The Experience

Travellers are invited to embark on a 14-day adventure and discover the highlights of both Vietnam and Cambodia, travelling through cities and the countryside. Sojourners become immersed in the rich culture and history of the different regions and take in picturesque landscapes as they’re guided through destinations including Hanoi, Halong Bay, Cu Chi Tunnel, and Siem Reap.

The Itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi Arrival- Airport Transfer- Check In Time At 14.00pm (N/A):

Pick up the airport and then transfer you to the hotel in Hanoi. Check in hotel then leisure time Note:

Check in time is 14:00 P.M.

Night 1: Overnight in hotel in Hanoi

Day 2: Hanoi- Halong Bay (B/L/D):

7:45-8:15am: Our guide will meet you at your hotel. Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmlands and Red River delta.

12:00 – 12:30 Arriving Tuan Chau Marina. Welcome aboard the cruise. Meet the captain, crew and join us for welcome drink as we tell you about life onboard.

12:30: Check in your cabin. Time to refresh.

13:00: Served a delectable lunch while cruising ahead to Ha Long Bay

14:00: Explore the Surprising Cave – the most beautiful cave in Ha long Bay. It is one of the widest grottoes in Ha Long Bay with thousands of stalactites and stalagmites.

15:30 visit the Titop Island – swimming. Climbing up to the Top of the Island – take the best view of Halong Bay. Continue cruising to the quiet area while enjoy beautiful seascape on the way.

18:00: Enjoy the Sunset Party on sundeck.

19:00 Dinner is served.

20:00 Socialize with other guests or just laze around

Option travel with 5 star cruise

Hanoi-Halong - Lan Ha Bay (Meal: B, L, D )

8.00-8.30am: Pick up from hotel in Hanoi then transfer to Halong Bay by Limosine via high way

11.30am: Arrive at Tuan Chau harbor, check in at the waiting room.

12.30pm: Welcome to Lacasta Cruise and enjoy Welcome drink, meet the captain, crew to get a brief introduction about cruise and safety guidelines. Complete check-in procedure.

13.30pm: Enjoy Vietnamese seafood and vegetarian lunch, while cruising in the magnificent

Halong –Lan Ha Bay, admiring the fascinating rock formations in the bay.

15.45pm: You can choose to experience spa treatment*, relax on the sundesk, outdoor swimming pool or explore Ba Trai Dao area and the natural lagoon of Lan Ha Bay and experience kayakinghere. 17.30pm: Come back to our La Casta Cruise and participate in our Sunset party. Take photos and relax. 19.30pm: Dinner is served at the restaurant.After dinner, you can join the squid fishing program, relax on the sundesk, enjoy a glass of wine at the bar...

The itinerary can be changed due to the check-in time and the weather conditions.

Please bring your passport and you can leave your big bags at the hotel

Night 2: Overnight on boat

Day 3: Halong Bay- Hanoi- Recheck In Hotel (B/L):

6:30 – 6:45 Do Tai Chi or a photo hunt

7:00 Have breakfast on board while the boat starts cruising to the Natural Preservation Zone.

8:00 Kayaking to explore around the area or visit a floating house and learn about the daily life of the local fishermen who live there.

9:00We board the cruise again . Take time to refresh and relax before checking out. Bags can be left in luggage store.

10:00 Join in the Cooking Class, teaching you how to make our specifically Spring rolls before an early lunch is served.

11: 30 – 12:00 Disembark at the harbor, Tuan Chau Marina.

17:00 Arrival back at your hotel in Hanoi

Option travel with 5 star cruise

Lan Ha Bay – Ha Noi – Recheck in hotel (Meal: B, L)

7.00am: Have breakfast. Morning view of bay’s landscape with a cup of tea or coffee.

8.15am: Visitors visit the famous Frog Pond area, this is the filming location of the famous movie Kong Skull Island (King Kong) in Quang Ninh 2018. Here you can freely kayak to explore the landscape, or immerse yourself. in the cool, clear blue water of this place.

09.00am: Back to your cabin, take relax and check carefully all the luggage before leaving your cabin. 9.30am: Check-out from the private cabin and enjoy a fantastic cruise on the bay for room service. Complete check-out procedure

10.15am: Enjoy lunch at the restaurant while the cruise is returning to the harbour. 11.30am:You take the high-speed canoe back to Tuan Chau port. Return to Hanoi by the luxury limousine.

15.30pm: Arrive in Hanoi

Night 3: Overnight in hotel in Hanoi

Day 4: Hanoi Free And Easy (B):

Having Breakfast at the hotel then you will have the whole day free and easy to discover the city.

Hanoi old quarter- Home to a mix of Vietnamese architecture, green spaces, ancient shops and fresh-as-it-gets street food — all of it easily explored on foot. At first look, these 36 streets can feel frenetic. Don't worry: Constant motion is part of the Old Quarter's charm.You'll notice bicycle vendors selling fresh flowers and ripe fruit, old friends gathering for games of checkers, and cooks doing a roaring trade in steaming phở and bún chả. Walking around you can visit Vietnam’s electric capital offers layers of Chinese and French influence, gaggles of scooters and a wealth of world-class restaurants. Visit the revered Temple of Literature, dedicated to Confucius and the site of the country’s first university, or wander through the notorious Hoa Lo Prison Museum, once filled with American prisoners of war. Optional tours:

Hanoi street food walking tour half day or Hoa lu Tamcoc Full Day

Overnight in Hanoi

Day 5: Hanoi- Fly To Da Nang- Check In Hotel In Hoi An (B):

