13 Days - Vietnam & Cambodia Discovery Tour

 

 

Rates are based on a minimum of 7 people traveling


Day 1

Arrival Day - Hanoi

Welcome to Vietnam – upon your arrival at Noi Bai airport, you’ll be met by IBMT representative and transferred to your hotel – relax, settle in, you’re here for two nights. Tonight, we’ll enjoy a traditional Water Puppet Show and share a welcome dinner.

Meal: Dinner


Day 2

Day 2

Hanoi – Halong Bay

After breakfast, you’ll take a 3.5-hour-drive to Halong Bay, one of the great natural of the world and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Upon arrival, the boat crew will welcome you and transfer you to the junk for check-in and enjoy a cruise around Halong Bay with a delicious local seafood lunch served on board. At the same time, you can behold thousands of limestone islands and grottoes rising from the clear, emerald water.  After lunch you’ll join some activities on boat to discover the beauty of the bay such as visit a cave, doing kayaking or enjoy swimming in the sea before getting back to the junk for relaxing and dinner. In the evening, you can join night fishing with locals. Overnight on board.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner


Day 3

Day 3

Halong Bay – Hanoi

In the morning, your breakfast will be served while floating on the sea to explore the beauty of Halong Bay before disembarking time. Joining some more activities on boat and then checking out cabin. The early lunch will be served before getting back to the main dock and back to Ha Noi. Overnight in Ha Noi

Meal: Breakfast, Brunch


Day 4

Hanoi – Flight to Da Nang - Hoi An

After breakfast, it's leisure time until driver comes and transfer you to the airport to take a flight to Hue. Overnight in Hue

Meal: Breakfast                                                                                                          


Day 5

Day 5

Hoi An - Tra Que Village - Cooking class - Boat Tour

At 09:00 am after breakfast, our guide picks up you at your hotel by bike. Starting to the countryside throughout beautiful arrow roads, rice paddle field, old temple, water palm forests, enjoy the fresh air with the nature. You go to Cam Thanh Coconut Forest, join in special bamboo Basket boat on Cua Dai river, exploring the seven hectares water palm forest, learn how to catch purple crabs… Then ride to An My Paddy Field, see the buffalo – the symbol of countryside in Vietnam. Continue to the local house in Tra Que Village, enjoy welcome drink. Taking part in a cooking, learn how to make traditional rice milk and having super lunch with local food at the local family. This will be a true experience of the trip. After lunch, meeting local farmers, talking with them and share  about their local farming, experience daily life, Listening to the tour guide introduced and explained about the process of the wet rice how to grow it and have chance to work as a really farmer.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch


Day 6

Hoi An - Da Nang - Flight to Sai Gon

After breakfast, it's free time until driver comes and transfer you to the airport to take a flight to Ho Chi Minh. Overnight in Sai Gon

Meal: Breakfast,


Day 7

Day 7

Ho Chi Minh City tour – Cu Chi Tunnel

After morning breakfast, start the day with an unforgettable visit to the Cu Chi Tunnel complex, the incredible underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the long struggle for independence. Later, our city tour encompasses the Reunification Palace, War Remnants Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the imposing Ben Thanh market. Overnight in Sai Gon

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch


Day 8

Day 8

Ho Chi Minh – Mekong Delta - Ben Tre - Phong Nam - Sai Gon

After morning breakfast, pick up to Hung Vuong Pier (Ben Tre city). Take a boat on Ben Tre River – one of tributaries of Mekong River, Sight-seeing lively activities along river as fishing, water transferring...Stop at brickwork to see how to make bricks in handy traditional style by printing and baking. Visit one of the plenty of coconut processing workshops where the people to open coconut by hand (husking coconut), coconut candies are made and have a chance to learn the coconut candies making process located along canal (Ms Lan coconut candy workshop), taste tropical fruit, honey tea. Turn on natural scissors creeks where they look smaller and smaller to go to village. Take a walk to family workshop making sleep mats. Afterward, you have option, being on a cart powered by a motorbike and traveling through some tranquil villages where vegetables gardens to be able to touch on real life and find out about tropical culture from Peasants.. Afternoon, taking a rowing-boat along water palm creek and boat back to Hung Vuong Pier, then drive back to Sai Gon. Overnight in Sai Gon

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch


Day 9

Ho Chi Minh – Flight to Phnom Penh

Upon arrival at Phnom Penh International Port, you are warmly welcomed by our friendly tour guide, then you will be transfered direct to check in at hotel.

This afternoon, visit the Central Market (Psar Thmei), a large market constructed in 1937 in the shape of a dome with four arms branching out into vast hallways with countless stalls of goods. The four wings of this gigantic yellow dome are teeming with stalls that sell goods ranging from gold and silver, antique coins, money exchange, books, flowers, food, fabrics, shoes, souvenirs, seafood and countless other products. Then continue to visit Wat Phnom before embark on boat 1 hour ride to view sunset along 4 face rivers. Dinner at local restaurant and overnight in Phnom Penh

Meal: Breakfast, Dinner


Day 10

Day 10

Phnom Penh - City tour - Siem Reap

Breakfast at hotel.

