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INDOCHINA 30 DAYS
DAY 1: ARRIVAL SIEM REAP
Meet and greet at the airport then transfer to check in at the hotel. Free at own leisure.Overnight in Seam Reap | Hotel: Home - Victoria Hotels & Resorts
DAY 2: SIEM REAP
At 8:00AM, after your breakfast, our car and driver will pick you up at your hotel and drive you to start your visiting day with:
In the morning, explore Angkor Thom which includes the Bayon (known for its huge stone faces of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, with one facing outward and keeping watch at each compass point), Baphoun, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terraces and the Leper King Terrace.
Continue to Taprohm Temple, which offers an impressive and nostalgic glimpse of the jungle taking repossession of the site.
Have lunch at local restaurant.
We start with an orientation city tour of Siemreap (the guide will show you the Old Market and the Pub Street, ideal venue for our leisure time in the evening), then drive to Angkor Wat. This is the best preserved example of Khmer architecture in Cambodia and is so grand in design that some rank it among the Seven Wonders of the World.End the day with a spectacular sunset at the mountain temple of Phnom Bakheng. Dinner at local restaurant and enjoy with Apsara dance show.Overnight in Seam Reap (B/L/D)
DAY 3: SIEM REAP – PHNOM PENH
Breakfast at the hotel then and overland to Phnom Penh on the way a visit the ancient Kampong Kdey bridge and a visit to one village one product in Samnak Village, and on the way stop at Skoun Town to see the fried spider. arrived Phnom Penh check in at the hotel.
Overnight in Phnompenh (B) | Hotel: InterContinental Hotels & Resorts | Home
DAY 4: PHNOM PENH – SIHANOUK VILLE
Breakfast at the hotel then drive to Sihanouk Ville. Arrived check in at the hotel then relax at your own leisure on the beach.Overnight in Sihanouk Ville (B) | Hotel : www.sokhahotels.com
DAY 5: SIHANOUK VILLE
Free at leisure on the beach, Overnight in Sihanouk Ville (B)
DAY 6: SIHANOUK VILLE – PHNOM PENH- SAIGON
Breakfast at the hotel, then we take a drive back to Phnom Penh airport for a flight to Saigon. Pick up at arrival, check-in at hotel.Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City, pick up and transfer to hotel. Welcome dinner on floating restaurant on Sai Gon River.
Overnight in Saigon (B/D)
DAY 7: HOCHIMINH CITY – CU CHI TUNNEL
Morning: Take the HCMC City tour, visit Notre Dame Church, Post Office, Thong Nhat Conference Hall, and War Museum. Lunch will be served at restaurant.PM: Drive to visit Cu chi underground Tunnel – a battle field in Vietnam War closely to Saigon City.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh (B/L) Hotel Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon

DAY 8: HO CHI MINH – MY THO – BEN TRE – CAN THO
In the morning, we leave the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City for the area referred locally as “the rice bowl of Vietnam”.
On arrival, we get on our private boat, which shall start off by driving us along Dragon Island, a fishing village, contemplating the Mekong river’s fabulous beauty before going along the palm tree –lined canal to visit bee farms and a typical house made of coconut … where we are welcomed with honey tea and taste local confectionery.
After the boat trip, we’ll take horse-driven cart along country roads to other local houses to interact the local life in Bentre province. Here we can enjoy a variety of tropical fruits while listening to traditional South Vietnamese folk songs performed by local artists.
Finally, we will have a short rowing boat ride to our main boat, which in turn will take us to local cottage industries where we can try coconut candies, and taste some kinds of famous wine in Mekong.
Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon return by boat to Mytho and drive to Cantho.
Overnight in Can Tho. (B/L) Victoria Can tho: Can Tho Resort / Hotels in Vietnam / Home - Victoria Hotels & Resorts