After breakfast, enjoy some time exploring Hanoi on your own before your transfer to the airport for your flight to Da Nang. On arrival, you’ll be picked up at Da Nang airport and transferred to your hotel in the charming coastal city of Hoi An. Once a bustling Southeast Asian trading port, the city is still a powerful melange of cultures, influences and traditions. Marvellously preserved Japanese merchant houses and historic Vietnamese trading warehouses rub shoulders with grand Confucian temples and modern office buildings to form a colourful tapestry. The ancient town of Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the most important trading port in Southeast Asia in the 15th century. Its ancient past is superbly preserved in an enchanting collection of temples, pagodas, shop houses and magnificent private homes in the town's Old Quarter. Walking or Biking to discover Hoi An Town is a choice of this artistic jewel, with its century's old architecture, includes the gorgeous Phuoc Kien Pagoda, the 400-year-old bright-red Japanese Covered Bridge, and the Ancient House. Overnight in Hoi An

Day 6: Hoi An Free And Easy (B):

Today you can enjoy a day of leisure to explore Hoi An, or join one of our optional tours. You can choose one of optional tours below: Optional Golden Bridge – Ba Na Hill Tour (Lunch Included) Admire the astounding bridge lifted by two “hands of the Gods” in Ba Na Hill. From this amazing man-made wonders, you can enjoy the marvellous scenery of natures from above. Take this tour and walk among your fairy tales. Optional My Son Sanctuary Tour My Son sanctuary, a great sample of ancient Champa civilization situated in the southern region of Vietnam. Stand astounded by a great number of exquisite stone sculptures, temples and towers nestled in a tropical jungle. Night 6 : Overnight in Hoi An

Day 7:HoI An Free And Easy (B):

You will have the whole day free in Hoi An, discover the beautiful ancient town on your own. In which you can choose to do one of our optional tours as below: Optional tour: Hoi An cooking class tour. Our guide takes you to visit Hoi An market to buy ingredients for the cooking class. You then ride to Tra Que village (a short 15 minutes cycle away.) You will be welcomed with a special local soft drink - “É” water or local tea. After your welcome, take a short walk around the vegetable garden to see local farmers at work. Begin to learn how to cook local delicacies including: Banh xeo, “tam huu” spring roll, “Tra Que” spring roll… After your cooking class, enjoy the foods cooked by yourself. By bicycle we return back to the hotel. Night 7: Overnight in Hoi An

Day 8: Airrport Transfer- Fly To Ho Chi Minh (B):

Enjoy breakfast at hotel. You will have some free time until our driver transfer to airport to take flight to HCM. Arrive in HCM and check in hotel. Ho Chi Minh - Vietnam’s largest economic center and cultural capital, Ho Chi Minh City boasts soaring skyscrapers that tower over charming French colonial structures and traditional pagodas from Saigon’s yesteryear. Past the bustling streets and dizzying traffic. if you arrive Ho Chi Minh early so you can have enought time to join Dinner cruise as an optional tour- contact us at info@halongtoursbooking.com to have best prices for optional tours Night 8: Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Day 9: Cu Chi Tunel Tour (B):

07:30 – 07.50: Pick up at your hotel and depart to Cu Chi will take approximately one and a half hours bus driving. Upon arrival, before exploring the tunnels, you will have some short introduction followed by introductory video about how the tunnels were constructed and how the people survived in the harsh conditions of the war time. Then, spend your time to explore the remaining area and tunnel systems which included the special constructed living areas with kitchens, bedrooms side by side with other martial facilities like storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, and command centers helping whoever lives inside the tunnels meet their basic needs. Besides, there are also many hidden trap doors and dangerous traps within the maze-like tunnels for security purpose during the war. Afterward, special tea and cassava (guerilla’s food during the war) will be served.

Break time for relax or time for those who want to try the real shooting gun. Return to hotel in Saigon.

Night 9: Overnight in hotel in Ho Chi Minh

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh- Bus To Phnom Penh (B):

Embark on a bus journey (6hrs) or take a flight (2hrs, paid extra directly to Halong Tours Booking) to Phnom Penh, while on the spot, be transferred to the hotel and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure (breakfast)

Day 11: PhnomPenh- Free And Easy (B):

Today is the day you have free time at your leisure in Cambodia.

Optional tour: Killing Field tour

Visit the TuolSleng Prison Museum and the notorious 'Killing Fields' of ChoeungEk, which will give us a deep insight into the painful bloody rule of the Khmer Rouge. Lunch at local restaurant. We will have time this afternoon to explore PsarToul Tom Pong, also called the “Russian Market", where anything and everything is for sales. Later this afternoon, we will take one hour boat cruise on the Mekong river.

Night 11: Overnight in Hotel in Phnom Penh

Day 12: PhnomPenh- Bus To Siem Reap (B):

Today you will be transferred to Siem Reap By Bus which is about 6 hours

Arrive Siem Reap, our driver will pick up and transfer to hotel in Siem Reap

Night 12: Overnight in hotel in Siem Reap.

Day 13: Siem Reap- Angkor Thom & Angkor Wat (B/L):

After breakfast, proceed to Angkor Thom Area (Angkor Thom Temple South Gate, Bayon Temple, Baphuon Temple, Phimean Akas Temple, Elephants Terrace & Leper King Terrace, Royal Palace, Woman and Man Pond) Proceed to visit Ta-Prom Temple, After lunch, continue your journey to Angkor Wat Temple - one of the seven greatest architectural wonders of the world, built in between the 9th - 13th century, Before you end the tour, make a visit to Bakheng Hill. Night 13: Overnight in hotel in Siem Reap.

Day 14: Siem Reap Departure- Airport Transfer (B):

Have breakfast at the hotel then free and easy. Wait until our driver come and pick you to the airport. Trip ends

Note: Check in time- 14.00pm and check out time- 12.00pm applied to all hotels in package

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