VIETNAM CAMBODIA

   
Arrive in Lao Cai city in the early morning. Have breakfast. Transfer to Sapa – the fanciful town in the fog. Visit villas and churches built in the period of French colonization, especially the Stone Church. Have lunch.
Move to Ham Rong Moutain, the home to some stunning orchid gardens and "rock gardens". Enjoy the surrounding fresh nature as well as the spectacular views of the beautiful valley towards Fansipan – highest peak in Viet Nam and Indochina Hike to the Cat Cat village to see the local minority communities and admire the natural beauties of the area such as the streams and falls deep inside the valley. Have dinner. Free at leisure for exploring the small town. Overnight in Sapa.
DAY 05: SAPA – HA NOI (B, L, D)
Have breakfast. Visit villages surrounded by terraced rice plantations and linger in the large market area to admire various handicraft articles. Enjoy lunch prepared and served by a local families. Bus back to Lao Cai. Then take a short tour of the city to visit the Sino-Vietnam border and the central market and mall. Have dinner. Return to Hanoi by night train, sleeping again in the soft-sleeper cabins.
DAY 06: HA NOI (B, L, D)
Arrive in Ha Noi Capital in the morning. Have breakfast. Take an excursion around the Capital. Visit the first place named Tran Quoc Pagoda, a Buddhist relic and national heritage lying on the West Lake. Then visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the final resting place of Vietnam’s greatest father, walking along Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house where he lived and worked from 1958 to 1969. Continue the trip to One Pillar Pagoda, the one modeled after a lotus flower, a symbol of Ha Noi Capital. Explore the colorful features of the 54 ethnic groups of Viet Nam in the Ethnology Museum. Have lunch at a local restaurant in Ha Noi Old Quarter. Transfer to hotel for checking in.
Continue the excursion including: Temples of Literature (considered as Vietnam’s first University); legendary Hoan Kiem Lake; Ngoc Son Temple. Have dinner. Later in the evening, enjoy the spectacular traditional Water Puppet Show. Overnight in Ha Noi Capital.
DAY 07: HA NOI – NINH BINH (B, L) – DINNER FREE
Breakfast at hotel. Depart for Ninh Binh Province, famous as the so-called “Dry-Ha Long Bay”. The first destination is Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel, which is once depicted the ancient capital of Viet Nam, settled up in the 10th century. Visit temples of two dynasties of Dinh and Le with a very unique architectures in the old time. Visit the excavation area beside the Le Dai Hanh temple. Explore the vestiges of Royal Palaces ground dated back 10th century. Then proceed to Tam Coc. 
CYCLING RIDE (optional): Those who love to explore real countryside images of Vietnam can proceed a 40 minute cycling ride along country lane (from Tam Coc to Bich Dong Pagoda, estimated time 40 minutes for 5km cycling 2 ways), experiencing the beautiful scenery of lush paddy fields. Finish the cycling ride at Tam Coc dock in time for a buffet lunch in restaurant.
  Board the sampan boats (2 people share a boat) in Tam Coc dock to drift down the river among the villages, mountains and lush rice fields. Passing through 3 caves"Hang Ca - First cave, Hang Hai -Second cave, Hang Ba - Third cave" to get a strange feeling. Return to the dock. Back to Ha Noi Capital. Free at leisure. Overnight in Ha Noi.
DAY 08: HA NOI – HUE (B, L, D)

