The Best of Vietnam and Cambodia in 12 Days

3 STAR & 4 STAR CRUISE ITINERARY

08.00 – 08.30: You will be picked up from your hotel in Ha Noi Old Quarter. Then we will head to Ha Long Bay. You may enjoy the landscape of the Red River Delta along the way

11.30: Upon arriving in our lobby in Tuan Chau Marina, you may take a short stretch while our staff arranges all registration with the local government.

12.00 – 12.30: The cruise captain and staff will welcome you onboard LE JOURNEY CRUISE after a short tender transfer. While enjoying a refreshing welcome drink, a short cruise briefing and safety instructions will be given.

12.30 – 13.00: LE JOURNEY CRUISE voyages to Ha Long Bay – one of the New Seven Nature Wonders of the World. Lunch is served on board while the cruise passes via amazing limestone karst formations that rise up out of the sea in an impressive manner.

14.00 – 14.30: You will leave the cruise to explore Sung Sot Cave (also known as Surprise/ Amazing Cave), one of the biggest and most beautiful caves in Ha Long Bay.

15.00: Returning to LE JOURNEY CRUISE, the trip will continue to Ti Top Island. Here, you can watch the magnificent view over either the Gulf of Tonkin or swim in the emerald green and cool water.

17.00: After a long day, this is the ideal time to enjoy energizing drinks and snacks by joining ‘Happy Hour’ or Cooking Class on the sundeck

19.30: Sumptuous Dinner is served. Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served for you by our wonderful onboard catering staff.

20.30: After dinner, various activities including karaoke, and squid fishing are organized. Or you can just laze around with exhilarating drinks from our bar. The rest of the day is spent at your leisure.

OPTION TRAVEL WITH 5-STAR CRUISE:

Hanoi-Halong - Lan Ha Bay (Meal: B, L, D)

8.00-8.30am: Pick up from hotel in Hanoi then transfer to Halong Bay by Limosine via high way

11.30am: Arrive at Tuan Chau harbor, check in at the waiting room.

12.30pm: Welcome to Lacasta Cruise and enjoy a welcome drink, meet the captain, crew to get a brief introduction about cruise and safety guidelines. Complete check-in procedures.

13.30pm: Enjoy Vietnamese seafood and vegetarian lunch, while cruising in the magnificent Halong –Lan Ha Bay, admiring the fascinating rock formations in the bay.

15.45pm: You can choose to experience spa treatment, relax on the sundesk, outdoor swimming pool or explore Ba Trai Dao area and the natural lagoon of Lan Ha Bay and experience kayakinghere.

17:30 – 18:30pm: Come back to our La Casta cruise and enjoy the pre-dinner sunset party with Happy Hour Promotion (buy 2 get 1 free with some kinds of drinks) at the bar while watching the view of the bay at sunset.

19.30pm: Dinner is served at the restaurant.

21:00pm: Evening entertainment: Squid fishing, karaoke singing...

(In unfavorable weather conditions, to ensure the safety of our guest, this destination would be change into Light cave- famous for the pristine natural beauty and poetic, attractive seascape of Lan Ha Bay. You can join with our activities such as: kayaking, sightseeing on the bamboo boat, … - It’s time for you to enjoy bamboo boats or swimming which is an interesting activity to discover the truest beauty of the stunning limestone structure and the blue sky of Lan Ha Bay)

Distance: Ha Noi – Ha Long: 180km – 2.5-3 hours

Night 2: Overnight on board

3 Star Accommodation:

-Le Journey Classic Cruise - Deluxe Cabin

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4 Star Accommodation:

-Le Journey Premium Cruise - Deluxe Cabin

-Syrena Cruise - Deluxe Cabin

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5 Star Accommodation:

-La Casta Cruise - Junior Suite Cabin

OPTITON WITH 3 & 4 STAR CRUISE 

06:45-07:30 Have breakfast on board while the boat starts cruising to the Natural Preservation Area.

07:45-09:00: Kayaking to explore Luon Cave. If you are lucky, you can catch great photos of mischievous monkeys jigging up and down around the cliffs

09:30: Check-out time.

Please put your luggage outside your cabin and leave the room key at the reception desk. Our staff will transfer your luggage to the waiting area. 

10:00: Enjoy an early lunch at the restaurant on the 2nd floor and settle the bills if any.

11:00: Arrival at Tuan Chau Marina. Then you will have a short break time till the cruise shuttle transfer you back to your hotel in Ha Noi.

