One Trip to 2 Countries – Vietnam & Cambodia 15 Days

Day 1: Hanoi arrival (Dinner)

 Anytime you arrive in Noi Bai Airport, you will be picked up and transferred to hotel in Hanoi center.

Check in hotel and you are free today to explore the city. 

6:00 PM: We will take 1-hour cyclo tour around old quarter and transferred you to restaurant for dinner. 

Day 2: Explore fabulous food and sights by scooter (Breakfast and lunch)

In the morning 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 Eiffel 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

Day 3: Ninh Binh & Train to Sapa (Breakfast and lunch)

 8:00AM:  Our guide and driver will meet you at hotel transfer you to Ninh Binh.

10:00 AM: Arriving Glimmering Bai Dinh pagoda complexes, the largest pagoda, not only in Vietnam but also in Southeast of Asia. Scenically set on the foot hill of Dinh Mountain surrounded by amazing views of the exquisite river valley below and dotted and the limestone karsts dotted around which will take your breath away.

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

13:30 PM – 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.

19:30 PM: Arrive in Hanoi for dinner before transferring to train station for night train to Sapa at 21:30 PM

Day 4: Lao Cai – Sapa villages (Breakfast, lunch)

6:00 AM: Arrive in at Lao Cai train station, our tour guide and driver will pick you up and transfer you to Sapa.

Have breakfast and leave your luggage at hotel before going to visit the villages as Lao Chai and Ta Van villages the home of H’Mong and Dzay ethnic minorities. Take a walk around to the villages to take photos and chat with ethnic minorities.

After having lunch, we continue to Ta Phin village – Home of Red Dzao ethnic minority.

Day 5: Sapa – Free day (Breakfast and lunch)

 Today you are free to explore Sapa local market or relax or you can take the cable car to visit the Fansipan Mountain.

Day 6: Sapa – Hanoi by bus (Breakfast)

This morning, you are free until our van picks you up and transfer you to Hanoi.

Arrive in Hanoi, check-in hotel and you are free to explore Hanoi.

Day 7: Halong Bay – Overnight on boat (Breakfast, lunch and dinner)

 8:30 AM:  Our shuttle bus will pick you up at your hotel and transfer to Halong Bay

11:45 AM:  Arrive at 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 cruise’s activities as kayaking and swimming…

17:30 PM: Return to cruise.  Enjoy sunset party on boat and it is an ideal time for photography enthusiasts to capture the stunning moment of sunset at Lan Ha Bay.

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

17:30 PM: Return to Cruise. Enjoy sunset party on boat is an ideal time for photography enthusiasts to capture the stunning moment of sunset.
19:00PM: Enjoy a romantic dinner on cruise.

 Day 8: Halong Bay – Hanoi and flight to Hue (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 Hue.

Day 9: Hue sightseeing – Hoian (Breakfast and lunch)

 8.30 AM: We will pick up at your hotel and transfer to wharf and get on a dragon boat for a trip on the beautiful and serene Perfume River and then we are getting off the boat to visit Thien Mu Pagoda, situated on Ha Khe hill, on the north bank of the Perfume River.

We then take a short drive into a lush valley of the river where seven tombs were built for seven Nguyen Emperors. We will visit two of the tombs: Minh Mang Tomb and Khai Dinh Tomb to help you understand more about Royal’s life and architecture.

12:30 PM: We drive to restaurant for lunch

Return to the city center to visit Imperial Citadel, and the Forbidden Purple City, created in the 19th century for the Emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty, If time and weather permit, we could admire the glorious sunset on the Perfume River.

After visiting Hue, we will transfer you to Hoi An.

Day 10: Hoian countryside tour by vespa or jeep car (Breakfast and lunch)

7:45 AM: Our Vespa Drivers or Jeep car will pick you up and begin to experience Hoian countryside. 
Today you will 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.
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. 

Day 11: 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 12: Hoi An – 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.
Arrive in airport, our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the hotel for check in. You are free at leisure.

Day 13: Angkor Temples sightseeing (Breakfast, 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. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 14: 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 power king 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 15: 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 Vietnam or Siem Reap or any places on tour program, we’ll be happy to organise additional accommodation (subject to availability)

 Thank you very much for choosing Asia Eyes Travel!