Tour Overview
Start in Hanoi and end in Siem Reap! With the Active Adventure tour 17 Days Vietnam and Cambodia Tour, you have a 17 days tour package taking you through Hanoi, Vietnam and 8 other destinations in Asia. 17 Days Vietnam and Cambodia Tour includes accommodation in a hotel as well as flights, an expert guide, meals, transport and more.
Highlights
- Swim in the emerald waters of the stunning Ha Long Bay
- Explore the emerald waters by kayak or bamboo boat
- Visit Ho Chi Minh City
- Explore Cambodia
Itinerary
Pick up from the Noi Bai airport and then transfer you to the hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter – the most exciting place for tourist. After that you are free to visit Hanoi City by yourself.
Note: Check in time is 13:00 P.M.
Morning:
Shuttle bus picks you up from your hotel at 8:00am. Enjoy a scenic drive to Halong Bay with lush green paddy fields and romantic rivers. Embark on Cruise by noon for a short cruise briefing and check-in.
Afternoon:
Savour a delectable lunch as Cruises amongst the limestone islands. In the afternoon, we will stop at Surprise Cave, the most impressive cave in Halong Bay. Climb up the stairs and be thrilled by what Mother Nature has crafted here. Later return to main boat and continue cruising further into the Bay to Titop Island.
Have a shower to relax then you can join us in our cooking class in the dining room or sunset party on sundeck. For the rest of the night, socialize with other guests, fish for squid, or just laze around. Overnight on board.
Start your day with morning Tai Chi exercises a photo hunt on the sundeck. Have a light breakfast with coffee and tea and cake then head toward the Luon Cave. Come back to the ship and check out of your cabin while the farewell party is ready at the dining room. Passing famous sites like Ba Hang Fishing Village, Dog Islet on the way back to Ha Long Harbour.
Our driver will pick you up to the airport for flight to Danang.
Pick you up from Da Nang airport and transfer to hotel.
Free time to explore Da Nang city by yourself.
07h30-08h30: Pick you up from your hotel for the journey to Ba Na Hills.
09h15: Check in at the Suoi Mo Cable car Station. You will admire the heights from the most modern cable car system in Southeast Asia.
10h30: Enjoy the funicular railway, visit Golden Bridge, Linh Ung pagoda, France wine cellar, D'amour flower garden.
12h00: Have a lunch with buffet
13h00: Free time to visit & play games at Fantasy Park, explore French Village, King Peak at an altitude 1.487m, and admire the stunning panoramic views of Bana & DN
15h00: Return to Cable car & departure for Da Nang
16h30-17h30: Arrive back to your hotel
15:30: Pick you up at Da Nang and departure for Cam Thanh, Hoian.
16:00: You will go visiting the eco-system of the forest by basket boats, catching crabs, snails and making toys from coconut leaf. Especially, you can also join the basket boat race, which will bring you a lot of wonderful experiences.
17:30: Move to Hoi An ancient town, visit Japanese Covered Bridge, Sa Huynh Cultural Museum, Ancient House... walk around the lantern street, and shop at Nguyen Hoang night market.
19:00: Enjoy dinner at the local restaurant.
20:00-20h30: Return to Danang.
21:00: End of services at your hotel!
08:30-08:45: Pick you up at Hoi An, and transfer you to My Son Holyland, located 50 km to the south- west of Hoi An. On the journey, enjoy the views of the countryside and the daily lives of the locals.
10:00: Walk around with tour guide to see the historic and cultural ruins of the 16th century and to be brought back to the glorious time of the Champa civilization.
12:00: Leave My Son for return journey
13:30: Enjoy lunch at the local restaurant in Hoi An.
14:30: Return Danang.
Our driver will pick you up to the airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh city.
Pick you up from Da Nang airport and transfer to hotel.
Free time to explore Ho Chi Minh city by yourself.
This tour, perfect for history and war buffs, will take you back to wartime where you can explore the famous Cu Chi tunnels, try your hand at shooting accuracy with an AK-47 and even sample food eaten by Vietnamese soldiers during the war.
8:30am in the morning, we depart from Ho Chi Minh city to Cu Chi Tunnels. Cu Chi is now considered a heroic district for its role in the anti – American war resistance during the Vietnam war. It is legendary for its over 220km underground tunnel system and is a popular tourist site for both Vietnamese and foreigners.
Along the way to Cu Chi from Ho Chi Minh city, we will pass by the scenic local countryside, where you might even spot ducks and buffalo cooling off in the river. You will find it hard to imagine the destruction and damage that once dominated the area, caused by bombing and mines when Cu Chi was “a free target zone.”
After the tunnels, we’ll stop for a lunch of local Vietnamese cuisine before heading back Ho Chi Minh. Here, we’ll visit the Reunification palace, which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until the end of the war in April 1975, The Notre Dame cathedral, the General Post Office and the War Remnant Museum.
The tour finishes at 17:30.
Pick you up from your hotel in District 1 before heading to My Tho city by bus. Enjoy the scenery and green rice paddies during the one and a half hour bus ride. Along the way, we will visit Vinh Trang pagoda, the biggest pagoda in the Mekong delta. Continue to My Tho, where we take a boat trip along the Mekong River, where you can see fish cages and floating houses on the river.
The boat takes you to a small canal, escaping the hustle and bustle of the town. We disembark at a coconut island in Ben Tre and enjoy a walk around the village. Stop at a local family home to enjoy tropical fruit, taste the honey tea and honey wine and listen to Vietnamese traditional music performed by the villagers. Check out the coconut candy shop and learn how to make candy, and see handicrafts made from the coconuts.
