Vietnam/Cambodia

Starting on the 19th of June…….

19-Jun-25 Day 1: Hanoi Arrival – Free at leisure – Dinner

20-Jun-25 Day 2: Hanoi City tour – Cyclo Tour – Food Tour

21-Jun-25 Day 3: Hanoi – Halong Bay /Lan Ha Bay – Overnight on Cruise

22-Jun-25 Day 4: Lan Ha Bay/Halong Bay – Hanoi – Flight to Danang – Hoian

23-Jun-25 Day 5: Hoian – Cam Thanh Coconut Village – Tra Que – Hoi An Ancient Town

24-Jun-25 Day 6: Hoian – At leisure Optional tours upon request

– Option 1: Hoian – Bana Hill in Danang – Hoian

– Option 2: Lantern making course

– Option 3: Hoian – My Son Sanctuary – Hoian

25-Jun-25 Day 7: Hoian – Hue – Royal Citadel – Boat trip on Perfume River

26-Jun-25 Day 8: Hue – Half Day sightseeing – Flight to Ho Chi Minh City

27-Jun-25 Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnels – City tour

28-Jun-25 Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City – My Tho – Mekong Delta – Ho Chi Minh City

29-Jun-25 Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City – Flight to Siem Reap – Siem Reap City tour

30-Jun-25 Day 12: Beanteay Srei Temple – Roluos Temples – Tonle Sap Floating Village

01-Jul-25 Day 13: Siem Reap – Visit Angkor Thom and Grand Circuit Temples

02-Jul-25 Day 14: Siem Reap – Angkor Wat Temple

03-Jul-25 Day 15: Siem Reap – Departure

Detailed Itinerary……..

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival – Free at leisure – Dinner

Welcome to Hanoi – The Capital City of Vietnam!

Upon arrival, picked up by the local tour guide and transferred downtown. Depending on your arrival time, if your

room is not ready to check in yet, you can leave your luggage there, relax or walk around by your own to discover this

charm and green city, home to numerous temples, pagodas, and museums or sample many delicious local street

foods or just simply sit at an outdoor cafe and sip a cup of Vietnamese coffee with strong flavor and experience

bustling local life.

For those arriving on early enough flights, at 6:00pm, meet your tour leader and other fellow travelers at hotel lobby.

Transfer to the local restaurant for welcome dinner. Transfer back to your hotel for overnight after dinner. Overnight

at hotel in Hanoi.

Note: the standard check-in time at the hotel is at 2pm. Early check in is subject to hotel availability.

Meal included: Dinner (if your flight arrives early enough)

Day 2: Hanoi City tour – Cyclo Tour – Food Tour

Have breakfast at hotel.

In the morning, we will start our city tour from Ba Dinh Square where the most solemn ceremonies of Hanoi take

place. We first visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Closed on Monday and Friday) where is the last rest place of Ho Chi

Minh President, we then visit One-Pillar pagoda nearby with unique architecture first built on 1049 by King Ly Thai

Tong. Continue visiting Ho Chi Minh Residence including the wooden ethnic minority style house, which was built on

stilts, is surrounded by lovely peaceful gardens and his fish pond. Go on to the Temple of Literature, the very first high

school of Vietnam Scholars and a temple dedicated Confucius. Have lunch at the local restaurant.

Afternoon, have an overall view of the capital by a “cyclo” visit, which will go through the fascinating network of

narrow alleys and shop houses also known as ‘The 36 Streets’ – each street being named after the merchandise

traditionally sold there, ranging from fabrics to crafts and from medicines to tombstones. Drop by Hoan Kiem Lake.

