Overland from Siem Reap to Vietnam 15 Days/ 14 Nights

Crossing overland from Siem Reap to Saigon may take your time on the bus but bring you much experience, sightseeing along the way, the life of local people. Visit Floating market in Mekong Delta and fruit garden with many kind of fruits then move up to the central and north of Vietnam where you can see different about culture in each region of Vietnam, visit the ancient town, Halong bay..

Highlight Places:

+ Siem Reap - Angkor wat

+ Phnom Penh - Royal Palace

+ Ho Chi Minh - Mekong Delta

+ Cu Chi Tunnel

+ Hoian Anient Town

+ Hanoi old quarter

+ Tam Coc  - Ninh Binh

+ Halong Bay with kayaking

Day 1: Flight to Siem Reap

Arrival Siem Reap airport, our guide and driver come to pick up to hotel to check in. Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap

Day 2: Siem Reap – Angkor wat full day tour (B,L)

Breakfast at hotel: Start your sightseeing tour of Angkor area we spend a full day exploring the wondrous ancient ruins with the South Gate of Angkor Thom, which is famous for its series of colossal human faces carved in stone, the impressive Bayon Temple, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace, the Terrace of the Leper King and the largest as well as the most complete temple of Angkor Wat. This architectural masterpiece was constructed in the 12th century and covers an area of about 210 hectares. We visit the jungle covered temple of Ta Prohm is an incredible sight. There are enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers which embrace themselves in the stone foundations of the structure giving the impression of man's creation being reclaimed by the powerful forces of nature. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 3: Siem Reap – Phnom Penh – by car with guide (B,L)

Breakfast at hotel. Visit the floating village of Chong Khneas, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap. We take a boat trip in a traditional wooden boat on the Tonle Sap Lake, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia. Lunch at local restaurant. Then transfer to Phnom Penh private car with guide. Check in the hotel. Overnight in Phnom Penh

Day 4: Phnom Penh full day tour (B,L)

Breakfast at hotel. Guide and driver come to pick up your family to visit Tuol Sleng Museum (S-21 prison). This former school was used as a prison by Pol Pot’s security forces. More than 17,000 people held at S-21 were taken to the extermination camp at Choeng Ek to be executed. Then drive to visit the “Killing Fields” of Choeng Ek (15 km south of Phnom Penh). Between 1975 and 1978 about 17,000 men, women, children and infants (including nine westerners) were detained and tortured at the S-21 prison and transported to extermination camp of Choeng Ek. Visit Russian Market (Toul Tumpong Market), the Market has gained reputation for cheap clothing, a large selection of Buddha images and woodcarvings, betel-nut boxes, silk, silver jewelry, and classic music instrument. Afternoon, Visit Royal Palace is a royal residence now where His Majesty, the King of Cambodia, and the royal families live. it is like a small town of royal dynasties. Continue to Silver Pagoda, serves less as a functioning temple than a repository for cultural treasures such as 90 kg golden Buddha encrusted with 2086 diamonds. Then continue to visit Wat Phnom Temple is one of the most important pagodas in Phnom Penh. Built in 1373 on an artificial hill by the wealthy widow Daun Chi Penh. Overnight in Phnom Penh

Day 5: Phom Penh – Ho Chi Minh by bus (arrival around afternoon)

Breakast at hotel then you will take bus from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh. It takes about 6 hours by bus. Arrival HCM, our guide and driver come to pick up your family to hotel to check in. Overnight at hotel in HCM

Day 6: Cu Chi Tunnel + city tour (B,L)

After breakfast. We drive to visit Cuchi tunnels, this network of tunnels, which stretched for over 200km, became legendary during the 1960s. The Cu Chi tunnels played a vital part in the U.S.-Vietnam War in that they allowed the Viet Cong to control a large rural area only 30 to 40 km from Saigon. At its height, the tunnel system stretched from Saigon to the Cambodian border. The network, parts of which were several levels deep, included innumerable trap doors, specifically constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and feel of what underground life during the war must have been like. The tunnels have been widened for our benefit (otherwise we would not be able to enter them!). For those interested there's even the opportunity to try an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range. Lunch at local restaurant then afternoon you will visit HCM citya bustling metropolis, contradiction of its northern counterpart, excited by numerous shopping area and sidewalk cafés. A half day tour of dynamic Ho Chi Minh City, still called Sai gon by many locals takes in the Notre Dame Cathedral, Old Sai gon Post Office, War Museum, BenThanh Market. Overnight at hotel in HCM

Day 7: Mekong Delta – Cai be floating market (B,L)

