Itinerary: Siem Reap - Phnom Penh - Sihanoukville - Hanoi - Halong - Hue - Danang - Nha Trang - Dalat - Saigon - Mekong Delta (24 days - 23 nights)

Tour Price: 2,212 US$ / person

Day 1: Arriving Siem Reap (--/--/--)

The Trans Indochina Travel tour guide welcome guests at Siem Reap airport and transfer to hotel for check in. In the afternoon, start to explore Angkor Wat temple – The World Cultural Wonder and then view sunset from Bakeng Hill temple. Transferring back to hotel for overnight.

Day 2: Angkor Wat Explore (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the Trans Indochina Travel Tour and car will meet guests at the hotel to take to visit Angkor Thom, Bayon, Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. In the afternoon, the guests will head to Srah Srang, Ta Prohm, Takeo, Thommanon and Chau Say Tevoda temples. Overnight in Siem Riep.

Day 3: Siem Reap City (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will take guests to visit Banteay Srei and Banteay Samre temples. In the afternoon, the group will visit Neak Pean, Preah Khan and Pre Rup & Meborn Oriental temples. Transferring back to Siem Reap for overnight.

Day 4: Siem Reap - Phnompenh by boat (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the Trans Indochina Travel tour guide will take a speed boat for guests to Phnompenh. The Trans Indochina Travel tour guide will meet guests at the harbour to take them to tour around Phnom Penh city. They will visit the Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda, the Independence Monument and  Toul Sleng genocide museum (optional). Transferring to hotel in Phnom Penh for overnight.

Day 5: Phnompenh - Sihanouville (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will meet the group in hotel to transfer to Sihanoukville harbour city. Upon arrival, the guests will check in at the hotel then at leisure for swimming and relaxation on beach. Overnight Sihanoukville.

Day 6: Kbal - Chhay Waterfall  (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the guide and car will transfer to visit the International Port, the Fishing Port and The Independence Square and Golden Lion. In the afternoon, the group will visit the Water Fall Kbal-Chhay. Transfering back to hotel for overnight in Sihanoukville.

Day 7: Sihanouville - Phnompenh – Hanoi (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the Trans Indochina Travel tour guide will transfer the group back to Phnom Penh for flight to Hanoi (Vietnam). Arriving Noi Bai airport then the Vietnamese tour guide will meet and transfer to hotel for checking in. The tour guide will accompany group to do an orientation tour around bank of Red River and Hanoi street. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 8 : Hanoi City tour (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide with car will meet group in otel to start city tour to visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, The House on stilt, The One-pillar pagoda and the Temple of Literature. In the afternoon, the group will continue to Museum of Ethnology, then have a cyclo trip in the Old Quarter. Enjoy a Water Puppet Show to the the very unique art of puppetry of the Vietnamese which deprived from the rice cultivating culture. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 9 : Hanoi – Halong (B/L/D)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the Trans Indochina Travel tour guide and car will meet them and drive to Halong Bay - the World Natural Heritage by UNESCO. Having got to the city, boarding the junk then explore the stunning limestone back drops with Surprising Caves. Guests will having lunch with fresh seafood and at leisure to take photos or have a swim. All guests will have dinner and overnight on junk.

Day 10 : Halong – Hanoi (B/L/--)

Rising early to the sound of ocean coming to life for another lovely day. Guests will have breakfast then continuing to cruise then go back to Halong for disembarking. The Trans Indochina Travel tour guide and car will meet guests at the wharf then transfer back to Hanoi

Day 11: Hanoi free day – night train to Hue (B--/--)

All guests have breakfast in hotel then take leisure all day. At 18h00, the Trans Indochina Travel tour guide and car will meet and transfer guests to the Hanoi train station for the train to Hue at 19.00 (sleeping berth). Overnight on train.

Day 12 : Hue Citadel (B--/--)

The group will be arriving Hue Station at 8.00 am. The Trans Indochina Travel tour guide and car will welcome guests and transfer to hotel for check-in. After breakfast in hotel and short break, the group will visit the Royal Citadel, Forbidden City and Hue Royal Museum, the traces of the last Vietnam feudal dynasty, and Dong Ba bustling market. The guide will take group back to hotel for overnight.

Day 13 : Hue Boat Trip and Royal Tombs Visit (B--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will take guests to a boat to travel along the poetic Perfume River. Guests will visit Thien Mu Pagoda, the centre of Buddhism of the city whose 90% are Buddhists, and the Tomb of King Minh Mang, which is reachable from a river pier. Guests will go on by car to the Tomb of King Tu Duc, the best-reserved early 19th and early 20th centuries’ monuments of the Nguyen emperors to enjoy very different styles of the royal architecture under this dynasty. Transferring back to hotel for overnight.

