15 Days Best of Vietnam – Cambodia

Tour Highlights:
- Hanoi”Captial of Vietnam” - Halong Bay”UNESCO Site” - Hue”UNESCO Site” - Danang”Beach City” - Hoi An”UNESCO Site” - Nha Trang”Coastal City” - Ho Chi Minh City”Pearl of Far East” - Cu Chi Tunnels”Heroic Wonder” - Mekong River Delta”Mangrove Forests” - My Tho”Water-River Life” - Ben Tre”Nipa Palm Land” - Can Tho ” Busy Floating Markets” - Chau Doc, Mekong River Delta - Phnom Penh - Siem Reap - Angkor Wat
The tour begins in:
Hanoi”Captial of Vietnam”
The tour finishes in:
Siem Reap
Duration:
 15 Days / 14 Nights

This 15-day tour covers all major sightseeing from the north to the central and south of Vietnam, including some most beautiful beaches before heading to Cambodia to visit all the highlights from Phnom Penh the country’s capital to Angkor Wat and Angkor Complex in Siem Reap.

 

15 Days Best of Vietnam & Cambodia

 Tour Highlights

•  Hanoi – Enjoy highlights of Hanoi with the old town, street food, natural lakes, ancient pagodas, and top museums

•  Halong Bay – a UNESCO-listed site, kayaking around the tall limestone karsts, exploring caves, relaxing on the cruise ship

•  Hue – Explore a UNESCO-listed site with the Imperial City and 19th-century Citadel and take a riverboat trip around the ancient city

•  Hoi An – a UNESCO-listed old town, with food specialties and the beautiful beaches

•  Nha Trang – Experience the most beautiful beaches, islands, resorts, spas, and seafood

•  Ho Chi Minh City – Discover the largest and most bustling city in Vietnam with special local food, cafe culture, and colonial architecture

•  Cu Chi Tunnels – View the historical relics and experience the underground tunnels from the Vietnamese-American conflict

•  My Tho, Ben Tre, Can Tho, Chau Doc of Mekong River Delta – Boat throughout the floating villages, markets, mangrove forests

•  Phnom Penh – Touring the capital city and most bustling city of Cambodia

•  Siem Reap – Home to a UNESCO-listed Angkor Wat, the amazing Angkor Complex, and the natural Tonle Sap Lake “Great Lake”

Price Request Customize this tour
  • Day 1/ Hanoi: Hanoi, Vietnam arrival – Pick up – Meet your tour manager at hotel to go over any questions in your itinerary (D)
  • Day 2/ Hanoi: Hanoi City Tour (B)
  • Day 3/ Halong: Hanoi – Halong Bay – Cruise & Overnight on a 5-star Cruise Ship (B, L, D)
  • Day 4/ Hue: Halong Bay – Hanoi – Fly to Hue (a 1hr flight) (B, L)
  • Day 5/ Hue: Hue City Tour & Boat Trip (B, L)
  • Day 6/ Hoi An:  Hue – Hoi An Walking Tour (B)
  • Day 7/ Nha Trang:  Hoi An – Danang – Fly to Nhatrang Beach City (a 1hr flight) (B)
  • Day 8/ Nha Trang:  Nhatrang Island and Snorkeling Tour (B, L)
  • Day 9/ Saigon:  Nhatrang – Fly to Saigon (a 1hr flight) – Cu Chi Tunnel Tour (B)
  • Day 10/ Can Tho:  Saigon – Boat Trip in My Tho & Ben Tre of Mekong River Delta – Can Tho (B)
  • Day 11/ Chau Doc: Can Tho – Cai Rang Floating Market & Tra Su Cajuput Forest Boat Trip – Chau Doc (B)
  • Day 12/ Phnom Penh: Chau Doc – Boat Trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Tour (B)
  • Day 13/ Siem Reap:  Phnom Penh Tour – Fly to Siem Reap (a 50min flight) – Dinner with dance show (B, D)
  • Day 14/ Siem Reap:  Siem Reap – Angkor Wat & Angkor Complex Tour (B)
  • Day 15/ Departure: Siem Reap, Cambodia – Departure (B)

Trip Package Includes

•  A/C private transfers indicated in the program
•  All intra-flights (all airline taxes & service charges included)
     ∗  HANOI (HAN) – HUE (HUI): a 1hr flight
     ∗  DANANG (DAD) – NHA TRANG (CXR): a 50min flight

     ∗  NHA TRANG (CXR) – HO CHI MINH CITY/SAIGON (SGN): a 1hr flight
     ∗  PHNOM PENH (PNH) – SIEM REAP (REP): a 1hr flight
•  14 nights of accommodations at hotels
    ∗  2 nights Hanoi
    ∗  1 night Halong Bay on the cruise ship
    ∗  2 nights Hue
    ∗  1 night Hoi An
    ∗  2 nights Nha Trang
    ∗  1 nights Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
    ∗  1 night Can Tho

