Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City - My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho (L)
08:00 AM Pick up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city. Depart for My Tho. Take a leisurely boat ride through Bao Dinh natural canal, which is lined with stilt houses and fruit plantations. Proceed to the Tortoise island and have lunch in the heart of the orchard. Enjoy a boat ride through Tan Thach natural canal in Ben Tre, cruising under the shadows of the water coconut trees. Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle. After trekking through the fruit plantations on Thoi Son island, enjoy a rowing boat ride along the creeks before returning to My Tho by motor boat. Proceed to Can Tho via Vinh Long, and visit the snake market. Check in on arrival. Dinner on guest's account. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Can Tho.
Day 2: Can Tho - Long Xuyen - Chau Doc (B/L)
After breakfast, visitors first take the boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong river (the Bassac river). The boat trip later takes you to the Cai Rang floating market, which are the most original ones and bustling places of the region. Visitors will have the most probably tried the Vietnamese vermicelli soup? So, they will now go and see how it is made. Visitors then roam into the village to get in touch with the local people. Here, they have a chance to experience how to pass a "Monkey bridge" which is built by only one bamboo.Check in on arriving in Chau Doc. take a rowing boat trip through the floating village to visit a fish farm and see how the Mekong Delta people raise fish from their floating houses. Visit the Cham minority in their traditional weaving village. Dinner on guest's account. Overnight at your proposed hotel in Chau Doc.
Day 3: Chau Doc - Phnom Penh (B/L)
After breakfast, transfer to a speed boat for the journey to Phnom Penh. Arrive at Sisowath tourist dock in Phnom Penh at around 2pm. Pick up and transfer to hotel. Leisure time. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Phnom Penh.
Day 4: Phnom Penh - Siem Reap (B/L)
After breakfast, take the City Tour to visit the National Museum of Khmer Art, the Silver Pagoda, in the same grounds as the Royal Palace and the renowned Central Market. In the afternoon, learn about the reign of terror during the hated Khmer Rouge regime (1975-79) by visiting the Killing Fields of the Choeung Ek and the Genocide Museum. Before returning to the hotel, visit the famous Wat Phnom. Transfer to Phnom Penh International airport to board flight to Siem Reap. Pick up and transfer to your hotel. Dinner on guest's account. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Siem Reap
Day 5: Siem Reap Angkor (B/L)
After breakfast, take an extensive tour around the magical temple city of Angkor Wat. Take in the sights at Prasat Kravan, Banteay Dei, Srah Srang, Ta Prohm, Takeo, Thommanon, Chau Say and Tevoda. View the glorious sunset at Phnom Bakheng. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Siem Reap
Day 6: Siem Reap Angkor (B/L)
Watch the spectacular sunrise over Angkor Wat. Have breakfast at your hotel. Then visit South Gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon, Baphoun, the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King. In the afternoon, visit Angkor Wat, which is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Angkor wat stretch over some 400 sq. km, including forested area, Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire. Dinner on guest's account. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Siem Reap.
Day 7: Siem Reap - Departure (B)
After breakfast, free until transfer to airport for departure. |
