Vietnam Cambodia Tour Package in 3 weeks - Journey of Cachets

Welcome to Vietnam!
Transfer to the heart of Hanoi Capital with Far East Tour. Check in your hotel (after 14.00) and enjoy your free day. Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.

After breakfast, you will be joined in a classic city tour around Hanoi’s center with historical and cultural points. The bus takes you go through out the old street of the capital where you can admire the French colonial houses with their preserved ancient beauty. 
Firstly, we stop at Vietnam Women’s Museum to see the old-age tangible and intangible heritages of Vietnamese women, and listen to the emotional touching stories. The next destination is Hoa Lo Prison, which is known as the dark tourism of Vietnam by its scary reappearance of political prisoners’ detaining.
In the afternoon, we will visit the eldest temples such as Temple of Literature (the first University of Thang Long Kingdom) and Tran Quoc Pagoda (Central Buddha in the period of Nguyen Family). 
Return to the area of Hanoi’s 36 old town, you will spend 1 hour to see a Water puppet show, which tells you the culture of wet-rice agriculture.
Finally, a cyclo excursion will drive you around Hoan Kiem Lake and The Old Quarter. Let’s experience the heart of Hanoi to learn about Vietnamese culture and daily life. 
Enjoy the welcome dinner in a luxury restaurant. Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.

Spend whole day for the traditional handicraft villages to feel the skillfulness of Vietnamese. 
After your breakfast, tour guide pick you up to Bat Trang pottery village where you will meet the talented artisans and make a pottery products by your own hands. You will go through Long Bien Bridge and listen to its history. 
Enjoy the lunch with Vietnamese foods, then taking a short rest.
In the afternoon, we transfer to Bac Ninh Province to visit Dong Ho Painting village where hides the folk pictures of Vietnam. Dong Ho painting always has the simple topics such as “Mouse Wedding”, “Cock” … and show a part of Vietnamese spirit. Visit But Thap Pagoda before going back to Hanoi.
Enjoy the dinner by yourself.
08.30 p.m. You will be picked up to Hanoi Station for the night train to Lao Cai. Overnight on train (sharing cabin of 4 soft berths with AC).

Meeting local guide at the station, you will be taken to Sapa Town – the foggy place with cool atmosphere all year round. Take your breakfast at a local restaurant (buffet) and sip a cup of coffee (or tea) to be a sound mind. After that, you will get a day of easy trekking to Lao Chai – Ta Van villages (7km from Sapa) where the minorities still keep a simple and rural life with rice and corn cultivate. 
Wandering on the pathway leading from Lao Chai to Ta Van, you will meet Giay people with good-natured smiles. Rice-terraces cover along your route. Sometime, you will see the local are working in the fields. Depending on the season, Lao Chai – Ta Van wears on a different color such as sparkling paddies in the early summer, immense green in the peak of summer, and the yellow of mature rice in harvest season, etc. Diner and overnight at homestay in Ta Van village.

After breakfast at homestay, we continue trekking to Ban Ho Village – one of the most breathtaking villages of Sapa. Ban Ho is known as a valley lying deeply into mountain. You will be admired the spectacular scenes of mountains, and the beauty of rice-terraces and corn fields as well.
Picnic lunch on way.
15.00. Return to Sapa by private car, then enjoying your free time in the town. You can go around Sapa, join in the love market (only have in Saturday night), take some souvenirs, or relax with foot/body massages (massages with the Red Dzao herbal remedy). Overnight at hotel in Sapa.