    ∗  1 night Chau Doc

    ∗  1 night Phnom Penh
    ∗  2 nights Siem Reap
•  Meal as indicated in the program: B- Breakfast, L- Lunch, D- Dinner
•  Cruise & Overnight on a 5-star cruise ship in Halong Bay (A/C private cabin for 02 persons on the cruise ship)
•  Speedboat and private boat to cruise at all places as indicated in the program
•  All admission costs at places mentioned in the itinerary
•  English-speaking tour guide
•  All entrance fees
•  All taxes & service charges
•  Local sim card for cell phone

 

Trip Package Excludes

•  Other meals and personal expenses that are not noted in the program

•  Trip insurance

Day 1:

Hanoi, Vietnam arrival – Airport pick up - Meet your tour manager - Welcome Dinner

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Welcome Dinner · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Hotel in Hanoi

Highlights:

Hanoi

Activities:

Upon your arrival at the airport in Hanoi, look for a greeting board with your name, and our tour guide will escort and transfer you to your hotel in the city center. Today, if time permits, you will have a welcome meeting with the salesperson who contacted you directly via email to go over any questions or changes to your itinerary…and IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, PLEASE ASK HIM/HER THAT DAY…, followed by dinner at a traditional local restaurant in the heart of Hanoi.
Overnight in Hanoi

Photos:

Day 2:

Hanoi City Tour Full Day Trip

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Hotel in Hanoi

Highlights:

Ho Chi Minh Complex ▸ Temple of Literature ▸ Ethnology Museum ▸ West Lake ▸ Quan Thanh Temple ▸ Tran Quoc Pagoda ▸ Ngoc Son Temple ▸ Hoan Kiem Lake ▸ Hanoi Old Quarter ▸ Water Puppet Show

Activities:
A one-day city tour of Hanoi – drive to Ho Chi Minh Complex, where we will spend a couple of hours visiting: Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum, his former stilt-house residence, the Presidential Palace, the Ho Chi Minh Museum and one pillar pagoda. Next, see the Temple of Literature, originally built as a temple to Confucius. It is the site of Vietnam’s first university dating back to 1070. The temple highlights the importance that Vietnamese society placed then and now on education. Lunch will be at a fine local restaurant in Hanoi.
In the afternoon, we will visit one of the most interesting museums in Vietnam: the Museum of Ethnology, widely acknowledged as the best in the country and has an extensive display dedicated to Vietnam’s 54 Ethnic minorities. Next, tour the city by car to see the real life of the Hanoi locals as well as the different parts of the city.
Then enjoy a memorable one-hour cyclo ride around the Old Quarter, known as the 36 streets. Have your cameras ready! This bustling area of narrow streets is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers. Originally, the 36 street names were related to the products being sold there. Before we go back to the hotel, we will have a chance to enjoy the unique Water Puppet show. Hear the Vietnamese traditional instruments and songs from the live musicians who play throughout the show. Then transfer back to the hotel.
Overnight in Hanoi

Photos:

Day 3:

Hanoi – Cruise & Overnight on a Cruise Ship in Halong Bay

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Accommodation on a 5-stsar cruise ship in Halong Bay

Highlights:

Halong Bay ▸ Amazing Cave (Sung Sot Cave) ▸ Ti Top island

Activities:
Around 7:15 am – 7:30 am, our driver will pick you up from the lobby of your hotel to move to Halong Bay.
12:00 Receptionists welcome guests at the Hạ Long International Harbour.
12:30 Captain welcomes guests to cruises by tender. Check-in cruise, whilst enjoying a welcome drink, safety briefing, and check-in cabin.
12:45 Leaving Hạ Long International harbor, discover the Halong Bay – natural wonders of
the world. Have lunch with special foods while cruising through famous sights by
limestone karsts…
14:45 Cruises stops at Bo Nau cave, the core area of the world’s natural heritage. Transfer by
tender to Suprise cave – one of the most beautiful caves in Halong Bay.
15:45 Leaving Suprise cave, transfer by tender to the Ti Top island was named by Uncle Ho,
after Gherman Stepanovich Ti Top – the Soviet astronaut who visited in 1962 Enjoy
swimming, relaxing on the beach, or climbing the steps of the Rock to the top of the island.
On the top of the mountain, you can see the corner of magical Halong Bay …
17:00 Back to the cruise. Relax and enjoy the sunset on the sun deck.
Go to the overnight place – Titop 587.
18:00-19:00 HAPPY HOUR – Buy 1 drink get 1 free (wine excluded)
18:30 Enjoy the Vietnamese cooking demonstration
19:00 Have set menu dinner
20:30 Evening activities include: film entertainment, mini-games (in the dining room), squid
fishing, massage (contact with Cruise manager for service price).
Overnight on a 5-star cruise ship in Halong Bay

