7 DAYS SAIGON CAMBODIA PACKAGE
Day 1: ARRIVAL HO CHI MINH CITY
Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City, welcome by your guide and transfer to hotel for check-in.
A half day city tour will bring you to visit some city hightlights such as: Independence Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, War Remnant Museum, Opera House, Ben Thanh market.
Free time at night. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 2 : HALF DAY CU CHI TUNNELS (B)
This morning, leave the bustling Ho Chi Minh City for 1,5 hours drive to Cuchi. This underground tunnels network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the struggle for independence. Before exploring the system, we watch a short documentary film of how this extraordinary tunnels constructed. We then spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels ( with 3 levels ). Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of war.
Back to hotel at noon.
The rest of the day is at your leisure. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
Breakfast at hotel. Transferred to bus station for express bus to Phnom Penh.
Arrival Phnom Penh Capital at noon. Lunch before check-in hotel. After that, enjoy a sightseeing tours along Chaktomouk river front on Sisowat Quay, a short stop for taking photograph at Monument Independent, built in the year 1958 in order to commemorate the country's independence from the French regime, but now also serving as a cenotaph to Cambodia’s war dead. Dinner and Overnight in Phnom Penh.
DAY 4 : PHNOM PENH (B,L)
Today after breakfast, you will visit Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda, the Royal Palace compound build in 1866 by the Predecessors of King Norodom, is the most conspicuous feature and also one of impressive colorful Khmer-style Palaces. Nearside the Royal Palace is Silver Pagoda (The Emerald Buddha temple), display plenty of Buddha Statues that were decorated and made by diamond, emerald, gold and silver. Next visit National Museum designed in the 1920s in the Khmer style by George Groslier, contains a vast collection of Khmer sculpture and art. Wander the halls to acquire an insight into an artistic heritage that stretches back centuries. Lunch at local restaurant.
Afternoon visit Toul Sleng(S-21)- The Genocide Museum: Prior to 1975, Toul Sleng was a high school, When the Khmer Rouge came to power it was converted into the S-21 prison. The building now serves as a museum, a memorial and a testament to the madness of the Khmer Rouge regime. The prison kept extensive record leaving thousands of photos of their victims, many of which are on display. Visit WAT PHNOM: the birthplace of the capital; according to legend, Phnom Penh was founded here when a woman named Penh found four Buddha statues and built the temple to house them, from there you can enjoy views over the Tree-lined avenues of Phnom Penh. Overnight in Phnom Penh.
DAY 5 : PHNOM PENH – SIEM REAP (B,L,D)
Breakfast and transferred to bus station for expess bus to Siem Reap.
Arrival Siem Reap at noon transferred to hotel for check-in. After lunch time, trip to visit Floating Village. We will take a traditional wooden boat on Tonle Sap Lake to experience the human occupations at the edges of the lake is similarly distinctive - floating villages, towering stilted houses, huge fish traps, and an economy and way of life deeply intertwined with the lake, the fish, the wildlife and the cycles of rising and falling waters. In the wet season, the Tonle Sap Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in Asia. At night, Buffet dinner with traditional show at local restaurant. Overnight in Siem Reap.
DAY 6 : FULL DAY ANGKOR TOUR (B,L,D)
After breakfast, we visit The South Gate of Angkor Thom including Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara. The Royal Enclosure Phimeanakas, Bapoun Temple, The Elephant Terrace and The Terrace Of The Leper King. Next visit: Thommanan, Chaosay Tevoda, Ta Keo small, attractive temple in very good condition, built at the same time as Angkor Wat. We continue fabulous Ta Prohm One of the most popular temples, this sprawling complex is famous for its jungle-like, ruined atmosphere, and the giant trees which rise from the stone, gripping the temple in their extensive roots. Lunch at local restaurant.
Afternoon visit: Angkor Wat The “7th Wonders’ of the World”. World Heritage Site since 1992, famous for its beauty and splendor. Angkor Wat features the longest continuous bas-relief in the world, which runs along the outer gallery walls and narrates stories from Hindu mythology. Sunset viewing on top of Bakheng Hill. Bakheng is the first major temple to be constructed in the Angkor area; this temple-mountain offers extraordinary views of the Tonle Sap and Angkor Wat. Free time till dinner. Overnight in Siem Reap.
DAY 7 : SIEM REAP DEPARTURE (B)
At leisure untill transfer to Siem Reap airport for your departure flight. End of services
Inclusion :
- Hotel accommodation based on twin share
- All land transportation as per itinerary
- Well experienced English Speaking guide
- 01 bottles of mineral water/pax/day tour
- Meals: as itinerary
- All entrance fees
- Bus ticket SGN-PNH-REP
- All private tour
Exclusion:
- International and Domestic Air ticket
- Personal expenses not mentioned aboved
- Meals and drinks during meals
- Tip for guide/ driver
- Visa/ Airport taxes ( if any )
- Travel insurance