From here, start exploring Vietnamese cuisine through a street foodie tour. Strolling around the 36 ancient streets in

the Old Quarter with your local guide, you will be introduced and savor the different tastes of the local foods such as

authentic “PHO” (rice noodle with chicken or beef) or Bun Cha (grill pork with noodle) with spring roll, banh mi with

fusion foods inside like pork/beef/egg combined with pickles, Papaya salad with peanut and dry beef, paper roll with

coconut and molasses, sweet soup, sticky rice with ice cream and many more. Tasting Vietnamese Coffee with egg or

salt flavor at a local boutique cafe will be an exotic experience that you must try during city tour. Return to your hotel

for overnight.

Meals included: Breakfast|Lunch

Day 3: Hanoi – Halong Bay /Lan Ha Bay – Overnight on Cruise

Breakfast at hotel.

08:00 – 08:30 Our driver will pick you up from your hotel in the Old Quarter (A short break on route for refreshments

about 20 minutes)

11:30 – 11:45 Arrive at Halong International Habor

12:15 Embark on the cruise by tender. Check-in, enjoy welcome drinks and cruise briefing

13:00 Enjoy lunch while cruising to magnificent Ha Long Bay, and admire the fascinating formations on the way

14:45 Luon cave – kayaking or bamboo boat. Luon cave excursion on bamboo rowing boat by locals or kayaking. This

is one of the must-do activities in the bay.

16:00 Titop Island – Climbing, Beach & Swimming. Your next stop is Titop Island with its famous crescent moon-

shaped beach and tranquil beautiful blue waters. Viewing Halong Bay from the peak of Titop Island is another not-to-

be-missed activity.

17:00 – 18:30 Enjoy the best moments of the day at sundeck as the sun hits the water between the dramatic limestone

peaks and emerald-green coves, enjoying drinks and a cooking demonstration.

19:15 Savour a delicious dinner

21:00 Night-time squid fishing

22:30 Free of mind with sweet dreams

Meals included: Breakfast|Brunch| Dinner

Day 4: Lan Ha Bay/Halong Bay – Hanoi – Flight to Danang – Hoian

Flight time: VN187 22JUN HAN DAD 1700 1825

06:15 Enjoy the sunrise on the Bay. Morning Tai Chi session on sundeck

06:30 Light breakfast. Coffee, tea, and pastries served in the restaurant

07:20 Sung Sot cave excursion: Explore Sung Sot Cave – the biggest and most stunning cave in Halong Bay

09:15 Check-out of cabins & bill settlement. Start cruising back to the port

09:30 Buffet brunch served at the restaurant

10:45 – 11:00 Back to the port. Farewell and disembark

11:15 – 11:30 Get back to Hanoi

Transfer to the airport to take a flight to Danang, a coastal city in the Central Vietnam. Upon arrival, welcomed by the

local tour guide and transferred to check in hotel in Hoian Ancient Town, 30km south of Danang. Check in the hotel.

Have dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight in Hoian.

Meals included: Breakfast|Brunch| Dinner

Day 5: Hoian – Cam Thanh Coconut Village – Tra Que Village – Hoi An Ancient Town.

Have breakfast at your hotel.

Transfer to Cam Thanh coconut village. Here, you will experience basket boat ride around the coconut forest, learn

about the daily life of Vietnamese fishermen, their families and their community. You will surely experience the feeling

of floating on the waves of water and join an equally fun basket boat race between the baskets together in the

cheering and bustling music drum. Coconut forest is a very unique eco region, with a beautiful mangrove forest, is

the habitat of many precious animals such as, crab, shrimp, fish and even animals soft body. Local people will teach

you how to paddle the Vietnamese unique bamboo basket boat. You will hear stories of past wars and the harsh

conditions that soldiers have to endure. Transfer to Tra Que herb village where you can participate in gardening

activities such as raking the ground, sowing, watering greens, transplanting and tending greens. After working on the

farm, we can relax and cook with a chef the local specialties, such as spring rolls that you can then taste. Have lunch

there then transferring to the town.