Photos:

Day 4:

Halong Bay Cruise - Fly to Hue

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Lunch · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Internal airfare Hanoi-Hue · Hotel in Hue

Highlights:

Luon Cave by kayak ▸ Hue

Activities:

06:00 Morning call (if you request).
06:30 Enjoy Tai Chi instructions on the sundeck in 30 minutes whilst cruising to Luon cave.
07:00 Enjoy a light breakfast in the restaurant.
08:00 Visit Luon cave by kayak, one of the caves open to the form of beautiful endemic vegetation of Halong Bay. Visit Luon cave by a traditionally woven (bamboo) boat
rowed by a local boatman (public ticket 50.000đ/person).
09:00 Then come back to Athena cruise, relax and check out of the cabin. Please put your luggage outside the door. Our porters will collect and get them ready on the Pier for you. Finally, the cruise disembarks from Hạ Long International harbor.
09:30 Check out the cabin. Enjoy the brunch buffet menu served in the dining room. Settle bills in the dining room after brunch (if you have one).
10:45 Transfer by tender back to Hạ Long International Harbour and disembarkation, then the driver picks you up and transfers you to Hanoi airport to catch a short flight to Hue. Arriving in Hue, our driver and tour guide will pick you up and transfer you to your central hotel in Hue.
Overnight in Hue

Photos:

Day 5:

Hue City Tour & Boat Trip

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Boat · Hotel in Hue

Highlights:

Thien Mu Pagoda ▸ Perfume River ▸ Tu Duc King’s Tomb ▸ Hue Imperial Citadel ▸ Forbidden Purple City ▸ Garden House ▸ Dong Ba Market

Activities:
Hue is an ancient historical capital city. There are more than 100 architectural works reflecting the life of emperors and mandarins under Nguyen’s reign. Situated in the middle of hills on the southern bank of the Perfume River are very beautiful tombs of Nguyen Kings.
Pickup at 08:00 AM in the lobby of the hotel. Transfer to the wharf to cruise along the Perfume River to visit:
– Thien Mu Pagoda (The Heavenly Lady pagoda) with a good view of Perfume River and its surroundings.
– Tu Duc King’s tomb, one of the most beautiful works of Royal Architecture of the Nguyen Dynasty
Transfer back to the city to lunch at a fine local restaurant.
This afternoon, visit the Citadel and the Forbidden Purple City, Tinh Gia Vien Garden house, and Dong Ba market. Tour ends around 5:00 PM.
Overnight in Hue

Photos:

Day 6:

Hue – Danang & Hoi An Walking Tour

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Hotel in Hoi An

Highlights:

Lang Co Beach ▸ Cham Museum ▸ My Khe Beach ▸ Marble Mountain ▸ The Old Town of Hoi An

Activities:
At around 8 am, we leave Hue for Hoi An. On the way, we visit Lang Co Beach in Hue, the Cham Museum, and Marble Mountain in Danang. Upon arrival in Hoi An, we check into the hotel before taking a walking tour of Hoi An’s old town, visiting the famous Japanese Covered Bridge, the Pottery Museum, the 200-year-old Tan Ky House, the Chua Ong Pagoda, and the vibrant market. On the walking tour, you will see many low-tiled houses scattered along the small streets.
Overnight in Hoi An

Photos:

Day 7:

Hoi An/Danang - Fly to Nha Trang Beach City

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Internal airfare Danang-Nha Trang · Hotel in Nha Trang

Highlights:

Nha Trang Beach City

Activities:
Free time until our driver will take you to the airport for a short flight to Nha Trang. Upon arrival in Nha Trang, transfer to the hotel.
Overnight in Nha Trang
Day 8:

Nhatrang Islands & Snorkling Tour

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Boat · Hotel in Nha Trang

Highlights:

Tri Nguyen Aquarium ▸ Mieu Island ▸ Mun island ▸ Mot island ▸ Tranh Beach Island

Activities:
After breakfast, depart for Cau Da port around 8 AM. The first stop is Tri Nguyen Aquarium on Mieu Island, where many sea species from Nha Trang/Khanh Hoa province create a miniature ocean world. Then stop at Mun Island, a great island for snorkeling because of the abundance of colorful coral and fish. You can even see caves where sea swallows build their nests. Then relax, swim, and participate in watersports or other activities at Mot Island, Tranh beach, or what is still known as “Mini beach”. Enjoy lunch on the island. Before returning to your hotel, you will stop in a fishing village.
Overnight in Nha Trang

