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Vietnam and Cambodia Tour 9 Days

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Tour code: ASW-VC-C9

Duration: 9 days

Destination: Ho Chi Minh City / Mekong Delta / Phnom Penh / Siem Reap

US$ 1,215 US$ 1,010 per person

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This itinerary is perfect for people interested in visiting both Vietnam and Cambodia for a short time. Start at busy streets of Saigon, continue visiting the famous Cu Chi tunnels and then relax on Mekong river cruise before getting to the emerging capital city of Phnom Penh and finish at the temples around Siem Reap. This will bring you unforgettable memories that will enthuse you to go back and discover more.

trip highlight

  • Explore part of the 151-mile underground network Cu Chi Tunnels
  • Cruise along Mekong Delta on Panorama river cruise, stay overnight on the cruise
  • Boat ride to Cai Rang floating market, where you can observe all of busy trading activities of local traders with several kinds of agricultural products
  • Pay a visit to the Killing Fields and commemorate the victims 
  • Discover  Angkor Wat – the man-made world’s wonder whose beauties can’t be captured by cameras

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Day 1: Ho Chi Minh arrival

Meal provided: Dinner

Welcome to Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh

Welcome to Vietnam. Upon arrival at Tan Son Nhat Airport, obtain your Vietnam visa (with a pre-approval letter), and then clear Immigration and Customs. After collecting your baggage, exit the airport to meet outside a local Guide of Asianway travel.

He/she will be holding a sign with your name on it. Please note that local guides are not allowed inside the airport. From the airport, you will be privately transferred to your lovely hotel. Settle in and enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure.
Evening enjoys dinner at a local restaurant.

Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh

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Day 2: Ho Chi Minh city – Cu Chi tunnel

Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch

Morning tour of the Cu Chi Tunnels:  At 7.00, pick up at the hotel & enjoy the scenic drive through the countryside as people work on their rice paddies and thatched hut villages scattered along the way. Visit a local village making rice paper, a well-known product used to make delicious spring rolls. Arriving at the Cu Chi Tunnels to explore part of the 151-mile underground network that zigzagged from the southern tip of the Ho Chi Minh Trail near Cambodia to the Saigon River. Cu Chi is a must for anyone interested in understanding a vital aspect of guerrilla warfare fought by the Vietnamese against both the French and the Americans. These crisscrossing tunnels were begun in the late 1940s by local resistance fighters looking for a place to hide their weapons from the French. Discover secret trapdoors, field hospitals, command posts, underground kitchens, living areas, and meeting rooms.

Have Lunch at a local restaurant


Afternoon tour of Ho Chi Minh: we’ll discover Saigon’s historic landmarks including the War Remnants Museum, established in September 1975 in Ho Chi Minh City, it contains countless artifacts, photographs, and pictures documenting some of the less heroic activities carried out by the US army in Vietnam. Planes, tanks, bombs, and helicopters are also on display.
Next, visit the FITO Museum, which is the first museum of Vietnamese medicine. On display are nearly 3,000 items dating back to the Stone Age. Exhibits include tools used to prepare medicine, knives, mortars and pestles, documents, and objects from a traditional pharmacy. The museum regularly screens a documentary about the history of medicine.
Continue visiting the 1880s General Post Office and the late 19th century Notre Dame cathedral, located in a peaceful part of the city. Ending at Ben Thanh Market or House of Saigon for shopping and café.

Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Optional excursion: Please contact us if you are interested.
1. The Mist Show (modern dance and ballet) at Saigon Opera House (Price from US$ 28 to US$ 65/ per ticket)
2. A O show (bamboo dance, acrobatic & music) –  at Saigon Opera (Price from US$ 28 to US$ 65/ per ticket)
3. Saigon’s nightlife & foodies tour by Scooters ( 2.5 hours – price will be updated)
 

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Day 3: Ho Chi Minh - Mekong delta – Can Tho - overnight cruise

Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

The cruise shuttle bus will pick you up at your hotel in the city center and will take you back there after your cruise. The drive to/from Cai Be takes about 2 hours, and to/from Can Tho is about 4 hours.

The cruise is going upstream Cai Be – Can Tho on even dates (e.g. Sept. 2, 4, 10, etc.) and going downstream Can Tho – Cai Be on odd dates (e.g. Sept. 3,5,9, etc.)

