BOOKING INFORMATION

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Nationality : American

Booking Ref : 220416

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Tour name : Vietnam – Cambodia 12 days Tour

Tour operator : Kelvin Do

Mobile : 84 – 986759655

Day 0/10 Mar: Hanoi arrival (..)

Arriving in Hanoi, our tour guide will pick you up at the airport with a comfortable air-conditioned car

and transfer to the hotel in Hanoi for check-in.

Sleep at the hotel in Hanoi.

Day 1/11 Mar: Hanoi arrival – Street food tour (B/D)

Free in the morning.

In the afternoon, we start our excellent street food walking tour in old quarter of Hanoi along the

perimeter of the market, dozens of street hawkers sell a staggering variety of produce from live

seafood to exotic fruits and spices. Your expert English-speaking local guide will give you an insight

into the intricacies and traditions of Vietnamese food culture including details on ingredients and

historical backgrounds of popular northern dishes. We eat as we go, trying seasonal fruits and

sampling a tasty French-inspired snack from a street cart.

Walking through the maze of bustling streets that make up Hanoi’s Old Quarter, we tempt our

tastebuds with the famed Hanoi dish Banh Cuon at a local eatery. Watch in awe as the skilled chefs

demonstrate for you how this tasty dish is put together. Continuing into the atmospheric heart of the

Old Quarter, we wander past street stalls and quiet residential lanes where you can observe local life

that has changed little since Hanoi was founded over 1000 years ago.

Our next two snack stops are at outdoor barbeque stalls. We sit down with the Hanoi locals and

sample various meat, vegetable and bread specialties that are flame grilled over hot coals for extra

flavour. It’s then time for dessert as we venture down a small alley to join in the local tradition of

feasting on fresh fruit served in a cup and smothered with crushed iced and condensed milk – this

speciality is one not to be missed!

Your local guide will then take you to one of Hanoi’s best kept secrets, a hidden street food restaurant

to taste top ten street foods in Hanoi is Banh My Hanoi, Vietnamese Rice Wine and famous Egg Coffee.

This hard-to-find café is one of the few left in the narrow street inside the old quarter of Hanoi. Or, if

coffee is not your style, a cold beer awaits!. At the end of the trip you are free to continue exploring

the area or your guide will assist you with directions or a taxi back to your hotel.

Sleep at the hotel in Hanoi.

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Day 2/12 Mar: Hanoi – Halong (B/L/D)

To experience the tranquil Hanoi, you are suggested to wake up early for enjoying Hanoi morning

sounds, walking around Hoan Kiem Lake and doing Tai Chi exercise with locals. Your Halong trip will

be started after you come back to hotel for freshen up and breakfast.

After breakfast, you’ll take a 3.5-hour-drive to Halong Bay, one of the great natural of the world and a

UNESCO World Heritage site. Upon arrival, the boat crew will welcome you and transfer you to the

junk for check-in and enjoy a cruise around Halong Bay with a delicious local seafood lunch served on

board. At the same time, you can behold thousands of limestone islands and grottoes rising from the

clear, emerald water.

After lunch you’ll join some activities on boat to discover the beauty of the bay such as visit a cave,

doing kayaking or enjoy swimming in the sea before getting back to the junk for relaxing and dinner.

In the evening, you can join night fishing with locals.

Overnight on board.

Day 3/13 Mar: Halong – Hanoi (B/L)

In the morning, your breakfast will be served while floating on the sea to explore the beauty of Halong

Bay before disembarking time. Joining some more activities on boat and then checking out cabin. The

early lunch will be served before getting back to the main dock and you’ll then be transferred to

Hanoi.

Free for personal activities in Hanoi.

Sleep at the hotel in Hanoi.

Day 4/14 Mar: Hanoi – Hue (B/L)

Let Hue city tour enlighten and inspire you after a short break time when you arrive in Hue in the

morning.

Our local guide will take you on a dragon boat and start visiting Thien Mu Pagoda and the Tomb of Tu

Duc King. These are attractive historical destinations, which bring you unforgettable memories with

beautiful view, nice photos and their own interesting stories.

At noon, you will have a delicious lunch at the city center. After a short rest, you’ll continue visiting

the Royal Citadel and the Royal Arena before visiting the bustling Dong Ba market. Get back to the

hotel for check in, relax and overnight.

Sleep at the hotel in Hue.

Day 5/15 Mar: Hue – Hoian (B/L)

Say goodbye to Hue, you will get to Hoian on a private car. On the way, you will stop at Lang Co

Beach, Cham Museum and Marble Mountain for sightseeing. These destinations help you relax and

learn more about Vietnam’s rich culture.

Arriving in Hoian, you’ll check in the hotel and have a short rest after the trip. And then, spend all

your day to wander along the streets and discover Hoian ancient town with various things to see: the

400-year old Japanese Covered Bridge, the Phuc Kien Assembly Halls, the local fish market…

Sleep at Hotel in Hoi An Town.

Day 6/16 Mar: Hoian – Cycling Tour (B)

The 'Traditional Cam Nam & Hoi An's Scenery Tour' is the most popular bicycle tour for tourist like

biking during the time in Hoian. It is a combination of two different tours: Traditional Cam Nam and

Hoi An's Scenery Tour. During this various tour, our guide will take you to the most beautiful places on

Cam Nam Island and the rural area north of Hoi An. Brief information about the culture, traditions,

the daily life and other interesting information of local people here.

On Cam Nam Island you can see small handicrafts, such as: steaming of rice paper, repairing of

fishing nets, cooking of corn and more. We will take you to a local shipyard on An Hoi where wooden

fishing boats are still being made in the traditional way by local craftsmen. After this we will visit the

picturesque Long Tuyen Pagoda. The only pagoda in Vietnam with a nine-floor 'Lotus' tower on the

roof.

