9 Days South Vietnam & Cambodia

Tour highlights:
- Ho Chi Minh City “Largest City” - Cu Chi Tunnels “Heroic Wonder” - Mekong River Delta “Mangrove Forests” - My Tho “Water-River Life” - Ben Tre “Nipa Palm Land” - Can Tho “Floating Markets” - Chau Doc “Border Town” - Phnom Penh “Busy Capital” - Siem Reap “Resort Town” - Angkor Wat “UNESCO Site” - Angkor Temple Complex
The tour begins in:
Hanoi “Vietnam Capital”
The tour finishes in:
Siem Reap “Resort Town”
Duration:
 9 Days / 8 Nights

This 9-day tour covers all major sightseeing from southern Vietnam to Cambodia, including Ho Chi Minh City, the Mekong River Delta, Phnom Penh the capital of Cambodia, the unique Angkor Complex, and an amazing Angkor Wat

 

9 Days Best of South Vietnam & Cambodia

Special Features

• Discover Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city with food specialties, cafe culture, colonial architecture

• Explore Cu Chi tunnels with historical relics, the underground tunnels from the Vietnamese-American conflict

• Take a rowing boat trip in the Mekong River Delta to learn about the local water-river life

• Experience Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital with the world-famous Royal Palace, Killing Fields, top museums

• Touring Siem Reap, UNESCO-listed Angkor Wat, the amazing Angkor Complex, Tonle Sap Lake “Great Lake”

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  • Day 1 /Ho Chi Minh City: Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), Vietnam arrival – Pick up & Check in hotel – Welcome Dinner (D)
  • Day 2 /Ho Chi Minh City: Ho Chi Minh City Tour – Cu Chi Tunnel – Ho Chi Minh City (B)
  • Day 3 /Can Tho: Ho Chi Minh City – Boat Trip in My Tho & Ben Tre of Mekong River Delta – Can Tho (B, L)
  • Day 4 /Chau Doc: Can Tho – Cai Rang Floating Market – Chau Doc (B, L)
  • Day 5 /Phnom Penh: Chau Doc – Boat Trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia (B)
  • Day 6 /Phnom Penh: Phnom Penh Tour (B)
  • Day 7 /Siem Reap: Phnom Penh – Fly to Siem Reap (a 1hr flight) – Angkor Temple Tour (B, Dinner with show)
  • Day 8 /Siem Reap: Siem Reap – Angkor Wat UNESCO Site & Angkor Temple Complex Tour (B)
  • Day 9 /Departure: Tonle Sap Lake Boat Trip – Siem Reap, Cambodia Departure (B)

Trip Package Includes

•  A/C private transfers indicated in the program
•  Intra-flight (all airline taxes & service charges included)
     ∗  PHNOM PENH (PNH) – SIEM REAP (REP): a 1hr flight
•  8 nights of accommodations
    ∗  2 nights Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
    ∗  1 night Can Tho
    ∗  1 night Chau Doc
    ∗  2 nights Phnom Penh
    ∗  2 nights Siem Reap
•  Meal as indicated in the program: B- Breakfast, L- Lunch, D- Dinner
•  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:

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam arrival - Pick up & Check in hotel - Welcome Dinner

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Highlights:

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Activities:

Upon your arrival at the airport in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), you are met by a DH Travel tour guide and transferred to the hotel for check-in, recovery, and a welcome dinner if the time permits.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Day 2:

Ho Chi Minh City Tour – Cu Chi Tunnel – Ho Chi Minh City

Included:

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

Highlights:

Notre Dame Cathedral ▸ Presidential Palace ▸ War Museum ▸ Ben Thanh Market ▸ Cu Chi Tunnels

Activities:

After breakfast at the hotel, we will take a full-day tour of Ho Chi Minh City and the Cu Chi Tunnels. Firstly, we pass by the now-demolished wartime American Embassy and then visit the Reunification Palace, the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until April 1975, explore the French colonial structures of Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Saigon Post Office, visit the War Remnant Museum and the bustling Ben Thanh Market the largest market in southern Vietnam.
Lunch at a local restaurant in Saigon before discovering the Cu Chi Tunnels, an underground tunnel network built by Vietnamese fighters during their long struggle for independence.
Return to your hotel around 5:30 PM for free time. This evening, suggestion that you should stroll through the outdoor night market for unique souvenirs and street food this evening.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

