Mekong Delta River Exit to Cambodia 7 Days 6 Nights

Arrival Ho Chi Minh city

Welcome to Saigon! You will be met at the airport and transferred to hotel in Sai Gon. After checking into the hotel, the rest of the day is yours to enjoy. Sai Gon is a bustling, dynamic and industrious centre, the largest city in the country, the economic capital and the cultural trendsetter. Yet within the teeming metropolis are the timeless traditions and beauty of an ancient culture. 

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Tasting fresh fruits while enjoying Vietnamese traditional folk music

• Visiting distinctive family businesses where the locals make coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn mills. 

• Having a boat ride to the floating market on Tien River (Cai Rang floating market).

• Deeply exploring the local village on foot and through handlebars.

• Approaching features of the typical, traditional Vietnamese architectural styles from an ancient house and Khmer temple.

Breakfast at the hotel & do check out.

07:30: Pick up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and start the trip to Cai Be. Upon arrival in Cai Be, have a boat ride to the remaining site of a renowned wholesale floating market on the Tien River many years ago. This site entitles you to learn something about the local trading habit that has changed due to the age of modern society when more terrestrial transportation and high techniques of agriculture have dominated everywhere. There, you can realize how diverse the area is and how rich orchard gardens are, which makes it the basket of fruit in the lower part of the Mekong River.

Ramble in small villages where you will uncover the beauty of an ancient house and learn about the indigenous culture. Make a short visit to a small family business where the locals make coconut fudges and crispy rice popcorn. Savor delicious fresh fruit and feel the slow rhythms of Southern Vietnamese folk music – a kind of music entwined with the life and culture of the Mekong Delta people. Paddle through small canals – an exciting experience since you can look around, unwind, and soak up the wonderful atmosphere of the Upper Mekong Delta. Additionally, after arrival on Tan Phong Island, immerse yourself in nature's tranquility.

At lunch time, you not only enjoy luscious food but also get closer to the locals as it is a chance to learn how to prepare Vietnamese specialties. The meal is cooked on your own and served in the heart of the local garden.

Cycle on the village path through orchards. Meet the local islanders to learn more about the local daily life in the Mekong Delta. Visit Ba Kiệt’s ancient house.

Take a boat ride back to Cai Be and meet your bus for the trip to Can Tho City. 

Proceed to Can Tho City and overnight in Can Tho.

Overnight in Can Tho

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Breakfast at the hotel and do check out.

After breakfast, you first take the boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong River. The boat trip later takes you to the Cai Rang floating market, which is the most original ones and bustling places of the region. Have you tried the Vietnamese vermicelli noodle? So, you will go and see how it is made. After that, you will trek along the village to get in touch with the local people. Here, you have a chance to experience how to pass a "Monkey bridge" which is built by only one bamboo. 

Leaving the village, you will go to visit My Khánh Tourist Village and have lunch there.

After having lunch, private car takes you to Chau Doc, you will spend 3 hours on the car to going to Chau Doc.

Arriving Chau Doc, check in hotel.

Dinner by your account.

Overnight in Chau Doc. 

Breakfast at the hotel and do check out.

6h30 AM taxi driver picks you up to Chau Doc harbor and take an express boat to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 

Departure time at 7h00 AM.

Arrive at Sisowath harbour- Phnom Penh at 12:30 pm to 13:00 pm.

Upon arrival Phnom Penh airport, meet and greet. You will be transfer to your selected hotel. (Hotel check in time 2pm.) Relax at the hotel for freshen up and enjoy the remainder of the afternoon at own leisure or enjoy optional tours. 

Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Morning after breakfast at hotel, enjoy Phnom Penh city tour visit Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda that located in the same compound. Next, visit Toul Sleng, the Genocide Museum (S 21). We stop at Russian Market for souvenir shopping and lunch at local restaurant. 

Afternoon transfer to Siem Reap by express bus or van (no tour guide)in 6 hours on the car. Arrival Siem Reap pick up by our driver and transfer to your selected hotel. 

Dinner on own account and overnight in Siem Reap.  

After breakfast, we begin to visit Angkor Wat the “7th Wonders’ of the World” and the world largest temple with excellent masterpiece of carvings, sculptures and perfect structure.  

Enjoy lunch at local restaurant. 

After lunch, we visit the impressive South Gate of Angkor Thom. Then, we visit Bayon, the second main temple of Cambodia after Angkor Wat.  After that, we visit Baphoun which is an enormous Hindu mountain temple constructed in early 11th century. Next, we walk along the Terrace of the Elephants and Terrace of the Leper King. 

After that, we explore Ta Prom, another Buddhist temple covered by dense tropical forest where Tomb Raider Movie was filmed. Visit Banteay Kdei, a grand Buddhist temple built in late 12th century.  Sras Srong, 1000 year old man-made lake. We could either visit sunset Pre Rup Temple. 

Come back to the hotel. Dinner by your account.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

After breakfast free on own leisure till time to pick up at hotel for transferring to your next destination. 

Check out time before 12h00 at noon.

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