Best of Vietnam and Cambodia Tour 11 Days

Day 1: Hanoi arrival 

Arrival at Noi Bai Airport, Asia Eyes Travel’s driver will pick you up and transfer you to hotel. Check in and relax.

Day 2: Explore – Experience Hanoi like a local with scooter tour (Breakfast, lunch)

 8:00: Our female drivers and tour guide will pick you up at your hotel to start a tour to visit Hanoi city.

Firstly, you will go to a very famous coffee shop to enjoy Egg coffee that is founded in Hanoi, passed down through generations, is Café Giang (Giang Café).
Next, our drivers will take you to the Hanoi Opera House built in 1911 to take some photos together as a little memory of Hanoi.

After that we take you to local markets to see people selling everyday essentials.

Joining to Paloma Motorbike Tour, we will take you around the small alleys to visit the old houses and daily life of urban people that are very little known by tourists when visiting Hanoi.

Apart from the small alleys, we will take you through the most highlight places such as: Train Street, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Huu Tiep Lake (B52) where vestiges of war are left here.

A must-see place is the historic Long Bien bridge designed by Daydé & Pillé company (French company), the same one that also built the Effel tower in Paris. The bridge has witnessed two fierce resistance wars of the Vietnamese people. They are the war against the US and the French. Let take some more photos here for your memory. Tour ends at your hotel. 

Notes:

• Please keep in mind that we do not go inside the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum on “Hanoi City sights and street food”tour. This attraction requires a lot of time to fully appreciate so we recommend that you visit them on your own so that we can make the most of time you have with us.
• The above itinerary is subject to change, based on the day’s weather and traffic conditions.
• We will have many stop to trying street food on the way before having last big meal.

Day 3: Hanoi – Ninh Binh (Breakfast, lunch)

07:30: Our guide will meet you at your hotel. Bus-journey through verdant landscape of countryside.

10:45: Visiting Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel with Dinh King Temple and Le King Temple dating back to the 17th Century.

12:00: Enjoying the lunch at our restaurant with the great local cuisines.

13:30: Leaving for the Trang An Grottoes, an out-standing natural beauty of majestic limestone massif at 20 square kilometer rise dramatically out from rice paddy fields. Deep into the linked chains of towering mountain are pristine places of mystical valleys, numerous freshwater ponds, and jungle.

17:15: Returning to our bus and then come back to Hanoi.

19:30: Arrive at hotel.

Day 4: Hanoi – Halong bay (Breakfast and lunch and dinner)

8:00 AM: Our shuttle bus will pick you up and transfer to Halong Bay

11:45 AM:  Arrive in Halong, you are welcomed by our crew and boarding to check in and have lunch while cruising to see the beauty of Halong Bay and Lan Ha Bay.

15:30 PM:  You will join some cruise’s activities, such as:  kayaking, swimming, cooking class…

Enjoy sunset party on boat is an ideal time for photography enthusiasts to capture the stunning moment of sunset.

19:00 PM: Enjoy a romantic dinner on cruise.

Day 5: Halong Bay – Flight to Danang – Hoi An (Breakfast and lunch)

 6:30 AM -7:30 AM: Breakfast is served on boat.

After breakfast, we will join cruise’s activities and having lunch.

11:40 AM: Disembark and move back the port and get on bus to Hanoi airport for your flight to Danang. 

Arrive in Danang airport, our tour guide and driver will pick you up and transfer you to Hoian. 

Day 6: Hoi An countryside vespa tour (4 hours) (Breakfast and lunch)

 8:00 AM: Our Vespa Drivers will pick you up at your hotel and begin your Hoi An Countryside Vespa.
Visit a local farm, learn about rice, vegetable, and cereal crop cultivation, and experience the daily life of local farmers.
Discover traditional occupations in the countryside, such as weaving, rice-wine making, and woodcarving. Learn about newer industries like bird’s nest farming and aquaculture.
Lunch/Dinner: Head to a local family’s home for a delicious home-cooked meal, providing you with a unique insight into the lives of middle-class Vietnamese people.Reflect on your experiences and the new friendships formed during your day in the countryside.
Say goodbye to your local hosts and return to the designated drop-off location by shuttle transfer, bringing with you the memories of an unforgettable journey through rural Hoi An.

Day 7: Hoian – Free day (Breakfast)

Today is a free day to explore Hoi An. Maybe browse the cobbled streets and art galleries or hire a bike and cycle through rice paddies out to Cua Dai Beach. Maybe browse for paintings, ceramics and colourful cloth lanterns in the town’s markets and preserved Chinese shophouses. If you’re craving a new look, you could pay a visit to one of the hundreds of tailors and get something special made. Hoi An is also known for its delicious regional food, so be sure to enjoy a meal at a riverside restaurant or perhaps partake in a cooking class.

Day 8: Hoi An – Danang – Flight to Siem Reap (Breakfast)

This morning you are free until picked up and transferred to the Danang airport to catch flight to Siem Reap.
Pick you up from the airport in Siem Reap and transfer you to the hotel for check in. You are free at leisure.

Day 9: Angkor temples sightseeing (Breakfast and lunch)

 8:00 AM: We are going to visit Angkor Thom, the South Gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon Temple, built from the late 12th century to the early 13th century by King Jayavarman VII and consists of 54 towers, the Royal Enclosure, the Phimeanakas, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King, then visit Ta Prohm, surrounded by jungle.
Visit Angkor Wat, the largest temples in world and covers an area of 200 hectares and surrounded by moat and an exterior wall measuring 1300 meters x 1500 meters. 

Day 10: Banteay Srei sightseeing (Breakfast and lunch)

7:30 AM: We are going to visit Banteay Srei, constructed at the late 10th century by a Brahmin counselor under a powerking Rajendarvarman. It was loosely translated to citadel of the woman, but it is a modern appellation that probably refers to the delicate beauty of the carvings.
En-route stop at Pre-Rub (turn the body), was constructed in late 10th century dedicated to Hindu gods. This reflects the common belief among Cambodians that funerals were conducted at the temple. Visit Preah Khan temple, built by King Jayavarman VII dedicated to his father. It is a huge, highly exportable monastic complex, and served as a Buddhist monastery and school, engaging over 1000 monks.
Continue to Neak Pean, a small island temple located in the middle of the last Baray, constructed by a Khmer king in the Angkor area.

Day 11: Siem Reap – Departure (Breakfast)

Today you are free at leisure until transferred to the airport for your flight to next destination.

Notes: 

• If this tour itinerary is NOT suitable for your plan or any changes, we will recreate the new tour program for you.
• If you wish to spend more time in Siem Reap or any places on tour program, we’ll be happy to organise additional accommodation (subject to availability)