the landlord’s instructions. After dinner, the landlord may need your help to make sticky rice cakes for breakfast and enjoy the traditional folk songs while enjoy some cups of rice wine. Overnight at the house of local people in Can Tho.

Day 7: Cai Rang Floating Village – Ho Chi Minh City. (B,L)

After breakfast, you will visit the biggest and busiest wholesale floating market of Vietnam where not only local people but people from all over Mekong delta come to exchange their farming products. Finishing the market, you can visit handmade noodle workshop or shipyard to deeply understand the Mekong delta life. Back HCMC from Ninh Kieu Dock. Arrive back your hotel at around 5.00 pm. Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 8: Airport transfer. Departure Ho Chi Minh City. (B)

This is the last day of Vietnam Trip, our guide and driver will come to your hotel in HCMC and transfer you to the airport for your departure flight to Seam Riep. Upon arrival Seim Reap, Cambodia you will be met by your professional tour guide and transfer to the hotel for checking in. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 9: Siem Reap Angkor Temples tour (B,L,D)
After breakfast in the hotel, we will start our first visit to Angkor Complex: Angkor Thom, the fortified city of Angkor Thom covers an area of 10 square km. Enter by the monumental South Gate over a causeway lined on either side by statues of demons and gods, each carrying a giant naga. We well stop at the famous Bayon temple and continue to the Terrace of the Elephants and the terrace of the Leper Kings, then to Ta Phrom - It has been controversially left to the destructive power of the jungle by French archaeologists to demonstrate the awesome power of nature.

In the afternoon we continue to Angkor Wat – is the largest and most impressive of all the temples and also the 7^th wonder of the world. Then we will enjoy viewing the sunset from Phnom Bakheng. Dinner with Apsara Dance Show and overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 10: Flight Siem Reap – Phnom Penh (B,L)
Today we will visit to Banteay Srei is considered to be the jewel of classical Khmer art. This temple is often a favorite with visitors. Visit Banteay Samre. Banteay Samre is a mid-12th century temple dedicated to the god Vishnu. Lunch in local restaurant.

In the afternoon we visit to Pre Rup, East Mebon, Ta Som, Neak Pean and Preah Khan. Pre Rup is a temple-mountain symbolising the Mount Meru, close in style to the East Mebon but higher and artistically superior than its predecessor. Transfer to airport for flight to Phnom Penh. Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Day 11: Phnom Penh City Tour (B,L)
This morning we visit to the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda: the Royal Palace compound build in 1866 by the Predecessors of King Norodom, is the most conspicuous feature and also one of impressive colorful Khmer-style Palaces. Nearside the Royal Palace is Silver Pagoda (The Emerald Buddha temple), display plenty of Buddha Statues that were decorated and made by diamond, emerald, gold and silver. Then we continue to National Museum and continue to Wat Phnom - the birthplace of the capital. Lunch in local restaurant.

In the afternoon we visit to The Choeung Ek Killing Field – where the Khmer Rouge regime executed about 17,000 people between 1975 and 1979. And continue to Toul Sleng was a high school, When the Khmer Rouge came to power it was converted into the S-21 prison. Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Day 12: Phnom Penh – Departure (B)
After breakfast, free till the time to transfer to airport for departure flight.

HOTEL OPTIONS:

*** The hotels that listed as above are subject to availability of the hotels. In the case of any or all these hotels not being available we will make every reasonable effort to substitute accommodation of similar standard. Customer can choose other hotels which are different from above list then Indochina Leisure’s consultant will re-quote the trip base on selected hotels.

TOUR PRICE INCLUDED:

+ All accommodation within the tour base on double room or twin room

+ Meals as indicated in the itinerary at local restaurant with local foods (B = breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)

+ All landed transfers within the tour.
+ Flight tickets Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City; Ho Chi Minh City - Seam Riep; Seam Riep - Phnom Penh on Vietnam & Cambodia airlines, economy class including all taxes

+ Halong Bay Overnight Cruise program and shuttle bus Hanoi - Halong – Hanoi

+ Experienced English Speaking Tour guide. Other languages (French, Chinese, Spain, Russian, German… ) are available and upon requested.
+ Boat trip in Mekong Delta
+ All entrance and sightseeing fees
+ Water Puppet Show live performance in Hanoi
+ Cyclo Tour in Hanoi Old Quarter for 1 hour.
+ Complimentary Approval letter for landing visa to Vietnam: single entry, one month valid (Except special nationalities)
+ Government tax

+ Service charge

TOUR PRICE EXCLUDED:

+ Air tickets more than indicated

+ Beverages and other meals do not clearly indicate in the program
+ Visa stamp fees to Vietnam 
+ Visa to Cambodia
+ Surcharge on Christmas, New Year and our Lunar New Year
+ Early check-in (before 2.00pm) and late check-out (after 12.00pm) at all hotels
+ Kayak in Halong Bay

+ Service not mentioned
+ Travel insurance 
+ Personal expenses (laundry, telephone, shopping...) 
+ Tipping for drivers and tour guides
+ Any additional expenses caused by reasons beyond our control such as natural calamities (typhoon, floods), flight delays, rescheduling or cancellations, any accidents, medical evacuations, riots, strikes etc.

TOUR PRICE: Available upon Request
Rates vary frequently. Please contact us to get the best possible price based upon your travel period and specific touring needs

PLEASE NOTE: All the touring itineraries on this website have been carefully crafted by our in-country management teams and represent a series of experiences we can certainly recommend. However, we understand that every travel experience should be as unique and individual as each traveler. Our consultants are waiting to hear from you so that we can tailor or custom design a tour to your individual specifications

  To top    Back    Print    Send email

Share