Highlights of Cambodia and the South of Vietnam in 12 days

Upon arrival at Siem Reap airport, you will be welcomed by our friendly guide and transfer to hotel for check-in. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Morning you will visit with your professional guide, the “Great City” of Angkor Thom, visits include the famous Bayon Temple, Phimeanakas Temple within the Royal Palace enclosure, Baphuon Temple, the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King. Lunch at local restaurant.

Afternoon dedicated to visiting the most famous & magnificent Angkor Wat Temple. This architectural masterpiece was constructed in the 12th century and covers an area of about 210 hectares. With many galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water, carved low-reliefs about Ramayana Story and day-to-day life at the time of Angkor’s construction. At the end of the afternoon, we enjoy sunset view at Prae Rup Temple. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Visit Banteay Srei temple (10th century), regarded as the jewel in the crown of classical Khmer Art. Then continue your visit to Banteay Samre, the built in the third quarter of the 12th century. It consists of a central temple with four wings preceded by a hall and accompanied by two libraries, the southern example remarkably well preserved. We will visit a local village where we can find the fabrication of sugar palm. Lunch at local restaurant.

In the afternoon, we will enjoy a boat ride 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 floating schools, floating police station, etc. It is same as a big village floating on the lake, and the “village” move from place to place following water levels and current. Visit the Artisan d’Angkor and local market of Phsar Cha. Overnight in Siem Reap.

* Option 1: Siem Reap to Phnom Penh by air.

Enjoy the morning at leisure until our driver comes to your hotel transfer to airport for onward flight to Phnom Penh. Upon arrival, you will be meeting by our driver and transfer to hotel for check-in. Overnight in Phnom Penh.

*Option 2: Siem Reap to Phnom Penh by bus

You will be picked up by our driver from your hotel to transfer to Siem Reap Bus Station for your departure to Phnom Penh. It takes about 7 hours to arrive Phnom Penh. Upon arrival, you will be meeting by our driver and transfer to hotel for check-in. Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Morning we visit the private quarters of the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda the most sacred shrine in the country.  We then continue to the National Museum, dedicated exclusively to Khmer art and sculpture. The majority of the exhibits are from the Angkor period (9th to 15th Century), but some date from as early as the 4th Century. Lunch at local restaurant.

After lunch and having a short rest time, discover the Tuol Sleng Prison Museum is not to accompanies. We continue to visit structures as well as the legendary temple of Wat Phnom which recites the history of Phnom Penh’s name.

Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Breakfast at hotel. Free for your own time at leisure until time to transfer by our driver to Phnom Penh Port for your departure from Phnom Penh to Chau Doc.

Today, we will take a walk around the town and see the bustling market, then continue to Sam Mountain. Admire the landscape from the summit down the Vietnamese – Cambodian border, visit the Caved pagoda. You will then be transferred to Can Tho, enjoying typical rural scenery en route. Night at hotel in Can Tho.

You will be transferred to the airport for the flight to Phu Quoc today. Meet your driver upon arrival and heading to your beautiful resort in Phu Quoc.

Breakfast at the hotel and be free at leisure.

A resort in Phu Quoc

Breakfast at the hotel and be ready for the flight back to Saigon.

Saigon River

Transfers will be arranged both ways.

We will pick you up in the morning and take you to the Cu Chi Tunnels, a major part of the Vietnam-American War and a fascinating day trip – explore the mysterious tunnels, find hidden doors and once-deadly traps. After lunch we’ll go back to HCMC and spend the afternoon either visiting the War Remnants Museum or the Presidential Palace, whichever you prefer. Then stroll around the city’s colonial streets in the evening to the Old Saigon Post Office, Dong Khoi Street, Continental Hotel, Opera House and City Hall.

You have free time until your private car arrives to take you to the airport for your flight home.

Finish your tour with us. See you next time!