07:30 AM: Driver and guide come your hotel to pick up to Cai Be Floating market On arrival in Cai Be, set off by motorboat to visit the Cai Be floating market and watch the locals trading fruit and many other commodities on board their vessels. Visit a small family business to see how coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn are made. Then wander into the small villages to visit the orchard and fruit plantation, accompanied by traditional southern Vietnamese folk music. Keep cruising to a series of small canals to experience the charms of the Upper Mekong Delta. Arrive in Tan Phong island, join to a cooking class. Enjoy your cooking experience and learn how to prepare special Vietnamese dishes. Food cooked by yourself and fresh river food served in the heart of the garden. Relax on the hammocks to get back your energy. Cycle around the village path with fruit orchards and bonsai garden. Meet the local islanders to learn more about the local daily life in the Mekong delta. Take a boat ride back to Cai Be then transfer back to your hotel in Ho Chi Minh

Day 8: Flight to Danang – Hoian (half day city tour) VN120 at 10:00 – 11:20

Breakfast at hotel – you are free until driver comes to pick up to airport for flight to Danang. Arrival Danang, our guide and driver come to pick up to hotel to check in. In the afternoon you will visit Hoian ancient town, a walking tour of this World Heritage Site. Along the way visit the Japanese Covered Bridge which features a Buddhist pagoda attached to one side and the town's most famous landmark, a beautiful Chinese Assembly Hall built in 1740 as a meeting place for all Chinese residents of the town. The hall is lavishly decorated with murals and a replica of a Chinese ship, and Phuoc Kien Pagoda, also called Kim Son Pagoda, built in 1697 by Chinese Phuoc Kien merchants at Hoi An. Conclude your tour at the Central Market, where you will find everything from fruit and flowers to tailor-made clothes and silk lanterns, whose flexible bamboo frames are designed to collapse, so they're easily transported home as a souvenir, overnight at hotel in Hoian

Day 9: Tra Nhieu fishing Village by bicycle (B,L)

08:00 AM: The guide and driver pick you at hotel to pier then cross the river Thu Bon for about 15 minutes, to the Kim Bong carpenters village. You will visit the shipbuilding workshop, wood carving, mosaic and other workshops. The locals will teach you how to make the traditional wooden boats that move the rivers, try the famous basket boats at Mr. Kha’s workshop has 85 years, which manufactures cart boats, woven by bamboo and palm trees. Continue to the Tra Nhieu mat village; you will be listened to the presentation of the war history and their activities. The fishermen leave their nets, boats and prepare their tools for a long ride 2-3 weeks at sea. Spend island hopping via unusual bridges made of wood or bamboo. Taking the path along the river, you will see coconut water, fishing nets, and wild birds, then small pleasant walk on a quiet bamboo bridge in water coconut forest. Then visit the craft mats making. Go back at the dock, you board the boat with residents and cycling to the Tra Que vegetable village - About 150 farmers and 400 owners live on site, cultivate about 20 types of vegetables and herbs including mint, salad, basil, cilantro, broccoli among the other more than 40 hectares of land, 8 tons of Tra Que vegetables are sold each year. The farmers do not use pesticides or OGM but natural fertilizers in particular, a kind of seaweed that is in the river, harvested by gardeners by boat every morning. To Tra Que village, you will be warmly greeted by Mr. Minh family, 3 generations one, a welcome drink "basil juice", stroll through the village and meet local people who work in the garden. The local farmer will teach you all about cultivation methods and how to protect developing vegetable from the insects as well as join the farmers in preparing gardening activities such as raking the ground, sowing, watering greens, transplanting and tending greens. Then relax and soak your feet with a mix of local herbal remedy and Chinese traditional medicine in order to reduce your aches and pains, rheumatism, Prepare lunch with a local family. You will learn how to make “ Tam Huu” spring roll, “Xeo” pancake. Your lunch will consist of many local delicacies including “Tam Huu” spring roll, “Banh Xeo” or local pancake of people in Centre of Viet Nam. After lunch, take a bit rest before returning to your hotel.

