BUDGET CAMBODIA – VIETNAM FAMILY TRIP BY BUS

Day 1: Arrival – Siem Reap
Day 2: Full Day Angkor Group Tour (B/L)
Day 3: 1/2 Tonle Sap Lake Tour (B)
Day 4: Siem Reap – Bus to Phnom Penh (B)
Day 5: Phnom Penh – City Tour (B)
Day 6: Phnom Penh – Bus to Saigon (B)
Day 7: Saigon Package Tours + Cu Chi Tunnels Travel Packages (B)
Day 8: Saigon – Fly to Hanoi – Halong (B)
Day 9: Halong – Flamingo Cruise (B/L/D)
Day 10: Flamingo Cruise – Tuan Chau Island – Transfer to Monkey Island (B, L, D)
Day 11: Monkey Island – Cat Ba – Speed Boat to Hai Phong – Back to Hanoi (B/L)
Day 12: Hanoi Half Day City Tour (B)
Day 13: Hanoi – Free (B)
Day 14: Hanoi – Departure (B)

Day 01. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Arrival – Siem Reap

Warmly welcome at Siem Reap International airport, you are met by our guide & driver and then transferred direct to hotel for check in.

* Optional half-day sightseeing tour in Angkor Wat if time permits (Your Own Account):

Visit to the unique interior brick sculptures of Prasat Kravan, Srah Srang (“The Royal Baths” was once used for ritual bathing), Banteay Kdei (surrounded by 4 concentric walls), Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool (representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain-lake), Preah Khan temple, Built by the King Jayavarman VII. Preah Khan is, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulder hugging corridors. Unlike Ta Prohm, however, the temple of Preah Khan is in a reasonable state of preservation and ongoing restoration efforts should maintain and even improve this situation.

* Inclusions: English speaking guide, private car transfer, Entrance fee at mentioned travel sites, cold water & wipes

O/N in Siem Reap.

Day 02. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Full Day Angkor group Tour (B/L)

Breakfast at hotel, you’ll picked up by our guide & shuttle bus 

Visit to the antique capital of Angkor Thom (12 century): the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, the Bayon Temple, unique for its 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.

Lunch at local restaurant

It is time to visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture.

O/N in Siem Reap.

Day 03. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Half Day Tonle Sap Lake Tour (B)

Breakfast at hotel, today you will enjoy Half day Boat trip on Tonle Sap.

This morning 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.

O/N in Siem Reap.

Day 04. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Siem Reap – Phnom Penh by bus (B)

Breakfast at hotel, today you will check out and then picked up to the bus station for departure to Phnom Penh by Joined tourist bus which will take more than 6 hours to arrive in Phnom Penh where they get picked up and transfer to hotel for check in.

O/N in Phnom Penh

Day 05. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Phnom Penh – City Tours (B)

Breakfast at hotel.

We will visit to the Royal Palace, built by King Norodom in 1866 on the site of the old town, and the Silver Pagoda, located within the grounds of the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda is so named because of its floor, which is made up of 5000 silver tiles. Then continue your visit to National Museum.

Lunch not included

Visit to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum or S21, was the former Tuol Svay Prey High School. The Khmer Rouge set up a prison

at this site in May 1976, to detain individual accused of opposing the Pol Pot regime, and was Angkar’s premier security institution, the Killing Field of Choeung Ek, and Wat Phnom temples.

Dinner not included and night at hotel.

O/N in Phnom Penh

Day 06. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Saigon Package Tours + Cu Chi Tunnels Travel Packages by bus (B)

Breakfast at hotel

Transfer to Phnom Penh bus station for departure to Saigon by morning bus (Mekong Express or similar one)

On arrival at Saigon, you are met and transferred to hotel for check in.

The bustling Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by many locals, is a center of commerce, finance, culture and tourism in Vietnam. This metropolis, contradiction of its northern counterpart, is crowded with bikes and motorbikes, excited by numerous shopping areas and sidewalk cafes. (If time permits) we stroll around the down town to explore the different local ways of life.

O/N in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 07. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Saigon Package Tours + Cu Chi Tunnels Travel Packages (B)

Today we spend a half day exploring the captivating Ho Chi Minh City. The most places of interest are located near the town center. We pass by the now-demolished wartime American Embassy on our way to the Reunification Palace. This famous edifice was a former residence of the President of Southern Vietnam until end of April 1975.

Close to the palace are some striking French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Sai Gon Post Office. We follow these with a visit to the Jade Emperor Pagoda and the War Remnant Museum with a wealth of images from the notorious conflicts. The sightseeing ends up with a walk around the retail Ben Thanh Market where anything and everything is for sale!

Afternoon: Transfer about 30km north-west of Ho Chi Minh City to Cu Chi town. Cu Chi tunnels were used as the base from which the Vietnamese mounted their operations of the Tet Offensive in 1968. The incredible underground network in Cu Chi stretched over 200 kilometres and became legendary during the American war.

The extensive tunnels have been specially constructed with living areas, weapon factories, filed hospitals, command centres, plus accommodation. Today we have an excursion to Cu Chi Tunnels to visit an exposition hall and a widened section of the tunnels to get a feel of the underground life. There are also possibilities to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range

O/N in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 08. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days: Saigon – Hanoi (B)

Step back in time as you fly from the buzzing, modern city of Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi on VN236 (11:30 – 13:30). Upon arrival at Noibai Airport, you’ll be met by our tour guide & transferred to Hanoi for checkin.

