Vietnam - Cambodia
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Overview
Itinerary
VIETNAM - CAMBODIA CONNECTION TOUR
(16 days / 15 nights)
(16 days / 15 nights)
Day 01: Hanoi Arrival
Upon arrival at Noi Bai international airport, you are met and picked up by Asiana Travel local guide and transfer to the city for hotel check-in. Free at leisure. Overnight in Hanoi.
Meals included: None
Day 02: Hanoi City Tours
Enjoy 5 hours sightseeing tours to visit the city's landmarks such as Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (close on Monday and Friday), One Pillar Pagoda, The Temple of Literature (First University built in the 11 Century), Hanoi Hilton Museum. Free walking around Hanoi old quarter for shopping and short visit Dong Xuan market. Enjoy 1 hour cyclo tours around the Hanoi City's old quarters and the traditional water puppetry show. Transfer back to your hotel. Overnight in Hanoi.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 03: Hanoi - Halong bay
Morning depart for Halong Bay, we go through the scenic countryside. The wondrous Halong Bay is truly one of Vietnam’s most impressive scenic sights. Heading out of the town we embark on a boat for an exploration of the legendary Halong Bay. This exciting five hour cruise will provide us a fantastic view of the picturesque scenery blending with the sky and some 3,000 limestone islands rising amazingly from the clear and emerald water. The limestone karsts formations are littered with beaches, grottoes and beautiful caves. Along the way we will anchor for a leisurely swim in a secluded cove and an enjoyable visit to one of the many hidden grottoes beneath towering cliffs. Stay overnight on the Junk Cruise.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
Day 04: Halong - Hanoi
Waking up and having breakfast served onboard. Continue cruising around the bay. Take sampan to visit Luon Cave and come back to the boat. Having brunch before disembarking and van will pick you up at the pier and transfer back to Hanoi. Visit Dong Trieu ceramic and pottery village on the way. Arrive in Hanoi at 04:00 pm. Free at leisure. Overnight in Hanoi.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 05: Hanoi - Hue
Early morning transferring to the airport to catch flight to Hue. Check-in hotel upon arrival and take refresh for a while. This quiet city is widely known for the magnificent architecture of its citadels, palaces, royal tombs, pagodas and temples built under the Nguyen Dynasty. We visit the major sites including the Imperial Citadel with Forbidden Royal City like in Beijing. Free shopping in Dong Ba market. Overnight in Hue.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 06: Hue
Morning boat trip on Perfume River to visit Thien Mu pagoda and Ming Mang Emperor's mausoleum. Free at your leisure in the afternoon. Overnight in Hue.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 07: Hue - Hoi An
This morning we drive to Hoi An ancient town, we will cross Hai Van Pass where you will have magnificent view of the China Sea. Known as Faifo to early Western traders, it was one of South East Asia's major international ports and today it still retains that special old-world feel. Enjoy a walking tour through the Old Quarter and try some of the local specialties. Hoi An is also famous for its large number of tailor shops, so if you want to have a new wardrobe made up, this is the time to do it. Check in hotel and free at your leisure. Overnight in Hoi An.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 08: Hoi An - My Son sanctuary
After breakfast at hotel, morning transfer to visit the fascinating Cham Museum in center city of Danang. Continue your trip to visit My Son sanctuary - a UNESCO World heritage, 75 km far away from Danang city. You can explore the architecture of Cham style. Transfer back to Hoi An and the rest of the day is at your leisure, enjoy at the Cua Dai beach. Overnight in Hoi An.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 09: Hoi An - Sai Gon
Free at leisure until transferring to Danang airport to take flight to Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam's largest city has an exciting buzz as millions of people rush around on their daily business. If time permited, we'll see the historic Reunification Palace and some great examples of French colonial architecture from the comfort of a cyclo. You will be free at the rest of day to make your own exploration to discover the city. Overnight in Saigon.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 10: Sai Gon - Mekong Delta - Can Tho
After breakfast at hotel and take a 3-hour drive to Cai Be with stop en route at Trung Luong Bonsai garden for a tea break. Upon arrival, board a motorized boat to visit the popcorn cake, rice paper making family before visiting the lively floating market of Cai Be. Then continue by boat towards Vinh Long province to see the diverse fish traps in order to learn a kind of lazy fishing. After cruising along small shady canals, we step ashore and take a chance to watch a typical and interesting music show of the Mekong cultural life. Lunch is at the home/ bonsai garden. Afternoon, take a walk for about half an hour to enjoy the rural peaceful atmosphere of the countryside life, on the way we can also stop en route to learn more about fruit trees. Continue by boat to visit the brick and pottery factories. Back in the car at about 4pm to drive to Can Tho. On arrival in the capital city of the Mekong Delta, do a walking city tour, including the local evening market to take photos of the busy trading activities before checking in the hotel. Overnight in Can Tho.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 11: Can Tho - Chau Doc
