Visit the highlights of Vietnam en Cambodia in 17 days. Start in Hanoi and experience the Halong Bay on a Vietnamese boat. Travel to the old capital of Hue and to the Unesco world heritage site of Hoi An. Continue to Ho Chi Minh City and travel through the Mekong Delta to Cambodia. Visit the capital Phnom Phen and end at in Siem Reap at the old Angkor Empire.
Day 1 - Hanoi (-)
Arrive in Hanoi, welcome and private transfer to your centrally located hotel in the Old Quater. Free at leisure and overnight in Hanoi.
Day 2 - Hanoi (breakfast)
After breakfast, you are free to explore Hanoi by yourself or you can book an optional tour program to visit the highlights. Overnight in Hanoi.
Day 3 - Hanoi - Halong Bay (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
After breakfast, you will be picked up and transfer to Halong City. Here you will be welcomed onboard your Vietnamese boat and start to sail into the impressive Halong Bay which is part of the Unesco World Heritage. Have lunch onboad and make stops at the Luang Cave where you can further explore the Halong Bay by kayak. Return to the boat and continue to the Titop island for relaxation, swimming or climbing to the top for a magnificent view of the bay. Return to the bay in the afternoon. After dinner, you have time to relax or join at the bar for after-dinner drinks on deck. Overnight in your private cabin in Halong Bay.
Day 4 - Halong Bay - Hanoi - Night Train (breakfast, light lunch)
After breakfast, you will visit the Sung Sot Cave which is an amazing experience. Return to the boat and while sailing back to Halong City you can join in for a Vietnamese cooking demonstration. An early light lunch is served on board before you depart by bus back to Hanoi. Arrive Hanoi in the afternoon and private transfer to the train station for your overnight train to Hue.
Day 5 - Hue (-)
Arrive in the morning at the train station of Hue. Welcome and private transfer to your centrally located hotel in this old capital of many thousands of years ago. You are free in the afternoon to exlore the highlights of Hue by bicycle by yourself or you can book an addtional optional tour program. Free for lunch and dinner and overnight in Hue.
Day 6 - Hue - Hoi An (breakfast)
After breakfast, private transfer to Hoi An with stops at the Lanco beach and the Hai Van Pass. Arrive Hoi An in the early afternoon. Free at leisure and overnight in Hoi An.
Day 7 and Day 8 - Hoi An (breakfast)
After breakfast you are free to explore Hoi An by yourself. Its easy to borrow or rent at minimal cost some bicycles to cycle the old city center and nearby local villages or to the beach. Or you can book an optional tour program. Free for lunch and dinner and overnight in Hoi An.
Day 9 - Hoi An - Danang - Ho Chi Minh City (breakfast
After breakfast, private transfer to Danang airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Arrive, welcome and private transfer to your centrally located hotel in Ho Chi Minh City 'The Paris of the East'. You can explore the city by yourself or book an optional tour program such as a visit to the Cu Chi Tunnels or visit the highlights of the Ho Chi Minh City. Free for lunch and dinner and overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 10 - Ho Chi Minh City (breakfast)
After breakfast, free at leisure and time to explore the city by yourself or book an optional tour program. Free for lunch and dinner and overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 11 - Ho Chi Minh City - Cai Be - Vinh Long - An Binh (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
After breakfast, your private guide and chauffeur will pick you up and you will drive through the country-side to the colorfull floating market of Cai Be. Take a boat ride throught the canals surrounded with a lot of palm trees and fruit plantations. Lunch is served with in a local restaurant in the middle of a orchard. Continue by boat ride to the island of An Binh and check into your ovenright stay with a local family. Have a dinner and overnight in the Mekong Delta.
Day 12 - Anh Binh - Ving Long - Can Tho - Long Xuyen - Chao Doc (breakfast, lunch)
After breakfast, you will drive to the center of the Mekong Detla and to the city of Can Tho. Here you will take another boat trip to the Cai Rang floating market which is the most orignial floating market. After visit local villages and see how rice noodle is made. Continue to drive towards the border with Cambodia. After a local lunch drive to Chao Doc and check into your hotel . Free for dinner and overnight in Chao Doc.
Day 13 - Chao Doc - Phnom Phen, Cambodia (breakfast)
After breakfast, transfer by local transport to the pier and take a ferry boat over the Mekong to Cambodia and Phnom Phen. Clear immigrations on the water from the Vietnamese side and at the Cambodia border. Arrive Phnom Phen in the afternoon. Welcome and private transfer to your centrally located hotel. Free for lunch and dinner and overnight in Phnom Phen.
Day 14 - Phnom Phen (breakfast)
After breakfast, free at leisure and time to explore Phnom Phen by yourself or book an optional tour program whereby you can visit the Grand Palace, Silver Pagoda, National Museum and/or the Killing Fields. Free for lunch and dinner and overnight Phnom Phen.
Day 15 - Phnom Phen - Siem Reap (breakfast)
After breakfast, pick up and transfer to the bus station where you will take a long distance bus along the Tonle Sap lake to Siem Reap. Arrive in the afternoon at the bus station and private local transport to your centrally located hotel in Siem Reap. Free for lunch and dinner and overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 16 - Siem Reap (breakfast)
After breakfast, you are free to explore Siem Reap by yourself of book an optional tour program to the Old Ankgor city with a visit to Thaphrom, Angkor Thom, Bayon and the impressive Angkor Wat temple complexes. Overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 17 - Siem Reap (breakfast)
After breakfast, private transfer to the airport or bus station of Siem Reap for your next destination or your flight back home