  
Breakfast at hotel. Check out hotel and transfer to Noi Bai Airport. Take a morning flight to Hue – the former imperial capital of Vietnam. Upon arrival, visit the Imperial City, a UNESCO world heritage site also called the Forbidden Purple City and the restricted residence of the emperor and his concubines in the past. Have lunch at a local restaurant.
Visit the Tombs of Emperor Tu Duc on the bank of the Perfume River, as well as the beautiful historic Thien Mu Pagoda, regarded as the unofficial symbol of the former capital. Have dinner. Then enjoy “Nha Nhac Cung Dinh Hue” (Nha Nhac of Hue Court), a form of Vietnamese court music, that was recognized in 2005 by UNESCO as a “Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”. Free at leisure. Overnight in Hue.
DAY 09: HUE – DA NANG – HOI AN (B, L) – DINNER FREE
Breakfast at hotel. Depart for Hoi An Ancient Town by bus. Pass through Cloud Mountain and Marble Mountain, enjoying the beautiful landscape of central Vietnam. Stop in Da Nang and visit the Cham Art Museum, which was founded in 1919. Its predecessor was the French School of the Far East. Have lunch.
Proceed to Hoi An, an important port and major trading center in South East Asia during the 16th and 17th centuries and now one of the UNESCO world heritage sites, stroll through Hoi An Ancient Town. Discover its unique character, its old-fashioned charm and the cultural influences of Japan, China and France as you visit the shops, assembly halls, temples and the famous Japanese Covered Bridge. Free at leisure. Overnight in Hoi An.
DAY 10: HOI AN – NHA TRANG (B, L, D)
Breakfast at hotel. Check out hotel. Transfer to Da Nang International Airport to take a local flight to the coastal city of Nha Trang.
Upon arrival, transfer to hotel for checking in. Free at leisure. Have lunch. Take an excursion to visit the Oceanographic Institute of Nha Trang, which has the vastest collection of marine organisms of the Eastern Sea. Then visit the Po Nagar Cham Towers, one of the many relics of the Champa Kingdom. Four towers remain from an original eight, each in a different style, suggesting that they were built over an extended period between the seventh and 12th centuries. Afterwards, visit Stone Church to see the unique architecture of French style in Nha Trang.
Drive to I – resort (optional) to enjoy hot mineral waterfall; hot mineral water swimming pool; or hot mud bathing. 
Have dinner. Free at leisure. Overnight in Nha Trang
DAY 11: VINPEARL LAND (B, L) – DINNER FREE

  
Breakfast at hotel. Take a boat trip to visit the island of Hon Tam Island, an eco-green island with endless blue sea, white silky sand and tropical forest. Spend a few hours being charmed by the beauty of this topical island, partaking in various water activities. Have lunch on the famous bamboo island – Hon Tre Island.
Then travel to the World Entertainment of Vinpearl land by boat.
Admire Vinpearl’s largest aquarium in Southeast Asia with hundreds of thousands of marine life. Visitors will be moved by the escalators in a 90m long tunnel under the sea.
Participate in all the action, thrilling games (acrobatics, wooden carousel horse, carousel elephant) and the static games (glider, racing, space exploration, skiing, surfing, tram crash). Especially, enjoying the new 4D movie theater.
Watch the water music show
Walk along the wide street of shopping stalls with unique design.
On the way back, have full view of Vinpearl by crossing sea cable car of 3.320m long.
Return to the downtown of Nha Trang, spend the rest of the day at leisure. Overnight in Nha Trang.
DAY 12: NHA TRANG – HO CHI MINH
Breakfast at hotel. Check out hotel and transfer to Cam Ranh Aiport. Take a local flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, visit Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office. Check in hotel. Have lunch.
 In the afternoon, visit the War Remnants Museum to better understand the horrors of modern combat and the suffering inflicted on the Vietnamese people during the Vietnamese war, known as the American War in Vietnam. Afterwards, visit Reunification Palace, formerly known as the Presidential Palace that was the sight of South Vietnam's surrender in April 1975. Have dinner on cruise along Sai Gon River. Free at leisure. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
DAY 13: HO CHI MINH – PHNOM PENH (B, L, D)

    
Breakfast at hotel. Free at leisure until check-out time. Transfer to Tan Son Nhat International Airport for departure to Phnom Penh. Upon arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport, transfer to hotel for checking in. Start the city tour at the elegant Royal Palace; it is the home of His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk and her Majesty Preah Reach Akka Mohesey Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. The Palace is actually a number of structures within a pagoda-style compound.  An awe-inspiring sight, the throne room, or the main building has a tiered roof topped by a 59m tower.  Silver Pagoda; it is the royal chapel, located within the Royal Palace grounds but walled off in a separate enclosure.  The Silver Pagoda takes its name from the estimated 5,000 silver tiles covering the floor of the main temple.  Each tile is made from a kilogram of silver.  Although plundered by the Khmer Rouge, the Silver Pagoda contains some superb Buddha statuary; a few artifacts from the royal collection are displayed in glass cases.  National Museum; it was designed by French archaeologist and painter George Grislier, and constructed in traditional style by Cambodian craftsmen in 1917.  The museum first opened in 1920.  It’s small, but houses an astonishing wealth of Khmer stone, bronze, and wooden sculpture.  Wat Phnom; a small hill crowned by an active Wat marks the legendary founding place of Phnom Penh. Have lunch.  
In the afternoon, continue the trip to Choeung Ek Killing Fields Site; a group of mass graves and a memorial stupa containing thousands of skulls.  Then back to the city to visit the Russian Market (Psah Toul Tom Poung).  This market has a more interesting and varied selection of souvenirs, curios and silks than the Central Market.  And after continue to visit Boat trip on Mekong River and them Wat Phnom, Wat Phnom; a small hill crowned by an active Wat marks the legendary founding place of Phnom Penh. Have dinner. Free at leisure. Overnight in Phnom Penh. 
DAY 14: PHNOM PENH – SIEM RIEP (B, L, D)
Breakfast at hotel. Take a 7-hour-bus driving to Siem Reap Angkor. Upon arrival, check in hotel. Spend the rest of the day for exploring yourself. Have dinner. Overnight in Phnom Penh. 
DAY 15: SIEM RIEP EXCURSION (B, L, D)

