CV02: Holiday Cambodia and Vietnam - 14 days from Siem Reap |
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Siem Reap – Ho Chi Minh – Hoi An – Hue – Hanoi – Halong ITINERARY Please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for a free quotation and best price! Indochina Tour Essential in brief: Day 1: Siem Reap Arrival Day 2: Siem Reap Tour Day 3: Siem Reap - Flight to Ho Chi Minh Day 4: Ho Chi Minh - Cu Chi Tunnels - Ho Chi Minh Day 5: Ho Chi Minh - Mekong Day 6: Mekong - Ho Chi Minh & Flight to Danang (Hoi An) Day 7: Hoi An - My Son - Hoi An Day 8: Hoi An Day 9: Hoi An - Hue Day 10: Hue - Flight to Hanoi Day 11: Hanoi City Tour Day 12: Hanoi - Halong Cruise Day 13: Halong Cruise - Hanoi Day 14: Hanoi Departure
Indochina Tour Essential in details: Day 1: Siem Reap Arrival Meals: Noner +Guide Upon your arrival in Siem Reap, one of the most exciting Indochina tours, home of the Temples of Angkor. Set off this afternoon for a tuk tuk ride to Angkor Thom. Discover an ancient city of incredible proportions- perfectly planned and filled with impressive temples. Overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 2: Siem Reap Tour Meals: B, L +Guide Siem Reap is no doubt a surprise for your Indochina tours. After breakfast, begin this morning with a tour of the 'small circuit' temples. Your guide will introduce you to the great Khmer ancient civilization as you visit ruins such as Ta Phrom and Preah Khan. This afternoon, be amazed at the grandeur and beauty of Angkor Wat. Overnight in Siem Reap
Day 3: Siem Reap – Ho Chi Minh City Meals: B, L +Guide After breakfast, enjoy a morning at your leisure- you can visit more temples, enjoy a boat ride on the Tonle Sap Lake or relax in a chic town-center café then our Indochina tour guide in Siem Reap will take you to the airlort for the flight to Vietnam and the dynamic southern city of Ho Chi Minh City. Arrive at Tan Son Nhat airport, welcome by our private Vietnam tour guide and driver and transfer to you hotel for check in. Ho Chi Minh, the most exciting city of Vietnam, a mecca of commerce, also a city with a chequered history and a rich culture, its pagodas, museums, public buildings, parks and boulevards make it one of the most delightful Vietnam Tours and cities to visit in Vietnam. Free time at leisure. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh
Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnels – Ho Chi Minh Meals: B, L +Guide Morning pick up from the hotel for Cu Chi Tunnels tour, en route to visit the bustling market at Thu Dao Mot. Upon arrival in Cu Chi, we visit the incredible underground tunnel network of approximately 200 kilometres hand-constructed by Vietnamese guerillas during the long struggle for independence where you will understand more about the Vietnam War or American War, a must see Vietnam Tour for any tourists to learn about Vietnam past and present days. Back to Ho Chi Minh, this afternoon we the War Remnants Museum, Presidential Palace and buildings of old colonial Saigon. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 5: Ho Chi Minh City – Mekong Delta Meals: B, L, D +Guide
Boarding at Ninh Kieu pier. Welcome drink, introduction to the ship and crew, check into the cabins. Departure downstream of the Hau river. Lunch on board while en route. Tour near Tra On floating market. Turning into Nicolai canal, towards the Mang Thit and Co Chien rivers. Rest on the upper deck in a scenery of rice fields, sugar cane, woods on the near banks. Visit of a village on the banks of river Mang Thit, an opportunity to appreciate the way of life and hospitality of the local inhabitants. Visit of the orchard or rice fields nearby. The Bassac sets anchor for the night on river Mang Thit. Overnight on board.
