1 Days (Hanoi Arrival )
Upon arrival at Noi Bai International Airport, our representative will meet you and transfer to visit peaceful West Lake with lovers' street Thanh Nien, the sedate Tran Quoc Pagoda. Then visit Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son temple. Enjoy the water puppet show, which is the number one Vietnamese folk song and Vietnamese cultural show. Dinner at local restaurant. Accommodation at hotel in Ha Noi.
2 Days (Hanoi - Halong Bay Cruise & stay overnight on Board )
Following breakfast, private bus and guide picks you up from your hotel and travel to the spectacular World Heritage site of Halong Bay in the Gulf of Tonkin (approximately four hours). Arrive at your jetty in Halong City towards noon and proceed with check-in formalities. After your welcome onboard, a lunch will be served while cruising towards the bay itself. In the afternoon, enjoy some visits and/or activities (depending on each boat’s itinerary) or just spend some time relaxing on board. Towards the end of the day the boat sets anchor for the night among the karst formations. Dinner is served on board. Overnight aboard on Halong Bay.
3 Days (Halong Bay Cruise – Hanoi )
This morning, take 4 hours boat trip in Halong Bay to view multi-shaped rocks and visit one of the most beautiful limestone grotto: Paradise Grotto (Thien Cung Grotto). Lunch will be served on boat with the fresh seafood. Return to Hanoi in the afternoon, stop at Hai Duong city to enjoy local green bean cake. Arrive in Hanoi, free time for shopping at 36 ancient street. Enjoy dinner at local restaurant. Accommodation at hotel in Hanoi
4 Days (Hanoi – Fly to Siem Reap )
After breakfast, transfer to airport for departure flight to Siem Reap, upon arrival at Siem Reap International Airport, Pick up from airport and drive 15kms to Chong Khneas to visit Tonle Sap Great Lake is the Largest FreshWater Lake in Southeast Asia. On Private boat, visit floating villages of residents, see how they live and make their living on floating houses, floating market, school, pagoda and small crocodile farm which is the highlight of signature of this place. 16:30 Hrs: Departure to Siem reap / 18:15 Hrs: Arrival Siem Reap After check in, we take short walk along the road in front of the King's Residence to see the Main Shrine, where the local people usually worship, with its statue of YeayTeap, Preah Ang Chek and Preah Ang Chorm. Buying jasmine and lotus flowers to worship is very important for the Cambodians. We will continue to "Chantiers Ecoles - Les Artisans d'Angkor" which provides training to young Cambodians in an effort to revive the ancient Khmer traditions of stone carving and wood sculpting. This evening, enjoy buffet local dinner with Apsara Dance Show
5 Days (Temple Tour – Best of Temple Collection )
Breakfast in hotel Today, start your tour to discover the world’s worth heritage. Discover Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world. , Originally constructed as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu for the Khmer Empire, it was gradually transformed into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the 12th century. It was built by the Khmer King SuryavarmanIin the early 12th century in Yasodharapura.. Visit Angkor Thom Complex (Great Angkor or Great City), was built by Angkor’s greatest king, Jayavarman VII (1181 – 1219), including South Gate of Angkor Thom, the often first stop tour to Great City. Enter Bayon Temple (Giant smiling faces Temple), is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman’s capital, Angkor Thom. Nearby, visit The Terrace of Elephant, part of the walled city of Angkor Thom, a ruined temple complex in Cambodia. The terrace was used by Angkor’s king Jayavarman VII as a platform from which to view his victorious returning army. The Terrace of Leper King, It was built in the Bayon style under Jayavarman VII, though its modern name derives from a 15th-century sculpture discovered at the site. The statue depicts the Hindu god Yama, the god of death. Trekking in jungle to visit Taprohm temple-a temple in its ‘natural state’. Surround by jungle, its labyrinth of stone hallways is overgrown with the roots and limbs of the massive Banyan trees which envelope the stones tentacles. This Taprohm temple is lately very famous for Tomb Raider Temple, where Angelina Jolie shoot the Hollywood Movie Dinner and back to hotel.
6 Days (Mahendra Parvata (1000S Linga River, Big Reclining Buddha Statue, Water Fall) )
Breakfast in hotel Today, drive 58kms from Siem Reap town to the north of province to visit the sacred hilltop. Mahendra Parvata is considered a holy mountain in Cambodia, of special religious significance to Hindus and Buddhists who come to the mountain in pilgrimage. It also has a major symbolic importance for Cambodians as the birthplace of the ancient Khmer Empire, for it was at Phnom Kulen that King Jayavarma II proclaimed independence from Java in 804 CE. The Kulen National Park contains many sites of natural and historical interest. A magnificent waterfall dominates the forest terrain and draws countless local visitors on weekends and national holidays. Visit The River of a Thousands Lingas- The cult of worshipping carved in the riverbed which represent to Hindu God of Shiva. Walk via along flight of steps to visit Biggest Reclining Buddha Statue housed on a massive boulder which is believed as The Holiest in the Country. A viewing platform at the top affords sweeping views of the surrounding jungle and hillsides. Then Enjoy and then take the nice photos of Nicest Waterfall in Cambodia. Late Afternoon will return to Siem Reap town and a short visit one local village names Banteay Srey Village to see inhabitants make natural palm sugar and other daily usage products. Arrive town go to hotel for fresh up before dinner.
7 Days (Siem Reap Departure )
Breakfast at hotel, free leisure on own arrangement until time transfer to airport for flight onwards! On the way if there is time we will visit Puok, the real and original place of the Artisans d’Angkor silk, where you will see the full process of silk producing, from the silk worms munch on the Mulberry leaves to spin their cocoons which used to make silk warp. You of course will see the weaving work and purchase the high quality silk products as a beautiful Cambodia souvenir. Straight to Siemreap airport for your departure!