O/N in Hanoi.

Day  09. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Halong – Maya Cruise (B/L/D)

09h00: You will be pick up from Hanoi Old Quarter to take the highway to Got Port, Haiphong where we arrive at around 11h30
12h00: Transfer by tender to the MAYA CRUISE. On the way to the main boat, you will have a chance to see Cai Trap canal.
12h15: We welcome our guests onboard the MAYA CRUISE and then check in, enjoy Welcome Drink, receive cruise briefing, safety instructions and check in. Start cruising and explore Lan Ha Bay & Ha Long Bay.
12h40: MAYA CRUISE proceeds to Da Chong islet, where you can see a lighthouse built by the French over 100 years ago. Have lunch while passing via the islets. These amazing limestone karst formations rise up out of the sea in an impressive manner.

15h00: We progress to Tra Bầu area of Lan Hạ Bay- a separate part of Halong Bay. This is a quiet tourist paradise in Vietnam. You can try at kayaking or simply just enjoy a swim.

17h30: Returning MAYA CRUISE, you can watch the magnificent sunset over the Gulf of Tonkin. Onboard you may join a traditional cooking class. Our chef will instruct you in the making of some Vietnam dishes. In the early evening the boat has its Happy Hour deal.

19h30: Dinner is served. Enjoy delicious local food prepared and served for you by our wonderful onboard catering staff. This is a delightful meal in an intimate romantic setting
21h30: Enjoy the landscape of the bay at night up on the top deck. Relax whilst enjoying drinks from the bar. Try your hand at night squid fishing, watching a movie in the restaurant. Overnight on board.

Overnight on Maya Cruise.

Day 10. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Catba National Park – Monkey (B, L, D)

06h00: Tai Chi session on the sundeck; after which we serve light breakfast.
Upon completing breakfast continue our journey and head out in bamboo boat to explore the bay in the area where the Toi Sang cave is situated.
9h30: Visit then return MAYA CRUISE for check-out procedures
10h00: Whilst cruising back you can enjoy a delightful brunch
10h30-11h: You will be transferred into a smaller boat or tender to keep cruising to Gia Luan Harbour on Cat Ba island.

From here, our bus & guide will take you to the National Park which is home to 32 different types of mammals and more than 2000 species of flora. Take a short trek through the forest and climb up the Ngu Lam Mountain . From the peak of the mountain you can see the whole landscapes of Cat Ba Island.

Later on, at around 13:00-14:00, our guide will escort you to Beo Harbour by a car transfer and get on boat for  Monkey Island. Upon arrival, you will checkin your bungalow then free time for kayaking and swimming.

Dinner will served and overnight on Monkey Island.

Free time at night.

Overnight at Monkey Island Resort – DLX Bungalow

Day 11. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Monkey Island – Cat Ba – Bus to Hanoi (B)

Breakfast at the restaurant of Monkey Island then you will check out and will be transferred by boat back to Beo Harbor for boating to Gia Luan pier.

From Gia Luan pier, you will welcomed by our rep and transferred to Cat Ba Town. Stopover at the bus station.

Free time for lunch and then you will get on the bus to Hanoi.

O/N in Hanoi.

Day 12. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Cambodia – Vietnam Travel Packages: Hanoi Half Day City Tour (B)

Breakfast at hotel, today we will take you to visit Ho Chi Minh complex, walking around Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of Vietnamese great father or Uncle Ho, President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house – where Ho lived on and off from 1958 to 1969…

The next place is One Pillar Pagoda a group of structures consisting of a pagoda and a tower built in the middle of a square pond. Leave One Pillar Pagoda for the Temple of Literature the first college of Viet Nam dedicated to Confucian. Back to Hoan Kiem Lake and have a stopover with Ngoc Son Temple then enjoy Cyclo tour around the Old Quarter Streets.

Afternoon: Free time by your own for leisure & shopping. After having breakfast, you’ll be free on your own to discover travel sites in Hanoi

* Inclusions: English speaking guide, private car transfer, Entrance fee at mentioned travel sites, cold water & wipes

O/N in Hanoi.

Day 13. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Hanoi – Free Day (B)

After breakfast at hotel. You have free time by your own to have more experience in Hanoi.

O/N in Hanoi.

Day 14. Budget Cambodia Vietnam Family Tours by Bus for 14 Days : Hanoi – See Off (B)

Afternoon: see off at the airport.

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Include:

• Transportation in private with air-condition
• Accommodation in twin shared room
• Local English speaking guide
• Admission fee to indicated sights
• Domestic air ticket (Saigon – Hanoi)
• Water Puppet Tickets in Hanoi
• Meals: Daily breakfast at hotel + Lunches where stated only
• Gov’t tax and service charge
• Luggage handling and drinking water 

Exclude:

• Visa stamping fee on arrival
• Travel Insurance in all kinds
• Single room (quoted separately)
• Other foreign language guide
• Peak tourist season or special event rates
• Tip, drinks and other personal expenses