Breakfast at hotel.
08.00 a.m. Start to visit Cat Cat and Sin Chai village where H’mong people are living. Cat Cat is very famous with brocade weaving working. Beside of contemplating the amazing scenery of mountain and hill-tribes, we will meet Black H.mong and learn the complicated technique of brocade weaving. Next, we go up to the peak of 1,800m height to experience Ham Rong Mountain. Sauntering here, you will feel like you are losing your way in a heaven with the dark rocks, big group of cloud, and colorful flower. From the peak of mountain, you can take your eye to see the Head Dragon rock. 
Return to Lao Cai for catching a train to Hanoi. Overnight on train (sharing cabin of 4 soft berths with AC)​

Arrival at Hanoi railway station. Driver takes you to the hotel for breakfast and relaxing.
07.45. Transfer to Halong by bus (4 moving hours).
12.00. You will be in Tuan Chau marina, then embarking to a deluxe/luxury cruise. After checking-in and arranging your luggage, you will savor a delicious lunch on board.
14.00. Visit Me Cung Cave (Maze Cave). Listen to the tour guide present about the historical form of the cave. Clim to the peak of cave and make the most of marvelous imagine of Lan Ha overview.
16.00. Time for kayaking in the area of Dark and Bright Cave. Enjoy such private time. 
17.00. You can go for swimming on a tranquil water, or relax on your room.
18.30. Join in cooking demonstration with spring rolls before BBQ dinner (19.00). Overnight on boat.

Get up early to take Chinese exercise or hunt the mysterious moment of sunrise.
06.30. Breakfast is served.
08.00. Move to wooden tender to go to Rang Dua area to learn about local daily life.
10.00. Stay on board. You can arrange your luggage, or enjoy the fresh air on sundeck. Spend your last time to contemplate Halong Bay with thousand shaped islets on the ocean.
11.00. Enjoy the lunch before leaving the boat.
13.15. Proceed to Noi Bai airport – Take flight to Danang – Arrival at airport, meet driver check-in hotel. Overnight at the hotel in Danang.
Note: We used the Grayline 2 day 1 night program in this model detail. Your real route in Halong Bay in the Vietnam Cambodia 3 weeks depends on your class of booking.

After breakfast, start a Danang City tour.
The first destination is Cham museum that is using to display the ancient Champ objects. After that, driver will take your to Son Tra peninsula to visit Linh Ung Pagoda where has a giant statue of Bodhisattva of Mercy.
After the lunch with fresh sea-food in Ong beach, we go back to Pham Van Dong street (the long route leading to Hoian). Stop at Marable Mountain (Non Nuoc Mountain) (go up by elevator). Marable Mountain is recognized as a national heritage site with five mountains deputizing for five natural elements. 
14.00. Go ahead to Hoian. (Read more about Hoian).
14.30. Check-in the hotel in the Old Town, then walking around this boutique place. Travel with tour guide to the typical places as Tan Ky Ancient House, Japanese Covered bridge, Quan Thang Ancient houses, Quang Dong Assembly Hall, etc. Overnight at the hotel in Hoian.

Breakfast at your hotel – ride bicycles to An Bang beach. (3 km) - Join in the fishing activities at Co Co River such at casting net, catch fish with fisher man here. Continue cycling to Tra Que village (read more about Tra Que village). Enjoy a welcome drink by Hoian folk taste (mixed of basil, honey, ginger...). You will be visited local garden with more than 20 kinds of herbs, you can get to know each of herds as well as its usefulness for disease treatment.
Take a short rest and enjoy foot soaking with local herb before enjoy the cooking show with “Tam Huu“ spring roll, Banh Xeo and having lunch with Vietnamese local food.
14.00. Ride your cycle on a countryside pathway, along the both sides of rice field, water coconut area, lakes of shrimp. You have a chance to take photos on the ways and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the country side there.
15.30. Return to hotel. Overnight at the hotel in Hoian.
Get your free time in such romantic town with Hoian travel guide.

Enjoy your morning at leisure before we pick you to Danang Airport. Take a short flight to Nha Trang (at noon).
After arriving at Cam Rang Airport, you will be taken to the center of Nha Trang City. Check-in the hotel, then indulging yourself with the charming beaches here. Overnight at the hotel in Nha Trang.
Read Nha Trang travel guide.

Take flight to Saigon. Here is the day of Saigon city Tour. Let’s go with us to visit the most famous building as Saigon Post Office, Notre Dame Basicalli, The Jade Emperor Pagoda, and War Remnant museum. Moreover, you also have time to come over Ben Thanh – the biggest and oldest market in Ho Chi Minh City. Overnight at the hotel in Saigon.

