Essential Cambodia and Vietnam – 9 Days / 8 Nights

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival
You will be warmly welcomed upon arrival Ho Chi Minh airport and transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure to relax in the rest of the day. And you will get an cozy overnight stay in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City – Cu Chi Tunnel – Ho Chi Minh City
After breakfast at hotel, you will drive to the Cu Chi Tunnels, which consist of more than 200 km of underground tunnels. This main axis system has many branches connecting to underground hideouts, shelters, and entrances to other tunnels. The network included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens.

Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and a feel of what underground life was like during the U.S.-Vietnam War. In the afternoon, you will be transferred to the airport for flight to Phu Quoc. Upon arrival Phu Quoc, you will be greeted and transfer to hotel for check in and you are free at leisure.

When coming back to Ho Chi Minh, you still have enough time to visit the most famous attractions including Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Saigon Central Post Office.

Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City – Can Tho – Cai Be
The Mekong Delta is the southernmost region of Vietnam and is often referred to as the rice bowl of Vietnam as it produces three crops of rice per year. Your journey to fertile Mekong Delta will start in Cai Be – the river-land mixed town of Tien Giang Province. You will firstly visit Cao Dai Temple which features a unique architectural style that reflects its blended traditions. It’s time to learn more about Caodaism – the most mysterious religion of Vietnam. After that, you will take the fascinating boat tour to Cai Be Floating Market where you can experience the local lives. You may fall under the sleepy charms of the fruit orchards which spread across the fertile land. Local people grow all-year-round fruit trees.

Day 4: Can Tho – Cai Rang floating market – Chau Doc
The Delta area marks the end of a 4,500 km journey made by the Mekong River after having traveled through six countries. Traditional transportation in the Delta is by boat along a vast network of canals and channels. So you will boat along these canals from Can Tho to Chau Doc – the ebullient town. In between, you will visit Can Tho floating markets by motor boat and sampan. Traveling under the shadow of coconut trees, picking ripe fruits right from the trees and enjoying succulent taste of fresh fruit will amaze you.

Day 5: Chau Doc – Phnom Penh
Chau Doc shares the borders with South Sam Mountain. Here lies a steady stream in which you will travel to Phnom Penh by boat. You will be transferred to the hotel by luxury, private vehicles and have a short break there. Continue your journey with a visit to significant landmarks of Phnom Penh including Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, Wat Phnom, and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum.

Day 6: Phnom Penh – Siem Reap
You get around the city visiting many interesting sites like the Royal Palace, the National Museum, Silver Pagoda. In the afternoon, you will go on a street food tour hosted by our kind host and even get to the riverside area to try local snacks and exotic dishes like deep-fried insects.

Day 7: Siem Reap – Ta Prohm – Angkor Wat – Phnom Bakheng
In the morning, you will visit Ta Prohm which is famous for the fascinating combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the jungle surroundings. Then, discover Angkor Thom – the last and most enduring capital of Khmer Empire, and Bayon – the richly decorated Khmer Temple featuring 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King.

Day 8: Angkor Thom
Visit the world-famous attraction in Angkor Thom including Bayon the mesmerizing temple with 216 smiling faces of Avalokiteshvara; Baphuon – the three-tiered temple-mountain; the 350-meter terrace of the elephants; and Preah Palilay – the quiet and atmospheric Buddhist sanctuary.