15.00-15.30: You will reach your hotel in Ha Noi old quarter

The rest of the day is spent at your leisure

OPTITON WITH 5 STAR CRUISE 

6:15: Wake up early, join the Tai Chi session on sundeck area, enjoy the fresh atmosphere and watch the sunrise in Lan Ha Bay.

7:00 – 7:45: Have breakfast. Admit morning view of bay’s landscape with a cup of tea or coffee.

08:00: Stroke the stunning views of the Bay and it’s dramatic limestone islets Visit the famous Tra Bau, it’s time for freely kayak and explore the landscape, or swim...

09:00: Back to your cabin, relax and check carefully all the luggage before leaving your cabin.

09:30: Check-out and enjoy a fantastic cruise on the bay for room service. Complete check out procedure and enjoy your brunch at La Casta cruise. 10:30: Enjoy the brunch at restaurant.

11:30: Disembark at Tuan Chau harbor, we hope you have enjoyed your time with us and wish you a safe onward journey.

15.00-15.30: You will be back to your hotel in Ha Noi. The rest of the day is spent at your leisure.

NOTE: Because of cruising conditions, the program may be changed slightly due to specific weather or tide conditions without a prior notice to visitors. Wi-Fi is available although internet connectivity is limited due to the geography of Ha Long.

Night 3: Overnight in hotel in Hanoi

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3-Star Accommodation:

- Hanoi Sky Hotel

Room Category: Deluxe Room.

Address: 27 Tong Duy Tan Street, Ha Noi, Vietnam

4 Star Accommodation:

- Rex Hanoi Hotel

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: 44 Gia Ngu Street, Ha Noi, Vietnam

- Or Golden Lotus Luxury Hotel

Room Category: Executive Room

Address: 53-55 Hang Trong Street, Ha Noi, Vietnam

5-Star Accommodation:

- Apricot Hotel

Room Category: Sketch Room

Address: 136 Hang Trong Street, Ha Noi, Vietnam

- Or Peridot Grand Luxury Boutique Hotel

Room Category: Premier Deluxe

Address: 33 Duong Thanh Street, Ha Noi, Vietnam¬

Enjoy breakfast at hotel. You will have some free time until our driver transport to Noi Bai airport to take flight to Ho Chi Minh city. Arrive in Ho Chi Minh and check in hotel. The rest of the day is spent at your leisure, discovering the most active city in Vietnam.

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Ho Chi Minh - Vietnam’s largest economic center and cultural capital, Ho Chi Minh City boasts soaring skyscrapers that tower over charming French colonial structures and traditional pagodas from Saigon’s yesteryear. Past the bustling streets and dizzying traffic.

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Optional tour: Dinner on cruise along Saigon River

18:45: Pick up at your hotel to start the trip

19.15: Be taken to experience Saigon’s nightlife and reach the harbor for a dinner cruise on the river. Observe the beautiful scenery of the city while enjoying Vietnamese cuisine on a traditional-style boat. See the illuminated sights of Ho Chi Minh City at night and dinner with Vietnamese folk music and dance entertainment

21:30: Finish the trip.

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Night 4: Overnight in hotel in Ho Chi Minh 

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3 Star Accommodation:

- Prague Saigon Hotel:

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: 175/10-12 Pham Ngu Lao, District 1, HCMC

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4 Star Accommodation

- Paragon Saigon Hotel:

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: 22 Thi Sach, District 1, HCMC.

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- Harmony Saigon Hotel:

Room Category: Premier Room

Address: 32A-34 Bui Thi Xuan, District 1, HCMC.

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5-Star Accommodation:

- Hotel Majestic Saigon:

Room Category: Colonial Deluxe City Room

Address: 1 Dong Khoi, District 1, HCMC.

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- La Siesta Premium Saigon:

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: 182-186 Ly Tu Trong, District 1, HCMC

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07:30 - 07:50 Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel and then start drive to Cu Chi which located 45 km from HCM city.

Cu Chi is now considered a heroic district for its role in the anti-American war in Vietnam. It is legendary for Original tunnels system of over 220 km and is a popular spot for both Vietnamese and foreign visitors.

Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destructions, damage and defoliation all over the area, caused by bombing and mines, when Cu Chi was" A Free Target Zone". The remnants visitors will see show Cu Chi still has her evidence to prove the fierce battleground that took place there and visitors will see the remnants.

14:00 Back to Ho Chi Minh City. The rest of the day is spent at your leisure.