Afternoon, you take interesting walk over the tile-roofed Japanese Bridge, visit taciturn Chinese Assembly Halls, enjoy

the attractiveness of ancient houses or listen to folk music of Central Vietnam at old club-houses. Later we can stop

at shrines or stroll into the market located by Thu Bon river, where you may find the same feelings of the artists, who

see the rooftops of Hoian a magical old world of Oriental feel and source of inspiration. This is also a wonderful town

to shop for lanterns, soft silk, raw silk, or get your clothes tailored within a day. Evening, amaze the town lighten up

with thousands of colorful lanterns and night market by the River. Transfer back to your hotel.

Meals included: Breakfast|Lunch

Day 6: Hoian – At leisure – Optional tour Ba Na Hill or My Son Sanctuary

Have breakfast at hotel. It is your own day to explore this charming town your way. You can jump into a food tour to

taste many local delicious dishes such as Cao Lau, noodle, bread,… or lost in the shopping streets where you can find

variety of products selling from silk cloths, souvenirs, painting, lanterns,…or just leisurely biking on the shadowed

roads to Cua Dai beach or to the craft villages such as Thanh Ha Pottery Village or Kim Bong Carpentry Village.

Meals included: Breakfast

Option tour to Ba Na Hill with Lunch

Morning transfer to Ba Na Hills for discovering this beautiful attraction in Da Nang city. You will take a

cable car to the summit of mountain (at 1487m of sea level). Start visiting Ba Na Hill with many different

attractions: Funicular, Debay ancient wine cellar & Le Jardin D’Amour, Linh Ung pagoda, Thich Ca

Buddist statue, etc.

This afternoon you continue to join activities and games in Fantasy Park. Later walk to the summit of

the mountain at the height 1487m – the highest one of Ba Na Mountain, visit Bell Tower, Nghinh Phong

tower and Golden Bridge, to take beautiful photos of the mountain and Da Nang city. Late afternoon,

taking the cable car back to foothill.

Transfer to hotel in Danang. Your own time at leisure. Overnight in Danang.Please note: Wax Museum entrance fee (USD 5/person), wine cellar entrance fee (USD 5/person) and

coin games are NOT included, joining them will be at your own account.

Option tour for lantern making course

Participate in the lantern making class at a local family workshop. With the guidance of the instructor,

you can make your own complete lantern from crafting a bamboo frame to create your lantern,

choosing between a range of different colored silks and designs. You of course will bring home your own

product as a souvenir which can be folded up neatly in your suitcase

Option tour to My Son Sanctuary – Boat trip to Kim Bong – Lunch

This morning, drive to visit My Son Sanctuary where you can discover the hidden treasure of the Cham

culture that once brightly developed in the area of present Central Vietnam dated from VII century to

XIV century. This is a cluster of partially ruin Hindu temples that have been abandoned for a long time

located in a lush valley surrounded by the mountains. Thanks to the beauty and secrets of building the

Cham Towers hereby, My Son had been also designated by UNESCO as one of the five World Heritages

in Vietnam. Return back to Hoian Town by boat trip on Thu Bon River. Stop en route to visit Kim Bong

Carpentry village located by the river. Drop of at your hotel. Afternoon at leisure.

Day 7: Hoian – Hue – Royal Citadel – Boat trip on Perfume River

Breakfast at hotel then check out and transfer to Hue through Hai Van Pass (the “Ocean Cloudy Mountain Pass”),

enjoy viewing the beauty of Lang Co Beach en route.

Upon arrival, have lunch at the local restaurant and proceed for sightseeing.

Being recognized by UNESCO as the 1st Cultural World Heritage for Vietnam, Hue is highlighted by the old royal

architectural works and the most traditional Vietnamese lifestyle. We will discover the charm of the city from the

Royal Citadel, Forbidden City, Hue Royal Museum. Go on to visit Thien Mu pagoda, the iconic of Hue city. Dinner is

served at the local restaurant with Hue’s specialties. Transfer to your hotel for overnight.

