World Heritage Sites in Vietnam and Cambodia in 12 Days

When you arrive in Hanoi, you will be picked up from the airport and taken to a hotel to check in and rest before spending the night at the offered hotel after the welcome meal.

Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi

In the morning: After breakfast at the hotel, begin your city tour by visiting the Ho Chi Minh Complex, which includes the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Ho Chi Minh Museum, and the Tran Quoc Pagoda. Continue on to the Literature Temple, Vietnam’s first university in the 16th century. Have lunch at a well-known Hanoi restaurant.

In the afternoon: Visit the ethnological museum, then take a cyclo ride through the old district to Dong Xuan market and watch a water puppet show in the afternoon.

One Pillar Pagoda

Pick up at your Hanoi residence at 8:30 a.m. and travel to Halong. Arrive at 12:00 p.m. When you arrive at Halong, our crew will greet you on the Junk, serve you a welcome drink, and check you into your cabin.
Following that, a seafood lunch will be provided. At 13:00, the boat begins a 3.5-hour cruise into Halong Bay to witness the incredible karsts with various formations: Mat Qui (Monsters Face) islet, But Moc islet, Cap De islet, Trong (Drum) cave, Trinh Nu cave, to a Floating Fishing hamlet to experience this unique way of living… and then tour Luon cave (from 16: 40 to 17: 30). There will be a number of opportunities to swim and sunbathe. Before retiring to the coziness of your cabin, have a delicious sunset meal and relax beneath the starlit sky.

Ha Long Bay

Early risers can enjoy a morning glimpse of the Bays scenery while sipping tea, coffee, or eating fresh fruits. From the upper deck, we can take in the breathtaking grandeur of the rocky Islands rising from the Bay’s crystal-clear seas. We can hear birds singing, cicadas chirping ashore, and the calm lapping of the waves against our boat, providing the ideal music to match the fresh air and mild wind. Then, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., visit Sung Sot (Amazing) cave, swim, and relax at Titop beach.

Ha Long Bay

The boat will begin sailing back at 09:30, and a brunch buffet will be provided from 10:30 to 11:35, with check-out at 11:35. Arrive at the harbor at 12:00 p.m., then return to Hanoi airport for an afternoon flight to Hue. Transfer from Hue airport to the hotel

Spend the nighttime in Hue

In the morning: Visit the Royal Citadel, which was built in the early nineteenth century by Emperor Gia Long in the manner of French military architect Vauban. Before leaving the Imperial City site, we visit the Imperial Museum, which has many valuable artefacts rescued from the Imperial City, and then we visit the Khai Dinh Tomb and eat lunch.

Citadel Hue – Imperial City

In the afternoon: Take a boat ride along the Perfume River to see Thien Mu pagoda, Minh Mang mausoleum, and Dong Ba market.

Spend the nighttime in Hue

Proceed to Hoi An by car.

On the way, stop at Hai Van Pass, Lang Co Beach, Danang for lunch, then Cham Museum and Marble Mountain.

Marble Mountains

Spend the nighttime in Hoi An.

Early in the morning, go to My Son Holly Land.

After lunch, go to Hoi An.

Hoi An was a significant Asian commercial port in the 17th and 18th centuries, and its architecture and laid-back culture have remained mostly unchanged. Visit the historic merchants’ mansions, the 400-year-old Japanese Covered Bridge, and the vibrant market on a walking tour of the ancient town center.

My Son Sanctuary – Hoian

In the morning, time is yours to spend.

At midday, check out and go to Danang airport for your journey to Siem Reap.

Pick up at Siem Reap International Airport and transfer to hotel for check-in

Angkor Wat Temple

In the morning: tour to Angkor Thom’s South Gate, Bayon, Baphoun, Elephant Terrace, and Leper King Terrace.

In the afternoon: explore Angkor Wat, the World’s Seventh Wonder, and watch the sunset from Phnom Bakheng Hill.

Spend nighttime in Siem Reap

Bayon Temple in Cambodia

We check out and go to the airport for our trip to Phnom Penh in the morning.

Pick up at the airport and travel to the hotel for check-in and lunch.

We spent the afternoon seeing the unforgotten The Killing Fields, Toul Sleng Museum, the greatest center of confinement and torture under the Khmer Rough dictatorship, and another similar horrific site, Cheung Ek Killing Field.

(Warning: both locations have the potential to be horrifying and dismal.)

Phnom Penh – Independence Monument

In the morning, we will visit Royal Palace, one of the most magnificent Khmer palaces, where we will be able to see the valuable Throne Hall, Prasat Khemarin, Prasat Samrn Phirum, Hor Preah Khan, Chan Chhaya, and Silver Pagoda, where the monarch routinely prayed.

Then we go to the neighbouring National Museum of Khmer Arts, which has a warm red terracotta exterior and an elegantly curving roof topped by dozens of guarding nagas. In the afternoon, we walk through River Front Park, whose scenery is well worth photographing, and then to Wat Phnom, the only hill in town with sacred sites, before embarking on a boat cruise along the Mekong River bank to see the lovely Phnom Penh city at night with breathtaking views along the river.

Then, have a goodbye meal at a nearby restaurant.

Royal Palace – Phnom Penh

After breakfast, we check out, and you will be taken to the airport to catch your flight home.

Phnom Penh