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Night 5: Overnight in hotel in Ho Chi Minh

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3 Star Accommodation:

- Prague Saigon Hotel:

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: 175/10-12 Pham Ngu Lao, District 1, HCMC

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4 Star Accommodation

- Paragon Saigon Hotel:

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: 22 Thi Sach, District 1, HCMC.

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- Harmony Saigon Hotel:

Room Category: Premier Room

Address: 32A-34 Bui Thi Xuan, District 1, HCMC.

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5-Star Accommodation:

- Hotel Majestic Saigon:

Room Category: Colonial Deluxe City Room

Address: 1 Dong Khoi, District 1, HCMC.

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- La Siesta Premium Saigon:

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: 182-186 Ly Tu Trong, District 1, HCMC

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07:30 – 07.50: Leaving the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City and start your trip to depart for My Tho, the town lies on the left side of the Mekong River. Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda which sated back to the late 19th century. 

Then boarding the sampan and cruising down the river around the four beautiful islands known as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Tortoise islands. Stop over at Unicorn Island, go walking around country lane and seeing orchards, enjoy tropical fruits, folk song music which performed by the local people. Visit the fruit plantation. Riding a hand-rowed sampan through Thoi Son canal and treat yourself in the beauty of the countryside, visit the family business, visit honey-bee farm, enjoy honey tea and coconut candy workshop. 

Have lunch at local restaurant. Break time. 

In the afternoon, time for cycling around the Tan Thach village, meet the local villagers to experience the local daily life in the Mekong delta. Hammock relaxing and enjoy cool breeze for those can’t join the cycling trip. Return to hotel in Ho Chi Minh City by 17.00-17.30

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Night 6: Overnight hotel in Ho Chi Minh City. 

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3 Star Accommodation:

- Prague Saigon Hotel:

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: 175/10-12 Pham Ngu Lao, District 1, HCMC

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4 Star Accommodation

- Paragon Saigon Hotel:

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: 22 Thi Sach, District 1, HCMC.

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- Harmony Saigon Hotel:

Room Category: Premier Room

Address: 32A-34 Bui Thi Xuan, District 1, HCMC.

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5-Star Accommodation:

- Hotel Majestic Saigon:

Room Category: Colonial Deluxe City Room

Address: 1 Dong Khoi, District 1, HCMC.

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- La Siesta Premium Saigon:

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: 182-186 Ly Tu Trong, District 1, HCMC

Transfer to Phnom Penh by bus (7 hours). Arrive Phnom Penh, check in hotel then free and easy at your leisure. Visa to enter Cambodia will be arranged on your own. 

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Once known as the “Pearl of Asia”, Phnom Penh is a heaving crossroads of cultures, times, peoples and worlds. The city is  on the edge of everything. With one foot still rooted in the past, which you can find in the temples, its grim past under the Khmer Rouge with the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and Killing Fields of Choeung Ek;  markets and buzzing back streets, and another striding boldly into the future, which is pretty much all around you, this thriving, turbulent city brings together Cambodian, Chinese and French influences in a congested, grimy, shiny, vibrant and thrilling mash that somehow seems to work

Night 7: Overnight in Hotel in Phnom Penh

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3-Star Accommodation:

- King Grand Boutique Hotel

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: #18, St Long Nget St. (258), Tomuk

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4 Star Accommodation:

- Sensory Park Urban Hotel

Room Category: Standard Room

Address: St.282, Sangkat Boeung Keng Kang 1, Khan Chamka (0.45 Mi) Phnom Penh

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- Phnom Penh Katari Hotel

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address:  #61, Oknha Chrun Youhak, 294, Phnom Penh

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5-Star Accommodation:

- Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel

Room Category: Superior Room

Address: Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel Street Keo Chanda, Phnom Penh

oday is the day you have free time at your leisure in Cambodia.

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Optional tour: Killing Field tour

­ Visit the TuolSleng Prison Museum and the notorious 'Killing Fields' of ChoeungEk, which will give us a deep insight into the painful bloody rule of the Khmer Rouge. Lunch at local restaurant. We will have time this afternoon to explore PsarToul Tom Pong, also called the “Russian Market", where anything and everything is for sales. Later this afternoon, we will take one hour boat cruise on the Mekong river.

