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 This fourteen day tour will give you excellent insight into both Cambodia and Vietnam, letting you get to know the many facets of each country. While you will see the highlights there are some amazing off the beaten track moments like visiting some of the more remote Angkor Wat temples and traveling from Cambodia to Vietnam on the Mekong River.
You start your trip exploring Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious monument, as well as the many temples surrounding it. In Siem Reap, you will be staying at Journeys Within Bed & Breakfast, just minutes from the Angkor Wat park complex. Your hosts Andrea and Brandon Ross will be available to spend time with you answering your questions and giving you an insight into the many facets of Cambodian life, past and present.
After Angkor Wat, journey beyond the temples to Phnom Penh and explore the more recent Khmer Rouge history and see the Cambodia of today. Stay at the Amanjaya Hotel, a gorgeous hotel overlooking the Mekong River.
Next journey down the mighty Mekong River itself, saying goodbye to Cambodia and checking into Vietnam. Here you will start your tour up the length of Vietnam seeing the highlights as you go and staying in properties that will help you relax at the end of a long day. Starting in the south explore fascinating Saigon, to Central Vietnam with historical Hue, charming Hoi An and well known Danang and then up to Hanoi with it’s busy streets and unique Old Quarter. This tour is a great way to get to know these two countries and enjoy some of the nicer hotels they each offer.
Day 1 - Siem Reap - Arrival
Fly to Siem Reap where you will be met by a Journeys Within representative and taken to Journeys Within Bed & Breakfast where you will meet your hosts Andrea and Brandon Ross.
In the evening head into town for a traditional dinner and dance show.
Meals included: Dinner
Day 2 - Siem Reap - Angkor Wat
After breakfast head to Angkor Wat in an air-conditioned car with your guide. Explore this majestic temple throughout the morning while it is still cool and has fewer tourists. Return to Journeys Within for lunch and a nap. In the afternoon head to Angkor Thom, the famous walled city and see the many temples within its borders, including the fascinating Bayon temple. Watch the sun set over Angkor Wat, or climb Phnom Bakeng and watch the sunset from on high.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 3 - Siem Reap - Banteay Srei and Tonle Sap
After breakfast travel in an air-conditioned car with your guide to Banteay Srei, the intricately carved temple just 30 km beyond Angkor Wat. On your way back stop at the Land Mine Museum, a rather humble look at the land mine problem, past and present, in Cambodia.
After a rest enjoy the drive through rural Cambodia to the Tonle Sap Lake where you will take a boat ride to visit the floating village and a Cambodian fish farm. Climb Phnom Krom and see the ancient ruins high on the hill and watch the sun set over the miles and miles of rice paddies and the Tonle Sap.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 4 - Phnom Pehn - The Killing Fields
Transfer to the airport in time to catch your flight. Arrive in Phnom Pehn where you will be met by an air-conditioned car and driver. Transfer to your hotel for check in. Head to the Tuol Sleng Prison Museum where your guide will explain the history of the Khmer Rouge and walk you through the different museum displays. After watching the movie they show every day, head out to the Killing Fields, where a memorial stupa and shallow pits remind visitors of the thousands killed under the Pol Pot Regime. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.
Return to your hotel and relax before dinner at a riverside restaurant serving traditional Khmer or Western food
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5 - Phnom Penh - City Tour
In the morning your guide will meet you at your hotel and take you on a tour of the Royal Palace, still the royal residence. See the amazing royal collection and the beautiful architecture before heading to the National Museum where pre-Angkorean pieces, as well as special pieces from the temples are housed. Take a tour of the museum with a trained museum guide.
Enjoy lunch at Friends, a restaurant benefiting at-risk street children and then after lunch your guide will take you to Central Market, reported to be the biggest domed market in the world, and to the famous Russian Market where everything from souvenirs to car parts is on sale.
On the way back stop at a local organization that takes at-risk and orphaned children and provides them with education and dance training, sit in on a traditional dance class and be amazed at the grace and persistence of these students
Enjoy dinner at the FCC on the banks of the Mekong.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6 - Phnom Penh to Chou Doc
Have the morning free and then transfer to the dock to catch the Victoria Boat at 1:30pm arriving at 5pm at the Victoria Hotel, Chou Doc.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 7 - Chou Doc to Saigon
Your guide will meet you in the morning and take you to explore Chou Doc including the Temple of Lady Chua Xu and the Thy An Pagoda. In the afternoon drive to Saigon stopping along the way at interesting sites. You will arrive late in Saigon and check into the Majestic Hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 8 - Saigon - City Tour
After breakfast enjoy a full day city tour including: Notre Dame Cathedral, Reunification Hall (ex- President Palace), History Museum, Thien Hau Pagoda and Jade Emperor Pagoda. Have lunch at a local restaurant and then visit the War Remnants Museum, a powerful look at the Vietnam War.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 9 - Saigon - Cu Chi - Tay Ninh
Take a full day excursion to the Cu Chi Tunnels. On the way to Cu Chi tunnels, visit a rice paper making village. Descend into the Cu Chi tunnels where the guerilla fighters constructed an amazing underground base. Enjoy lunch at a restaurant in Cu Chi. In the afternoon, continue to drive another half an hour to Tay Ninh to visit the Cao Dai Great Temple, a unique religion worshiping Jesus, Confucius and Buddha. Return to Saigon with an en route visit to a country market.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 10 - Hanoi - Arrival
Transfer to the airport for your flight. Arrive at Noibai airport Hanoi, where you will be met by a company representative and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy a one-hour tour of this charming capital city through the scenic Colonial Quarter, the Restored Sword Lake and the Old Quarter of “36 streets of 36 wares”.
In the evening attend a traditional Water Puppet show.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 11 - Hanoi - Sapa
Have the day free to explore Hanoi on your own and then transfer to the train station for a 10pm departure to Sapa.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 12 - Sapa – Day 1
You will arrive at LaoCai train station at 6am where you will be met and driven to Sapa. Visit the Sapa Market and TaPhin Village, famous for its brocade weaving done by Hmong and Dzao women. Have lunch at a local restaurant and in the afternoon visit Ham Rong Mountain and the Sapa Rose Garden. Have dinner at a local restaurant and then spend the night at Victoria Hotel, a gorgeous 4-star hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 13 - Sapa – Day 2
In the early morning drive to Bac Ha Market, this amazing market is where all of the local hill tribes come to trade; it is full of color and life. Try a local food called Thang Co and watch the village life happen around you. Continue from here to Hoang Yen Chao Palace and have lunch at a local restaurant. Return to LaoCai for the return train to Hanoi leaving at 9:15pm. Spend the night on the train.
Meals included: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 14 - Hanoi - Departure
Transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
Meals included: Breakfast
Tour Rate: starting at $2,298 per person double with $884 single supplement.
Price includes:
- Air tickets (Bangkok - Siem Reap – Phnom Penh / Saigon – Hanoi - Bangkok)
- Train ticket Hanoi – Sapa – Hanoi
- Victoria boat from Phnom Penh to Chau Doc
- Accommodation at Journeys Within B&B, Siem Reap
- Accommodation at Amanjaya Hotel, Phnom Penh
- Accommodation at Victoria Hotel, Chau Doc
- Accommodation at Majestic Hotel, Saigon
- Accommodation at Majestic Salut, Hanoi
- Accommodation at The Victoria Hotel, Sapa
- English speaking Cambodian and Vietnamese guides
- Tours and admission fees as mentioned above
- Meals as specified above
Price excludes:
- Personal expenses
- Visa fees
- Airport tax
- Alcohol
- Tips
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