Early morning board for a 3-hour cruise to Cai Rang a big floating markets with stops at a Bun Tau noodle factory and a short trek before arriving at a rice-husking mill. You can even try passing one of the many fragile monkey bridges along the canals photo shot. At the floating markets, you will discover a typical way of displaying and advertising farm products of local people gathering on the Mekong river to trade their goods. Check out hotel and drive to Chau Doc is close to the Cambodian border. Check in hotel and overnight in Chau Doc.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 12: Chau Doc - Phnom Penh
After breakfast, check out hotel and take Victoria Speed Boat to Phnom Penh depart at 07h00.“Phnom Penh: Capital of Cambodia for much of the period since the collapse of the Khmer empire in the 13th century, Phnom Penh is an attractive city (despite the ravages of war and civil strife) which molds the stylistic influences of such disparate sources as Khmer, Chinese and colonial French. These imbue the city with a genteel charm unique in Southeast Asia. Its favorable situation, at the confluence of three major rivers - the Mekong, the Tonle Sap and the Bassac River - continues to encourage its steady settlement and growth. Phnom Penh was long considered the fairest of France’s oversea colonial cities and in spite of its recent troubles; the city retains a large measure of this appeal. Wide boulevards, ramshackle buildings in the French and lush avenues of shady trees are prominent features of Phnom Penh‘s cityscape. 12h00 arrival at Phnom Penh, transfer to hotel check in and lunch at local restaurant. After lunch proceed to Phnom Penh City tour: The Royal Palace. Visitors are only allowed to visit the palace’s Silver Pagoda and its surrounding compound. The National Museum of Khmer Art & Archeology (also known by the French, “Musee des Beaux-Arts” or the “Musee Albert Sarraut”) is considered one of the finest museums of classical Cambodia art in the world. Wat Phnom has the legend that in 1372 Lady Penh (Yeay Penh) fished a floating KOKI tree out of the river. Inside of the tree there were four Buddha statues. She built a hill (Phnom means hill) and a small temple (Wat) at the site of what is now known aster the hill (Phnom) and its creator (Penh), hence Phnom Penh. Cambodian Culture museum and Killing Fields memorial. Central Market boosts the 5th largest dome in the world and comprises 4 halls offering a wide range of imported & local products. Overnight in Phnom Penh.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 13: Phnom Penh - Siem Reap
After breakfast, transfer to Phnom Penh International Airport and departure by Siem Reap Airways International or similar to Siem Reap. Arrive at Siem Reap International Airport and transfer to the hotel (rooms may not ready until the afternoon).
In the morning, visit Prasat Kravan with its unique brick sculptures and Ta Prohm. One of the area's most beautiful temples, Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Its appeal lies in the fact that, unlike the other monuments of Angkor, it was abandoned and swallowed by the jungle, looking very much the ways most of the Angkor temples appeared when European explorers first stumbled upon them. Visit as well Takeo, Chau Say Tevoda and Thommanon.
Visit Preah Khan temple. Built by the King Jayavarman VII, Preah Khan is, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulders-hanging corridors. Unlike Ta Prohm, however, Preah Khan is in a reasonable state of preservation and ongoing restoration efforts should maintain and even improve this situation. Continue your visits to Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool and representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain-lake and visit the temple of Ta Som as well as Srah Srang ("The Royal Baths"), undoubtedly used in the past for ritual bathing. Overnight in Siem Reap.
In the morning, visit Prasat Kravan with its unique brick sculptures and Ta Prohm. One of the area's most beautiful temples, Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Its appeal lies in the fact that, unlike the other monuments of Angkor, it was abandoned and swallowed by the jungle, looking very much the ways most of the Angkor temples appeared when European explorers first stumbled upon them. Visit as well Takeo, Chau Say Tevoda and Thommanon.
Visit Preah Khan temple. Built by the King Jayavarman VII, Preah Khan is, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulders-hanging corridors. Unlike Ta Prohm, however, Preah Khan is in a reasonable state of preservation and ongoing restoration efforts should maintain and even improve this situation. Continue your visits to Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool and representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain-lake and visit the temple of Ta Som as well as Srah Srang ("The Royal Baths"), undoubtedly used in the past for ritual bathing. Overnight in Siem Reap.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 14: Siem Reap Angkok Tours
Today, we start with the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is one of the world's most stunning buildings. Angkor was the capital of Khmer that existed from 802 to 1431. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture. Angkor Wat's five towers symbolize Meru's five peaks - the enclosed wall represents the mountains at the edge of the world and the surrounding moat, the ocean beyond.
