- Destinations: Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hoian, Myson, Hue, Ho Chi Minh City, Cu Chi Tunnel, Cao Dai Temple, Mekong Delta, Phnom Penh, Seam Riep

- Customized upon requested

- High comfort & flexibility

 
           - Year round organized/ on demand

           - Starting from either Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi or Seam Riep

           - Customized upon requested

BRIEF ITINEARY:

Day 1: Arrival Hanoi, Vietnam. (D)
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 Danang. (B, L)
Day 5: Hoian Ancient Town & My Son Sanctuary. (B, L)
Day 6: Land transfer Hoian - Hue. (B)
Day 7: Hue City Tour. (B, L)
Day 8: Flight Hue - Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City Tour. (B,L)
Day 9: Cu Chi Tunnel and Cao Dai Temple.  (B,L)
Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City – Cai Be – Chau Doc. (B, L)
Day 11: Speed boat Chau Doc – Phnom Penh. (B)
Day 12: Phnom Penh City Tour. (B,L,D)
Day 13: Flight Phnom Penh – Seam Riep. (B,L)
Day 14: Seam Riep – Angkor Temples. (B,L,D)
Day 15: Seam Riep – Tonle Sap Lake – Departure. (B,L)

DETAILED ITINEARY:

Day 1: Arrival Hanoi, Vietnam. (D)

Upon arrival Hanoi, welcomed by our Tour Guide & Car Driver at the airport then transferred to your hotel in city centre. Welcome dinner, Check in and stay overnight in Hanoi.

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

Depart Hanoi to Ha Long Bay by road through the rich farmlands of the Red River Delta and the scenery of rice fields (harvest time: 5th month and 10th month of Lunar New Year), water buffalos and everyday Vietnamese village life on both side of the highway No.18.
12.15 pm: Arrive in Ha Long city, board our traditional wooden junk boat, Huong Hai Junk, for an overnight journey. Sip on a refreshing welcome drink upon check in before you begin your cruise through the bay.
1.00 pm: Feast on a delicious lunch as you cruise among hundreds of islets (Tea pot islet, Yen Ngua islet, Little Dog islet, Man’s Head islet, Tortoise islet etc.) to discover unspoilt pockets of Halong Bay and visit Sung Sot - Amazing cave, one of the most imposing grottos of the Bay. Swim at Soi Sim beach or Titov beach or a short trek to the top of Titov mountain for a magnificent panorama scenery.
5.30pm: Relax and enjoy sunset Fresh fruit and candy serve at lounge or sundeck.
7.00 pm: Enjoy your dinner with fresh seafood on board. 
9.00pm: Squid fishing or relax and chatting with your partner, friends, family.
Overnight on Ha Long Bay aboard Huong Hai Junk.

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

7.00am: For early riser’s complimentary tea, coffee, fruit and cake are served.
8.00am: Visit Luon cave on small bamboo boat paddle by out crew staff and enjoy the quiet atmosphere enclosed by high islets and mountains. Be back to our Huong Hai Junk. Sail past rock formations such as Finger islet, Ga Choi – Fghting Cock islet and Hoa Cuong fishing village. Enjoy the tranquil scenery as the boat meanders its way through the bay on the way back to Ha Long city, etc.
9.00 am: Arrange your luggage and do the check out onboard.
10.15am: Enjoy a wholesome brunch as your boat weaves through strange-shaped limestone rock formations.
11.45am: Arrive back at Ha Long city for disembarkation where your driver waits to take you back to your Hanoi. Trip ends. Arrive Hanoi city at around 4.00pm.

Day 4: Hanoi City Tour. Flight to Danang. (B, L)

Hanoi, a city of lakes, shaded boulevards and public parks, is the capital of Vietnam. It is a very attractive city with French-style architecture. You have a full day of sightseeing ahead, including a visit to One Pillar Pagoda, which was built by Ly Thai Tong and the Temple of Literature, founded by Emperor Ly Thanh Tong. Stop in the heart of Hanoi at Hoan Kiem Lake, which contains an islet with a tiny Tortoise Pagoda. After lunch at a local restaurant, visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Opera House and St. Joseph Cathedral. Conclude with a visit to Bao Tang Lich, once the museum of l Ecole Francaise d Extreme Orient, which includes artifacts from Vietnam s turbulent history. Water Puppet Show, Cyclo visiting Old Quarter. Afterwards, you are heading to Noi Bai Airport for the flight to Danang-Hoian. Overnight stay in Hoian.

Day 5: Hoian Ancient Town & My Son Sanctuary. (B, L)

Drive to My Son, a World Heritage, 50 km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. My Son, considered to be in the same league as some of Southeast Asia s greatest archaeological sites, including Angkor in Cambodia, Bagan in Myanmar, Ayutthaya in Thailand and Borobudur in Indonesia. These towers and sanctuaries was built from the 7 to 13 centuries. Lunch time and it is the light excursion to go around tiny town of Hoi An for city tour: 400 years old Japanese Bridge, 300 years old Chinese temple, 200 years old Vietnamese former merchants house. Lunch and shopping time in the town. Tour finishes at your hotel at 4:30pm. Overnight stay in Hoian.

