Discover Beauty of Vietnam and Cambodia in 20 Days

Welcome to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam!

Hanoi Old Quarter by night

Upon arrival at the airport, you will meet your tour guide and driver and then transfer to a hotel in the city center. Check into the hotel and relax for a while.

We will enjoy a welcome dinner at a fine local restaurant in town.

Overnight in Hanoi.

Included: Airport pick-up, Accommodation, Meals: dinner.

This morning, we meet the tour guide and driver at the lobby of the hotel and head west to Duong Lam Ancient Village. This is the first ancient village recognized as a national relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information in Vietnam. The special thing about the village is that most of the buildings here are made of laterite and mud. Apart from its historical and tourism values, Duong Lam ancient village is an important place for scientists to study resident communities in ancient agriculture.

Hoan Kiem Lake – Temple of Literature – Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

In the afternoon, return back to Hanoi and visit the Temple of Literature, which was originally built as a temple of Confucius. Later, we will enjoy an hour-long cyclo tour of the Hanoi Old Quarter, which features old French architecture. We will be free to shop in the old quarter from markets to designer boutique stores to amazing contemporary art galleries. After the tour, come to Thang Long Theater and enjoy a Water Puppet show.

Dinner will be a light dinner with Vietnamese Bread or Pho. After that, take a night train to Lao Cai.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fee, Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

After the train arrives at 6 am, you will be picked up at Lao Cai Station and transferred to Sapa in around the next hour. When we arrive in Sapa, we will eat breakfast before starting our village tour.

The village tour starts with a visit to Cat Cat Village. You will go downhill to this beautiful village. Stop by a waterfall and a hydroelectric station for a while before continuing the trek on a dirt trail through rice paddy terraces. You will also enjoy spectacular scenery while walking along a narrow river before arriving in Y Linh Ho Village of the Black Hmong minority. Take a rest and have lunch at the nearby river.

Lo Lo Chai

After lunch, head to Muong Hoa Valley. You will pass through the Lao Chai Village of the Black Hmong minority and then the Ta Van Village of the Giay people by following a very popular trekking route. You will return to Sapa from Ta Van by car.

Overnight in Sapa.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

After breakfast at the hotel, you will be free until we check out the hotel at 12 pm. Then, go to a local restaurant for lunch.

Mount Fansipan Peak

After lunch, take a 4-minute mountain train through valleys, viaducts, and tunnels offering beautiful views of surrounding villages as well as nature. Reaching the Cable Car Station and continue another 20-minute cable car ride up to the top. Normally, it takes at least two or three days to reach the peak of Fansipan Mountain on foot. However, with the new three-rope cable car system, we can see the peak and spectacular surroundings from the peak within half a day.

Next, take a mountain train back to town. Dinner will be served at a local restaurant.

Overnight in Sapa.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fees, Meals: Breakfast, lunch.

This morning will be free until our limousine picks you up, and we will transfer back to Hanoi in the next 6 hours.

Hanoi Opera House

Upon arrival, check into the hotel, and the remaining time is at your leisure.

Included: Transportation and Accommodation.

This morning, you will take a shuttle bus to Ha Long Bay in 3 hours. Boarding our boat at Tuan Chau Port and enjoy the welcome drink, receive cruise briefing and safety instructions.

After the welcome onboard, you can relax and unwind. Massage service is available through the cruise. Please book in advance with your cruise manager. You will cruise through the most beautiful and quiet areas including Hon Trong and Hon Mai.

Halong view from Titov mountains

In the afternoon, visit Titov Island. You will climb to the peak to enjoy the breathtaking panoramic view of the Bay. After the climb, there is time left to relax on the beach.

Overnight on the boat.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fees, Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Today, you will wake up early to participate in a Tai Chi lesson on the sundeck, which lasts for about 30 minutes.