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Day 3:

Ho Chi Minh City - 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 Delta▸My Tho▸Ben Tre “Southern Vietnamese folk music”▸ Can Tho

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. The tour ends at your hotel in Can Tho.
Overnight in Can Tho

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Day 4:

Can Tho - Cai Rang Floating Market – Chau Doc

Included:

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

Highlights:

Phong Dien Floating Market ▸ Cai Rang Floating Market ▸ Chau Doc

Activities:

After breakfast, we take the morning boat trip to the Cai Rang floating market with its busy market scene right at this early time, continue cruising through the small canal system of the Mighty Mekong River on a sampan to visit the floating villages where the locals make the traditional rice noodles and see the “Monkey Bridge” in the area.
Then, we move to Chau Doc to enjoy a wooden boat ride in the Tra Su Cajuput Forest, home to numerous bird species until transferring you to your center hotel in Chau Doc.
Overnight in Chau Doc

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Day 5:

Chau Doc – Boat Trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Included:

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

Highlights:

Phnom Penh

Activities:

This morning, we leave Chau Doc, Vietnam for Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia by speedboat. Arrive at Phnom Penh wharf at about 12:30 – 1 pm, pick up and drive you to the hotel for check-in in the city of Phnom Penh.
Overnight in Phnom Penh

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Day 6:

Phnom Penh Tour

Included:

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

Highlights:

Victory Monument ▸ National Museum ▸ Royal Palace ▸ Silver Pagoda ▸ Tuol Sleng museum ▸ Killing Field

Activities:

Breakfast at the hotel. Today, we will spend almost our time visiting the most outstanding tourist sites in Phnom Pen, including the Victory Monument, the National Museum, the Royal Palace, which was built by the French in 1866 on the site of the old town, and Silver Pagoda, which is located within the Royal Palace ground.
Later on, we will keep on discovering Tuol Sleng Museum & Killing Field, where the Khmer Rouge captured & executed nearly 2 million Cambodians during the period from 1975 until 1979.
Overnight in Phnom Penh

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Day 7:

Phnom Penh – Fly to Siem Reap – Visit Angkor Temple Complex

Included:

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

Highlights:

Ta Prohm ▸ Prasat Kravan ▸ Srah Srang “The Royal Baths” ▸ Banteay Kdei ▸ Ta Keo ▸ Phnom Bakheng

Activities:

After breakfast at the hotel, you are met and transferred to the airport to catch our short flight to Siem Reap, upon arrival at the airport in Siem Reap, you are transferred to the hotel for check-in and enjoy our lunch in the local traditional restaurant in the center of Siem Reap.
Then, we visit Ta Prohm and Ta Keo, which are the area’s most beautiful temples, which have been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of their mystery.
Continue to visit the unique interior brick sculptures of Prasat Kravan, Srah Srang (“The Royal Baths” was once used for ritual bathing), Banteay Kdei (surrounded by 4 concentric walls), Ta Keo, constructed in the late 10th or early 11th-century C.E, the first temple to be constructed wholly of sandstone.
We will enjoy the sunset at Phnom Bakheng hill temple in the late afternoon, this evening we have dinner with the Apsara dance show in the local restaurant of Siem Reap town.
Oernight in Siem Reap.

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Day 8:

Angkor Wat - Angkor Temple Complex Tour Full Day

Included:

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

Highlights:

Angkor Thom ▸ Bayon Temple ▸ Angkor Wat

Activities:

After breakfast at the hotel, we start our trip by visiting the rest main sites of the Angkor Group. Firstly, we visit the antique capital of Angkor Thom (12 century): the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, the Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avalokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King.
We have lunch in the local restaurant near Angkor Temple Complex before exploring the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat, which covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing, its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th-century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture.
Overnight in Siem Reap

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Day 9:

Tonle Sap Lake Boat Trip - Siem Reap, Cambodia, Departure

Included:

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

Highlights:

Tonle Sap Lake

Activities:

After your breakfast at the hotel, if the time permits, around 8 am we move to Tonle Sap Lake which is still considered the biggest water-fresh lake or “great lake” in Asia, here we take a boat trip around the lake to see the daily life of the local floating villages’ people who live in the lake until transferring you to the airport to catch your flight back home or your next destination.

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