Ageless Explorer – Cambodia and Vietnam

Land at the airport in Siem Reap by Singapore Airlines flight SQ-164

10:00-11:00
Custom processing and take luggage at the airport

11:30-13:30
Visit Chong Khneas, you will see ordinary Cambodians going about their daily life in the floating village. We will see a fishermen’s “floating village” with floating schools, floating police station, etc. It is same as a big village floating on the lake, and the “village” move from place to place following water levels and current.

13:30-14:30
Have lunch at Indian Restaurant

15:00
Check in hotel and free at leisure

19:00
Transfer for Indian dinner

Meal:  Indian Lunch and Indian dinner

5:00-6:30
Enjoy sunset time you will visit Bakheng Temple and enjoy a spectacular sunset view from Bakheng hill

7:00-7:45
Have breakfast at hotel

9:30-16:00
Full day Angkor tour
Start your tours by visit to the World Heritage Site; visit 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 and the Terrace of the Leper King. Continue visit Ta Prohm. Ta Prohm is one of the area’s most beautiful temples, Ta Prohm has been left relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Its appeal lies in the fact that, unlike the other monuments of Angkor, it was abandoned and swallowed by the jungle, looking very much the ways most of the Angkor temples appeared when European explorers first stumbled upon them.
 
Afternoon continue to seeing the architectural masterpiece of Angkor Wat. We stroll around this massive monument, exploring the many galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple back to hotel and overnight.

19:30
Our guide pick up for dinner

 
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Overnight hotel in Siem Reap

7:00-7:45
Have breakfast at hotel

8:00-13:30
Our driver and guide will pick up from hotel for an overland transfer to Phnom penh. It takes around 6 hours of drive with 312km. Along the way, make a short stop at Kompong Kdei Bridge. This bridge is an attractive destination was built by Jayavarman 7th in Angkor period about 1000 years ago.

14:00-17:30
Then Short time at  Skun a place where you can find many specialties snack such as fried spider, fried crickets…

After the short rest you will visit the impressive colourful Khmer-style royal palace complex build in 1866 by the Predecessors of King Norodom. Nearby is Silver pagoda (the emerald Buddha temple), where contain plenty of Buddha Statues decorated and made by gold, diamond, gemstone and silver. Next visit Tuol Sleng prison now is Genocide Museum, the most secret part of the Khmer Rouge regime. It’s also called S-21 (abbreviated for Security Office 21), a Khmer Rouge’s premier security camp, specifically designed for the interrogation and extermination of anti-Angkor elements. Walk up to sacred hill Phnom Daun Penh – also the name of a pagoda and name of the capital nowadays. Join dinner at Indian Restaurant . Overnight at the hotel in Phnom Penh.

19:30
Have dinner at Indian restaurant

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch (Indian Set Menu) Dinner (Indian Set Menu)

Overnight hotel in Phnom Penh

7:00-7:45
Have breakfast at hotel

8:00 – 12:00
Start to transfer from Phnom Phenh to Bavet border – It takes 4 hours by driving, upon arrival the group will do check out processing from Cambodia and Check in Vietnam via Moc Bai border.

13:30-15:30   Visit Cu Chi tunnel

Cu Chi, the northernmost suburban district of Ho Chi Minh City. Discover the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, which were once a major underground hideout and resistance base of Viet Cong forces during the two wars against the French and the Americans. The tunnels, entirely hand-dug, formed a highly intricate network of interlinked multilevel passageways at times stretched as far as the Cambodian border and totaling over 120 km in length. Its complexity was beyond imagination containing meeting rooms, kitchens, wells, clinics, schools, depots, trenches and emergency exits all aimed for guerrilla warfare. The tunnels were deep and strong enough to withstand destructive bombings and self-contained enough to outlast prolonged sieges.

