Vietnam to Cambodia Tour by Speedboat

This morning, you will be taken for a short drive to Cu Chi Tunnels – an impressively historical site in South Vietnam. This fantastic network stretches over 250 km and is the shelter of Vietnamese soldiers during the wars.

The system was served as communication routes, storage facilities, hospitals and living areas for Vietnamese fighters throughout the war. Take your time to descend into the tunnels to discover the wonderful tunnels and the harsh conditions of Vietcong guerrillas. You also have a chance to relax green tea and tapioca to experience the real life of Vietcong in wartime.

Around noon, head back to the city center. The remainder of the day is free to relax. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

This morning, leave Saigon and depart for Ben Tre in Mekong Delta. Upon arrival at Ben Tre town, enjoy a motor boat trip along Ben Tre River. Make some stops along the way to visit a brick kiln where you observe the making process of bricks and coconut fruits processing. Continue onto some families in Cai Son and Thanh Nhon channel to watch their techniques to make sleeping mats.

During break time at a local house, take your time to relax and enjoy fresh fruit with green tea. Your stunning trip will be continued with a bike ride or a motor cart taking you through rice fields and vegetable plains. After lunch at a local house, enjoy a cruise on a rowing boat along small channels to visit a rice-making workshop and an ancient house.

In the afternoon, head back to the main road for a transfer to the hotel in Can Tho. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

In the morning, proceed to Ninh Kieu Quay where you board a boat for a cruise to the colorful floating markets of Cai Rang.

Floating on the boat, you will see a number of other small floating boats filled with various fruits such as mangos, bananas, mangos teens, star apples, or the sweetened longans. You are offered a special chance to savor their great flavours. Then, enter the narrow channels of streams of Can Tho. While on the boat, you could get a real insight into the local daily activities. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant.

Your journey will continue onto Chau Doc – another small border town located on the river banks. The town is home to different communities including Chinese, Cham and Khmer. As passing by the immense rice fields, you will see the beautiful Sam Mountain on one side and the Mubarak mosque on another side of Chau Doc.

Once in Chau Doc, check in your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast, embark on a speedboat to Phnom Penh – the capital of Cambodia, also known as “The Pearl of Asia”. The hidden charm of the city with many buildings influenced by French architecture still attracts tourists from all over the world. Upon your arrival, check in your hotel and take a short rest.

In the afternoon, set our city tour of Phnom Penh. In this tour, you will explore some of the most famous landscapes and sites of the city. Your first stop is the Royal Palace – a complex consisting of different structures which house a stunning collection of Khmer art. You also visit the Silver Pagoda featuring a golden Buddha weighing 90 kg and a Buddha dating from the 17th century.  

Return to the hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

This morning you will transfer by bus from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap – one of the important center of Cambodia. The city features colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter, and around the Old Market.

Upon arrive in Siem Reap, our private car will pick you up and transfer to the hotel to check in. The balance of the day is for you to spend at your leisure.

Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Note: If you'd love to fly from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap to save time, please advise us. It takes you 1 hour of transferring.

You will be picked up from your hotel for a visit to the exceptional Angkor Wat - the most famous and largest temple complex in Cambodia and in the world as well. The complex is considered the architectural masterpiece thanks to its perfection in composition, balance, proportions, relief, and sculpture.

In the afternoon, continue onto the south gate to explore Angkor Thom which is no doubt the expression of highest genius. Located in the heart of Angkor Thom, you can see the Bayon Temple with many other relics which offer a great chance to observe ancient sculptures. From the structure, continue onto the nearby Terrace of Elephants with 300 meters long through the core of Angkor Thom. Take a few steps to the terrace of the Leper King a double terrace located at the north end of the Terrace of the Elephants.

As the day comes to a close, head back to the hotel. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Today is at your leisure to explore the city on your own. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

At a good time in the morning, you will be picked up from the hotel to the airport for a flight to Hanoi. Welcome on arrival and transferred to the hotel in the city center for check-in. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

In the morning, set off the city tour with the first visit to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum where the body of the famous President Ho Chi Minh is rested. You also visit his traditional stilt house to get to know more about his life and career. Continue onto One Pillar Pagoda to appreciate its special structure. Leaving the complex, make your way to the Temple of literature- famous for being the first university of Vietnam. It is also a popular place for Vietnamese students to visit and take some commemorative photographs when graduating.

Around noon, fill up your stomach with the best of local foods in Hanoi. You will be introduced some famous local restaurants where you enjoy the best known dish of Pho, Bun Cha or coffee eggs. Dinner on your own. Stay overnight at your hotel.

After breakfast at the hotel, leave the hustle and bustle of Hanoi and depart for the dreamy land of Halong Bay – the UNECO Heritage Site. The bay is famous for thousands of islands located in a background of the Gulf of Tonkin. Visiting the bay, you will immerse in the endless charm of different types of scenery.

Once at the pier, embark on a beautiful boat for an overnight cruise on the magical bay. Staying on board, you are also offered a great chance to savor special menu of fresh seafood in the natural beauty of limestone formations. This is surely the best moment you have had in your journey in Vietnam.

Lunch, dinner and overnight on board.

Get up early this morning to delve into the tranquility of the morning over the bay. Morning is the great time to admire the breathtaking views of the bay in the glitter of sun rays shining down to the water surface. After lunch on board, take the last chance to enjoy the impressive views of the beautiful limestone as the ship cruises through the bay.

After getting to the harbour, transfer to Hanoi airport for your departure flight. End of tour.