Luxurious Holiday in Vietnam and Cambodia

Upon being greeted by your guide upon arrival at the Hanoi airport, you’ll be transferred by car to your hotel. Overnight stay at a local hotel in Hanoi. 

Begin you day’s exploration by visiting the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the final resting place of Vietnamese Revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh. The museum is inspired in architecture from Lenin’s Mausoleum in Moscow.  Visit the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu in Vietnamese) next, boasting traditional Vietnamese architecture and dedicated to Vietnam’s finest scholars. Next visit the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, featuring tribal art, artefacts and everyday objects belonging to different ethnic minorities in Vietnam. The museum represents as many as 54 ethnic groups across the country. End your day by visiting Old Quarter and the surroundings of the Sword Lake. Soak in the captivating sights of the Old Quarter in the evening, trying local specialities banh cuon (steamed rolled rice pancake) and banh mi (the famous Vietnamese sandwich). Try fresh, local beer at a bia hoi (beer club) and follow it up by savouring pho or pho tron (pho noodle mixed with chicken without soup) at a pho restaurant. For dessert, try an ice cream near Hoan Kiem Lake. Overnight stay at a hotel in Hanoi.
Notes
The Mausoleum is closed on Monday and Friday
The Ethnographic Museum is closed on Monday  
Every year, the monument remains closed between mid-September and mid-December for regular restoration and preservation of the presidential remains (exact dates to be checked each year)
To be allowed to enter the mausoleum, you must cover your legs, stand in pairs in silence without crossing your arms, or putting your hands in your pockets
Meals included: Breakfast 
 

In the morning, you will travel without guide to Halong and arrive around noon. There, you will embark on a cruise in the must-see Halong Bay. This world-famous bay is one of the most beautiful landscapes in Vietnam, with its giant rock islets covered in luxuriant vegetation overlooking the waters. Halong Bay includes some 1,900 islands and islets of rocky peaks, often uninhabited and unvisited. This scene creates a spectacular marine landscape, which earned it UNESCO World Heritage status in 1994. You will be served lunch and dinner on board.
Meals included: Full Board   

Sign up for an early morning Tai Chi class and follow it up with a sumptuous breakfast. The next adventure on your list is Ao Ech area kayaking. Come back to your cruise boat and indulge in leisurely tea and delightful brunch while the cruise makes its way to the pier. At the end of the morning, leave your cruise ship and proceed towards Hanoi, without a guide. Transfer to the hotel for your flight to Danang. Upon arrival, you will meet your local guide and driver and travel by car to hotel in Hoi An. Spend the rest of the day at leisure.
Meals included: Breakfast & Brunch 

From Hoi An, ride a bike or a private vehicle to the village of Tra Que. The 30-minute ride will take you through picturesque countryside, marked by splendid rice fields and scenes of local life. Tra Que will leave an impression with its aromatic herbs. You can participate in local agriculture techniques such as digging, watering and harvesting. Enjoy a relaxing foot massage that a local family will perform for you using their special techniques. Try your hand at local cooking techniques and enjoy a sumptuous local meal. Upon return to Hoi An, take a leisurely walk along the ancient cobblestone streets and check out two centuries old local houses. Explore the Japanese Bridge, the Chinese Temple, and the Tan Ky Chinese-style trading house. Stop by a local teahouse for refreshing cup and end your tour here. Spend the rest of the day at leisure. Overnight stay at a local hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch 

Spend the day at leisure. Overnight stay at a local hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast 

After spending the morning at leisure, Leave Hoi An and from the Danang Airport, take your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, you will be welcomed and transferred to a local hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast 

Leave early in the morning for visiting the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, symbolic of the tenacity of the Vietnamese people and associated with war history of the country. Just about 1.5 hours of drive from the Ho Chi Minh City, the tunnels spread for over 250 kilometres. You’ll be surprised to know that the tunnels, boasting an entire network of trapdoors, constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapon factories, field hospitals, command centres and kitchens, were built during the French occupation of Vietnam in the 1940 using very basic tools. A documentary will be shown to all visitors at the beginning of their tour. This will be followed by a thorough tour of the tunnels and you will cross offices, kitchens, meeting rooms, weapons stores and even hospitals. At the end of the tour, guests will be offered khoai mi luoc (boiled cassava), a traditional Vietnamese dish eaten daily during the war. Return to Ho Chi Minh City after the end of the tour and in the afternoon; take a tour for covering major city attractions. Admire the local colonial and Chinese-era architecture in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, and discover significant historical sites including the central post office, the Reunification Palace and Dong Khoi Street and Ben Thanh Market.
Meals included: Breakfast 

Leave Ho Chi Minh City for the picturesque little province of Ben Tre in the Mekong Delta, right in the morning. Thanks to its dense green rice paddies, the Mekong Delta has earned for itself the nickname of the ‘rice bowl’ of Vietnam. Visit a brick factory in Phong Nam where bricks are still made from hands. Next, cruise along the Chet Say River and make stops at local workshops in small villages, including a carpet-weaving workshop where you can try your hand at the activity too. Hop on to a xe loi (a kind of motorized rickshaw) or a bicycle for a personal tour of the local traditional farms, rice fields and vegetable plants. Don’t forget to gorge on regional specialties, such as “elephant-ear fish” and freshwater shrimps. In the afternoon, board a sampan (a flat bottomed Chinese wooden boat) and explore the narrow canals of the Mekong Delta. Travel back to the Ho Chi Minh City by car as your day’s exploration comes to an end. Overnight stay at a local hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch 

Transfer on your own to Ho Chi Minh Airport for your flight to Siem Reap.  Upon arrival at Siem Reap airport meet your driver and be transferred to your city hotel. Overnight stay in Siem Reap.
Meals included: Breakfast  

Start your morning by travelling on a scenic road, surrounded by trees as old as 100 years, to reach the majestic Angkor Thom, the last and capital city of the Khmer empire. Explore the stunning Bayon Temple, built around 12th - 13th century and surrounded by 54 towers, each of them adorned with 4 faces. Make a stop at the Baphuon next, Located 200m northwest of Bayon and popular as the 'world's largest jigsaw puzzle'. Visit the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King next. The former is 350 metre long reviewing stand, in a ruined temple complex, used by Angkor's king Jayavarman VII as a platform from which to view his victorious returning army while the latter was built in the 12th century and remains covered by magnificent Apsara sculpting. The afternoon is reserved for the most important visit to the phenomenal ruins of the temple of Angkor Wat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is the largest religious monument in the world. End the day by visiting Ta Prohm, popular for its Bayon style of architecture. Proceed towards the south gate of Angkor Thom where a gondola boat will be waiting for you, along with a hand cold tower and a cool fresh drink. Aboard the boat, you will be able see one of the most spectacular sunsets over the jungle. Make a short trip to Angkor Thom Wall, a stunning corner temple and revel in the serenity of the place. Overnight stay at a hotel in Siem Reap.
Meals included: Breakfast & Sunset Cocktail (non alcohol) on Gondola boat   

Get off the beaten track in Kompong Khleang, a village located 40 kilometres from Siem Reap. Check out the stilt houses and from there soak in the view of the lush rice fields as far as eyes can see. Take a boat to travel over canals and to a lake where people live on stilted houses that move with the rhythm of the seasons. After lunch you will return to Siem Reap.
Meals included: Breakfast & picnic Lunch in a local house 

Check out of your hotel and drive on your own to the airport for your outbound flight.
Meals included: Breakfast