Activities in Cu Chi Tunnels, where you will do

• Watch a documentary film that takes you to the past with an introduction of the Cu Chi Tunnels.
• Crawl short distances through the tunnels that were used by the guerrilla fighters during the Vietnam War. You may see a kitchen, living quarters, and a meeting room on the way. The tunnels have been enlarged so visitors can crawl through them, imagine what it must have been like before!
• Learn about how different types of booby trap – the symbol of guerrilla warfare – were created and set up.
• Visit the weapons room and learn how the ingenious Viet Cong soldiers made them.
• Get adventurous and go to the shooting range to fire a real AK-47. The cost for the bullets are not included in this price.

Afternoon transfer from Cu Chi tunnel to Ho Chi Minh city, it takes 1 hours 30 minutes by driving, upon arrival check in hotel for short freshen up

19:30
Our guide will pick up at the hotel then transfer to local restaurant for dinner (Indian Dinner – Veg)

Meal: Brekfast, Lunch (Local Set menu – Indian unavailable on the road driving from PNH to Ho Chi Minh), Dinner (Indian Set menu – north Indian )

Overnight hotel in Ho Chi Minh

7:00-7:45
Have breakfast at hotel

8:00-15:30
My Tho – Mekong delta tour
Travel by car to the Mekong Delta, the world’s largest delta and Vietnam’s largest rice bowl. On arrival in My Tho City, capital of Tien Giang Province, board a motorboat and navigate through intricate canals while observing the local daily life up close as well as the landscape of waterways and lush islands. Land on Thoi Son Island to listen to the Southern traditional music performed by native artists.
 
Continue the tour with a paddleboat to cruise more canals before visiting households with traditional occupations of home-based coconut candy and rice-wine making.  Switch back to a motorboat to go to a bee farm to enjoy fresh honey tea and fresh fruits.
 
On the way back to My Tho, stop to visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, a prominent local Buddhist structure built in 1850 with a unique architectural mixture of Vietnamese, Roman, Chinese and Cambodian styles characterized by a highly ornate façade.

17:30-18:00
Transfer back Ho Chi Minh, check in hotel for freshen up

19:30
Our guide & drvier pick up at the hotel for Dinner at Indian Restaurant (Veg Menu – No Egg)
 
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch (Local set menu, Indian food unavailable in Mekong Delta), Dinner (Indian set menu- north Indian )

Overnight hotel in Ho Chi Minh

7:00-8:00
Have breakfast at hotel

8:00-11:30
Half day city tour in Ho Chi Minh

• The century-old Reunification Palace, witness of the historic events of old Saigon and famous for its architectural characteristics. It witnessed the growth of Ho Chi Minh City during peacetime and throughout the Vietnam War until its end in 1975.
• Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica a neo-Roman cathedral built by the colonial French with materials entirely imported from Marseilles. Discover the magnificent neo-Romanesque architecture as you take in the tranquil atmosphere inside.
• Central Post Office, one of the oldest buildings in Ho Chi Minh City, learn about this significant landmark — the busiest post office in Vietnam. Admire the neoclassical-style of the post office interior as your guide points out the painted maps of former Saigon, once the capital of South Vietnam. Saigon Central Post Office was designed and constructed in the early 20th Century by the famous French architect Gustave Eiffel.

12:45
Transfer to airport then take flight to Da Nang by VN 132 14:20-15:45

15:45
Land at the airport in Da Nang – meet our guide then transfer to hotel for check in

19:30
Our guide pick up at lobby then transfer for dinner (Veg – No Egg menu)
 
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch (Indian Set menu), Dinner (Indian Set menu)