Day 10: Flight to Hanoi – street food tour (B, D) VN172 at 14:00 – 15:20

Breakfast at hotel, you are relaxed until 12:00 PM, our driver come to pick up to airport for flight to Hanoi. Arrival Hanoi, guide and driver come to pick up to hotel to check in. Late afternoon you will join Hanoi street food tour from (6:00 PM – 8:30 PM) Our guide come to pick up you to join street food tour in Hanoi. We start the walking part of our tour early first visiting the colorful local markets where we meet stall holders and talk about their food. Our walk then continues along both high streets and back streets exploring beaten corners in Hanoi Old Quarter that you never known by walking yourself, enjoying elegance Hanoi through tranquility French quarter with birds singing. You will taste food, drink endless local beverage while chatting with street vendors. The purpose of our tour is to provide you with a unique opportunity to experience and learn about exciting history, exceptional culture, as well as distinctive architecture of Hanoi following its unique cuisine trail – we ensure the food is hygienically handled and provide a comfortable venue for the tastings. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi

Day 11: Hanoi City tour (B,L)

After Breakfast, our guide and driver will come to hotel to pick up you for tour, we have full-day tour of Vietnam’s capital city. You will visit the house on - stilts of Ho Chi Minh (this is where our uncle Ho spent the rest of his life), the One Pillar Pagoda (it was constructed in 1049), Meseum of Ethnology and the Literature Temple (a habitual symbol of Hanoi), Hoa Lo Prison, pay a visit to the Hoan Kiem Lake . Enjoin water puppet show. Then back to hotel, overnight at hotel in Hanoi

Day 12: Ninh Binh – Tam Coc – Mua cave (B,L)

Tam Coc is one of a famous place of Ninh Binh. Its take about 110 km far from Hanoi, this is a cultural and historical destination combined with natural beauty scenic landscapes, you will have the opportunity to explore the natural scenery in a beautiful picture combined with Natural beauty and rural countryside of Vietnam • AM 08:00: Our guide & driver will pick you up at your hotel then leave to Mu Cave, when you climb on the top of cave, take overview of Tam Coc boat and Ninh Binh city. The cave brings you one of the best panoramic view of one of the nicest sceneries in Viet Nam • PM: After lunch, boat trip to visit Tam Coc to see the beauty of the karst formations as you pass along their base and row into one of the many caves carved through the limestone. Then, cycle for an hour on quiet roads through villages, rice fields, rivers and rocky outcrops in Tam Coc - Bich Dong (around 5 km). Ending tour, back to hotel in Hanoi

Day 13: Hanoi – Halong Bay (B,L,D)

share bus of cruise 09:00 Pick up at hotel then transfer to Pier to take cruise 12:00: Rest at the harbour as the V’Spirit Premier Cruise completes its final preparations. We can board shortly after this and enjoy our welcome drink. 13:00 - 15:15: Sit down in the dining room for a delicious lunch and a scrolling view of the wonderfully unique limestone towers outside the windows. On sampan boats, some residents of the bay will show us their home by taking us to the Dark & Bright caves, two gorgeous caverns with a vast and enclosed lake on the other side. Swimming is also available here. 17:00: We return to the V’Spirit Premier Cruise to catch the daily spectacle of a gorgeous sunset, as well as happy hour at the bar. 19:00: Along with a fantastic dinner, we have a very special performance of traditional Vietnamese music in the dining room or on the top deck. Before you retire to your cabin tonight, perhaps you would like to head to the bar, the spa (book in advance) or join the crew for some squid fishing.

Day 14: Halong Bay – Hanoi (B,L)

06:00: Begin your new day with the Tai Chi session on the top deck, run by our onboard Tai Chi teacher as the sunrise greets us from behind the mountains. 07:00- 08:15: Enjoy breakfast in the fresh air and peaceful beauty of the Bay 10:00: Experience some fantastic kayaking to discover the lovely Tra Bau area. Visit a fishing farm and socialize with the resident fishermen in order to know more about their life and how they work every day. Return to the ship and enjoy the cooking demonstration put on by our talented chef as they give you an insight into Vietnamese cuisine, then sit down for a lovely lunch buffet, on our approach to the harbour. 11:45: Stepping off the V’Spirit Premier Cruise at the harbour, we board the mini Van and head back to Hanoi. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi Overnight at hotel in Hanoi

Day 15: Hanoi free and departure (B)

Breakfast at hotel – you are relaxed at hotel until driver comes to pick up to airport for flight departure. End of services

Trip included

• Tours with English speaking guide

• All transportation

• Boat cruise as mention in Halong Bay with Kayaking

• Entrance fee to any applicable tourist sites

• Meals at local restaurant as indicated (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D= Dinner)

• Accommodations in twin/double share room + Extra bed

• Bottle of water during tour

• Flights: Ho Chi Minh – Dananag – Hanoi

• Bus: Phnom Penh – Ho Chi Minh

Trip excluded

• International flights

• Visa stamps upon arrival in Cambodia usd 30.00 / pax

• Late checkout

• Other meals not mentioned

• Tips & personal expenses

• Laundry

• Other not stated above