South Vietnam and Cambodia Tour – 9 Days

Arrive in Ho Chi Minh. Greeted by your driver at the airport. Transfer to your hotel in the city centre for check-in and at leisure in the rest of the day.

Ho Chi Minh Overview

Note*:

• • The hotel room will be available at 2:00pm, and in case that you would like to secure an early-check in, an additional charge will be applied.
  • Please be advised that both international and domestic might be crowded at sometimes during the day, so in case that you arrive and cannot find our representatives, please contact us, so we could easily search for you.

Meal: n/a
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh

Pickup at the hotel at 7:40 for half day city tour. Our city tour will help you to see the best of Ho Chi Minh. We visit the historic Reunification palace and War Remnants Museum, followed by the architectural treats of French colonial Notre Dame Cathedral and the post Office.

In the afternoon, we head out of town to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, which is an extensive underground network of approximately 200 kilometers of tunnels dug initially by the Viet Minh and then expanded by the Viet Cong. Here contains hospitals, plus accommodation and schools, and were used extensively for refuge and storage and also utilized as a military base for the Viet Cong close to Ho Chi Minh. Come back to Ho Chi Minh in late afternoon.

Cu Chi Tunnels

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh

Pick up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city and start the trip to My Tho. Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda which sated back to the late 19th century. Then  boarding the sampan and cruising down the river around the four beautiful islands known as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Tortoise islands.

Stop over at Unicorn Island, go walking in the village paths to contemplate orchards, enjoy tropical fruits, and Vietnamese folk music performed by the local people. Visit the fruit plantation.

Be rowed in a small sampan through the Thoi Son canal and treat yourself to the beauty of the countryside, visit the family business & bee-keeping farm, enjoy honey tea and coconut candy workshop.

Have lunch at the local restaurant. Break time.

Cycling around Village in the Mekong Delta

The afternoon is time for cycling around the Tan Thach village, meeting the local people to experience their daily life in the Mekong delta. Relaxing on hammocks to enjoy the cool breeze is for those do not want to join the cycling trip. Proceed to Can Tho City and overnight in Can Tho.

Meal: Breakfast/Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Can Tho.

Have breakfast at hotel. You can take a leisurely boat ride to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong River (Bassac River), then visit Cai Rang Floating Market, the most vibrant floating market in the area.

Walking tour of the local noodle factory. Visit Munir Ansay Pagoda – Khmer temple, famous for its unique structure. Then move by boat to the Con Son tourist area, visit the fruit plantation and enjoy seasonal fruits.

After that, transfer to Chau Doc by private car. Check-in at your hotel in Chau Doc and free.

Cai Rang Floating Market

Meal: Breakfast/Lunch

Accommodation: Hotel in Chau Doc

Pickup at 7:00 to transfer to the jetty for speedy boat to Phnom Penh.

Arrive Phnom Penh at about 1pm. A city tour acquaints us with some major sights of Phnom Penh. The private quarters of the Royal Palace are now home to the royal family and are therefore very close to the public.

At the northern area of the palace grounds is Silver Pagoda, the most sacred shrine in the country. We visit both structures as well as the legendary temple of Wat Phnom, which provides an interesting view over the environs. The next stop of our trip is the National Museum, exclusively dedicated to Khmer art and sculpture. The majority of the exhibits are from the Angkor period from 9th to 15th centuries, but some date from as early as the 4th century.

Phnom Penh City

Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Phnom Penh

Pickup at the hotel to take a tour of the killing fields at Choeung Ek and learn about the horrors that took place there. Visit the large memorial that was built to commemorate the 17,000 Cambodians who died at the site under the hands of the cruel Khmer Rouge.

After the tour, drive to the station for bus transfer to Siem Reap. Arrive Siem Reap in the evening.

Note*: the bus transfer from Phnom Penh – Siem Reap could take about 6 hour drive.

Killing Fields

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation:Hotel in Siem Reap

08:00 We drive to South Gate of Angkor Thom, the famous Bayon temple – a unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, Baphoun, the Terrace of Temple, Elephants and Terrace of the Leper King.

15:00 The tour start with the visiting to the famous temple: Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is a World Heritage Site since 1992, famous for its beauty and splendor. Angkor Wat features the longest continuous bas-relief in the world, which runs along the outer gallery walls and narrates stories from Hindu mythology. After that, visit Bakheng Temple and enjoy a romantic sun set view form Bakheng hill.

Angkor Wat

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap

Enjoy your free day to explore Siem Reap.

Pub Street by night

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap

Enjoy your free time to relax and explore Siem Reap until airport transfer for your departure flight. It’s time to say goodbye, we thank you for travelling with us and warmly welcome you to come again.

Note*: late checkout is not included.

Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: n/a