Photos:

Day 9:

Nha Trang – Fly to Ho Chi Minh City/ Saigon – Cu Chi Tunnels Tour

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Internal airfare Nha Trang-Saigon · Hotel in Saigon

Highlights:

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) ▸ Cu Chi Tunnels

Activities:
This morning, our driver will take you to the airport for a short flight to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Upon arrival in Saigon, transfer to the hotel for check-in.
This afternoon, we explore Cu Chi Tunnels an incredible underground tunnel network of approximately 200 kilometers constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the long struggle for independence. Transfer you back to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

Photos:

Day 10:

Saigon – Boat Trip in My Tho – Ben Tre of Mekong River Delta – Can Tho

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Boat · Hotel in Can Tho

Highlights:

Mekong River Delta ▸ My Tho ▸ Ben Tre “Southern Vietnamese folk music”

Activities:

8 AM Pick up in hotel lobby. Mekong Delta boat trip to My Tho and Ben Tre, famous for small wooden boats, sweet candy, and local folk songs. Tour ends at your hotel in Can Tho.
Overnight in Can Tho

Photos:

Day 11:

Can Tho – Cai Rang Floating Market & Tra Su Cajuput Forest Boat Trip – Chau Doc

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Boat · Hotel in Chau Doc

Highlights:

Cai Rang Floating Market ▸ Tra Su Cajuput Forest ▸ Chau Doc

Activities:

After breakfast, at around 7 am we take the morning boat trip to Cai Rang floating market with the busy market scene right at this early time. Continue cruising through the small canal system of the Mighty Mekong River on a sampan, and visit the village where they make the rice noodles. See the “Monkey Bridge” in the Delta. Before transferring to Chau Doc, we take a wooden boat trip in Tra Su Cajuput Forest.
Overnight in Chau Doc

Photos:

Day 12:

Chau Doc – Boat Trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Tour

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Speedboat · Hotel in Phnom Penh

Highlights:

Phnom Penh ▸ Wat Phnom

Activities:

After your breakfast at the hotel, around 6:45 am you are met and transferred to the ferry to catch a speedboat to Phnom Penh. Upon arrival to Phnom Penh at about 12:30 pm, pick up and transfer you to the hotel for check-in and have lunch in the local restaurant in the center of Phnom Penh. In the afternoon, we visit Wat Phnom, this pagoda is dedicated to the founder of the city, Madam Penh.
Overnight in Phnom Penh

Photos:

Day 13:

Phnom Penh Tour - Fly to Siem Reap

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Internal airfare Phnom Penh-Siem Reap · Hotel in Siem Reap

Highlights:

Silver Pagoda ▸ Royal Palace ▸ Royal Garden ▸ National Museum

Activities:

After your breakfast at the hotel, we take a half-day city tour to visit the most famous sites such as the Silver Pagoda located in the Royal Palace Enclosure and the Royal Garden, the Silver Pagoda, After that we visit The National Museum, built in the Khmer style in the 1920s has an extensive collection of Khmer. After our lunch in the local restaurant, you are transferred to the airport to catch a short flight to Siem Reap, upon arrival at Siem Reap airport our driver and tour guide pick you up and transfer you to the hotel for check-in and relaxation. This evening, you enjoy the welcome dinner with the Apsara show at the local and traditional restaurant in the center of Siem Reap. Transfer you back to the hotel after your dinner.
Overnight in Siem Reap

Photos:

Day 14:

Angkor Temple Complex Tour

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Hotel in Siem Reap

Highlights:

Angkor Thom ▸ Ta Prohm ▸ Angkor Wat

Activities:
Take sunrise on Angkor Wat at about 5 am for the optional tour (the hotelier will prepare you a breakfast box in this case).
Or 8 am we start the trip by exploring the most famous sites in Angkor Temple, including Angkor Thom, which is still called the Royal city, it was first built under the reign of Udayadityavarman II in the 11th century, then we explore Ta Phrom which was a monastery built by Jayavarman VII as a residence for his mother. Ta Phrom has been controversially left to the destructive power of the jungle by French archaeologists to demonstrate the awesome power of nature. Finally, we explore Angkor Wat which was built between 1113 and 1150 by king Suryavarman II and dedicated to Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, although some people believe it is dedicated to the king himself, as his mausoleum, because it faces the west, which represents death. Transfer you back your hotel.
Overnight in Siem Reap

Photos:

Day 15:

Siem Reap, Cambodia - Departure

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast

Highlights:

Airport transfer

Activities:

Free time to explore Siem Reap until it’s time for our driver picks up and transfers you to the airport to catch your flight back home or your next destination.

Price Request Customize this tour