This tour ends with a peaceful cycling-tour through the countryside of Hoi An. We are cycling along the

bright green rice fields, shrimp farms and fishponds. You will see water buffalo's, endless prospects

and colorful sceneries...

In the afternoon, free for personal activities at nice beaches in Hoian.

Sleep at Hotel in Hoi An Town.

Day 7/17 Mar: Hoian – Saigon (B/L)

Don’t miss the chance to immerse into a tranquil morning in Hoi An by waking up early and walking

around the peaceful ancient streets in this Old Town and you will have wonderful relaxing time.

Come back to the hotel for your breakfast and we will transfer you to Da Nang airport for the flight to

Ho Chi Minh City.

Upon arrival in Ho Chi Minh City, our guide will meet you at the airport and take you to a hotel in the

city center for check-in and lunch. In the afternoon, you’ll visit some popular attractions including the

Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office, War Remnants Museum and Reunification Palace with our

guide.

Sleep at Hotel in Saigon

Day 8/18 Mar: Saigon – mekong Detal (B/L)

6.30 AM: Depart for Cai Be by car/van via Trung Luong Express Highway, stopping to take photos in

Tan An town overlooking the picturesque flat rice fields.

8.30 AM: On arrival in Cai Be, set off by motor boat to visit the Cai Be floating market and watch the

locals trading fruit and many other commodities on board their vessels. Visit a small family business to

see how coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn are made. Then wander into the small villages to visit

the orchard and fruit plantation, accompanied by traditional southern Vietnamese folk music.

11.30 AM: Keep cruising to a series of small canals to experience the charms of the Upper Mekong

Delta. Arrive in Tan Phong island, join to a cooking class. Enjoy your cooking experience and learn

how to prepare special Vietnamese dishes. Food cooked by yourself and fresh river food served in the

heart of the garden. Relax on the hammocks to get back your energy.

14.00 PM: Cycle around the village path with fruit orchards and bonsai garden. Meet the local

islanders to learn more about the local daily life in the Mekong delta.

15:00 PM: Take a boat ride back to CaiBe, meet thecar/van for the trip back to Hochiminh city.

Sleep at hotel in HCM city center.

Day 9/19 Mar: Saigon - Cu Chi – Cambodia (B/L)

After breakfast, our guide will pick you up at hotel and head to the Cu Chi tunnels, an underground

tunnels network constructed by Vietnamese soldiers during their struggle for independence.

Arriving at Cu Chi, you’ll spend time exploring the maze of tunnels including the secret cellar-door,

museum of self-made weapons, shooting range, garment-factory ammunition to deeply understand

how the Vietnamese soldiers were able to survive in this tiny underground network. Then, you’ll be

driven back to Saigon and transferred directly to the airport for departure flight to Cambodia.

Sleep at hotel in Siem Reap.

Day 10/20 Mar: Siem Reap – Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom (B)

08:00 We drive to South Gate of Angkor Thom, the famous Bayon temple – a unique for its 54 towers

decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, Baphoun, the Terrace of Temple, Elephants

and Terrace of the Leper King.

15:00 The tour start with the visiting to the famous temple: Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is a World

Heritage Site since 1992, famous for its beauty and splendor. Angkor Wat features the longest

continuous bas-relief in the world, which runs along the outer gallery walls and narrates stories from

Hindu mythology. After that, visit Bakheng Temple and enjoy a romantic sun set view form Bakheng

hill.

Sleep at hotel in Siem Reap.

Day 11/21 Mar: Siem Reap - Banteay Srei and Ta Prohm – Tonle Lake (B)

Today, we continue to visit the fabulous Ta Prohm embraced by the roots of enormous fig trees and

gigantic creepers, Ta Keo. Thommanon, small, attractive temple in very good condition, built at the

same time as Angkor Wat, Chaosay Tevoda. Prasat Kravan - with its unique brick sculptures, Srah

Srang - The Royal Baths" was once used for ritual bathing), Banteay Kdei (surrounded by four

concentric walls).

In the afternoon, we board on boat in Tonle Sap Lake. Here, enjoy a brief cruise past floating villages

complete with schools, restaurants, and hospitals.

Sleep at hotel in Siem Reap.

Day 12/22 Mar: Siem Reap – Departure (B)

Free till airport transfer. Trip end.

Quotation:

• Vietnam Tour (group of 4):

Option 2: US$/person for

US$/person for

List of hotels

Locations Option 1 Option 2

Saigon Signature hotel Grand Silkverland Hotel

Hue Hong Thien 1 hotel Camellia Hotel

Hoian Vinh Hung 3 Hotel Coco Beach Resorst & Spa

Hanoi Indochina Legend Golden Silk Boutique

Halong Cruise Stella Cruise Huong Hai Sealife Cruise

Siem Reap Angkor Holiday Tara Angkor

Inclusion:

• Vietnam visa approval letter

• Meals as mentioned in the program.

• Twin-shared rooms at hotels as stated above

• Admission fees for all sightseeing places

• Bottles of mineral water available on the car. • English speaking guide

• 2 Domestic flights – Economy class (Hanoi – Hue, Danang - Saigon)

• Land transfer by private A/C vehicle as specified (bus for Hanoi – Halong tour) Exclusion:

• Travel insurances.

• Services not clearly mentioned above.

• Day use at hotel (early checkin/late checkout)

• Saigon – Siem Reap flight

• Drinks and personal expenses (laundry, phone calls etc.)

• Vietnam and Cambodia visa stamping fees