Mystical Vietnam & Cambodia – 7-Day Adventure

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel and get ready for Ninh Binh.

Around 8:00: Tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter Center heading to Ninh Binh, the world heritage site.

The trip starts in the Tam Coc area. Taking a rowing Tam Coc Boat Tours from Tam Coc wharf. The boat tour is arranged by local people with both hands and legs.
Visit 3 Magical Grottos: Hang Ca (First Grotto), Hang Hai (Second Grotto), Hang Ba (Third Grotto) during Tam Coc River Tour
Relax with biking around Tam Coc in 30-45 minutes. If you travel during harvest season, you will see many rice fields in golden colors
Enjoy special food at a local restaurant in Tam Coc. Learn how to make Vietnamese cuisine
The tour guide will take you to Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, founded in 968, it remained capital until the early 11th century when Emperor Ly Thai To moved it to today’s Hanoi . Arriving in this beautiful mountainous landscape, you’ll walk 300m to the temples of the Dinh and Le Dynasty.
The last destination, Mua cave. The cave is compared with the “Great wall of China”. Here you walk 500 steps to reach the top of Mua cave then take a lookout of a splendid overview of Ninh Binh
16:00 Relax and get ready for returning to Ha Noi
19:00 : You arrive Hanoi

Overnight in Hanoi

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel and begin your journey to Halong Bay. Please check out the hotel before you leave.

Around 8:00 a.m: Our driver picks you up from the hotel and takes you through the Red River Delta where you can see the everyday life of the Vietnamese Villagers.

Upon arriving at Ha Long, board a traditional sailing junk and get greeted by the crew members.

Discover some of the treasures disseminated across the Bay of the Descending Dragon during the afternoon: fascinating caves, pristine beaches, picturesque floating villages, and fantastic rock formations rising up out of emerald water.

After having a delicious lunch on board, spend the rest of the time at leisure, wherein you can choose to attend our chef's cooking demonstration and try your skills in the art of traditional Vietnamese cooking.

Spend the rest of the evening on the sundeck of your cruise and admire the colors of the sunset painting the sky.

Later, have your dinner accompanied by a wide selection of wines and beverages (additional cost for drinks) along with various entertainment options like - movie night, squid fishing, etc.

You can also choose to enjoy your drink by sitting relaxedly surrounded by limestone rocks majestically springing out from silent waters in the night.

Overnight stay on the cruise at Halong Bay.

Start your day early with sunrise and join a Tai Chi lesson on Sundeck.
Start the day enjoying some delights with a light breakfast followed by a colorful brunch.
Continue exploring Halong Bay by sailing across its 2000+ islets and visiting some of its major highlights.
Spend the rest of the time at leisure until you reach back on the coast of Hanoi.
Around 14:30- 15:00: You arrive in Hanoi

You will be welcomed and greeted by our professional tour guide at Siem Reap airport and transfer to hotel (The room maybe not yet ready until afternoon).
After check in, we take short walk along the road in front of the King’s Residence to see the Main Shrine, where the local people usually worship, with its statue of Yeay Teap, Preah Ang Chek and Preah Ang Chorm. Buying jasmine and lotus flowers to worship is very important for the Cambodians. We will also visit Artisans D’Angkor where young Cambodian are trained to learn how to do carving before visiting one of the city’s lively open market, Psar Chars, also called the “Old Market”, where anything and everything is for sale!
Overnight in hotel in Siem Reap.

After breakfast at hotel, visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture. Angkor Wat's five towers symbolize Meru's five peaks - the enclosed wall represents the mountains at the edge of the world and the surrounding moat, the ocean beyond. We continue to the South Gate (with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk), the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century), Bayon Temple (unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara), the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. We will end our
day discovering Ta Prohm, one of the area's most beautiful temples. Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Late afternoon, you will enjoy Remork ride (commonly called Tuktuk) around the city and you will have a blessing ceremony by Buddhist monk for the prosperity, happiness and safety for your trip.
Overnight in hotel in Siem Reap.

Note: During the visit of the Bakan Tower of Angkor Wat Temple
- Visitors are required to wear proper attire, covering shoulders and knees (no short, miniskirt or short trousers).
- Visitors have to be in the queue and waiting to climb up the Bakan Tower of Angkor Wat
- Children under twelve years old are not allowed to climb up this tower.
- It will be closed on the Buddhist Sabath Days, the Buddhist religious days (four days a month)

Breakfast at hotel, we visit the floating village, located about 15 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. We spend the rest of day visiting the "Chantiers Ecoles - Les Artisans d'Angkor" which provides training to young Cambodians in an effort to revive the ancient Khmer traditions of stone carving and wood sculpting.

Transfer to airport for your departure flight. Thank you so much for traveling with us and hope you come back home with a heart full of unforgettable memories and experiences from your amazing Vietnam and Cambodia Tour.