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Night 8: Overnight in hotel in Phnom Penh

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3-Star Accommodation:

- King Grand Boutique Hotel

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: #18, St Long Nget St. (258), Tomuk

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4 Star Accommodation:

- Sensory Park Urban Hotel

Room Category: Standard Room

Address: St.282, Sangkat Boeung Keng Kang 1, Khan Chamka (0.45 Mi) Phnom Penh

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- Phnom Penh Katari Hotel

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address:  #61, Oknha Chrun Youhak, 294, Phnom Penh

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5-Star Accommodation:

- Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel

Room Category: Superior Room

Address: Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel Street Keo Chanda, Phnom Penh

Today you will be transferred to Siem Reap By Bus (6 hours).

­ Arrive Siem Reap, pick up and check in hotel, the rest of the day is spent at your leisure

Siem Reap is always destined for great things. Visitors come here to see the temples, of course, but there is plenty to do in and around the city when you're templed out. Siem Reap has reinvented itself as the epicentre of chic Cambodia, with creative cultural scene that includes Cambodia's leading contemporary circus.

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Night 9: Overnight in hotel in Siem Reap.

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3-Star Accommodation:

- Sanctuary Residence Hotel

Room Category: Apsara Deluxe Room

Address: 018, National Road 6, Phum Taphul, Songkat Svay Dongkom Krong Siem Reap

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4 Star Accommodation:

- Saem Siemreap Hotel

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: Krom 6, Phoum Sala Kanseng, Sangkat Svay Dangkum, Siem Reap

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- Hari Residence & Spa

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address:  City Center, BBU Road l Old Market Area, Vihea Chin Village

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5-Star Accommodation:

- Metta Residence

Room Category: Premier Deluxe PoolView

Address: Phum Salakamreuk, Sangkat Salakamreuk, Krong Siem Reap, Siem Reap, Cambodia

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Breakfast will be served at your hotel

08.00-08.30: Proceed to Angkor Thom Area (Angkor Thom Temple South Gate, Bayon Temple, Baphuon Temple, Phimean Akas Temple, Elephants Terrace & Leper King Terrace, Royal Palace, Woman and Man Pond) Proceed to visit Ta-Prom Temple, After lunch, continue your journey to Angkor Wat Temple - one of the seven greatest architectural wonders of the world, built in between the 9th - 13th century, Before you end the tour, make a visit to Bakheng Hill. 

*Please wear something cover shoulders and knees for the day trip

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Night 10: Overnight in hotel in Siem Reap

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3-Star Accommodation:

- Sanctuary Residence Hotel

Room Category: Apsara Deluxe Room

Address: 018, National Road 6, Phum Taphul, Songkat Svay Dongkom Krong Siem Reap

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4 Star Accommodation:

- Saem Siemreap Hotel

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: Krom 6, Phoum Sala Kanseng, Sangkat Svay Dangkum, Siem Reap

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- Hari Residence & Spa

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address:  City Center, BBU Road l Old Market Area, Vihea Chin Village

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5-Star Accommodation:

- Metta Residence

Room Category: Premier Deluxe PoolView

Address: Phum Salakamreuk, Sangkat Salakamreuk, Krong Siem Reap, Siem Reap, Cambodia

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Breakfast at the hotel and free at your leisure time.

Optional tour: Tonle Sap lake tour

After breakfast, proceed to the Tonle Sap Boat Trip (Floating Village) and Les Artisan D' Angkor (Art School), a full service crafts organization with an ambitious program which includes Les Chantiers Ecoles, an educational centre that trains rural young people in the traditional skills of stone carving, woodcarving, lacquer and silk weaving. After lunch, proceed to Angkor Silk Farm, and proceed for a tour to the local market. Transfer to hotel in Siem Reap.

Night 11: Overnight in hotel in Siem Reap.

3-Star Accommodation:

- Sanctuary Residence Hotel

Room Category: Apsara Deluxe Room

Address: 018, National Road 6, Phum Taphul, Songkat Svay Dongkom Krong Siem Reap

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4 Star Accommodation:

- Saem Siemreap Hotel

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address: Krom 6, Phoum Sala Kanseng, Sangkat Svay Dangkum, Siem Reap

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- Hari Residence & Spa

Room Category: Deluxe Room

Address:  City Center, BBU Road l Old Market Area, Vihea Chin Village

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5-Star Accommodation:

- Metta Residence

Room Category: Premier Deluxe PoolView

Address: Phum Salakamreuk, Sangkat Salakamreuk, Krong Siem Reap, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Have breakfast at the hotel then free and easy. Wait until our driver come and pick you to the airport. Trip ends Note: 

Hotel check out time- 12.00pm 

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New airport in Siem reap is Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (Airport code -SAI)