Meals included: Breakfast|Lunch|Dinner

Day 8: Hue – Half Day sightseeing – Flight to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)

Flight time: VN1375 26JUN HUI SGN 1740 1910

Have breakfast at your hotel then check out.

This morning, drive 12 km out of Hue City to visit the Tombs of Emperor Minh Mang located on the west bank of

Perfume River. Minh Mang tomb was built from 1840 and completed in 1843 with the effort of ten thousand workers

and artisians. The Tomb offers a balance of nature and structures that is unmatched among tombs in Hue. The solemn

and quiet architecture set in a poetic landscape demonstrates both the Emperor’s strictness and deep beliefs.

Continue visiting Emperor Khai Dinh’s Tomb, the last great tomb of the Nguyen dynasty with a mix of Asian and

European style in architecture and decoration. The tomb began construction in 1920 and took eleven years to

complete, and was still unfinished when the Emperor Khai Dinh passed away. Though in extent, Khai Dinh’ Tomb is

small in comparison with the rest of Imperia tombs, its construction, decoration and details are very elaborate. Have

lunch at the local restaurant then transfering to the airport to take a flight to Ho Chi Minh City, the most dynamic

metropolis of Vietnam and still called as Saigon by many local. Upon arrival, picked up by tour guide and transferred

downtown to check in hotel. Dinner will be served at the local restaurant. Overnight at hotel HCMC.

Meals included: Breakfast|Lunch|Dinner

Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnels – City tour

This morning drive to visit Cu Chi tunnels – 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 including numerous trap

doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers &

kitchens. After a short introduction video showing how the tunnels were constructed, you will have a chance to crawl

into a short section of the tunnels to feel the oppressive narrowness and heat inside. Return to HCMC by after lunch.

Afternoon, the sightseeing to visit the Reunification Palace, the witness of the fierce Vietnam War ended in 1975. The

grand building today is a Museum and Hall of official receptions. Nearby the Palace are the Notre Dame Cathedral

(view from outside only), built between 1877 and 1883 and colonial-styled Central Post Office, one of the city’s major

landmarks. Coming to the War Remnants Museum, you can learn a part of how Vietnamese had struggled and foughtfor their independence, freedom, and peace of the nation and the locals’ perspective of the Vietnam War. The

exhibits, such as weapons, documents, and photographs, display in the museum are firm evidence of war crimes in

Vietnam and speak for the heroic actions of the former Vietnamese generation. Then visit Ben Thanh market, a symbol

of the City.

Meal included: Breakfast|Lunch

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City – My Tho – Mekong Delta – Ho Chi Minh City

Breakfast at hotel and head to My Tho, the homeland of coconut and family factories with local products like coconut

candy, rice paper,… Upon arrival, embark on the boat cruising on the mighty Mekong River viewing the life to the

local people live along the banks. We stop to visit an island in the area, enjoy the fresh tropical fruits served in the

heart of the lush garden accompanied by traditional southern Vietnamese folk music. Later, embark on other small

boats rowed by the local people thru the small canals shadowed by water coconut trees to visit the local factories.

There you will taste the honey tea and see the local people produce the coconut candy milk and of course you also

can try it or stroll in the garden where the locals feed honeybee. Lunch is served at local restaurant by the river.

In the afternoon, continue to visit Vinh Trang pagoda, a famous pogoda in the area with architecture combination of

Chinese, Cambodian, and French cultures. Return to Ho Chi Minh City late afternoon. Overnight in Saigon.

Meal included: Breakfast|Lunch

Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City – Flight to Siem Reap – Siem Reap City tour

Flight time: K6 809 29JUN SGN SAI 0720 0840

Catch your flight to Siem Reap, the gateway to the Angkor region. Upon arrival, meet our tour guide and driver and

get transferred downtown. Start the city tour to visit Wat Thmei Pagoda, where has a small memorial stupa containing

the skulls and bones of victims of the khmer Rouge. During the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, many people were

executed and buried in mass graves near the temple. Apart from the memorial stupa, Wat Thmei is an active

monastery where Buddhist monks reside and conduct religious ceremonies. Visitors can explore the temple grounds

and observe the daily life of the monks. After that, visit the Old market also called as Pshar Chas by the local where

everything is sold from raw foods like fish, vegetables, meat to fruits; cloths and textiles to home décor like painting.