Day 6: Land transfer Hoian - Hue. (B)

Free morning in Hoian until 2.00pm, we transfer you to Hue. We’re heading to journey south past the Hai Van Pass and Land Co, over a spur of the Truong Son Mountain Range that juts into the Vietnam’s East Sea, with spectacular views along the way. Check in and stay overnight in Hue.

Day 7: Hue City Tour. (B, L)

Spend full day to visit Hue City, Vietnam s political capital from 1802 to 1945 under the 13 emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty. Traditionally, the city has been one of Vietnam s cultural, religious and educational centers. Visit the Imperial City, which is located in the Citadel. Modeled after the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Imperial City was built in the early 19th century. Explore the Thai Hoa Palace, with its spacious hall and ornate roof of huge timbers supported by 80 carved and lacquered columns. See the Halls of the Mandarins, the Nine Dynastic Urns and the site where the Forbidden Purple City once stood. Stay overnight in Hue.

Day 8: Flight Hue - Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City Tour. (B,L)

After breakfast,we transfer you to the airport for the flight to HCMC. Afterwards you will visit around Ho Chi Minh City. This personalized private tour is one of the best ways to explore and to discover what Saigon has to offer to visitors. Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is the largest and busiest city in Vietnam with a population of 7 million people. Much of the daily life takes place on the streets, which are lined with shops, stalls and vendors with their wares spread out on the footpath. Don t miss 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 Cathedraland 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.

Day 9: Cu Chi Tunnel and Cao Dai Temple.  (B,L)

08:00 AM: Pick up at your hotel. This morning you take a drive to Cao Dai Temple in Tay Ninh to observe the midday service. Following lunch we will drive to the Cu Chi Tunnels and then return to HCMC at approximately 6 p.m.

Tay Ninh, near the Cambodian border, is home to the unique Cao Dai sect, whose patron saints include Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo and Winston Churchill to name a few. The religion is a hybrid of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Christianity. The Cao Dai Templeat Tay Ninh has been described as a Walt Disney fantasia of the East. The temple s exterior is decorated with multi-colored dragons of all shapes and sizes competing for space with a number of Buddhist symbols. Above the main entrance is the all-seeing holy eye, the symbol of the Cao Dai sect. The interior is just as engaging as statues of Jesus Christ, Buddha and the Hindu god, Brahma, stand side by side.

The trip to Tay Ninh is combined with a visit to the Cu Chi Tunnels. At its height, the tunnel system stretched over 250km. from Saigon to the Cambodian border and was three levels deep. The network included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and a feel of what underground life during the U.S.-Vietnam American must have been like.

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City – Cai Be – Chau Doc. (B, L)

7.30 AM Our car will pick up at your hotel for Cai Be town. Upon arrival at Cai Be, embark a private boat to cruise around Cai Be Floating Market to see local people being selling, buying, and exchanging goods from their boats. Visit local garden and house to see orchard, rice crisped producing process. .. Heading to Chau Doc for 1 night stay. Overnight in Chau Doc.

Day 11: Speed boat Chau Doc – Phnom Penh. (B,L)

This early morning, at 7.30am you take the upstream speed boat from Chau Doc to Phnom Penh. About 1.00pm in the afternoon you reach Cambodia, picked up and welcome by our tour guide. Enjoy lunch at local restaurant and visit Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, Friendship monument, Independence monument and National garden park. Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Day 12: Phnom Penh City Tour. (B,L,D)

Morning visit Wat Phnom, the historical cradle of Phnompenh Capital, then discover to the Khmer traditional culture at National fine-art Museum. After lunch depart to visit Toulsleng S21, the witness of Pol Pot genocidal regime and Cheuong Ek Killing fields. Overnight Phnompenh.

Day 13: Flight Phnom Penh – Seam Riep. (B,L)

Take the flight to Siemreap and transfer to Visit Angkor Thom temples: Victory Gate, Bayon, Baphuon, Phimean Akas, Elephant Terrace and Leper King Terrace, Takeo and TaProhm. Lunch served at local restaurant and hotel check-in. Afternoon enjoy the spectacular architecture and sculpture of the World Heritage at Angkor Wat and view the sunset over the Angkor complex on the top of Phnom Bakheng. Overnight Siemreap.

Day 14: Seam Riep – Angkor Temples. (B,L,D)

Enjoy Angkor Wat Sunrise and spend the whole morning to explore the greatest fine-art of Angkor Empire at Banteay-Srey temple. Lunch at local Restaurant. Afternoon visit the grand circuit of temples: Prasat Kravan, Banteay Kdei, Sras Srong, Neak Poan, Eastern Mebon, Pre Rup and Preah Khan. Dinner enjoying Apsara Traditional Performance. Overnight Siemreap.

Day 15: Seam Riep – Tonle Sap Lake – Departure flight. (B,L)

After breakfast at hotel, we will start our visit with boat trip on the Tonle Sap to see the fisherman villages and visit the Siem Reap Market. Enjoy lunch and leisure time until transferred to the airport for your 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 – Danang; Hue - Ho Chi Minh City; Phnom Penh – Seam Riep 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 to visit Cai Be Floating market in Mekong Delta & Tonle Sap Lake
+ 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

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