Culture Close-Up on Vietnam and Cambodia

Welcome at Noi Bai International airport and transfer to your hotel for check-in. The room is at your disposal from 02:00 PM. The balance of the day is free at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
• Meals: None
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide for airport pick up
• Transfer: Private car

08:15 – 08:30 AM: Meet your tour guide at your suggested places around Hanoi Old Quarter including:

• Tran Quoc pagoda, a Buddhist relic and national heritage lying on the West Lake.
• Ho Chi Minh complex, the final resting place of Viet Nam’s greatest father; his house-on-stilt and One pillar pagoda – modeled after a lotus flower, a symbol of Hanoi.
• Temple of Literature was constructed in 1070 dedicating to Confucius, sages, and scholars. It was also the first university of Viet Nam once.

12:30 PM: Relax and have lunch at a local restaurant in Hanoi Old Quarter. In the afternoon, spend the time exploring:

• The traditional ceramics village of Bat Trang. Visit showrooms and see how they model the products.
• Ngoc Son Temple dedicated to Tran Hung Dao – General Commander for his struggle against Mongolians.

03:30 PM: Drop you off at your hotel.

Dinner on your own and overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Private car

07:30 – 08:00 AM: Today, you will be picked up from your hotel for a drive to the dreamy land of Halong.

12:45 – 04:00 PM: After around 3,5 hours’ drive, you will reach Halong Harbor where our junk boat awaits to take you through the bay within 4 hours.

Along the way, the ship will stop at one of the most beautiful limestone caves in the bay. During your cruise on board, you have a great chance to enjoy the fabulous lunch with delicious seafood.

04:00 – 04:30 PM: Enjoy the local finger food.

08:30 PM: Afterwards, take the last chance to enjoy the spectacular landscape as the ship makes its way back to the harbor for a transfer back to Hanoi. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer

Free on your own to relax, and the driver will pick you up to transfer to Hanoi airport for a flight to Hue (without tour guide).

You will be welcomed on arrival by our guide and driver and transferred to the hotel for check-in. The room will be at your disposal from 02:00 PM.

Take a short rest for lunch before starting the tour today.

All highlighted sites such as Royal Citadel – a World Heritage Site; Thien Mu Pagoda and Dong Ba market packed in one half-day trip in the former off royal Capital of Hue.

Also, enjoy a bike ride through fascinating local’s home region, large rice field and tranquil rural areas, a typical garden house of the region.

Return to the hotel. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hue
• Meals: Breakfast
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Private car

Starting your day by driving to Danang in more 2 hours.

On the way, you have a chance to take a glimpse into:

• Lang Co beach with long white sandy beach.
• Hai Van Pass looking over the central coastline before arriving in Danang.

Lunch at a local restaurant. Make a check-in process at the hotel.

Afterward, continue your trip when visit:

• Marble Mountain – A well-known pilgrimage site with peaks, caves, tunnels, and temples
• Linh Ung Pagoda – One of the most beautiful temples in that part of Vietnam.
• Han River Bridge – The unique swing bridge to be built in Vietnam
• Han market – The biggest local market in Danang where you could buy the famous specialties.

Check in the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Danang
• Meals: Breakfast
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Private car

You are free today to explore the bustling city on your own before getting a short flight to Nha Trang (without tour guide). Arrival in Nha Trang, our tour guide will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel. Free your own at the rest of a day. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Nha Trang
• Meals: Breakfast
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide for airport pick up
• Transfer: Private car

Today is free to discover the town or relax on the beach at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel in Nha Trang.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Nha Trang
• Meals: Breakfast
• Tour Guide: None
• Transfer: None

09:00 AM: Take a drive to Da Lat by private car (without tour guide).

01:00 PM: Welcome to Da Lat – Known as the “City of Eternal Spring” surrounded by hills, pine forests, lakes, and waterfalls. Then make a check-in process and free your leisure at the balance of the day.

Meals on your own and Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Da Lat
• Meals: Breakfast
• Tour Guide: None
• Transfer: Private car

08:30 AM: Pick up at your hotel.