8:30 am you’ll visit to the Independence Monument, was built in 1958 to memorialize Cambodia's independence from France in 1953. Wat Phnom, it is the most significant of all the temples in Phnom Penh. Next visit the Royal Palace, built by King Norodom in 1866 on the site of the old town, and the Silver Pagoda, located within the grounds of the Royal Palace. The Royal Palace of Cambodia is a complex of buildings although it is generally understood to be the royal abode of the King of Cambodia. Continue to visit Toul Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21), this prison was a high school, and used as a prison by Pol Pot's security forces and became the largest center for detention and torture during the rule of the Khmer Rouge.

After lunch, transfer to airport for flight to Siem Reap. Upon arrival, meet and transfer to hotel. Free and overnight in Siem Reap

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch


Day 11

Day 11

Siem Reap - Angkor Wat

Breakfast at hotel

8:30 am we head to the World Heritage Site; visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom to Bayon temple. The South Gate of Angkor Thom which is famous for its series of colossal human faces carved in stone. You will visit the impressive Bayon Temple, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace, the Terrace of the Leper King and Ba Phuon temple, Built in the mid-11th century, it is a three-tiered temple mountain built as the state temple of Udayadityavarman II dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. Next we will move to the jungle intertwined Ta Prohm, made famous in Angelina Jolie’s Tomb Raider movie. Ta Prohm, one of the popular temple in the area Take a leisurely stroll through this wondrous site, with giant fig and kapok trees strangling the ancient stonework in a photogenic interplay of man and nature. Continue to seeing the architectural masterpiece of Angkor Wat. We stroll around this massive monument, exploring the many galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple. If weather permitted, view sunset from where possible (Optional, enjoy Helium Tethered Balloon to view sunset and experience the Angkor Heritage Site from the Sky, it cost $30/pax). Overnight in SIem Reap

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch


Day 12

Day 12

Siem Reap Kampong Phluk Floating Village

Breakfast hotel

8:30 am we drive to visit Kampong Phluk Floating Village, located at 16 km at north-south of Siem Reap. The villages are primarily Khmer and have about 3000 inhabitants between them. Flooded mangrove forest surrounds the area and is home to a variety of wildlife including crab-eating macaques. During the dry season when the lake is low (March – July), the buildings in the villages seem to soar atop their 6-meter stilts exposed by the lack of water. At this time of year many of the villagers move out onto the lake and build temporary houses. In the wet season when water level rises (Aug – February), the villagers move back to their permanent houses on the floodplain, the stilts now hidden under the water. Kampong Phluk's economy is, as one might expect, based in fishing, primary in shrimp harvesting. Enjoy Lunch and return to hotel. (Depend on season, this trip can be move to visit from Chhong Khneas instead).

This late afternoon, embark on tuk tuk (2pax/tuk tuk) ride to visit Preah Ang Chek Preah Ang Chorm shrine, then head to Angkor National Museum, the archaeological museum dedicated to the collection, preservation and presentation of Angkorian artifacts, also to provides information and education about art and culture of Khmer civilization, with collections mainly dated from Khmer Empire's Angkor period circa 9th to 14th-century. Continue your visit to Wat Preah Enkosei, A modern Wat in Angkorian Ruin located along Siem Reap Riverside next to Angkor Conservation Center. Visit Preah Vihear (Monastic hall), painted in mustard yellow with covered corridor and terrace with balustrades run around it. We also visit the two laterite and sandstone Prasats and a gate sit to the East of the old Vihear and stupas of Vann’s Molyvan, the former famous Khmer Architecture in 1960s. Experience Water Blessing Ceremony “ Sroch Teuk” by Buddhist Monk for your good luck & safety journey. Overnight in Siem Reap

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch


Day 13

Siem Reap Departure

Good morning! It is now time for you to wrap this tour full of good memories of your beautiful vacation. It will be our pleasure, to plan your next tour for any of our world wide tours. After breakfast, according to your departure flight transfer to the airport will be provided for your return flight.

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Price Includes:

  • Vietnam Visa pre - approval letter
  • A modern and spacious tourist air conditioned vehicle
  • Hotel accommodation with daily breakfast (Check in time 2.00 PM)
  • English speaking professional guide (one place - one guide)
  • All admission fee at attractions as mentioned in the itinerary
  • All meals as mentioned in the itinerary (B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: Dinner)
  • Boat trips as mentioned in the itinerary
  • 02 Mineral water & cold towels during sightseeing tours

Price Does not Includes:

  • International flight to Cambodia,
  • Visa stamp fee at the airport ($30 per person),
  • Personal shopping and extra meals,
  • Overseas travel insurance
  • Compulsory Driver and guide tips.

Hotels

LOCATION HOTEL TYPE OF ROOM
Hanoi – 4* Tirant Hotel Deluxe
Ha Long – 4* Athena  Elegance  Cruise  Superior
Hoi An – 4* Koi Resort and Spa Bungalow
Sai Gon – 4* Citadines Regency Saigon  Studio
Novotel Saigon Centre Superior
Phnom Penh – 4* Phnom Penh Hotel Superior
Siem Riep – 4* Tara Angkor Hotel Superior

 

LOCATION HOTEL TYPE OF ROOM
Ha noi – 5* Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi Superior
Ha Long – 5* Paradise Cruise Ha Long Deluxe
Hoi An – 5* Royal Hoi An, Mgallery By Sofitel Deluxe
Sai Gon – 5* Pullman Saigon Centre Superior
Phnom Penh – 5* Palace Gate Hotel & Resort Deluxe  
Siem Riep – 5* Victoria Angkor Resort  Superior