Day 6: Mekong – Ho Chi Minh City – Danang – Hoi An Meals: B, L +Guide 06:30 Departure towards Cai Be. The passengers take their breakfast while enjoying the scenery on the banks. The Bassac crosses Co Chien river then branches into Cho Lach canal for 30 minutes through the traffic of sand and rice barges, in a scenery of fruit drying facilities and wooden ship building yards. Arrival in Cai Be, check-out and boarding of a local boat for a tour of Cai Be floating market and handicraft. Leaving the board at: Cái Bè. Transfer to Ho Chi Minh City's domestic airport for your flight to Danang. Pick up and transfer to Hoi An. Overnight in Hoi An.
Day 7: Hoi An – My Son – Hoi An Meals: B, L
+Guide After breakfast, we invite you an interesting visit to My Son Holy land, once the spiritual capital of Champa Kingdom that dominated South East Asia for nearly a thousand years and occupied most of the central parts of Vietnam from 2nd century to 16th century with very rich in history and culture. Contemplate its remarkable red brick towers and sanctuaries dating from between the 7th and 13th centuries. Drive back to Hoi An, end of your today's beautiful Indochina tour with the visit to the former merchants' homes, the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge, Phuc Kien Pagoda and the colourful riverside market. Overnight in Hoi An.
Day 8: Hoi An Cooking class Meals: B, L +Guide We start the day (8.15am) with a welcome drink at Hai Café (98 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hoi An Ancient Town, Tel: 863210) – our meeting point.
We board the Red Bridge boat for a leisurely cruise (25 minutes) along the Hoi An River to the Red Bridge Cooking School. This is a chance to view local river life, so make sure your camera is handy. On arrival, we explore the cooking school’s herb garden, before learning about some of Hoi An’s and Vietnam’s well-known dishes. The cooking lesson runs for about 2 hours – the Red Bridge chefs first demonstrate each dish before we prepare the same dish ourselves. Included in the class is a brief introduction to Vietnamese food carving (plate decoration). After the lesson, we sit down and eat what we have cooked. Bring your swimsuit and after the cooking tour has finished relax and enjoy free use of our new 20 metre swimming pool. Overnight in a Hoi An hotel. Day 9: Hoi An – Hue Meals: B, L +Guide After breakfast, leave Hoi An for Hue, the last imperial capital of Vietnam, well-known for magnific architecture, pagodas and royal tombs laid in small villages and surrounding hills and one of the most popular cities for all the Vietnam Tours. En route have a look at the famous China Beach and visit Cham Museum which contains the finest collection of Cham sculpture in the world. Upon arrival in Hue, visit the Imperial Citadel, the Purple Forbidden City. Overnight in Hue.
Meals: B, L +Guide Hue is one of places, which has many cultural heritages. Up to now, there is no place like Hue remaining a lot of originally historical vestiges as in this ancient Capital City and favorite destination for all Vietnam Tours. After breakfast, our tour starts with the beautiful boat trip on the romantic Perfume River and visit Hue's best-known religious site-Thien Mu Pagoda and the Mausoleum of former emperor Minh Mang in a tranquil setting of gardens and lakes. Transfer to the airport for the flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival, our private Indochina tour guide and driver will welcome your Indochina Holiday to Hanoi, a city where the exotic chic of old Asia blends with the dynamic face of new Asia. Where the medieval and modern co-exist. A city with a blend of Parisian grace and Asian pace, an architectural museum piece evolving in harmony with its history, rather than bulldozing through like many of the region’s capitals. Hanoi is where imagination becomes reality. Free at leisure. Overnight in Hanoi. Day 11: Hanoi City Tour Meals: B, L +Guide Hanoi without a doubt is an exotic city for your Indochina Tours. Today we enjoy a full day Hanoi city tour of this charming capital city including the mausoleum of the nation's founder Ho Chi Minh (close on Monday & Friday), the Presidential Palace, the Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Temple of Literature, the impressive Ethnologic Museum, the beautiful West Lake, the Tran Vu Pagoda, the peaceful lake of the Restored Sword. Late afternoon we take a cyclo tour for a short excursion through the bustling old quarter streets named after the specific goods once offered for sale at these places. In the evening, we end Hanoi city tour with a fantastic traditional water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi. Day 12: Hanoi – Halong Cruise Meals: B, L, D +Guide Halong Cruise must be the most beautiful tour in Vietnam for any visitors to Vietnam. This morning, after breakfast, we drive to Halong Bay (165km), Vietnam most scenic sight, a recognized World Natural Heritage Site and highlight of any Indochina tours. On arrival in Halong 12:15: Transfer by tender to the Indochina Sails boat – enjoy Welcome Drink. Receive cruise briefing and check in to cabins and begin cruise. 13:00: Lunch - deluxe Vietnamese and International Set Menu. Massage service is available beginning after lunch and throughout the cruise.
