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| Arrival at Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh/ Ton Son Nhat International Airport. Meet at the Airport and transfer to hotel. Rest of the day at leisure. Overnight at hotel in Vietnam. (B) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Then drive to Cu Chi Province (65km), en route, you will have the opportunity to visit local homes producing rice paper and rice wine. Visit the amazing complex of underground tunnels at Cu Chi used and built during the war times. There are more than 200 km of underground tunnels, comprising a main axis system with many branches connecting to underground hideouts, shelters and other tunnels. Drive back to Ho Chi Minh city. Afternoon, continue to visit Notre Dame Cathedral, Post Office, and a photo stop at the former Presidential Palace, War Museum, Cholon (China town), Thien Hau Pagoda and Binh Tay market. Overnight at hotel in Vietnam. (B) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Then, Drive to Vinh Long and visit Cai Be floating market. Boat trip on Mekong River to Long Ho & Rai Ca canal. Later, stop by Binh Hoa Phuoc island to visit local house where the families produce tiles, Soya cheese…), visit rice mills, smothery and observe daily country life. Lunch at local restaurant. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Can Tho. (B,L,D) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Later transfer to Chau Doc to visit Cham village and Islam Cathedral. Overnight at hotel in Chau Doc. (B) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Enjoy a trip by Victoria speed boat to Phnom Penh. Arrive Phnom Penh and transfer from the pier to the hotel.Afternoon, visit the Independence Monument, and the National Museum, also called Musee des Beaux-Arts. A French archaeologist and painter, Georges Groslier, designed it in Khmer style in 1917. The museum contains a collection of Khmer art - notably sculptures - from throughout the ages. Visit the Royal Palace, built by King Norodom in 1866 on the site of the old town, and the Silver Pagoda. Located within the grounds of the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda is so named because of its floor, which is made up of 5,000 silver tiles. The treasures found inside include a solid gold Buddha encrusted and weighing 90 kilograms and a small 17th century emerald and baccarat crystal Buddha. Then, visit to the city’s namesake, Wat Phnom. Founded in 1373, the pagoda was built to house Buddhist relics washed ashore by the river. Overnight at hotel in Phnom Penh. (B) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Then, transfer to Phnom Penh International Airport for departure to Siem Reap. Arrive at Siem Reap International Airport and transfer to the hotel (rooms may not be ready until the afternoon).Lunch not included.Visit Preah Khan temple. Built by the King Jayavarman VII, Preah Khan is, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulder-hugging corridors. Unlike Ta Prohm, however, Preah Khan is in a reasonable state of preservation and ongoing restoration efforts should maintain and even improve this situation. Continue your visits to Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool and representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain-lake and visit the temple of Ta Som as well as Srah Srang ("The Royal Baths"), undoubtedly used in the past for ritual bathing. Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap. (B) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Then, 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. Lunch not included.Visit the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century). See the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephants Terrace, the Terrace of the Leper King and Bayon temple (unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara), until sunset. |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Then, transfer to Siem Reap International Airport for departure flight to the next destination. (B) |
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