Today, you will spend the time to visit the most highlights of Da Lat included:

• Robin Hall and take the panorama view city
• Tuyen Lam Lake surrounding pine forest with flower and vegetable fields dotted and Truc Lam Zen Monastery.
• Datanla waterfall and Bao Dai King’s Summer Palace– the last Emperor

12:30 PM: Lunch at a local restaurant.

01:30 PM: Continue the trip with:

• Da Lat Flower Garden, you can take pictures in the colorful flower garden, walking in bonsai park, stroll along romantic lakeside, riding the horse or using the swan pedal boat.
• A giant golden statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, The Cock Church (The Cathedral of Dalat city), enjoy the artichoke tea, jams at Dalat’s Specialties Showroom.

04:00 – 04:30 PM: Back to the hotel. Meals on your own. Overnight in Da Lat.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Da Lat
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer

Free at your leisure to discover the town on your own until being transferred to the airport for a short flight to Ho Chi Minh (without tour guide). Once arrival, you will be warmly welcomed and transferred to the hotel to check in. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
• Meals: Breakfast
• Tour Guide: None
• Transfer: Private car

08:00 – 08:30 AM: Pick up at your hotel and start the city tour included:

• Independence Palace (the Reunification Palace) was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace.
• War Remnants Museum which has a vast display of the both the Indochina wars.
• Notre Dame Cathedral & Central Post Office the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times
• Jade Emperor Pagoda with the peaceful atmosphere &o many stories behind each detail of the pagoda.

12:30 PM: Lunch time with a famous Phở restaurant (Vietnamese noodle soup).

02:00 PM: Depart around 1,5 hours through the pleasant countryside before arriving at Cu Chi Tunnels – the historic site where Vietnamese soldiers used as a shelter during wartime. This fantastic network stretches over 250 km and is the shelter of Vietnamese soldiers during the wars.

There is a shooting range where you can try to fire automatic or semi-automatic weapons for a fee (this fee is not included)

06:00 – 07:00 PM: Be dropped off at your hotel. Dinner on your own account. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer

08:00 – 08:30 AM: Depart from Ho Chi Minh and head straight to Ben Tre, crossing the impressive Rach Mieu Cable-stayed Bridge. Board a small boat to visit typical workplaces including small brick factories, a coconut processing workshop and a local mat-weaving house. Stop at a quiet village, take a short walk to experience local life and hop on your xe-lôi (a kind of motorized rickshaw).

12:30 PM: Enjoy lunch at a local riverside restaurant.

01:30 PM: Take a short cycling tour to explore the surrounding fields before boarding a sampan for a tranquil trip along the picturesque canals. Come back to the port and return to Ho Chi Minh.

05:00 PM: Be dropped at your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer

Free on your own until being transferred to the airport (without tour guide) to take your regional flight to Siem Reap.

Once arrival, you will meet our tour guide and driver to transfer to the hotel to check in. The balance of the day will be free at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at Siem Reap.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap
• Meals: Breakfast
• Tour Guide:  English speaking guide for airport pick up
• Transfer: Private car

08:00 AM: Our tour will guide you to start the trip to Angkor sites included:

• Angkor Thom which is no doubt the expression of the highest genius.
• Bayon Temple with many other relics which offer a great chance to observe ancient sculptures.
• Terrace of the Leper King before going along the Terrace of Elephants – originally used as a viewing gallery for the king to preside over parades, performances and traditional sports and more highlighted sites such as Baphuon Temple, Ta Prohm “Tomb Raider” fame.
• Angkor Wat – the Mother of all temples which is believed to be the world’s largest religious building.

05:00 PM: Back to the hotel.

Lunch at a local restaurant. Dinner on your own. Overnight at Siem Reap

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer

On this day, you are free at your leisure until being picked up and transferred without our guide to the airport for the departure flight. The room is at your disposal until noon. Meals on your own. End of services.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: None
• Meals: Breakfast
• Guide: None
• Transfer: Private car