Tay Ninh & Cu Chi is known as the “must-go” places in Saigon suburban. It is not so far to go, we will visit both of two attractions. 
In the morning, we visit Tay Ninh, the connecting bridge of the Highland Center and Mekong Delta. For this reason, Tay Ninh brings the feature of a highland and lowland as well. You will explore Cao Dai Temple, which is the center of Caodaism. 
After the lunch, we have a half day to explore the largest net underground of Cu Chi Tunnels. The tunnels is long up to 250km with variety of kinds of rooms as kitchen, bedrooms, storages, working places, dispensaries, etc. Now a day, Cu Chi is well-known for a history witness of Vietnam War in 1960s. Overnight at hotel in Saigon.

After breakfast, our bus will pick your private group to Mekong River. Arrive at Cai Be Port to take a boat excursion to take part in the floating market. Cai Be is one of the two most lively and crowded floating holding places in Cuu Long Delta with more than 500 rowing boats trading every day. On the riverbank, the local boats often sell fruits, flowers, vegetables, breakfast, and others. Streaming along Mekong, you will disembark to visit a riverside village with rice-paper, white vermicelli, and pottery factories. 
Next destination is the green island that is called An Binh. Here, you ride around the village to enjoy the most tranquil atmosphere with rice-fields along your way. 
Staying at the homestay, you can join in the host’s dinner cooking or relax. Dinner and overnight at homestay in An Binh Island.

Breakfast at homestay – Walk around to enjoy fresh air in Mekong Delta (Read more about Mekong Delta Vietnam)– Transfer to visit Sa Dec.
Welcome to the tiny Venice in Dong Thap, Sa Dec town is pretty small and colorful. You will visit Tan Quy Dong – the biggest flower village in South Western Vietnam. After that, we stop at Huynh Thuy Le ancient house that appeared in the famous film “Love Story” of Marguerite Duras for the same name novel. 
15.00. Go back to Saigon. Overnight at hotel in Saigon.

Have breakfast at the hotel, then transferring to Tan Son Nhat Airport. Bid a farewell to Vietnam and flight to Phnom Penh. After arriving, you will be taken to savoring your lunch and a short rest. 
In the afternoon, local bus will travel with your around the Cambodian capital to visit Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda. This area is a complex of diversified projects, and covered by lots of precious ornamental plant. Royal Palace has been used to be residence of royal family. Finally, you go to Wat Phnom to admire the sunset here. Overnight at the hotel in Phnom Penh.

Morning take speedboat to Siem Reap via Tonle Sap Lake (just available from October to March of next year) – Arrival Siem Reap – check-in the hotel. Enjoy your private night in Siem Reap. Overnight at the hotel in Siem Reap.

Take your breakfast soon to be on time of visiting Angkor Temples in the best time. Starting from South Gate of Angkor Thom, in turn, you explore Bayon Temple, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace, the Terrace of the Leper King. Next, we stroll around and visit Ta Prohm that is the undisputed capital of the trees.
Take a short time for lunch and relaxing.
In the afternoon, you will visit the most mesmeric project of ancient Khmer Kingdom - Angkor Wat. With almost traveler, Angkor Wat is incredibly impressing and attracting like a heaven on earth.
Before going to hotel, you will be ridden by a Tuk tuk around city and for blessing ceremony. Overnight at the hotel in Siem Reap.
Read Siem Reap Travel Guide.

Breakfast at your hotel. Then continue exploring Angkor with the first point is Banteay Srei that is supposed as a tiny Angkor Wat. Especially, classic carvings of the temple contain delicate women with lotus in hand and traditional skirts visible. Banteay Srei is known as the World of warrior women.
En-route stop at Pre Rub (turn the body), was constructed in late 10th century dedicated to Hindu gods, passenger visit Preah Khan temple and Neak Pean.
Enjoy your diner with Apsara dance performance. Overnight at the hotel in Siem Reap.