Day 14: Hue - Hoian (B--/--)

Group will have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will meet them and take to Hoi An town - passing Danang City with stops to sightsee the Marble Mt., the famous China Beach, enjoying landscape of Hai Van (Cloudy Mountain Pass) and Lang Co Beach. In the afternoon, the guests will visit the town of Hoi An – along with tour guide, walking over the tile-roofed Japanese Bridge, visiting taciturn Chinese Assembly Halls and Preserved Houses. Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 15 : Danang – train to Nha Trang (B--/--)

Guests will have breakfast in the hotel then transferring to Danang Train Station at 11.26 to Nha Trang. Arriving Nha Trang at 21.22. The Trans Indochina Travel Tour guide will meet the group to transfer to hotel for checking in. Overnight in Nha Trang City.

Day 16 : Nha Trang Diving (B/--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the Trans Indochina Travel tour guide will take the group to harbour for a day tour of diving in Hong Tre island. Advanced Open Water - Full equipment, Lectures on five specialty dive, 5 open water diving. Full equipment and a fully qualified instructor or divemaster. Transferring back to hotel for overnight.

Day 17: Nha Trang - Dalat (B--/--)

Havng breakfast in hotel then the Trans Indochina Travel tour guide and car will meet the group to accompany to Dalat highland city, passing  the pinewoods, waterfalls, farms of tea and coffee, Ngoan Muc Pass (i.e. “the Picturesque Pass”, and known to the French as the Bellevue Pass). All will have lunch break, the group will have overlooking the magnificent Danhim Reservoir, and spectacular view of the ancient tower Po Klong Garai built by the Cham people in Phan Rang - Thap Cham city. Arriving Dalat Highland city at about 16h00. Overnight in Da lat.

Day 18 : Dalat City Tour - Saigon (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and cả will take group to visit to the Summer Palace of Bao Dai, the last King of Vietnam, Tuyen Lam Reservoir, Truc Lam grandiose temple and Dalat Flower Garden. A horse cart round the hilly roads of Dalat to the graceful Xuan Huong Lake in the centre of the city is highly recommended, In the afternoon, the guests will start a landway trip to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) with Trans Indochina Travel tour guide and car. Arriving Saigon in late afternoon. Check in hotel then overnight in Saigon.

Day 19 : Saigon City tour (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then starting the tour guide and car will accompany the group to visit the History Museum, Independence Palace posing the relics from American Resistance War and other landmarks of the city – the Notre Dame Cathedral, a Neo-Romanesque styled Catholic Church, and the French-styled Central Post Office.

The tour guide will take guests to experience the daily modern life of the locals in  Ben Thanh market. The bustling Cho Lon is located right near the centre of the China Town. Continuing the tour to the 150-year-old Thien Hau pagoda to learn about the worshipping rituals of the locals. Transferring back to hotel for overnight.

Day 20 : Saigon - Cai Be (Mekong Delta) (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the Trans Indochina Travel tour guide and car will meet group to drive through Mekong Delta to Caibe floating market where we board our private boat for a cruise along the mazes of bobbling laden bazaar. Guests will visit the orchard farms and bonsai gardens and they may enjoy Mekong Detla style lunch in lush vegetation. Continuing to cruise to Vinh Long town where they are taken onto Cantho by car. Check in hotel and overnight in Cantho.

Day 21 : Mekong - Saigon (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will take them for a morning excursion on endless waterway of Mighty Mekong river. Taking a boat trip to visit fanous Cai Rang floating market and then we proceed further to visit Phong Dien market by car. Driving back to Saigon. Overnight in Saigon.

Day 22 : Cu Chi Tunnels – Tay Ninh (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then the tour guide and car will start a visit to Tay Ninh town, the centre of Caodaism - a local sect of Buddhism founded in early 20th century. Arriving at noontime, you will have the chance to witness the daily ceremony at the temple of Cao Dai. Today, the Caodaism numbers over 2 million members who are mostly the Vietnamese Southerners, who are vegetarians, obey the rules of chastity, and lead very simple lives helping the sick and the infirm.

On the way back to Saigon the guests will visit Cu Chi town - the famous name relating with tunnels from the War. Beneath the ground lies 200 km of tunnels, dug by hand and inhabited by the forces of the Vietnamese guerillas during the American Resistance War (1954 - 1975). The group will return to Saigon in late afternoon. Overnight in Saigon.

Day 23: Departure (B--/--)

Guests have breakfast in hotel then being at leisure until the transfer to airport for departure flight. End of the tour.

INCLUDES:

    - Accommodation on twin/double in indicated hotels including daily breakfast
    - English speaking guides. (other languages are available upon requests)
    - One night accommodation on boat in Halong Bay.
    - Diving tour in Nha Trang (1 day)
    - Land transfer as per program (private vehicle)
    - All entrance fees as indicated in the itinerary
    - Boat cruise in Halong bay and in Mekong river
    - Speed boat from Siemreap to Phnompenh
    - Air ticket from Phnompenh to Hanoi and airport tax.
    - Train ticket Hanoi - Hue, Danang - Nha Trang (soft sleeper)

EXCLUDES:

    - International air fare and airport taxes
    - Visa to Vietnam and Cambodia
    - Meals  (7-8 $ / person / meal)
    - Personal expenses such as bar bill, telephone, laundry
    - Tips and gratuities