   
Get up early in the morning to see sunrise at Angkor Wat by Tuk Tuk. Then return to hotel for breakfast. Take an excursion to Discover Angkor Thom Complex - starting at the South Gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon; there are more than 200 enigmatic smiling faces on the 54 towers of the temple. Continue the trip to visit the Pyramidal Baphuon, Terrace of the Leper Kings where some exceptionally well conserved early carvings can be seen and the Terrace of Elephants, supported by sculpted stone elephants, it served as the giant viewing platform for royal ceremonies. Have lunch.
Visit Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, its famous silhouette never fails to impress. In the end of the day, enjoy a beautiful sunset view at the Phnom Bakheng. Have dinner. Free at leisure. Overnight in Siem Riep. 
DAY 16: SIEM RIEP - DEPARTURE (B, L, D)
Breakfast at hotel. Take a 30-minute driving to Tonle Sap – one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, cyclically swelling from 2500 square km to more than 12,000 square km in the wet season. Floating fishing villages dot the semi-submerged forest that lines the flood plane rim of the lake, offering an excellent place to see lakeside rural Cambodia, and a unique ecosystem rich with birds wildlife. Take a boat trip on the lake to see the floating homes and villages who earn their livelihoods from the abundance of freshwater fish directly under their homes. Have lunch.  
Free at leisure until check out time. Transfer to Siem Reap International Airport to take a flight to Ho Chi Minh City. End of trip.
Visitors need to bring Passport (valid at least 6 months from the end of the day tour). Especially, overseas Vietnamese need to bring green card with Visa, papers to re-enter Vietnam.
Carry lightweight luggage, and keeping personal belongings during travel.
Time and attractions in the tour program have the flexibility to change according to actual conditions.
INCLUSIVE:
Accommodation in twin sharing room with daily breakfast.
Private vehicle(s).
Pick up and drop off at your hotel by air-conditioned bus.
Meals as mentioned in the tour program (B for Breakfast, L for Lunch, D for Dinner).
Speaking English tour guide.
Entrance and boat fees.
EXCLUSIVE:
Tips and personal expenses.
Additional food and beverage.
Air tickets (flight to/from Vietnam, local flights).
Application letter for Vietnam Visa.
Visa fee on arrival.
Services not mentioned in the tour itinerary.
Optional choices.
Travel Insurance.
Children Policy:

Children from 0 – 5 years old: Free of charge (*)
Children from 6 – 10 years old:
Sharing bed with two adults: 50% of adult price
Sharing room with two adults, using extra bed: 80% of adult price
Twin-sharing room with one adult: 100% of adult price
Children from 11 years old: 100% adult price 
Note: (*) One child traveling with two adults will be free of charge; the 2nd child will pay 50% of adult price.
Cancellation Policy: Cancellation made within
7 days prior to departure date: 100% of reservation cost + 20% air - ticket refund fee (if any)
8-14 days prior to departure date: 50% of reservation cost + 20% air - ticket refund fee (if any)
15-29 days prior to departure date: 25% of reservation cost + 20% air - ticket refund fee (if any)
30 or more days prior to departure date: 10% of reservation cost + 20% air - ticket refund (if any)
Conditions of payment:
When registering, a deposit of 50% of tour cost.
Amount remaining payment 10 days before departure.