Vietnam & Cambodia Travel Highlights 17 days

When you arrive at Noi Bai airport, our guide and driver will meet you there and transport you to your accommodation in Hanoi. Check in, then enjoy a peaceful night at the hotel.

Meal: None
Tour guide: English-speaking guide

You will visit the most important attractions in Hanoi on this day trip.

You will first go to the Ho Chi Minh Complex. It was formerly the home of Ho Chi Minh, the legendary leader of Vietnam, and today it serves as a useful resource for tourists curious about his life and career. The Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first university, will be your next trip. We arrive at the Ethnology Museum after leaving the city center a little bit further. You can learn more about the 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups here while having fun, thanks to the fascinating antiques and breathtaking pieces of visual art. Enjoy a water puppet show in the evening.

Meal: Breakfast
Tour guide: English-speaking guide

After breakfast, at around 8.00 am, we will pick you up to embark on a journey to the mesmerizing Halong Bay. 

On arrival, you are welcomed on board and served a mouth-watering lunch while cruising through the bay. Depending on which cruise you choose, the detailed itinerary will include a visit to a karst cave, kayaking (an extra option on most of the boats, some boat has kayaking included), swimming in crystal water, enjoying the landscape, or relaxing at the sundeck. The day will end with a sumptuous dinner on board, and you will spend the night under the starry sky.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Tour guide: English-speaking guide onboard

Wake up on the bay to the sounds of waves, fresh air, and breeze. A brand new day comes. Following breakfast, you can discover a breathtaking limestone grotto before returning to the boat for a scenic cruise back to the dock.

Your boat will arrive at the harbor by 11:30 am, and your driver is waiting to take you to Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Tour guide: English-speaking guide onboard

December is the wonderful time for travelers to visit Halong Bay as you can have chance to join themed parties and GALA dinners on board for Christmas and New Year's Eve

Say goodbye to Hanoi, we fly to Hue in the morning.

After checking in, take some time for yourself before seeing the magnificent Imperial City, which has many surviving royal structures. 

Stay the night in Hue.

Meal: Breakfast
Tour guide: English-speaking guide

We’ll take a morning boat along the beautiful Huong River to see the Thien Mu Pagoda, one of Vietnam’s oldest Buddhist sites, and Thuy Bieu village, which features a calm garden house, historic temples, and homes where people make incense.

You will create your lunch today with the assistance of our chef. Enjoy a relaxing herbal foot massage after a lovely cooking instruction and lunch.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Tour guide: English-speaking guide

After the ancient city (Hue), here comes an ancient town – Hoi An.

You will reach the World Heritage Site Hoi An old town after a satisfying journey across the picturesque Ocean Clouds Mountain Pass (Hai Van pass), which includes a stop at the Cham Museum and Marble in Danang. Check into the hotel and take advantage of your free time.

Hoi An hotel overnight.

Meal: Breakfast
Tour guide: English-speaking guide

Spend the first half of the day exploring this 16th-century trading port’s charming streets, where the structures’ architectural motifs include Chinese, Japanese, French, and Vietnamese designs. You will go to a few unique places, such as the Tan Ky House, the Chinese Embassy Halls, the Japanese Bridge, and Phuc Kien Pagoda.

Following supper, you are free to explore Hoi An at your own speed. Soak up the advantage of this opportunity to see the exquisitely lit Hoi An lantern, get some great photos, or just relax and soak it all in.

Hoi An hotel overnight.

Meal: Breakfast
Tour guide: English-speaking guide

After breakfast, take a flight to HCMC by going to the airport.

The tour continues in the afternoon with a visit to the War Museum and the Reunification Palace, following check-in and lunch. The official one, which served as the office of the Southern President of Vietnam, is filled with amazing images and wartime artifacts. You’ll later pay a quick visit to the neighboring historic post office and Notre Dame Cathedral.

You may shop like a local at Ben Thanh Market, your last stop.

Stay at Ho Chi Minh City for the night

Meal: Breakfast
Tour guide: English-speaking guide

We travel to Tay Ninh’s Cao Dai Temple this morning, which is a Caodaism relic site. Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Christianity have all been combined to create Caodaism. Their temple is weird and vibrant, and seeing their midday ceremony is fascinating.

We continue to investigate Cu Chi’s intricate system of tunnels. Surprisingly, Viet Cong soldiers dig Cu Chi tunnels by hand in order to turn them into a covert military outpost. This place is a must-visit if you wish to understand more about the Vietnam War.

Sleepover in HCMC.

Meal: Breakfast
Tour guide: English-speaking guide

Take a boat to the Mekong Delta from HCMC to experience the region’s natural splendor.

As part of the itinerary for the cruise, you will ride a sampan boat via tiny canals to see fruit orchards, rice fields, and peaceful villages. Additionally, you will visit a floating market where traders display the abundant produce of the delta on their boats. No matter how busy they are, they always remember to grin at you.

Overnight on board.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Tour guide: English-speaking guide onboard

Before returning to HCMC, enjoy breakfast on board while taking in the tranquil atmosphere of the Mekong Delta. The remainder of the day is yours to explore Saigon at your own speed.

Meal: Breakfast
Tour guide: English-speaking guide onboard

Breakfast in the hotel, transfer to the airport for a flight to Phnom Penh, and check into the hotel.

Free time at your own leisure. Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Meal: Breakfast
Tour guide: English-speaking guide

Your new day starts with a visit to the National Museum’s collection of Khmer art, where you may learn about the exquisite culture of the Khmer people from more than 5000 display pieces. Then we will find Psar Toul Tom Pong in Phnom Penh. This market, also known as the Russian Market, is an excellent location to look for trinkets, curios, and silks.

In the late afternoon, we will see the Toul Sleng Prison Museum and the Choeung Ek Killing Fields to learn more about Cambodia’s brutal past under the Khmer Rouge government.

We will unwind on a cruise to see the Mekong River’s sunset after a long day of travel.

Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Meal: Breakfast
Tour guide: English-speaking guide

We leave Phnom Penh and head to Siem Reap.

We have plenty of time to see Ta Prohm, a holistic temple buried in the bush because the flight is brief. The temple’s stone foundations and gigantic fig trees around them are so breathtaking that Tomb Raider producers chose it as their filming location.

We will tour Ton Le Sap Lake in the late afternoon, where a large community resides in stilted homes and small boats.

Overnight at a hotel in Siem Reap.

Meal: Breakfast
Tour guide: English-speaking guide

The magnificent Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom complex will be our destination for the entire day. These two architectural wonders will transport you to the time when the once-powerful Khmer empire flourished, from the enormous stone face of Angkor Thom’s South Gate to the richly painted Bayon temple to the magnificent Angkor Wat temple.

In the afternoon, we’ll take a Tuk Tuk, a type of Cambodian transport, to explore Siem Reap’s suburbs before visiting the Artisan D’Angkor workshop and a nearby ancient market.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Meal: Breakfast
Tour guide: English-speaking guide

Breakfast at the hotel – Take advantage of your final free moment in Southeast Asia by shopping for trinkets or taking a leisurely stroll down Siem Reap Street before your departure home. This is also the end of this journey.

Meal: Breakfast
Tour guide: English-speaking guide