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Vietnam and Cambodia Tour 14 days

Destination: Hanoi/Ha Long Bay/Hue/Danang/Hoi An/Ho Chi Minh City/Mekong Delta/Phnom Penh/

Siem Reap

Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D, G)

Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a welcome dinner at a colonial building. In the evening, you’ll have tickets for a performance of traditional Water Puppetry (an art form unique to northern Viet Nam, and a good, light-hearted introduction to its rural culture). Your overnight stay will be in Ha Noi.

Day 2: Hanoi City tour (B, L, G)

An all day city tour, possibly including the Temple of Literature, (the first university in Viet Nam dating back to the 11th C), the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Ethnology Museum and the centre of Ha Noi, including the Hoan Kiem Lake, the Ngoc Son temple and the bustling Old Quarter with a complex of architecture - traditional tube houses, religious buildings and the colonial houses. Overnight in Ha Noi.

Day 3: Hanoi/Ha Long (B, L, D, G)

A morning drive to Ha Long Bay, (one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas - the world’s largest marine ‘karst’ landscape). Travel by traditional-style boat to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Includes swimming, fishing, hill (not mountain) climbing for Bay overviews, exploring sea level caves in a small sampan, etc. All meals will be provided on board and your accommodation will be on the boat in a twin room with en suite toilet and shower.

Day 4: Ha Long/Hanoi/Hue (B, L, G)

Morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch and then return to Ha Noi and transfer to the airport for your flight to Hue.

Day 5: Hue (B, L,  G)

Morning visit to the Imperial Citadel of Hue and the Antiquity Museum. Afternoon drive to visit King Tu Duc’s Tomb (the poet King, the simplest Royal tomb set in a beautiful garden) and visit to Garden Houses - (a cultural characteristic in Hue). In the evening you’ll be picked up to enjoy a Hue musical show on a boat in the Perfume River for about one hour. Overnight in Hue.

Day 6: Hue/Hoi An (B, L, G)

Morning drive to Da Nang (excellent views from high mountain pass). On arrival in Da Nang, you’ll have a brief visit to Cham Museum, then continue to travel to Hoi An. After lunch, a guided visit to the Ancient Town. Overnight stay in Hoi An.

The town is an ancient trading port, once the largest in Indochina and a meeting point for many cultures that left their mark in the different architectural features of its wooden buildings

Day 7: Hoi An eco-tour (small group tour) (B, L, eco-G)

Breakfast at your hotel, then you will have “Eco-From Farmer to Fisherman tour”.

“From Farmer to Fisherman tour” is the very special tour which is promised to bring visitors the most beautiful sceneries of the countryside about the Farmer and Fishermen’s life in Hoi An town – Viet Nam . By exploring the typical and narrow roads along the countryside by bicycle by seeing such as water buffalos, rice paddle field, plenty of organic vegetables and local farming people like soiling and watering vegetables, you will be amazed to realize how the sceneries peaceful and friendly people are.

Touching the local fishing life by using the fishing net, riding funny basket boat and visiting water palm coconut paradise and learning about history about the Vietnamese people throughout daily activity are great things to explore…       

“From Farmer to Fisherman tour” will be the special and unique tour that is committed to providing you “ A unique cultural window into the Vietnamese way of life “ .

You will spend the night in Hoi An.

Day 8: Hoi An/Ho Chi Minh City tour (B, L, G)

You’ll be free until the driver and guide come and take you to the airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. On arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel for check in.

In the afternoon, you’ll start your city tour including the History Museum (special exhibition of the 5thC ‘Oc Eo’ civilisation), the Museum of War Remnants (very partial, but riveting, recollections of the ‘American War’: not for the squeamish). You will spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City

Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City/My Tho/Can Tho (B, L, G)

At 8:00 you’ll be picked up at our hotel to travel to My Tho. On arrival, boat cruise on Mekong river to the Thoi Son island: rowing through small canals and walking along small village road to visit fruit gardens, elementary school, spirits distilling house, and see the daily life of villagers. On your visit you’ll have chance to enjoy some of tropical fruits and traditional music show. After lunch at a local restaurant on island, you’ll continue to cruise to visit a coconut candy workshop. In the afternoon, you’ll drive to Can Tho for your overnight stay.

Day 10: Can Tho/Chau Doc (B, L, G)

Boat cruise to Cai Rang floating market on the Mekong Delta (views of rural lifestyle). Lunch at a local restaurant. Afternoon, drive to Chau Doc where you’ll board a small sailing boat to visit floating houses farming Basa fish, Cham ethnic minority villages and a mosque. Overnight stay in Chau Doc

Day 11: Chau Doc/Phnom Penh (B, D, G)

After breakfast, you’ll take a hydrofoil trip to Phnom Penh.

