Wonderful Vietnam & Cambodia

Welcome to Hanoi. On arrival, meet our representative outside the Airport, who shall guide you to your coach. Check into the Hotel. Evening at Leisure. Overnight stay in Hanoi.

After breakfast, check out from the Hotel and you will be transferred to Halong Bay to cruise amongst the bay’s spectacular scenery. After check-in and security briefings, you will set sail, enjoying lunch while cruising through fishing village and visit a beach area. The vessel will stop at an island, you can feel free to go swimming during summer time, go kayaking (optional with small charge), at night, you can ask the cruise to go on squid fishing at night. Enjoy a cooking demonstration with the chef as he prepares traditional Vietnamese food. Dinner is served on board. Overnight on cruise.

Greet the day with a morning Tai Chi exercise with an opportunity to view the sunrise over the bay. After breakfast, visit beautiful limestone grottos then back to the boat for a final glimpse of the Halong Bay. Have the brunch while cruising back to the dock. Back to the wharf. Transfer to Hanoi. Overnight stay in Hanoi.

After breakfast, visit Ho Chi Minh’s complex, the final resting place of Vietnam’s greatest father; his house-on-still and One pillar pagoda – modeled after a lotus flower, a symbol of Hanoi. Leave for a legendary, you will visit Hanoi Old Quarter by cycle visit Hoan Kiem lake and Ngoc Son Temple dedicated to a former general commander Tran Hung Dao for his struggle against Mongolians. Evening drive to the airport for flight to Siem Reap. On arrival check into the hotel. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Breakfast at hotel, explore Angkor Wat temple, the founder of the temple was Suryavarman II who reigned Cambodia from 1113 to 1152 and built the five towers in the 12th century to dedicate to the Hindu God Vishnu. The plan of the pyramidal conception of the temple combined with spaces, alleys, ditches is an ancient masterpiece of architectural design and construction. It is time to visit Pre Rup temple for a romantic sunset view. After the short rest we would have welcome dinner with Apsara, the traditional Khmer dance – drama performance, which are not merely dance but also telling a story. Overnight stay in Siem Reap.

Breakfast at hotel, explore South Gate of Angkor Thom known as Big Angkor, 3km2 walled and moated royal city and was the last capital of the Angkorian Empire, The famous Bayon Temple was an architectural muddle, in part because it was constructed in a somewhat piecemeal fashion for over a century. Terrace of the Elephants is an impressive, two and a half meter tall, 300 meter long terrace wall adorned with carved elephants and gradual that spans the heart of Angkor Thom in front of Baphuon – huge temple mountain in the heart of Angkor Thom, Royal Palace Area and Phimeanakas – impressive rite and sandstone pyramid. Terrace of the Leper King is at the north end of the Terrace of the Elephants, a double terrace wall with deeply carved nag as, demons and other mythological beings. Last you will visit Ta Prohm temple which is a wonderful combination of human genius and natural beauty! Giant trees have grown here for centuries and lunch at local restaurant. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Breakfast at hotel, morning transfer to visit Floating Villages, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap! Take a ride in a traditional wooden boat on the Tonle Sap, the “Great Lake” of Cambodia and the largest in Asia. Here you’ll see plenty of examples of the Khmer way of life on the Tonle Sap. Then visit Wat Bo founded in the 18th century, a highly respected pagoda contains very unique wall paintings of the Reamker (Ramayana) that are said to be late 19th century. We continue to one of the city’s lively open markets, Psar Chars, also called the “Old Market”, where anything and everything is for sale. Lunch at local restaurant! Afternoon visit West Baray Bigpond, a “baray” is a water reservoir built by the ancient Khmer people. Then we will visit Puok, the real and original place of the Artisans d ’Angkor silk, where you will see the full process of silk producing, from the silk worms munch on the Mulberry leaves to spin their cocoons which used to make silk warp. You of course will see the weaving work and purchase the high quality silk products as a beautiful Cambodia souvenir. Dinner and overnight in Siem Reap.

After breakfast, the day is free at leisure to do your own activities in and around Siem Reap, Later you will be transferred to Airport for your onward journey with Beautiful memories.