Cambodia

Hanoi Arrival

• Welcome to Hanoi – the capital of Vietnam!

• Upon arrival in Hanoi, our driver will be welcoming you at Noi Bai airport, a 35 minutes drive to the center of Hanoi for check-in at the hotel. 

• Overnight in Hanoi.

Hanoi – Full day city tour (B/L) SIC tour

•  Breakfast at the hotel.

• 8.00: We'll pick you up from your hotel take you to visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum – the final resting place of the beloved national hero, Uncle Ho – and President Ho Chi Minh's stilt house where he lived off and on from 1958 to 1969.

• 9.30: You'll visit the One Pillar Pagoda, which is a group of structures that collectively make up a pagoda built over the water in the middle of a square lake.

• Secondly, you'll have a chance to explore the Tran Quoc Pagoda on West lakeshore. From there, it's onto the temple of literature, which was Viet Nam's first university and is dedicated to Confucius.

• 12.30: You have lunch at the restaurant in the Old Quarter. Later, you'll visit Hoan Kiem Lake - the heart and soul of Hanoi.

•  OPTION 1: TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUNDAY

• You'll stop in at the MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY. This magnificent museum showcases the depth of Vietnamese cultural diversity with an astounding collection of 15,000 artifacts gathered from throughout Vietnam. Maps, displays and dioramas are labelled in Vietnamese, French and English. Exhibits portray a typical village market, the making of funny hats and a Tay shamanic ceremony; videos show the real thing. You can also check out a traditional Black Thai house reconstructed in the museum. There's also a center for research and conservation where scientists from all over the world study traditional Vietnamese cultures.

• OPTION 2: MONDAY

• Depart for Bat Trang ceramic village, which is about 20 km away from Hanoi, and this is a pottery village with a half- millenary historical development.

• 15.30 - 16.00: Take the car come back to your hotel. Overnight stay in Hanoi.

Note: On Monday and Friday morning, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ethnic museums are closed.

Hanoi – Halong Bay – Hanoi (B/L) SIC tour

• From 07:30 – Picking up from hotel/ stay and depart for Tuan Chau Island, Halong City, a stopover for rest on the way.

• 12:30 – Arrive Tuan Chau Harbor, welcome aboard, and safety briefing

•           â€“ Wego Halong will take you on a 5-hour journey via two day-sleeper boat cruise route which renowned for its beautiful, passages uninhabited islets and outcrops have been given imaginative names by the locals, due to their perceived shapes, including Cock Fighting and Thumb, while enjoying mouth-watering Vietnamese lunch on the boat.

• 13:45 – Arrive Bo Hon archipelago, you will visit Surprising Cave to see a lot of stalagmites and stalactites with different shapes of sea lives, then go kayaking or bamboo boat in Luon Cave to discover the beautiful lagoon.

•   Later, visit Titov Island with sandy beach adjacent to the towering limestone mountain with excellent backdrop of the bay, and climb up Titov Peak for a panoramic view of the bay like paradise.

• 16:30 – Return Wego Cruises for Afternoon Tea and cruising back toward Tuan Chau harbour. There is a lot of time for sunbathing on the upper deck with music, enjoy great fun of group touring fellows among world iconic natural scenery.

• 17:45 – Disembark for a bus ride back Hanoi, short break on the way

• 21:30 – Drop off at your hotel and overnight stay.

Hanoi – Siem Reap – City tour (B)

• Breakfast and check out. You are free until transfer to the airport (no guide) for your flight to Siem Reap.

• Upon arrival, welcome by the tour guide in Siem Reap, transfer to check into a hotel. Then visit West Baray Big Pond, a "baray" is a water reservoir built by the ancient Khmer people. Then turn to Wat Thmei (Killing Field) contains a unique glass-walled stupa containing the bones of victims of the Khmer Rouge. Some of the bones were recovered from a nearby well, while others are the remains of soldiers who died on a nearby battlefield. 

• Come back to visit the "Les Artisans d'Angkor – Chantiers Ecole", the Finest Authentic Khmer Arts and Crafts. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Siem Reap – Angkor full-day tour (B)

• Have breakfast at the hotel. Morning, explore South Gate of Angkor Thom known as Big Angkor, 3km2 walled and moated royal city and was the last capital of the Angkorian Empire, The famous Bayon Temple was an architectural muddle, in part because it was constructed in a somewhat piecemeal fashion for over a century. Terrace of the Elephants is an impressive, two and a half meter tall, 300-meter long terrace wall adorned with carved elephants and gradual that spans the heart of Angkor Thom in front of Baphuon - huge temple mountain in the heart of Angkor Thom, Royal Palace Area and Phimeanakas and sandstone pyramid. Terrace of the Leper King is at the north end of the Terrace of the Elephants, a double terrace wall with deeply carved nag as demons and other mythological beings. Last you will visit Ta Prohm temple, which is a beautiful combination of human genius and natural beauty. Giant trees have grown here for centuries.

• Afternoon visit Angkor Wat temple, the founder of the temple was Suryavarman II who reigned Cambodia from 1,113 to 1,152 and built the five towers in the 12th century to dedicate to the Hindu God Vishnu. The plan of the pyramidal conception of the temple combined with spaces, alleys, ditches is an ancient masterpiece of architectural design and construction. Free time to have a fun time at bars and pubs at the Angkor Night market. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Siem Reap – Departure (B)

• Have breakfast at the hotel and check out. You are free until transfer to the airport (no guide) for departure flight.

• End of service!