This trip offers a thorough exploration through Vietnam and Cambodia. You will be exposed to as much splendid tropical nature, interesting old-fashioned daily life, colourful Buddhist cultures, and well-known historic sites as possible. HANOI – HALONG – SAPA – HUE – HOI AN – MY SON – CU CHI – MEKONG DELTA – CAN THO – CHAU DOC – PHNOM PENH – SIEM REAP
Arrival in Hanoi, the centuries-old beautiful capital of Vietnam, airport pick-up, hotel check-in, time at leisure.
Full day for exploring the fascinating city of Hanoi where old and new things blend together, Vietnamese, Chinese and French cultures mix together. Activities: a pleasant walk around the peaceful Ho Chi Minh area, visit HCM Mausoleum (close on Monday and Friday, in Oct - Nov), HCM’s stilt house and garden, the One Pillar pagoda. Take another pleasant walk at the beautiful Temple of Literature. Enjoy lunch with Hanoi popular street food: "bun cha" (excluded) which President Obama enjoyed very much in Hanoi. Visit the Women Museum, the Ngoc Son temple and Hoan Kiem lake. Finally enjoy a fascinating trishaw ride through the hustle and bustle of the Old Quarter and take a walk through the famous 36 busy streets of the Old Quarter and shopping. Read more
Morning check out the hotel, transfer to Halong Bay, a World Natural Heritage site. Upon arrival, check in aboard a deluxe junk and start cruising. Enjoy fabulous seafood, stunning scenery, and water activities: swimming, kayaking (excluded), and fishing. Your Hanoi guide will stay overnight at a hotel in Halong city. There is an English in-house guide on the boat. Read more
Morning continue the cruise along simply gorgeous sceneries including a very delicious brunch on board. Afternoon: drive back to Hanoi. Take a fascinating walk through the famous 36 busy streets of the Old Quarter and shopping. Hotel check in. Free time on your own.
8:00 AM. Transfer to Sapa by road. 12:00 Arrival in Lao Cai. Stop to visit the border with China and have lunch (excluded) Afternoon transfer to Sapa, on the way, start a trekking to Ma Tra village and Suoi Hoa village of H’Mong people. These villages are still authentic. Transfer to Sapa by car. Check in a hotel and relax. Read more
9:00 after breakfast at hotel, start a nice trekking to Lao Chai village of Black H’mong People and Ta Van village of Giay people on easy paths, mostly down hill, altitude is between 1,400m – 1,600m. There will be many photo stops on the way of gorgeous scenery. Transfer back to Sapa by car. Afternoon free time on your own. Read more
After breakfast, check out the hotel and transfer back to Hanoi Transfer to the airport to take flight to Hue VN 1543 HAN HUI 16:00-17:10 Meet our guide and transfer to hotel. 19:30 Enjoy Hue food tour by cyclo/trishaw (included): have a pleasant cyclo ride to admire Hue charms by night, enjoy tasty local food of "nem lui" and "banh khoai" and sweet desserts Read more
Enjoy Hue’s typical features: peaceful, traditional and beautiful. Transfer to visit King Tu Duc’s tomb. Then transfer to the Thuy Bieu Village – famous for Thanh Tra fruit (grape fruits). Enjoy a nice bike ride around the beautiful village. Visit ancient ancestral temple and communicate with local people. Visit incense making family, another family of making paintings and discover the daily life of local people while they are working strenuously with joy and enthusiasm. Arrive at Madam Loan's garden house where you will learn how to make some local food and enjoy a nice lunch. After lunch, relax yourself with foot massage and soaking your tiring feet in nice warm herbal water. Saying goodbye to the family and walk to a boat to cruise to the Thien Mu pagoda along the Perfume River. Visit the iconic Thien Mu pagoda – the symbol of Hue city. Transfer back to Hue city by boat. Back to the hotel for relaxation. Read more
Morning transfer to visit the Hue Imperial Citadel and Dong Ba market. Visit a typical garden house in Phu Mong village, talk with an old lady. Then take a scenic drive to Hoian via the Lang Co beach, the Hai Van pass and Danang city. Arrival in the cozy town of Hoian, check in a hotel and relax. Hoian is the best place to have your clothes made overnight for cheap prices. Read more
Enjoy a relaxing city walk to more than 200 years-old temples and houses: Hoian Ceramic Museum, Fujien temple, Japanese Pagoda bridge, Phung Hung Ancient house. Transfer to Cam Thanh fishing village where the guests will take part in some local fishing activities by rowing on a basket boat in the water palm plantation. Then have some fun with some cooking lesson of local food and enjoy a nice lunch with local specialties. After lunch relax with a nice foot bath and foot massage Transfer back to the hotel for relaxation. Read more
You will appreciate a free day in this charming ancient town for relaxation, shopping and exploring the place on your own pace.