15.15: Transfer back to the boat and sail for approximately 45 minutes to our second destination - the Bat Cave area. 16.15: Arrive at the Bat Cave area. There are two programs to choose from at this time. One option is a 40 minute kayaking program to the nearby Bat Cave and lagoon and surrounding waters. Kayaking is $10. per person unless already booked as part of your package. Water is supplied. The second option is to visit the largest floating fishing village in Halong Bay. We will travel to the village on the tender and tour the village for approximately 20 minutes. 18:30: Arrive at Luon Bo area - anchor for overnight. 19:00: Dinner - deluxe Vietnamese & Western Buffet or Set Menu Dinner. 20:30: Evening activities include: film entertainment in the dining room at approximately 9:15, board games and playing cards are available, join squid fishing from the boat with our crew, massage services are available. Also at this time we offer, when possible - depending on weather conditions, an excursion to a nearby squid fishing boat. We travel by tender and you will be able to board the squid boat and see how the local fishermen catch squid and other fish, the excursion lasts about 45 minutes. 21:00 – 23:00: Happy Hour! Buy one drink - get one free (wine excluded). End of program for Day One. Overnight on board
Day 13: Halong Bay – Hanoi Meals: B +Guide 6:45: Coffee, tea and breakfast pastries served in the dining room. 7:00: Arrive at the Surprise Cave area, there is a small fishing village here. Relax onboard. You may join Tai Chi instruction on the sundeck at 7:00, duraion about 30 minutes. 8:00: Transfer by tender to the Surprise Cave. Walk up the 100 steps to the entrance of the cave and tour on foot for approximately 45 minutes. 9:00: Upon return to the boat take time to freshen up and please check-out of cabins. Please leave heavy luggage outside of the cabins (staff will transfer to the pier). Depart for Bai Chay/Halong pier. 9:30: Enjoy Breakfast Set Menu or Buffet served in the dining room. Settle bills in the dining room after breakfast. 10:00: Relax on the sundeck or in the dining room and enjoy the bay scenery as we approach the pier. 10:45: Arrive at Bai Chay/Halong pier. 11:00: Transfer by tender to the pier. Pick up by our driver and transfer to Hanoi.
Day 14: Hanoi Departure Meals: B +Guide Free time at leisure for you to wrap up your memorial Indochina tours until Vivutravel's private guide will see you off at the airport with the sincere thanks for traveling with Vivutravel. We hope that you have enjoyed your Indochina tours with us and look forward to your next Indochina tours. Vivutravel says goodbye and see you again!!! END OF SERVICE Get a free quote for this tour? Please fill as much information as possible in the below tour inquiry form and we will get back to you shortly with best price!
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Today we will start our exploration of the Mekong Delta, a major rice producing area. This must be one of the most fascinating riverine deltas in the world. The Mekong splits into nine major arteries. A vast network of rivers and waterways with thousands of ships of all sizes plowing the waters gives the Mekong Delta a very special atmosphere and no doubt one of the most interesting destinations for 
Visit Hoi An’s colourful market, and experience the amazing sights, sounds and aromas of this busy market. We will have the opportunity to interact with the local sellers and learn about all the ingredients to be used in the cooking lesson later.
Day 10: Hue – Hanoi 
14.30: Arrive at Titop Island. Enjoy swimming, relaxing on the beach and climbing the steps to the top of the mountain on the island for fantastic views and photo opportunities. Water and towels supplied. We will spend about 45 minutes on the island.