Thứ Ba, 23 tháng 6, 2015

HIGHLIGHTS OF VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA TOUR

This Highlights of Vietnam and Cambodia Tour's known as an overland trip starting by bus from Siemreap with Angkor to Phnompenh then Saigon, Mekong Delta, Hanoi and Halong Bay..

*BRIEF ITINERARY:Day 1: Arrival – Siem Reap
Day 2: Optional: Full Day Siem Reap Package Tour
Day 3: Optional: Full Day Siem Reap Package Tour
Day 4: Tonle Sap Boat Trip – Siem Reap – Bus to Phnom Penh
Day 5: Phnom Penh Full Day City Tour
Day 6: Phnom Penh – Bus to Sai Gon
Day 7: Full Day Sai Gon City + Cu Chi Tunnels Tour
Day 8: Saigon – Flight to Ha Noi – Halong Bay
Day 9: Halong Bay – Cruising Tour
Day 10: Halong Bay – Ha Noi
Day 11: Ha Noi – Half Day Walking Tour – Optional
Day 12: Ha Noi – Free
Day 13: Ha Noi – Departure

Day 1 – Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Arrival – Siem reap (-/-/-)

Warmly welcome at Siem Reap International airport, you are met by our guide & driver and then transferred direct to hotel for check in.
* Optional half-day sightseeing tour in Angkor Watt (Your Own Account):
Visit to 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), Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool (representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain-lake), Preah Khan temple, Built by the King Jayavarman VII. Preah Khan is, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulder hugging corridors. Unlike Ta Prohm, however, the temple of Preah Khan is in a reasonable state of preservation and ongoing restoration efforts should maintain and even improve this situation.
* Inclusions: English speaking guide, private car transfer, Entrance fee at mentioned travel sites, cold water & wipes
O/N at hotel in Siem Reap.

Day 2 - Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Full Day Siem Reap Package Tour (Optional) (B/-/-)

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Siem Reap: Angkor Watt Complex
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Siem Reap: Tonle Sap Lake
Breakfast at hotel, you’ll be free on your own to discover Angkor Complex (No car & guide)
* Optional Full-day sightseeing tour in Angkor Watt (Your Own Account):
Visit to 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 Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King.
Lunch at local restaurant
It is time to visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. The temple complex 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.
* Inclusions: English speaking guide, private car transfer, Entrance fee at mentioned travel sites, cold water & wipes
O/N at hotel in Siem Reap.

Day 3 - Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Full Day Siem Reap Package Tour (Optional) (B/-/-)

Breakfast at hotel, you’ll be free on your own to discover Angkor Complex (No car & guide)
* Optional Full-day sightseeing tour in Angkor Watt (Your Own Account):
In the morning, we will visit to Banteay Srey temple, know as Citadel of Women, located 35 kms from Siem Reap city. This trip will allow you to see also the nice Khmer villages.
Visit to Thommanon, Chau Say Tevoda, Ta Keo and Ta Prohm, one of the area’s most beautiful temples. Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery.
* Inclusions: English speaking guide, private car transfer, Entrance fee at mentioned travel sites, cold water & wipes
O/N at hotel in Siem Reap.

Day 4 - Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Tonle Sap Boat Trip – Siem Reap – Bus to Phnom Penh (B/-/-)

Breakfast at hotel
This morning we will enjoy a boat ride on the Tonle Sap lake. This is the largest permanent fresh-water lake in South East Asia and flows into Tonle Sap River, joining the Mekong in Phnom Penh. We will see a fishermen’s “floating village” with floating schools, floating police station, etc. It is same as a big village floating on the lake, and the “village” move from place to place following water levels and current.
Lunch not included
Transfer to Siem Reap bus station for departure to Phnom Penh by Joined tourist bus which will take more than 6 hours to arrive in Phnom Penh where they get picked up and transfer to hotel for check in.
Dinner not included and night accommodation at hotel
O/N in Phnom Penh.

Day 5 - Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Phnom Penh Full Day City Tour (B/-/-)

Breakfast at hotel.
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Phnom Penh: Royal Palace
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Phnom Penh: Independence Monument
We will visit to the Royal Palace, built by King Norodom in 1866 on the site of the old town, and the Silver Pagoda, located within the grounds of the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda is so named because of  its floor, which is made up of 5000 silver tiles. Then continue your visit to National Museum.
Lunch not included
Visit to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum or S21, was the former Tuol Svay Prey High School. The Khmer Rouge set up a prison
at this site in May 1976, to detain individual accused of opposing the Pol Pot regime, and was Angkar’s premier security institution, the Killing Field of Choeung Ek, and Wat Phnom temples.
O/N in Phnom Penh.

