Upon arrival, meet your guide and transfer to your hotel. Please note standard check-in time is 14:00.

In the afternoon, visit Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, Preahkeo Morokot, National Museum & Central Market or Toul Sleng Museum.

Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Transfer to the airport for short flight to Siem Reap.

Upon arrival, meet your guide and transfer to your hotel. Please note standard check-in time is 14:00.

In the afternoon, you will start with first exploration by visiting one of the most ancient sites of the region: the Roluos Group. Ride your bike around the 9th-century temple and the surrounding countryside to have a glimpse of the city or walk a total distance of 3 kilometres from one temple to another and meet local friendly villagers on the way. Transfer back to Siem Reap town.

Overnight in Siem Reap

Today explore the marvelous temple of Angkor Wat by tuk-tuk, a world heritage site featuring the most extraordinary towers and bas-reliefs that date back thousands of years ago.

In the afternoon, visit the Great City of Angkor Thom beginning at the south gate and the famous Bayon temple of the 12th and 13th centuries.

Overnight in Siem Reap

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh.

Upon arrival, a local guide with your private driver will pick you up and transfer you to your hotel.

Note: Normal check in time for hotels is 14:00

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Visit the tunnel network of Cu Chi. This incredible system, covering almost 250km in length was shelter to over 16,000 Vietcong guerrillas during the wars.

In the afternoon set out on a tour of the former capital of French Indochina with historic landmarks like the Old Saigon post office and Notre Dame Cathedral. Continue your tour by visiting the Reunification Palace which was used as the headquarters of the Saigon Government during the American war in the 60s and War Remnants Museum where tells you the history of Vietnam-American War.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

In the morning, you will be driven to Cai Be, board on a local boat along Mekong river with visits to family-run companies which make rice pancakes, puffed corn cookies and coconut milk candy. Enjoy lunch with specialties of the Mekong Delta in the ambience of an ancient house. After lunch, get on the cruise for a garden center, sample fruits, wine, traditional music and crossing Co Chien River. In the late afternoon, come back to Saigon.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for flight to Da Nang.

On arrival, pick up and transfer to your hotel.

In the afternoon, take a walking tour to explore Hoi An town. It was a major Asian trading port in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and its architecture and relaxed lifestyle have changed little over the years.

Overnight in Hoi An

Pick up at hotel and start biking tour to a local farm in Tra Que village. A short stroll will take you around the vegetable garden and then you can join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seaweed from the local lake, raking the ground, sowing, watering, picking vegetables, and many other gardening activities. After that, you will take a short rest and enjoy soft foot massage before getting to preparing lunch with a local family.

A delicious farm-to-table lunch including typical local food like ‘Tam Huu’ spring roll, Banh Xeo or local pancake is prepared by an expert chef. You also can join the cooking on these meals.

After lunch time, hop back in your ride for a scenic journey toward your hotel in the Hoi An town.

The rest of the day is free at leisure.

Overnight in Hoi An

Enjoy this morning at leisure before leaving Hoi An for Hue.

On arrival, take half day of exploring the charming city of Hue, filled with many historical structures, such as the Thien Mu pagoda, and the impressive Imperial Citadel.

Overnight in Hue

Transfer to the airport for short flight to Hanoi.

On arrival, meet your guide and transfer to your hotel.

In the afternoon, visit the Temple of Literature and the Museum of Ethnology,.

At the end of day, take a cyclo tour to visit Hanoi’s Old Quarter also known as the “36 streets” to discover local life.

Overnight in Hanoi

In the morning, leave Hanoi for Halong Bay, a stunning UNESCO World Heritage site with its 3,000 islands of towering limestone dotting the bay and Gulf of Tonkin.

Arrive at noon and proceed with check-in formalities. After a welcome onboard, lunch will be served while cruising towards the bay. In the afternoon, enjoy some visits and/or activities (depending on each boat’s itinerary) or just spend some time relaxing on board. Towards the end of the day the boat sets anchor for the night among the karst formations. Dinner is served on board.

Overnight on Halong Bay.

Distances and journey time: 3h 30minutes

Hanoi to Halong Bay (160km): 3hrs30mins

Early in the morning and depending on the season, you will wake up to enjoy the sunrise over the aquamarine waters of the bay. Breakfast is served on board (brunch on some boats) while the cruise will tour around the bay until you disembark at the end of the morning.

 Then transfer back to Hanoi for your onward flight

Our services include:

• Accommodation in a shared twin or shared double room
• Meals as mentioned (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)
• English or French speaking guide (for other languages and a national guide supplements apply)
• Tours and transfers as mentioned by private air conditioned vehicle
• Entrance fees for mentioned visits
• Boat trip as mentioned in the itinerary

Our services do not include:

• Other meals than mentioned
• Other services than mentioned
• International and domestic Flights
• Laundry, telephone calls and expenditure of a personal nature
• Tips, Travel insurance

Notes:

• We strongly recommend the purchase of travel insurance (covering emergency medical evacuation) for trips to Vietnam.