You board your comfortable river cruiser in Cai Be. After a refreshing welcome drink, we show you our onboard facilities and your cozy cabin. As lunch is served, the boat starts cruising. Sit back and watch the fantastic scenery and the daily life of the Mekong Delta people.

In the afternoon you can disembark for a guided leisurely stroll through a village and the surrounding fruit orchards or rice fields. Meet the friendly locals and taste the local produce and fruits.

 

Get back on board and enjoy a drink at the bar or relax on deck as the sun sets over the magnificent water landscape of the Mekong River. The cruise boat will anchor for the night. The day ends with a delicious on-board dinner. You stay overnight on board your comfortable river cruiser.

Stay overnight on board your floating hotel in the Mekong Delta.

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Day 4: Cai Rang floating market – Ho Chi Minh

Meal provided: Breakfast, Lunch

You wake up well-rested to the sound of the river and get ready for another exciting day of sightseeing in the Mekong Delta. At 6.30h the cruise vessel sets off for a sunrise cruise. Watch the locals go about their daily work drying exotic fruits and building ships on the wooden yards while enjoying an early breakfast.

After breakfast, we will board a sampan boat to Cai Rang floating market, the region’s busiest and most lively market. Marvel at the sheer abundance of exotic fruits, vegetables, and skilfully handcrafted regional products. We will pull up to the boats for talking and bargain with the merchants. After the excursion to the market, it is time to start the journey back to Saigon. From Can Tho, we travel by road back to Saigon. In My Tho, you say good by to the Mekong Delta with a lunch break offering typical Mekong Delta dishes at Mekong Rest Stop.

N.B.: The floating markets in the Mekong Delta are no tourist markets but wholesale markets where produce of the Mekong Delta like fruits and vegetables are traded. For this reason, the number of boats on the market fluctuates depending on harvesting seasons and market demand. Furthermore, modern wholesale markets are becoming more popular in Vietnam. This can result in decreasing numbers of boats being present on the markets.

The shuttle bus will drop off you at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Free for the rest of the day to discover Ho Chi Minh City on your own.

Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh.

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Day 5: Ho Chi Minh - International flight to Phnom Penh

Meal provided: Breakfast, Dinner

 

Welcome to Phnom Penh. Upon arrival at Phnompenh International Airport, obtain your visa, and then clear Immigration and Customs. After collecting your baggage, exit the airport to meet outside a local Guide. From the airport, you will be privately transferred to your lovely hotel.

Afternoon, Phnom Penh city tour: Visit the Victory Monument, and the National Museum, also called Musee des Beaux-Arts. A French archaeologist and painter, Georges Groslier, designed it in Khmer style in 1917. The museum contains a collection of Khmer art – notably sculptures – from throughout the ages. 

Visit 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. The treasures found inside include a solid gold Buddha encrusted and weighing 90 kilograms and a small 17th-century emerald and baccarat crystal Buddha. End your afternoon with the visit of the Wat Phnom Temple, Phnom Penh’s namesake, from where you can enjoy views over the tree-lined avenues of the city during sunset.

Stay overnight in Phnom Penh.

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Day 6: Phnom Penh - Siem Reap

Meal Provided: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Breakfast at the hotel then take a private transfer to Siem Reap for 06 Hrs trip. On arrival, you will be met and then transferred directly to the hotel for refreshments.

Siem Reap is the best for exploring the fabled temples of Angkor, the ancient capital of the Khmer Empire.

In the afternoon, continue your temple tour. See the unique interior brick sculptures Prasat Kravan, the Srah Srang reservoir (known as “The Royal Baths” was once used for ritual bathing), Banteay Kdei (surrounded by 4 concentric walls), Eastern Mebon (guarded at its corner by stone figures of harnessed elephants, some of which are still in a reasonable state of preservation) and the mountain-temple of Pre Rup until sunset.

Stay overnight in Siem Reap.

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Day 7: Siem Reap

Meal Provided: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

In the morning, visit the South Gate (with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk), the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century), Bayon Temple (unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara), the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King.

Afternoon, visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable 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. Angkor Wat’s five towers symbolize Meru’s five peaks – the enclosed wall represents the mountains at the world’s edge and the surrounding moat, the ocean beyond. Sunset at Angkor Wat.
Stay overnight in Siem Reap.

