DAY 1: HO CHI MINH CITY ARRIVAL
• On arrival at Tan Son Nhat airport, you will be met and transfer to hotel for check in. Free at leisure.
• Have dinner at local restaurant
• O/N at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Meals: Dinner
DAY 2: HO CHI MINH CITY - CU CHI – HO CHI MINH CITY
• ABF at hotel.
• Leave Ho Chi Minh City for Cu Chi tunnels
• On your way, you will pass by paddy fields. Here you will have the opportunity to meet villagers and witness how rice paper is made. Explore the amazing labyrinth of tunnels used by the guerrillas during the war.
• Lunch will be served at local restaurant.
• Transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City and proceed for a half day city tour. Visit the War museum, Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, General Post Office, Ben Thanh market and other shopping center if time permits.
• Enjoy dinner at one of the good local restaurants.
• Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 3: HO CHI MINH CITY - MY THO - HO CHI MINH CITY
• ABF at hotel.
• We will take a full day trip to the watery world of the Mekong Delta, just 1 hour and half by road from Ho Chi Minh City. We will have a full day trip here to catch a glimpse of the famous Mekong River.
• Upon arrival we will take a boat trip along narrow waterways overhung with dense vegetation visiting the fish whalf, the 4 famous islands of Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle and Phoenix. Then take a short tour to the bank of Mekong River visiting a rice farm, candy workshop and honey bee farm, then journey by sampan through the canals and mangrove forests where we watch the fishermen lay their fish traps. Enjoy time on the Unicorn island visiting the local fruit, tea mixed with bee’s honey, and enjoy a locally produced folkshow of traditional Mekong Delta music.
• Visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, the most famous pagoda in the south whose architecture is a mixture of Vietnamese, Kh’mer and Chinese.
• In the late afternoon, transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City.
• Enjoy your dinner at local restaurant.
• O/N at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 4: HO CHI MINH CITY – SIEM REAP EXPLORATION
• ABF at hotel.
• Free at leisure until departure time for transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport for your flight to Siem Reap.
• Arrive Siem Reap by morning flight, Siem Reap – Treasures of the Kingdom of Cambodia, special welcome all warmly to everybody, a moment of courtesy meeting then self-introduce with our Cambodian tour guide in the meeting point's Siem Reap airport.
• The ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century)
• See the South Gate, Bayon Temple- unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara
• Baphuon temple lying just to the north of Bayon a pyramidal representation of mythical Mont Meru
• The Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas
• The Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King
• We continue to visit the fabulous Ta Prohm embraced by the roots of enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers
The tour start with the visiting to the famous temple: Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is a World Heritage Site since 1992, famous for its beauty and splendor. Angkor Wat features the longest continuous bas-relief in the world, which runs along the outer gallery walls and narrates stories from Hindu mythology.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 6: SIEM REAP DEPARTURE
• We embark on Ox cart to visiting the Khmer Village and enjoy view of the rice field and a lots of palm trees with great fresh air. We board on boat in Tonle Sap Lake. Here, enjoy a brief cruise past floating villages complete with schools, restaurants, and hospitals. Then we visit Puok – which is home to the Artisans d’Angkor Silk Farm. Here you will witness the entire silk production process, from the silk worm munching on the Mulberry leaves, to spinning their cocoons, the cocoons being harvested and turned into silk thread, women weaving, and of course the beautiful finished silk products, which you can purchase at the on-site boutique, a wonderful souvenir of Cambodia.
• Transfer to Siem Reap airport for departure to next destination. Say goodbye to your Cambodian guide and driver. Goodbye Cambodia!!!!
Meals: Breakfast