Overnight hotel in Da Nang

7:00-7:45
Have breakfast at hotel

8:00 -15:30
Ba Na hill
Departure to Ba Na Hills, pass the sea-shore on Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, one of the most beautiful roads of Da Nang City and Red Beach, where the French first landed in Da Nang.
Arrive at the Cable car station at the foot of Ba Na Mountain. Enjoy the first leg Cable car, which achieves two Guinness World Records in 2009, longest non-stop cable car (5,042m) and highest non-stop cable car (1,292m). Sitting in the cabin, in mid -air, looking upon the endless tree line of the forests, bring you with spectacular views of the lush jungle and fairly waterfalls along the way. Experience pristine ecological systems of the Ba Na Mountains will leave you the sense of unforeseeable discovery.
First, step on Golden Bridge which stands 1,400m above sea level in the Ba Na hills, extends over the treetops from the edget of a leafy cliff face offering tourists uninterrupted views of the majestic landscape beneath. The gold-colored walkway is lined with purple Lobelia Chrysanthemums and extends for almost 150 metres, curving around in an elegant design. But it is the sculpted hands that give it the true wow factor. It looks like giant hands of Gods pulling a strip of gold out of the land. The Golden Bridge is the latest tourist attraction in Da Nang and has attracted hordes of guests since it opened.
Visit the Le Jardin, old wineries, remains of French Villas and Ling Ung Pagoda with 27m high Buddha status. We then leave the Le Jardin for the second cable car station to visit the top of mountain and see the remain of old villas. Conquer the Peak of Chua Mountain at the height of 1,487m. View the whole Da Nang city under the cluster of white clouds. Leave Peak of Chua Mountain, visit the trail of Dreaming Stream, Rainbow Waterfall, Suspension Bridge, Golden Valley, and ruined Opera House. Play with wild monkeys and take photos, freely then we return to Cable car station at foot of Ba Na Mountain then transfer back to Da Nang City.

17:00-18:00
Check in hotel and free at leisure

19:30
Our guide pick up at the lobby then transfer to Indian restaurant for dinner.

Meal: Breakfast, Buffet Lunch (Indian food unavailable on peak of Ba Na Hill), Dinner (Indian set menu)

Overnight hotel in Da Nang

7:00-7:45
Have breakfast at hotel

11:00
Take flight to Ha Noi by VN 168 11:00-12:20

13:20
Upon arrival, meet our guide at the airport then transfer to local for lunch then take half day city tour

15:00-18:00   Half day city tour
Explore Ba Dinh Square, an important point of pilgrimage for many Vietnamese, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh Museum and the rural style Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts where he lived and worked. Stop by one of Hanoi’s icons, the One Pillar Pagoda, built in the 11th Century in dedication to Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara or Buddha of Compassion and reminiscent of a lotus blossom rising from a pond.

Continue to the Temple of Literature, known as the first university of Vietnam built in 1070 by the Ly Dynasty to honor Confucius, sages and outstanding Vietnamese scholars. Lunch at local restaurant.
Visit Hoan Kiem Lake or “Returned Sword Lake” which originated from a legend of a sacred sword. On an islet in the lake, there locates Ngoc Son Temple which is accessible by a classically red painted wooden bridge.

18:00-18:30
Check in hotel for freshen up

19:30
Our guide pick up for dinner

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch (Indian Set menu), Dinner (Indian Set menu)

Overnight hotel in Hanoi

7:00-7:45
Have breakfast at hotel

8:00-11:30
Transfer to Halong

12:00-16:00
Hours Halong Bay
Discover one of Vietnam’s most spectacular northern jewels with the Halong Bay day cruise. Departure from the buzzing streets of Hanoi in the morning, leaving the city buildings behind in exchange for the beautiful of the Red River Delta. Pass by smaller towns and farmlands, enjoying views of typical Vietnamese countryside. Half way into the three and a half hour-journey, stop for a stretch and a drink at a local rest stop.

Resume the drive, arriving in Ha Long City late morning and board a private boat. Cast off and cruise across the emerald green water of UNESO-listed Halong bay. Sit in the dining area or on the open-air top deck to admire the scenery and the refreshing sea breeze. The boat captain will navigate the boat around the Bay’s 1.500 limestone island, providing an opportunity to see these remarkable, geologic wonders both up-close and from afar. The boat will stop for you to visit Thien Cung Cave (Heaven Palace), one of the most beautiful caves on Ha Long bay.

16:00-19:00
Say farewell to the ship’s crew and climb back into the vehicle for the return journey to Hanoi.

19:30
Arrive  Hanoi then have dinner at Indian restaurant

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch (   local food set menu – VEG – Indian food unavailable on boat), Dinner (Indian Set menu)

Overnight hotel in Hanoi

Morning you will have breakfast at hotel then free at leisure until transfer airport for departure flight to India