Morning transfer back to Danang airport to take a flight to HCMC. Upon arrival, transfer to Cu Chi and visit Cu Chi Tunnel where human knowledge has been enriched by experiencing a web-like tunnel system of more than 200km in length which provide shelters for Vietnamese guerrillas during the Vietnam War against American troops. Transfer back to HCMC to check in a hotel 18:30 Enjoy the unique water puppet show. Evening optional dinner with street food at the Ben Thanh night market (excluded) Read more
Half day city tour, visit China town, Cho Lon market, Thien Hau temple, the War Museum, the Notre Dame Cathedral (1880) and Old Post Office (1886). Enjoy lunch at the Ngon restaurant with delicious local specialties (excluded): vegetarian curry, "bun thit nuong cha gio", "chao tom", "banh xeo" etc. Free afternoon for relaxation, massage, shopping at many nice boutique shops, shopping malls, and the Ben Thanh market Read more
Breakfast at hotel, check out and transfer to Cai Be located on the Upper Branch of the Mighty Mekong River. Visit a colorful Cao Dai temple in Cai Be. Enjoy boating on the river, observing the fruit whole sale market in Cai Be, and see the locals producing pop rice, popcorn and other sweets. Cruise on to Tan Phong Island, get on a lovely sampan row through small canals. Then enjoy a bike ride on the island through green orchards and villages, visit local workshops of making straw hats, rice paper, banana hammock, water palm house roof, handicrafts of water hyacinth. Back to the boat and enjoy a nice lunch on the boat with local specialties while cruising to Hoa Ninh island. Visit Ut Trinh garden and enjoy tropical fruits and traditional music. back to the boat and cruise to the city of Vinh Long on the other side of the Mekong River. Stop at a ceramic village by the river. Visit the interesting Vinh Long market where the people sell all kinds of animals and plants. Transfer to Can Tho and check in a hotel. Read more
Early morning, check out the hotel and enjoy the boat trip to the floating market of Cai Rang and cruising along small canals to see how the locals live. Transfer to Long Xuyen city where you can have lunch with Mekong specialty: crocodile meat (excluded) Transfer to visit Tra Su swamp. Enjoy the tours by motor boat, rowing boat, on foot. See the birds (many birds can be spotted late in the afternoon, before dark). Transfer to hotel. Read more
Morning join an express boat trip with Hang Chau boat to the border, cross the border and continue to Phnom Penh. Arrival in Phnom Penh in the afternoon, check in a hotel Visit the Wat Phnom, the Royal palace and Silver pagoda, the National Museum and the Russian market (time permitting).
Morning check out the hotel and transfer to visit the Killing Fields and the Toul Sleng Genocide museum. Afternoon transfer to Siem Reap. On the way, stop in Skun Area to taste exotic food of Khmer people: fried crickets, grasshoppers, spiders (excluded).
Early rise to admire the sunrise on Angkor Wat Full day visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom, the Bayon and Baksei Chamkrong, the Elephant terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. Afternoon tour enjoy the amazing Angkor Wat.
After breakfast at hotel. Take a Bicycle and ride about 7km from Siem to Chreav Village, a traditional and a poor community situated in the picturesque rice fields and surroundings. The villagers mainly rely on fishing and farming for survival and then take an Ox Cart Ride around the country, a safe adventure and unforgettable experience, which helps support the local people. The ox cart ride will provide you the opportunity to get the glimpse of traditional way of life in Cambodia and learn about our culture. Afternoon, visit more Angkor temples of Ta Phrom and explore the well-worth souvenirs at the Old Market. Back to hotel and free at own leisure. Read more
Then transfer to the airport for departure to Home Sweet home End of services
Mr. Anh was very informative and gave us a great tour of Saigon. Food, transportation, and all other service were excellent. English very good.
Our guide is excellent - spoke very good English, gave a lot of information about the tour and Vietnam. He has a very good sense of humour. He was flexible to meet the group's needs. Our driver was very safe and looked after the passages.
We love Vietnam. The country is beautiful and the people welcoming. Mr. Giang was very knowledgeable and a delight to know. Mr. Tiem was an excellent driver and we arrived to Hanoi and back in heavy traffic without incident. We would definitely use STS again. Everything was delightful and made us appreciate the people of Vietnam, the countryside and also the government and the way the country is run. Mr. Ha was very knowledgeable and helped us have a wonderful day in spite of the rain. We were all pleased with our day in Danang and Hoian. Vietnam is so beautiful and interesting. Read more
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