DAY 9: CAN THO – HO CHI MINH
7.30AM: We leave the hotel, board a motor boat along the Mighty Mekong River to Cai Rang floating market, the largest of its kind, where a colorful display of boats carrying juicy fruits and vegetables gather for daily exchanging. Then we continue the cruise & have a short walk on a country road to take in the magnificent scenery and get close to the locals as they go about their daily routine.
Late morning, the boat takes us across Mekong River to Vinh Long on the other side. On arrival, visit the local village making incense stick before drive back to HCMC. Stop for lunch en route. Arrive back Ho Chi Minh in the afternoon. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh (B/L)
Hotel : Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon

DAY 10: HOCHIMINH CITY – NHA TRANG
Drive to Nha Trang, a beautiful city on the beach. It is 450 km to the North of Ho ChiMinh City (it takes of you about 9hrs including 8hrs in the car and 1 hr for lunch in Phan Thiet). On the way stop to have lunch at Ca Na Beach for lunch. Arrive in Nha Trang at around 16.00, check in hotel and free time. Overnight in Nha Trang. (B/L) Hotel: Vinpearl Land - Khách s

DAY 11: NHA TRANG CITY TOUR
Boat trip to visit Tri Nguyen Aquarium and Bai Tranh beach and bathing at Bai Tranh – a clean blue-water beach in the island.P.M: Visit Ponagar Cham Tower, Long Son Pagoda, Hon Chong Rocks and Nha Trang (Dam) market.Overnight in Nha Trang. (B/L)

DAY 12: NHATRANG – DANANG – HOI AN
Our guide and driver will transfer you to Nha Trang airport for flying to Da Nang, visit Cham Museum and Marble Mountain. Transfer to Hoi An for lunch. Check in hotel.After lunch time, take the excursion to My Son, a ancient religion center of the Cham people in the past, 40 km to the South West of Hoi An town, another World’s Cultural Heritage. Overnight in Hoian. (B/L) Hotel Hoi An Beach Resort & Spa / Hotels in Vietnam / Home - Victoria Hotels & Resorts

DAY 13: HOI AN FREE DAY
A day free in Hoian beach or shopping in Hoian town. Overnight in Hoian (B)
DAY 14: MY SON HOIAN DAY TRIP
Hoi An is a small town in Central Vietnam famous for its wooden houses, family chapels, Assembly Halls and for its silk shops. In the morning, take a private car from Hoi An Town to My Son Holy Land, a World Heritage, 50 km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. My Son, considered to be in the same league as some of Southeast Asia’s greatest archaeological sites, including Angkor in Cambodia, Bagan in Myanmar, Ayutthaya in Thailand and Borobudur in Indonesia. These towers and sanctuaries were built from the 7 to 13 centuries.
Back to Hoi An for lunch. After the relax, it is light excursion to go around tiny town of Hoi An for city tour: 400 years old Japanese Bridge, 300 years old Chinese temple, 200 years old Vietnamese former merchants’ house. Tour ends at about 16.30 pm. Overnight in Hoian. (B/L)
DAY 15: HOI AN- HUE
Morning drive to Hue (120 km from Hoi An and via Da Nang). Stop at Hai Van Pass (pass of Cloud) for the picture. Arrive in Hue in the afternoon. Check in hotel and free time.Overnight in Hue. (B) Hotel Mercure Hue Gerbera: Hotel reservation with Mercure in HUE

DAY 16: HUE CITY TOUR
Pick up from hotel in Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. A boat trip on the romantically named Perfume River visits Hue’s best-known religious sites, Thien Mu Pagoda. Then continue to discover Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945 including Flag Tower, Noon Gate, Nine Dynastic Urns, Nine Holy Cannons, Thai Hoa Palace, and Forbidden Purple City. The afternoon continues with a visit to the elaborate tombs of emperors Tu Duc & Khai Dinh. This guided tour gives you a deep understanding about King’s philosophy of geomancy and how this affected royal life. Overnight in Hue (B/L)