Sung Sot Cave

After that, visit Sung Sot Cave (Surprise Cave), one of the most spectacular and largest grottoes of Ha Long Bay. The mouth of the grotto is reached by ascending about a hundred stone steps. After that, come back to the boat and enjoy a full breakfast in the dining room before transferring back to Tuan Chau Port.

Return back to Hanoi for the flight to Hue. On your arrival, our car driver will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the hotel in Hue.

Overnight in Hue.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Hanoi – Hue flight ticket, Visit fees, Meals; breakfast.

Have breakfast at the hotel.

In the morning, we will board the Dragon Boat on the romantic Perfume River heading out for the countryside. Hue is the ancient capital, surrounded with ancient tombs of emperors and a visit to the most beautiful tombs will be on the itinerary for today. The charming Thien Mu Pagoda will be the first stop of the day. We will enjoy a great view of the Perfume River and the surrounding area. From here, we rejoin our van and go visit King Khai Dinh’s Tomb and King Tu Duc’s Tomb.

Hue’s Imperial Citadel

In the afternoon, we visit the Imperial Citadel where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945, after exploring the ruins of this wonderful monument. We will then depart to the Hue Royal Fine Art Museum, which is housed within the former Dien Long An Royal Palace. We will finish our day with the local Dong Ba Market to see the daily life of local people.

Overnight in Hue.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fees, Meals: breakfast, lunch.

After breakfast at the hotel, we travel to Hoi An along scenic highway 1A. Along the way, we will stop to contemplate the stunning views of Lang Co Beach, and south to Da Nang.

As the sun sets, the lantern lights in Hoi An

On arrival in Da Nang, we will have a brief visit to Marble Mountain, the five elements of the Universe (water, wood, air, fire, and earth). Arrive in Hoi An in the afternoon and have a walking tour here to visit the Japanese Covered Bridge, the Pottery Museum, Tan Ky’s old house, the Cantonese congregation, the Silk Street of Hoi An, and the temples and pagodas of Chinese appearance.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fees, Meals: breakfast, lunch.

This morning, we will participate in the cooking class with a welcome drink at Hai café. Then, visit Hoi An market to buy fresh ingredients. You will have a chance to interact with the local sellers and see and taste the wonderful variety of foods on display.

Cooking class in Hoi An

Then, arrive at Cooking School and learn the traditional ways of preparing and cooking Vietnamese food from scratch. The cooking lesson runs for about 2 hours; each dish is first demonstrated by our chef before we prepare the dish ourselves. After the lesson, we will eat what we have cooked.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fees, Meals: breakfast, lunch.

Today, we will spend all day enjoying one of the most vibrant cities in Vietnam.

An Bang Beach

You can spend time lying on the beautiful Cua Dai or An Bang Beach and enjoy delicious fresh seafood at nearby restaurants.

Overnight in Hoi An.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, Meals: breakfast.

Have breakfast at the hotel before transferring to Da Nang Airport for a flight to Ho Chi Minh City.

On arrival at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, meet our local guide and driver then transfer to the hotel. Check into the hotel and relax for a while.

Notre Dame Cathedral

Then, you will visit all the highlights of Ho Chi Minh City such as the Reunification Palace, which is the old Presidential Palace in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. You will also visit Notre Dame Cathedral and Saigon Old Post Office nearby. Then, head to Ben Thanh Market to enjoy the bustling atmosphere of various well-organized stalls. You can find everything here from clothes to food.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fees, Meals; breakfast.

Today, you will explore the local daily life at in the Mekong Delta region. After breakfast, transfer to Cai Be to visit Tan Phong Island for biking/walking on village paths to see the local daily life and watch the process of making baskets, bags, hats, wallets, and shoes.

Mekong Delta

Then, the rowing boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals to enujoy enjoy a peaceful time. Next, we back to our boat to go across one of the longest rivers in the world, the Mekong River, to visit An Binh Island. While traveling on a handmade canal homestay, we can walk around this orchard & enjoy some cups of tea, and listen to the traditional music in the ancient house.