After lunch, visit the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century). The sightseeing tour of Angkor area we spend a full day exploring the wondrous ancient ruins with the South Gate of Angkor Thom, which is famous for its series of colossal human faces carved in stone, the impressive Bayon Temple, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace, the Terrace of the Leper King and the largest as well as the most complete temple of Angkor Wat. In the evening, we enjoy the beautiful sunset at Phnom Bakeng hill top. Diner at local restaurant with traditional dance show. Overnight in Siem Reap.
After lunch, visit the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century). The sightseeing tour of Angkor area we spend a full day exploring the wondrous ancient ruins with the South Gate of Angkor Thom, which is famous for its series of colossal human faces carved in stone, the impressive Bayon Temple, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace, the Terrace of the Leper King and the largest as well as the most complete temple of Angkor Wat. In the evening, we enjoy the beautiful sunset at Phnom Bakeng hill top. Diner at local restaurant with traditional dance show. Overnight in Siem Reap.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
Day 15: Siem Reap
Today, we Visit the floating village of Chong Khneas, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap. Take a boat trip in a traditional wooden boat on the Tonle Sap Lake, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia. Lunch at local restaurant.
After lunch, visit to "Les Artisans d'Angkor - Chantiers Ecoles" of Siem Reap and spend time at leisure at a local market. Overnight in Siem Reap.
After lunch, visit to "Les Artisans d'Angkor - Chantiers Ecoles" of Siem Reap and spend time at leisure at a local market. Overnight in Siem Reap.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 16: Siem Reap departure
After breakfast at hotel, you are free for shopping until check out and transfer to airport to take flight back to your home. End of services.
Meals included: Breakfast
Cost
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Trip note
* Tour code: MULCL-08
* Included:
• Hotel accommodation with daily breakfast
• Private transfers and transportation on tour
• Entrance fees on tour
• Private boat trip on Ha Long Bay, Mekong Delta (Vietnam), Boat cruise on Tonle Sap Lake (Cambodia).
• Return Airfare: HAN - HUI - DAD - SGN - REP with airport tax
• Meals as indicated
• Speed boat tickets Chau Doc - Phnom Penh
• English/ French speaking guide
• Mineral water and cold towel on car/van/bus
* Excluded:
• Visa arrangement to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
• International air ticket and airport tax to HANOI// From Siem Riep
• Drinks & Other personal expenses
• Travel insurance
• Early check-in and late check-out
• Tipping/gratuities
• Others not mentioned in the itinerary
Destination Info
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. With a population of over 86 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.
The people of Vietnam regained independence and broke away from China in AD 938 after their victory at the Battle of B?ch Ð?ng River (938). Successive dynasties flourished along with geographic and political expansion deeper into Southeast Asia, until it was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century. Efforts to resist the French eventually led to their expulsion from the country in the mid-20th century, leaving a nation divided politically into two countries. Fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a Communist victory in 1975.
Emerging from this prolonged military engagement, the war-ravaged nation was politically isolated. The government’s centrally planned economic decisions hindered post-war reconstruction and its treatment of the losing side engendered more resentment than reconciliation. In 1986, it instituted economic and political reforms and began a path towards international reintegration. By 2000, it had established diplomatic relations with most nations. Its economic growth had been among the highest in the world in the past decade. These efforts culminated in Vietnam joining the World Trade Organization in 2007 and its successful bid to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in 2008.
The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. Cambodia is the successor state of the once powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.
A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as "Cambodian" or "Khmer," though the latter strictly refers to ethnic Khmers. Most Cambodians are Theravada Buddhists of Khmer extraction, but the country also has a substantial number of predominantly Muslim Cham, as well as ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese and small animist hill tribes.
The country borders Thailand to its west and northwest, Laos to its northeast, and Vietnam to its east and southeast. In the south it faces the Gulf of Thailand. The geography of Cambodia is dominated by the Mekong river (colloquial Khmer: Tonle Thom or "the great river") and the Tonlé Sap ("the fresh water lake"), an important source of fish.
Cambodia's main industries are garments, tourism, and construction. In 2007, foreign visitors to Angkor Wat numbered more than 4 million. In 2005, oil and natural gas deposits were found beneath Cambodia's territorial waters, and once commercial extraction begins in 2011, the oil revenues could profoundly affect Cambodia's economy.
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Van mieu - Quoc Tu Giam |
Hanoi Vietnam |
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Halong bay Vietnam |
Hue Vietnam |
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Hoian ancient town |
Sunset on Mekong river |
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Ho Chi Minh city hall |
Night time in HCM city |
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Ho Chi Minh city (Vietnam) |
Cu Chi tunnels |
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