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9 Day itinerary in Vietnam, Asia

Saigon & Cambodia Tour

Saigon is the city of the most exciting, moving, and bustling, but intermixed a little ancient, moving from Saigon to Mekong Delta where you can see local life with rice fields and floating markets. Taking speed boat from Chau Doc you can visit Cambodia with famous Angkor Wat Temple and historic s... Read More

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Overview

Physical Difficulty

Easy
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Recommended Age

Everyone

Operated in

English

GUIDANCE

On Some Day Trips

starting point

Ho Chi Minh City

trip type

Private

trip attributes

Visit markets

Meet local people

Start

Night

End

Highlights

1

Cu Chi tunnel

2

Mekong Delta

3

Phnom Penh

4

Angkor Wat

Itinerary

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Day 1

place Saigon Arrival

Arrival Ho Chi Minh airport. Our driver will come to pick up you to hotel to check in. Overnight at hotel

Accommodation:

  • 3 & 4 star - Hotel: Sunrise Central Hotel
Day 2

place Saigon city - Cu Chi Tunnel

After breakfast, 0800 AM: you'll head to the Cu Chi Tunnels, a network of over 200 kilometres of tunnels which played a vital role in the war. After lunch, back in the city, you'll visit the Notre Dame Cathedral, a neo-Romanesque church, then the Central Post Office, designed by Alfred Foulhoux, followed by the Reunification Palace, also called Independence Palace. You'll also visit the former US Information Service building which is now the War Remnants Museum and finish at Ben Thanh Market.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • 3 & 4 star - Hotel: Sunrise Central Hotel
Day 3

place Saigon - Ben Tre - Can Tho

08:30 Am: Today's drive is from Ho Chi Minh City to Can Tho. Youll start by driving for two hours to Ben Tre, the gateway to the Delta. Here, you will board a small boat to start your tour around the waterways of the Mekong Delta. Known also as the rice bowl of Vietnam because of its large rice production, the area has also diversified into activities related to aquaculture, rearing animals, cash crops and fruit trees. You'll have lunch at a local restaurant in Ben Tre. Afternoon moving to Can Tho, check in hotel and overnight at hotel in Can Tho

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • 3 & 4 star - Hotel: Muong Thanh Luxury Ha Long Centre Hotel
Day 4

place Can Tho - Chau Doc

It’s an early start to the day as you go by boat to see the daily floating market of Can Tho. You'll experience the flurry of vendors trading their wares as boats teeming with fruit, vegetables and household goods ply the waters. Then, it’s off to Chau Doc, a sleepy riverside border town, about three hours drive from Can Tho. Afternoon you will visit Tra Su forest. Then drop off at hotel in Chau Doc

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • 3 & 4 star - Hotel: Chau Pho Hotel
Day 5

place Chau Doc - Phnom Penh

After breakfast, you'll take the speed boat to Phnom Penh, which takes about five hours. You'll follow the Delta all the way, passing rice fields and farmhouses and you'll have a chance to see the classic Cambodian style houses, which are traditionally built on stilts. You'll then transfer from the dock to your luxury hotel and relax for the remainder of the day.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • 3 & 4 star - Hotel: King Grand Boutique Hotel
Day 6

place Phnom Penh CIty Tour

Breakfast at the hotel - Visit National Museum, over 5000 objects are on display including Angkorian era statu, lingas and other artifacts and followed by visit Wat Phnom Temple is one of the most important pagodas in Phnom Penh. Built in 1373 on an artificial hill by the wealthy widow Daun Chi Penh. Afternoon, Drive to visit the “Killing Fields” of Choeng Ek (15 km south of Phnom Penh). Between 1975 and 1978 about 17,000 men, women, children and infants (including nine westerners) were detained and tortured at the S-21 prison and transported to extermination camp of Choeng Ek and followed by visit Tuol Sleng Museum (S-21 prison). This former school was used as a prison by Pol Pot’s security forces. More than 17,000 people held at S-21 were taken to the extermination camp at Choeng Ek to be executed. Overnight in Phnom Penh

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • 3 & 4 star - Hotel: King Grand Boutique Hotel
Day 7

place Phnom Penh - Siem Reap

Breakfast at the hotel – transfer overland to Siem Reap. En route, we will stop for a quick visit at the spider market. Upon arrival, check in the hotel. Later this afternoon after lunch, Drive 18km toward Tonle sap where we will enjoy a boat ride (private boat and guide) on the Tonle Sap lake. This is the largest permanent fresh-water lake in South East Asia and flows into Tonle Sap River, joining the Mekong in Phnom Penh. We will see a fishermen's "floating village" with floatting schools, floatting police station, etc. It is same as a big village floatting on the lake, and the "village" move from place to place following water levels and curant. Overnight in Siem Reap;

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • 3 & 4 star - Hotel: Tara Angkor Hotel
Day 8

place Siem Reap Tour

After breakfast, 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. Afternoon, continue to 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. Early evening, you will be taken by Tuk Tuk, a small open-sided taxi common in Cambodia, to cruise around the suburb of Siem Reap town and for a blessing ritual by Buddhist monks for happiness, prosperity and safety for your journey. Overnight in Siem Reap

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

  • 3 & 4 star - Hotel: Tara Angkor Hotel
Day 9

place Siem Reap departure

Breakfast at hotel – you are free today. Check out time at 12:00 ,our driver comes to pick up to airport for flight departure. End of services.

Meals: Breakfast

What’s Included

Accommodation expand_less

  • Sunrise Central Hotel
  • Muong Thanh Luxury Ha Long Centre Hotel
  • Chau Pho Hotel
  • King Grand Boutique Hotel
  • Tara Angkor Hotel

Meals expand_less

  • Breakfast (8)
  • Lunch (6)

Transport expand_less

  • Private transfer during tour

Activities expand_less

  • Speedboat Chau Doc - Phnom Penh

Extras expand_less

  • Entrace fee

Not Included expand_less

  • Visa to Vietnam & Cambodia
  • Travel Insurance
  • Drinks on Meals
  • Personal expense

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