After that, we walk into the local village to visit the local workshop to see how to make rice paper and coconut candy and enjoy some sweets with a cup of hot tea. It would be an authentic experience that leaves you with long-lasting memories.

Overnight in Can Tho.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fees, Meals: breakfast, lunch.

Take a boat trip early in the morning to the famous Cai Rang Floating Market with the busy sense right at the time. This is the biggest floating market in the Mekong Delta where we can see the daily life and local people selling their products on boats. If time permits, we can visit Binh Thuy Ancient House here.

After that, you will transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City and have lunch when coming to your hotel.

At 6 pm, hop on the Vespa Adventure, where we are also top models when the staff take us many nice photos and send them to us after the tour. When the sun sets in the west, the tour begins and takes us around the big streets and we can see all the daily nightlife of local people. Then we stop at a seafood workshop for our first tasting meal. With all served food, we enjoy local beer, fruit juice, or cold water while the street outside is still busy.

Saigon Vespa Adventure

After that, you will come back to the city center and participate in the Banh Xeo workshop, in which you can watch the local woman cooking Banh Xeo and enjoy this tasty dish. When you think you can’t eat anymore, the Vespa driver will take us to a hidden Vietnamese-style coffee shop to have a sip and listen to Vietnamese live music as local. However, this music performance has no micro, or power light, only live songs and candles and people whisper to pick up drinks. We can stay as long as we can.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fees, Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

It’s time to say goodbye to Vietnam and continue your journey to Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Siem Reap Night Street

After having breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the airport for a flight to Siem Reap. Upon arrival, you will meet another tour guide and driver for the check-in procedure at the hotel.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, Ho Chi Minh City – Siem Reap flight ticket, Meals: breakfast.

This morning, we will start the discovery of the antique capital of Angkor Thom, which dates back to the 12th century. Start your journey with the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the church of the Ocean of Milk, then visit the Bayon Temple which is unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King.

Angkor Thom

In the afternoon, we will visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodia flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture. Enjoy a wonderful sunset from the top of Pre Rup Temple.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fees, Meals: breakfast, lunch.

Today, you will continue your temple adventure to Banteay Srei, known as the Citadel of Women or a Pink Temple, and Banteay Samre Temples. Then, visit the unique interior brick sculptures of Prasat Kravan, Srah Srang (“The Royal Baths” was once ritual bathing), Banteay Kdei (surrounded by 4 concentric walls), Ta Prohm, one of the area’s most beautiful temples.

Ta Prohm

Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool (representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain lake), and Preah Khan temple, built by King Jayavarman VII. Preah Khan is like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulder-hugging corridors. Unlike Ta Prohm, the temple of Preah Khan is in a reasonable state of preservation.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fees, Meals: breakfast, lunch.

Have breakfast at the hotel.

Then, hop on a boat to the Tonle Sap Lake at Kampong Phluk Village. This is the largest permanent freshwater lake in Southeast Asia and flows into the Tonle Sap River. We will reach a fishermen’s “floating market” with floating schools, floating police stations… This will give you an authentic experience.

Tonle Sap Lake

After this visit, transfer to Siem Reap airport for a flight to Phnom Penh.

Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fees, Meals: breakfast.

In the morning, we visit the National Museum in Phnom Penh. Located in a beautiful traditional building, it contains many outstanding examples of Khmer craftsmanship. Learn about a brighter period in Cambodia’s history with a visit to the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda.

Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh

In the afternoon, listen to the whisper of Cambodia in the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum, a former school that served as a Khmer Rouge torture center. Legend says that there were more than 20,000 people were held and tortured there.

Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Included: Transportation, Accommodation, English-speaking guide, Visit fees, Meals: breakfast.

Enjoy your last minute in this Vietnam and Cambodia in 20-day tour. Then, transfer to the airport for the departure flight. Safe flight and see you in the future holiday!

Included: Airport drop-off and breakfast at the hotel.