Essence of Vietnam and Cambodia

Welcome to Ho Chi Minh, you will be collected by our local guide at Ho Chi Minh Airport and transfer to hotel for check-in. The balance of the day is free at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

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: Lunchtime 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.

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 Saigon

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

Welcome to Phnom Penh, you will be collected by our local guide at Phnom Penh Airport and transfer to hotel for check-in. The balance of the day is free at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

10:30 AM: Upon arrival to Phnom Penh, our tour guide will welcome and transfer you to the hotel make a check-in process and leave your luggage at the hotel. Take a short rest.

02:00 PM: Start the city tour in the afternoon.

• Wat Phnom – the tallest religious structure in the city
• Royal Palace – a complex of buildings which serves as the royal residence of the king of Cambodia.
• Silver Pagoda – houses many national treasures including many golden and jeweled Buddha statues.
• Russian market built in 1937 and of a splendid colonial architectural style.

Transfer back to the hotel. Meal on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the bus station to take the bus from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap VIP VAN (PP-SR) 

09:00 AM – 02:00 PM

Once arrival in Siem Reap, you will be warmly welcomed and transferred to the hotel to check in. Meals on your own. The balance of the day is at your leisure. Overnight at the hotel

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 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 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

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