Take your time snapping photos and enjoy the natural scenery before we head to the local restaurant. Lunch is set with special Vietnamese food. Enjoy your lunch outside under the shade of the trees. After lunch, enjoy your time relaxing, walking around the village, or perhaps going for a short bike ride. Travel back to Saigon and arrive around 5.00 pm for the end of the tour.
Bus start at 8.00 am and drive to Moc Bai border gate to enter Cambodia (bus time 6 – 7 hours). You will get visa on arrival with the help of bus crew (on request) for you to pass Cambodia. Bus station pick up and check in hotel in Phnom Penh V Hotel (or Similar).
Arrive Phnom Penh, meet with driver and transfer to hotel for check in. Free to relax.
Phnom Penh is known as the "Pearl in Asia", it was considered one of the loveliest French-built cities in Indochina in the 1920s with old colonial buildings. There are a number of surviving French colonial buildings scattered along the grand boulevards. Currently known as the political and commercial city of Cambodia.
In the morning after having breakfast then we tour Phnom Penh, the capital of the Kingdom of Cambodia. We will visit Wat Phnom, the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, and the National Museum, with many pre & post Angkor artifacts.
Lunch is at Friends the Restaurant a ‘kindness restaurant’s where ex-street children are trained in hospitality and restaurant skills, helping them to break away from life on the streets.
This afternoon, we deal with a dark chapter of Cambodian history as we visit sites related to the Khmer regime. Visit the notorious Tuol Sleng Museum & Choeung Ek Killing Field. This former school was used as a prison by Pol Pot’s security forces and became the largest center for detention and torture during the rule of the Khmer Rouge. We will also have some time to explore the Russian Market
After breakfast, you will be driven to the bus station to begin the journey to Siem Reap, which takes around 6 hours distance: 314km without guide . Pick up from the Bus and transfer to the hotel check in. On the way to hotel, we will stop in front of the King’s Residence to see the Main Shrine, where the local people usually worship, with its statue of Yeay Teap, Preah Ang Chek and Preah Ang Chorm. Buying jasmine and lotus flowers to worship is very important for the Cambodians. We will continue to "Chantiers Ecoles - Les Artisans d'Angkor" which provides training to young Cambodians in an effort to revive the ancient Khmer traditions of stone carving and wood sculpting. Spend the rest of time to visit one of the city’s lively open markets, Psar Chars, also called the “Old Market”, where anything and everything is for sale! Then continue to Wat Bo, a large, highly respected pagoda, founded in the 18th Century. Like the Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh, the vihear of Wat Bo contains unique wall paintings of the Reamker that are said to be late 19th Century. Here we will have a blessing ceremony by Buddhist monks for propensity, happiness and safely etc, during your holiday in Cambodia.
In and around Angkor Wat
After breakfast, enjoy a full day excursion to discover Angkor Thom and Temples. Firstly, you will visit the wonderful Angkor Thom (the Great City) including the Southern Gate, famous Bayon temple (12th century in the centre of city remains one the most enigmatic temples of the Angkor group composed of 54 gothic towers decorated with 216 smiling faces of Avalokitesvara. Baphuon temple is lying just to the north of Bayon a pyramidal representation of mythical Mont Meru. Terrace of Elephants used as a giant reviewing stand for public ceremonies and served as a base for the king’s grand audience hall ; Terrace of the Leper King a platform 7m high, with statue and temple walls covered in emerald-green moss intertwined with roots which many deem the most charming of all, Ta Prohm.
Lunch is Khmer style in a local restaurant. Regain your energy enjoying a sumptuous Khmer feast near Sras Srang, the Royal Pool of Ablutions, originally reserved for the King and his consorts. Enjoy a spread of great local food followed by a nap lazing in a hammock, or explore to see the traditional way of life and say hello to the Cambodians near here.
Afternoon, it is time to visit the wonderful Angkor Wat Temples – one of the seven greatest architectural wonders of the world, as a temple and mausoleum for King Suryavarman II at the peak of the Khmer empire in the first half of 12th. Angkor Wat is probably the best-preserved of the Angkorean temples, with a central tower surrounded by four smaller towers. The central monument represents the mythical Mount Meru, the holy mountain at the centre of the universe, which was home to the Hindu God Vishnu. The whole complex covers 81 hectares, a rectangular wall measuring 1025 meters by 800 meters borders the inner edge of the moat, and temple's greatest sculptural treasure is its 2 km-long bas-reliefs around the walls. In the late afternoon, visit to the Phnom Bakheng temple, is the first temple in Angkor region build by the Yacovarman I King in the first of 9th century, located on a slope gently hill where thousands tourist are grouping on the hilltop to catch a memorable time of life when viewing the marvellous sunset, the distant Angkor Wat in the jungle. This evening, enjoy buffet local dinner with Cambodian Cultural Performance including Apsara Show.
Today you will free leisure on own arrange.
In the morning will be driving through the lovely country where could see the traditional Khmer houses, friendly local inhabitants as well as also see cattle are in the field. After arriving the mountain top of Phnom Kulen we will explore from the thousand Linga River, gigantic reclining Buddha where local people believe as a holly place then enjoy to swim at the waterfall follow by picnic lunch on the river bank. On the way back stop at Pradark Village, where you will see the villagers making palm sugar, handicraft for selling to tourist. It’s a nice chance for you to see the local people living at the country side with their struggling for daily life.
Today is on your own leisure until transfer to the airport for your flight to the next destination. End of base tour service.
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16 nights accommodation included 15 nights in hotel (3 star), 1 night on Halong cruise
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