On arrival, you’ll be met and transferred to the hotel for check in. The same afternoon, visit 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 Silver Pagoda is so named because of its floor, which is made up of 5000 silver tiles. The treasures found inside include a solid gold Buddha encrusted and weighing 90kilograms and a small 17th century emerald and baccarat crystal Buddha and the genocidal museum of Toulsleng (also know as S21). Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Day 12: Phnom Penh/Siem Reap (B,  L, G) by Mekong Express bus

Breakfast at hotel: Transfer to the bus station to take the bus for journey to Siem Reap. Upon arrival, pick up and transfer to the hotel for check in. The same afternoon, take the boat to Kompung Pluk, where you will also visit the house on still and the flooded forest. By the end of the day, your car will be expecting. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 13: Siem Reap tour (B, L, G)

Breakfast at hotel: We start 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. This architectural masterpiece was constructed in the 12th century and covers an area of about 210 hectares. We stroll around this massive edifice, seeing the many galleries with colums, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple. We visit jungle covered temple of Ta Prohm is an incredible sight. There are enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers which embrace themselves in the stone foundations of the structure giving the impression of man's creation being reclaimed by the powerful forces of nature. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 14: Siem Reap departure (B, G)

Breakfast at hotel: Transfer to the airport for the flight departure. Overnight in Siem Reap

Price in US$ per person:

 Validity until: September 30, 2011

Our price includes:

*        Breakfast and accommodation sharing a twin or double room.

*        Pick-ups and transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle as specified in the itinerary above

*        One way domestic flight tickets: Hanoi – Hue, Danang – Ho Chi Minh City, including domestic airport taxes.

*        Boats cruise as programme. For Ha Long Bay, you’ll join other passengers on a high quality wooden boat..

*        Eco-tour as mentioned

*        Hydrofoil tickets: Chau Doc – Phnom Penh

*        Travel by private, air-conditioned vehicle with an experienced, safe driver.

*        The services of experienced English-speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary

*        Where necessary, entry fees for all visits as mentioned in the programme.

*        Lunches and dinners, as specified, in the local restaurants and full board on the boat in Ha Long Bay.

*        VAT and other taxes

Our price does not include:

*        International flight tickets and airport tax.

*        Bus ticket: Phnom Penh – Siem Reap

*        Visas

*        Dinners, except as specified above.

*        Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses.

*        Insurance.    

Hotel list for Three Stars standard:

*        Hanoi: Thang Long Opera Hotel (*** city centre, Innova Superior Room) or similar

*        Ha Long Bay: Ha Long sails boat

*        Hue: Ideal Hotel (*** city centre, Ideal Superior Room) or similar

*        Hoi An: Lotus Hotel (*** with swimming pool, 2km from town centre, Standard Room) or similar

*        Ho Chi Minh City: Saigon Hotel (*** city centre,  Superior Room) or similar

*        Can Tho: Saigon Can Tho Hotel (*** comfortable local hotel, conveniently located, Superior Room) or similar

*        Chau Doc: Chau Pho Hotel (*** well located, Standard Room) or similar

*        Phnom Penh: Cardamom Hotel (*** good location, Deluxe Room) or similar

*        Siem Reap: Casa Angkor Hotel (*** city centre, Standard Room) or similar

Hotel list for Four Stars standard:

*        Hanoi: Sunway Hotel (**** comfortable boutique hotel 15 minute’s walk from the city centre, Superior Room) or similar

*        Ha Long Bay: Ha Long sails boat

*        Hue: Huong Giang Hotel (**** on the bank of the Perfume River, Deluxe ROH Room)

*        Hoi An: Hoi An Trails Resort (**** near Cua Dai Beach, Superior Room)

*        Ho Chi Minh City: Oscar Hotel (**** good location, Oscar Cosy Room)

*        Can Tho: Golf Hotel (**** high-rise building in the city centre on the banks of Hau River, Deluxe River View Room) or similar

*        Chau Doc: Victoria Chau Doc Hotel (**** French Colonial architecture, on the banks of the Bassac River, Superior Room)

*        Phnom Penh: Hotel Castle (**** situated very close to the Mekong River, Deluxe Room) or similar

*        Siem Reap: Tara Angkor Hotel (**** conveniently located on the road to Angkor, Superior Room) or similar