Day 1: Hanoi arrival.

On arrival in Hanoi pick-up and transport to Hanoi center. Check-in hotel. Free at leisure. 

Day 2: Hanoi city. Guide (B/ -/ -)

Around 8:30am pick-up at the hotel. Visiting Ho Chi Minh complex, including Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum the final resting place of the Vietnamese great father odar uncle Ho, President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt House where he lived on and off from 1958 to 1969, One Pillar Pagoda – a group of structures consisting of a pagoda and a tower built in the middle of a square lake. Leaving One Pillar Pagoda and driving to West Lake to visit Tran Quoc pagoda.
After lunch, visiting the Temple of literature and the Museum of Ethnology – the most interesting museum in Hanoi, with many different things relating to the 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups. After that, you will visit Hoan Kiem lake (Restore Sword Lake). The last place of the tour is the old quarters of Hanoi, and enjoying the walk around. Drop-off at the hotel.

(All museums are closed on Monday. Ho Chi Minh mausoleum is closed on Monday, Friday, the whole month of October and November! Long dresses are requested when visiting the mausoleum, temple and pagoda)

8:00 - 8:30. Our guide & driver will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter, then leave by coach to Hoa Lu (2.5 hrs). Visit the historic capital of Vietnam and the famous ancient temples of Le and the Dinh Dynasties. Then our bus will transfer you from Hoa Lu to Tam Coc for lunch around at 12:30PM.

PM : After lunch, boat trip to visit Tam Coc to see the beauty of the karst formations as you pass along their base and row into one of the many caves carved through the limestone. Then, cycle for an hour on quiet roads through villages, rice fields, rivers and rocky outcrops in Tam Coc - Bich Dong (around 5 km).

Stay overnight in Tam Coc.

Day 4: Tam Coc – Halong Bay. Guide on the board (B/ L/D)

At around 07:00am pick-up at your hotel by bus and departure to Ha Long harbor: The trip takes approximately 4 hours with a short break on the way.

Day 6: Hue city tour (B/-/-)

Arrival in Hue around 08h45, meeting our guide. We start our tour to Imperial City - the capital of Vietnam from 1802-1945, which was recognized as a World Heritage Site. Tranfer to hotel.
Afternoon, the visit to Tu Duc Mausoleum - one of the most spectacular Royal Tombs in Hue, which is located in a narrow wooded valley in Duong Xuan Thuong village, 8km from the former imperial capital of Hue. The tomb was designed by the Emperor Tu Duc himself and was built between 1864 and 1867. Back to Hue. Overnight in Hue.

 Day 7: Hue – Hoi An. By open bus(B/ L/-)

After having breakfast in the hotel, leaving Hue and road to Hoi An by open bus. The bus will arrive in Hoi An at noon tranfer to hotel. Afternoon, free time to visite the Ancient Quarter of Hoi An: Japanese covered bridge, Phung Hung Ancient House, Phuc Kien Assembly Hall, Hoian Local Market.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 8: Hoi An. Free time (B/ -/D)

Breakfast at hotel. Free time at your leisure. Overnight in Hoi An

Thuy Duong 3 hotel, room superior, http://www.thuyduonghotel-hoian.com/

Day 9: Hoi An – Da Nang – Saigon. Guide in Sai Gon (B/-/-)

After breakfast, check-out hotel then leave Hoi An for Da Nang airport, where we take a flight from Da Nang to Saigon. From Tan Son Nhat airport transport to center for city tour.  We visit Unification palace once was the living place for Sothern President. Afternoon visit Notre Dame Cathedral, city Post Office, Opera house, and Ben Thank market. Overnight in Saigon. 

Day 10: Sai Gon – Ben Tre – Sai Gon. Local guide in Ben Tre. Flight to Phnom Penh (B/L/D)

Today we drive to Ben Tre province in the middle of Mekong Delta, the biggest basket of rice in Vietnam, where the web of Mekong river waterways covers an area of about 60,000 km across 13 provinces. Arrive at Ben Tre boat wharf at around 10:30 AM. Cruise along the river by motor boat to a traditional brick kiln where our guide will introduce the old method of making and baking clay bricks. Drink fresh coco milk on boat while continue to a tropical garden to taste fruits and enjoy a Southern traditional music show named “Dan Ca Tai Tu”. The following visits are coco candy workshop, weaving mat family, and having short ride on 3 wheels motor called Xe Loi moving around the village to our restaurant for lunch free. After lunch we enjoy the rowing boat trip through small canals covered by coco plant shade to our motor boat then back to meet our driver for driving back to Sai Gon. Take the flight in late afternoon Sai Gon/ Phnom Penh. Upon arrival, pick-up and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Day 11: Phnom Penh visit – flight to Siem Reap. Guide (B/-/-)

Breakfast at hotel, then visit Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, and renowned Wat Phnom as namesake of the capital Phnom Penh. Afternoon, visit Toul Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes and Cheung Ek Killing Fields, then transfer to airport for flight off to Siem Reap.

Upon arrival to Siem Reap, pick up then transfer to hotel for checking in. Free leisure and overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.

Day 12: Siem Reap – Angkor Thom – Angkor Wat. By tuck tuck. Guide (B/-/-)

Morning after breakfast, transfer by tuck tuck to visit South Gate of Angkor Thom, famous Bayon, Baphoun, Terrace of Elephant, Phimean Akas, Terrace of Leper King.

Afternoon, transfer by tuck tuck to visit the famous World Heritage “Angkor Wat” then climb up the Bakheng Hill to watch beautiful sunset from the top of the mountain. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 13: Siem Reap-Kbal Spean-Banteay Srey. Guide (B/-/-)

Breakfast at the hotel, then travel 45km to Kbal Spean, or valley of the 1000 lingas; a remarkable place where natural meets man-made phenomenon – 1000 hand carved lingas lie on the bed of the Kbal Spean River downstream from the stunning waterfall, placed there to fertilize the river during ancient times.

Afternoon, visit Banteay Srei; 30km from Siem Reap, Banteay Srei is a unique and exquisite temple, glowing red and in perfect symmetrical detail, which possesses a truly unrivalled beauty all of its own. The carvings here are undoubtedly the most detailed of any of those in Angkor, and the perfection and attention to detail are remarkable. Then on to Banteay Samre, or Citadel of the Samre, a smaller temple located in the jungle in the style of Angkor Wat. On our return we will also stop at Srah Srang – a vast and beautiful man-made lake where the Royals of Angkor would bathe, relax and unwind, before returning to Siem Reap.

Day 14: Siem Reap departure. Guide (B/-/-)

Breakfast at hotel, you will transfer to take private boat cruise on Tonle Sap Lake, visit floating village and fisherman life, then back to visit Chantie Ecole-Artisan D’Angkor, Old market. Then transfer to airport for flight off.