Day 6 - Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Phnom Penh – Bus to Sai Gon (B/-/-)

Breakfast at hotel
Transfer to Phnom Penh bus station for departure to Saigon by morning bus (Mekong Express)
On arrival at Saigon, you are met and transferred to hotel for check in.
The bustling Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by many locals, is a center of commerce, finance, culture and tourism in Vietnam. This metropolis, contradiction of its northern counterpart, is crowded with bikes and motorbikes, excited by numerous shopping areas and sidewalk cafes. (If time permits) we stroll around the down town to explore the different local ways of life.
O/N in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 7 - Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Full Day Sai Gon City + Cu Chi Tunnels Tour (B/-/-)

Today we spend a half day exploring the captivating Ho Chi Minh City. The most places of interest are located near the town center. We pass by the now-demolished wartime American Embassy on our way to the Reunification Palace. This famous edifice was a former residence of the President of Southern Vietnam until end of April 1975. Close to the palace are some striking French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Sai Gon Post Office. We follow these with a visit to the Jade Emperor Pagoda and the War Remnant Museum with a wealth of images from the notorious conflicts. The sightseeing ends up with a walk around the retail Ben Thanh Market where anything and everything is for sale!
Afternoon: Transfer about 30km north-west of Ho Chi Minh City to Cu Chi town. Cu Chi tunnels were used as the base from which the Vietnamese mounted their operations of the Tet Offensive in 1968. The incredible underground network in Cu Chi stretched over 200 kilometres and became legendary during the American war. The extensive tunnels have been specially constructed with living areas, weapon factories, filed hospitals, command centres, plus accommodation. Today we have an excursion to Cu Chi Tunnels to visit an exposition hall and a widened section of the tunnels to get a feel of the underground life. There are also possibilities to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range
O/N in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 8 - Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Saigon – Flight to Ha Noi – Halong Bay (B/-/-)

Step back in time as you fly from the buzzing, modern city of Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi on VN231 (09:00 – 11:00). Upon arrival at Noibai Airport, you’ll be met by our tour guide & transferred to Halong City for Check-in hotel in Halong.(around 3.5 hours from Noibai airport to Halong city).
Afternoon: Free time by your own.
Overnight in Ha Long City.

Day 9 - Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Halong Bay – Royal Heritage Cruise (B/L/D)

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Halong Bay: Overview
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Ha Noi: Hoan Kiem Lake
After having breakfast at hotel, you will be either at leisure at hotel or free to walk around to visit Halong market or enjoy a coffee on the road sides.
12:30: We’ll pick you up at hotel and transfer you to Halong Pier.
12h45: Arrive in Halong Tourist Wharf. Halong Bay has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 1994. The islands in Ha Long Bay are mainly limestone and schist islands most lying in the two main areas: the southeastern part of Bai Tu Long Bay and southwestern part of Ha Long Bay. They are the result of many times of rising and lowering processes of the continent to form a karts. The process of nearly full erosion and weathering of the karts created the unique Ha Long Bay in the world. In 2000, UNESCO recognized it as the World Heritage for the second time for its geographical and morphological values.
12h50: Transfer to Halong Royal Heritage Cruises by our charming tenders. Then you’ll be welcome by fresh Drink, Cruise briefing & safety instructions before getting a check-in for your Cabin
13h30: Vietnamese sea-food lunch will be served on board, while cruising towards Surprising Cave
15h30: Explore the mystery of Sung Sot cave – one of the most beautiful cave in Halong Bay,kayaking with Heritage Cruise where you have chances to see stalagmites & stalactites created million years ago with your own eyes.
16h30: Arrive at Titov Island, free time for swimming and then do kayaking through Luon cave. Enjoy the exciting feelings of swimming, sunbathing and kayaking among the World Natural Wonder. All make you feel like being in a different world, which likes in your dream.
21h30: Leisure time, enjoy the comfort in your cabin on Halong Royal Heritage Cruise
Overnight on Royal Heritage Cruise.

Day 10 - Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Halong Bay – Ha Noi (B/L/-)

06h30: Start your day with Tai Chi exercises or a photo hunt.
07h30: Have breakfast with Sunrise while cruising to Titov Island – surrounded by luxuriant trees and high stone walls.
09h15: Back to Cruise and continue to explore the Bay & visit Hoa Cuong Fishing Village. Passing Ba Hang Fishing Village, Ga Choi Island, Dinh Huong Islet …
10h00: Join Vietnamese Cooking Class.
10h30: Lunch will be served on board whilst the Cruiser keeps on its route through the Bay back to Halong Pier.
11h30: Disembark at the harbor, Halong City. Time to say Good Bye to the Crew.
12h00: Take our shuttle bus to return to Hanoi
16h30: Arrival back at your hotel.
Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 11 - Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Ha Noi – Half Day Walking Tour – Optional (B/-/-)

Breakfast at hotel, you’ll be free on your own to discover Hanoi City (No car & guide)
* OPTIONAL HALF DAY OF SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN HANOI
From your hotel, we take you to visit Ho Chi Minh complex, walking around Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of Vietnamese great father or Uncle Ho, President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house – where Ho lived on and off from 1958 to 1969… The next place is One Pillar Pagoda a group of structures consisting of a pagoda and a tower built in the middle of a square pond. Leave One Pillar Pagoda for the Temple of Literature the first college of Viet Nam dedicated to Confucian. Back to Hoan Kiem Lake and have a stopover with Ngoc Son Temple then enjoy Cyclo tour around the Old Quarter Streets.
Afternoon: Free time by your own for leisure & shopping. After having breakfast, you’ll be free on your own to discover travel sites in Hanoi
* Inclusions: English speaking guide, private car transfer, Entrance fee at mentioned travel sites, cold water & wipes
O/N at Hotel in Hanoi.

Day 12 - Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Hanoi – Free Day (B/-/-)

After breakfast at hotel. You have free time by your own to have more experience in Hanoi.
O/N at Hotel in Hanoi.

Day 13 - Highlights of Vietnam & Cambodia Tour: Hanoi – Departure (B/-/-)

Afternoon: see off at the airport.
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