(Please note that this site becomes very crowded at sunset, so you may choose to walk up to Pre Rep instead.)

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Day 8: Siem Reap

Meal Provided: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

This early morning, transfer to the archaeological site for the sunrise from the Phnom Bakheng, one of two hills dominating the plain of Angkor, from where you will have a spectacular view of the Western Baray and Angkor Wat
Or sunrise at Srah Srang. Return to the hotel for breakfast.

After that, drive through the typical Khmer countryside to the Banteay Srei temple (10th century) regarded as the jewel in the crown of classical Khmer art. Then visit Banteay Samre, one of the most complete complexes at Angkor due to restoration using the method of “anastylosis”. The name Samre refers to an ethnic group of mountain people, who inhabited the region at the base of Phnom Kulen and were probably related to the Khmers. No inscriptions have been found for this temple, but the style of most of the architecture is of the classic art of the middle period similar to Angkor Wat.  The proportions of Banteay Samre are splendid. A unique feature is an interior moat with laterite paving, which when filled with water must have given an ethereal atmosphere to the temple.

In the afternoon, you continue your temple visits to Preah Khan. Built by 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. Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool (representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain lake), Ta Som. Continue the temple tour to Ta Prohm, one of the area’s most beautiful temples.  Ta Prohm has been left relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Its appeal lies in that, unlike the other monuments of Angkor, it was abandoned and swallowed by the jungle, looking very much the way most of the Angkor temples appeared when European explorers first stumbled upon them.

Stay overnight in Siem Reap.

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Day 9: Siem Reap - Departure

Meal Provided: Breakfast

In the morning, visit the floating village of Chong Khneas, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap.  Take a traditional wooden boat for a ride on the Tonle Sap Lake, the “Great Lake” of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia. Transfer to Siem Reap International Airport for departure flight to the next destination.
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Tour prices shown are 'per person', based on a traveling party of 4 adults, and sharing double or twin rooms.

** If you travel in group of 2, of 3 and so on, please feel free to contact us for specific offer.
** If you intend to travel alone, the cost might be much higher. However, you also earn money by using the Share button above to invite your friends and family to book this tour with you.

The 'Single supplement' applies for single travelers who require their own room and needs to be added to the tour price.

Note: Amendments CAN be made to this tour to suite your requirements, but may incur price changes

What's Included: 

  • 7 nights base in double/twin sharing rooms at centrally located & well selected Comfort hotels (3 star-hotel).
  • [ Superior (4 star-hotel), Luxury (5- star hotel), High-end (best of the best hotel) properties are also available upon request]
  • 1 night on board cruise in Mekong delta (1 lunch, 1 dinner and 1 breakfast) including roundtrip shuttle bus transfer from/to HCMC
  • Daily buffet or set breakfast at hotel and all hotels taxes and service charges.
  • Pick-ups and transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle as specified in the itinerary.
  • Travel by air-conditioned vehicle with an experienced, safe driver as specified in the itinerary.
  • Sightseeing with local, English-speaking guides as indicated in the itinerary.
  • Meals included as indicated as in program: B: breakfast, L: lunch & D: dinner.
  • Boat cruise as specified in the programmed.
  • Entrance fees according the above program

  • Local bottled water while sightseeing and transfers
  • VAT and all taxes and service charge. 

What's Excluded: 

  • International and domestic flight tickets and Visas stamp 
  • Any items of purely personal nature such as laundry and telephone calls 
  • Personal, travel and health insurance
 
  • Early check in and late check out 
  • Single room supplement if request 
  • Drinks during meals
 
  • Meals that are not specified
 
  • Gratuities/tipping to tour guide, driver and hotel staff and restaurant’s staff 
  • Surcharge for peak season & compulsory dinner on X’mas and New Year’s Eve

Remarks: 
1. All of our itineraries can be tailor-made to suit your requirements, allowing us to create the perfect holiday just for you. Please click on the “Tailor this trip" button and complete the requested information for us. Upon receipt, our travel consultant will customize the best value vacation for your kind consideration. Please note: Changes CAN be made to the itinerary after our initial quote, but may result in a price change also!