Check in your hotel. Have dinner at the local restaurant. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Please note: depending on the arrival time, the program may be adjusted accordingly.

Meals included: Breakfast|Dinner

Day 12: Beanteay Srei Temple – Roluos Temples – Tonle Sap Floating Village

Have breakfast at hotel.

This morning drive to explore the less visited temples at the remote places including Banteay Srei or the Citadel of

Women, a temple boasts a remarkable preservation of excellent stone carvings in pink color. Continue to visit Roluos

group of temples, a collection of early Angkor temples located about 13 kilometers east of Siem Reap in Cambodia.

These temples are some of the oldest structures within the Angkor archaeological park and date back to the late 9th

and early 10th centuries during the Khmer Empire. The Roluos Group includes three main temples: Preah Ko, Bakong,

and Lolei. All three temples were built of brick and though they are not as spectacular as the other temples of Angkor,

they are well preserved and worth a visit to offer the visitor a chronological perspective on the development of

Angkor.

Afternoon visit Chong Khneas, a floating village situated on the northern edge of Tonle Sap Lake, about 15 kilometers

south of Siem Reap. The village is known for its floating houses, schools, markets, and other structures. We will

embark on a boat tour to explore the floating village, witness daily life, and gain insights into the challenges faced by

the residents. Return to downtown.

End of the day, have dinner with Apsara Dance show. Transfer to your hotel for overnight.

Meals included: Breakfast |Lunch | Dinner

Day 13: Siem Reap – Visit Angkor Thom and Grand Circuit Temples

After breakfast, visit the ancient capital of Angkor Thom starting with the South Gate of Angkor Thom which is famous

for its series of colossal human faces carved in stone. Bayon Temple – unique with its 54 towers decorated with over

200 smiling faces, Baphuon Temple located in the North of Bayon represented of holy Mount Meru the residence of

the gods in Hindu tradition. Finishing the visit at this ancient city by going around The Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas,

the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. We then visit the jungle covered temple of Ta Prohm. Thereare enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers which embrace themselves in the stone foundations of the structure

giving the impression of man’s creation being reclaimed by the powerful forces of nature. Stop to visit Srah Srang –

the Royal bathing pool which was once used for ritual washing.

Afternoon we explore other Angkor temples including The Preah Khan, built by King Jayavarman VII to dedicate to his

father, was a Buddhist temple at the original time; Neak Pean – This temple is a delicate highlight of Khmer art. Built

by Jayavarman VII, this temple is the perfect representation of the heavens on earth. End of the day, we visit Banteay

Kdei set in a peaceful and quiet place, serving as a Buddhist temple. Its name means Citadel of Chambers. End of the

day, visit Phnom Bakheng Temple where you can calmly relax and enjoy sun set view.

Return to the town. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Meal included: Breakfast|Lunch

Day 14: Siem Reap – Angkor Wat Temple

Have breakfast at hotel.

This morning, we visit Angkor Wat, highlighted by the longest continuous bas-relief in the world, carved on the walls

and tell the stories of Hindu legends. This architectural masterpiece was constructed in the 12th century and covers

an area of about 210 hectares. Strolling around this massive edifice, seeing many galleries with Columns, libraries,

pavilions, courtyards, and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple.

Return to Siem Reap downtown. Lunch at the local restaurant. Afternoon is your free time.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Meals included: Breakfast |Lunch

Day 15: Siem Reap – Departure

After breakfast, depending on the flight time you will have free time for own leisure or exploration of this city before

transferring to the airport for the departure flight home.

Meal included: Breakfast