16-   11 DAYS: VIETNAM & CAMBODIA

09h35: Upon arrival in Hanoi, Pick up at NoiBai International Airpot, transfer for having lunch, check–in hotel. We visit the west Lake (The biggest lake in Hanoi) and Quan Thanh Temple. : In teh afternoon, we continue visiting the HochiMinh Mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple Of Literature, Ethnology Museum.

We take a coach trip to Halong, Stop at Dong Thieu.12h00 Arrival Halong, check in Junk, whole afternoon will be dedicated to Halong Bay on junk. (B)

Breakfast, continue cruise to explore Halong.Have lunch.Departure for Hanoi,stop at Sao Do.Arrival Hanoi in the afternoon.Visit War Museum,Hoan Kiem Lake,The Huc Bridge,Old Quarter by cyclo. Enjoy water Puppetry Show. Overnight at hotel (B)

Breakfast, free until transferring to the airpot for flight to Hue. Arrival Hue, transfer to the hotel for check in. Have lunch.Visit citadel, including Flag Tower,Ngo Mon gate,Nite Dynastic Urns, Nine Holy Cannons, Thai Hoa palace, Forbidden Purple City, continue to visit thien Mu Pagoda (considered as Royal Pagoda of the Nguyen Dynasty and Imperal Citadel.) near Huong Giang river, visit Dong Ba market. (B)

Breakfast, we visit Hue with Khai Dinh ,Tu Duc Mausoleum,Tu Hieu Pagoda. Have lunch at local restaurant.Coach trip to Hoi An. (B)

Travel over rural to My Son.Have lunch.Afternoon,explore Hoi An ancient town by cyclo to builder’s yard and woodcarvers as well as a pottery, Pagoda Chinese, the bridge Japanese, a typical old house, the factory of silk.Overnight at hotel in Hoi An, (B)

Breakfast, we transfer to Danang Airpot to take flight departure for Ho Chi Minh city. Arrival TanSonNhat Airpot, pick up and transfer to the hotel for check in.Have lunch. Afternoon, Haft day city tour Ho Chi Minh included: HoChiMinh City Hall, Notre Dame Church, Thong Nhat Conference Hall, China Town and Thien Hau Temple, War Museum. Overnight at hotel in Hoi An, (B)

Breakfast, drive to visit My Tho Town in Tien Giang Province, one of 11 provinces in the Mekong Delta. Boat trip on Mekong River to visit farmer’s house and garden.,channels and the picturesque market float, Visit Cai Be Market Float.. Lunch on in a restaurant on the islet in the river. Visit bee–raising farm, coconut–candy enterprise. Drive back to Hochiminh City. Stop at Long An Town to visit a Cao Dai Temple, a strange religion in the South of Vietnam. Overnight at hotel in Hoi An, (B)

Breakfast, we visit Cuchi Underground Tunnels – a battle field in Vietnam War closely to Saigon City. Lunch at local restaurant.then transfer to Saigon for departure to Siem Reap.Meet and transfer to check–in hotel Siem Reap, Dinner & overnight at hotel (B)

This morning, visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom (Great Angkor or Great City). Angkor Thom is a 3km walled and moated royal city and was the last capital of the Angkorian Empire. After Jayavarman VII recaptured the Angkorian capital from the Cham invaders in 1181, he began a massive building campaign across the empire, constructing Angkor Thom as his new capital city. The ancient walled city of Angkor Thom contains the famous Bayon temple with its more than 200 enormous, mysterious smiling faces. Next, visit to the Terrace of the Elephants. Impressive, two and half–meter tall wall spanning the heart of Angkor Thom in the front of Baphoun and Phimeanakas, Carved elephants and giant garudas adorn the wall. Terrace of the Leper King – a double terrace at the north end of the Terrace of the Elephants with deeply carved nagas, demons and other mythological beings. After lunch, we visit Taprohm and Angkor Wat temple– on e of the Seven Wonders of the World. Angkor Wat, the largest temples in the world, with a volume of stone equalling that of the Cheops pyramid in Egypt/ The temples of Angkor, built from 879–1191AD, when the Khmer civilization was at the height of its development, represent one of humankind’s most astonishing and enduring architectural achievements. (B)

Option1
Breakfast, today we continue visiting the earliest temples of the Angkor period at Roluose, including Preah Ko, Bakong and Lolei temples for a useful chronological perspective on Angkor’s development. Next we do excursion on Tonle Sap lake for visiting the floating village and market, Lunch at local retaurant, after lunch we transfer to the airport for departure flight to Bangkok. (B)

Option 2
Breakfast, today we enjoy the spectacular views as you cruise along the Tonle Sap Lake, which enable you to see fascinating fishing villages, one of Asia’s largest fishing villages. On the way back to town, visit Artisans D’Angkor to discover the traditional Khmer techniques used for stone and wood carving, lacquering and gilding, The numerous items made in the workshops are inspired by the rich Cambodia heritage, Old market, Silk farm (16 Km to the west of Siem Reap; near Pouk village the silk farm is a worthwhile place to see a slice of Cambodian rural industry, Set amongst fields of mulberry trees, the silk farm is a working factory farm, producing some of the finest silk in the country). Next visit the Western Barray, this vast man made reservoir, 8.5kms x 2.5Kms was built by hand 800 years ago. Later we transfer to the airport for departure to Bangkok (B)

• Transportation in private air–conditioned
• 1 night on Junk in Halong
• Accommodation in twin shared
• Boat as per itinerary
• Italian speaking guide ( each city)
• Admission fee to indicated sights
• Cyclo tour & water puppet show
• Meals: daily breakfast at hotel
• Meals:2 lunches & 1 dinner LuangSay
• Gov’t tax and service charge
• Luggage handling and drinking water
• 1FOC for T/L on Twin sharing basis

• Visa stamping fee on arrival
• Int’l airport departure tax
• Int’l air tickets to / fromCambodia/Vietnam
• Travel Insurance in all kinds
• Single room (quoted separately)
• No FOC for all air tickets
• Tip, drinks, personal expenses and others