2. We are aware that a good tour must have good hotels. In Indochina in particular (Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos) hotel prices make up the major expense of your holiday. Therefore, we would like to clarify how we define these charges:

• Boutique & character hotels: from $50-$80 USD per room/ per night
• Comfort = 3 star hotels from US$ 40 - US$ 60 per room/ per night
• Superior = 4 star hotels from US$ 80 - US$ 110 per room/ per night
• Deluxe = 5 star hotels from US$120 - US$ 190++ per room/ per night
• High-end = Best of the best hotels from US$ 250++ per room/ per night


3. Child policy: 

• Ages 0-2: free of charge for tour when sharing bed with parents. Airfares depend on Airlines's policy at booking time
• Ages 2-5: 50% of adult price when sharing bed with parents. Airfares depend on Airlines's policy at booking time
• Ages 6-10: 85% of adult price when sharing bed with parents & airfare fully charges
• 11 years and older: 100% (charged as an adult)

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Service Details During The Trip

We’ll immerse you in the diverse cultures of Vietnam by showcasing the unique local flavors. And with the perfect balance of included sightseeing and free time, you can customize your dream vacation with the things you have always wanted to do.


  • Private Local Tour Guide You will have legally licensed local tour guide in each destination, from welcome and farewell you at the airport. Your guide will guide, help, assist and taking care of you in order to make your tour worry-free. The good guide for you means we arrange the right guide. Asianwaytravel.com will arrange tour guide base on the feature of the itinerary and consists of the group, to maximize your experiences in traveling.

  • Private Drivers & Vehicle Safety is first priority for transportation. A well maintained good condition car with legal business licensed and an experienced driver to make sure you are in safe hands. To maximize your comfort and joyful experience with driving service, cold drinking water, cold towel and soft drink are provided in the car.

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  • Local Flavor Meals Don’t worry about meals; we select both restaurants and menus for you. Asianwaytravel.com will select clean and good environment restaurants for our customer. Menu is also carefully selected by us to ensure you try different food every meal.
    We will recommend and arrange local cuisine since it is part of the cultural experience while traveling. We also recommend dinners are free on your own so you can choose your favorite food by yourself under necessary assistance of your local guide.

  • Well-Selected Hotels Comfort and good value is our priority for choosing hotels for our customers. Comfort of mattress and bedding, joyful decoration style, user friendly facilities, good service and good breakfast!

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Travel Visa

Most countries in South East Asia require you to obtain a visa. Please check carefully with your travel specialist regarding specific visa requirements for each country you plan to visit as the legislation does change frequently. Thailand offers a free visa on arrival to most nationalities. Other countries including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar offer a “visa-on-arrival” service which requires you to pay a fee at the airport, or you may prefer to obtain this in advance through the relevant embassy or a visa agent. For visa-on-arrival in Vietnam, you must submit some paperwork before you arrive.

This is an option to get your visa for Vietnam instead of getting visa at the Vietnam consulate in your country.


  • Step 1: Provide us your application details
     • Your full name (as exactly seen on your passport)
     • Your gender
     • Your date of birth
     • Your nationality
     • Your passport number
     • Your passport expiration dates ( with at least 3 vacats pagess and valid for at least 6 months)
     • Date of arrival ( dd/mm/yy)
     • Date of exit (dd/mm/yy)
     • Arrival airport
  • Step 2: Process your visa information into a visa application
    We will contact you for reviewing your visa information and then submit your application on your behalf to Vietnam Immigration department and follow other procedures pursuant to the regulations of Immigration department to get Visa approval letter granted by Immigration department.

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We will send the visa approval letter via email to you after 7 working days.
After we obtain the visa approval letter from the Immigration department for you, we will forward you a scanned copy of it by email (Your visa information then have been recorded to the Visa system of the Vietnam Immigration department).


  • Step 3: Get your visa stamp on your arrival
    Just print the approval letter out, prepare 2 passport sized photos and an amount of USD for stamping fee ($25 for single entry visa; $50 for 1 month multiple entry visa ). Put all above mentioned things along with your passport in a package, then show them to Immigration officer at Vietnam arrival airports.

    Upon arrival at Vietnam’s airport, expect a simple form to fill in (or you can download here to fill beforehand), present the visa approval letter, passport, photos to the Immigration officer inside the counter and look for a place to hear your name be called to get the passport back and pay for the stamping fee. The actual process takes around 15 minutes without hassle or trouble.

    • For those who is applicable for E-visa, our travel experts will consult case by case.

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