Morning: Visit Ho Chi Minh Complex which features the life of Ho Chi Minh, the nation’s founder. At the complex, visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the colonial Presidential Palace, and the One Pillar Pagoda. Continue to the Temple of Literature, known as the first university of Vietnam, built in 1070 by the Ly Dynasty to honor Confucius, sages, and outstanding Vietnamese scholars.

Afternoon: Continue the tour to one of the following museums of choice, namely: the Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum of Vietnamese History, the Museum of Revolution, the Museum of Military History, or the Museum of Ethnology. In the late afternoon, visit Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple located on an islet in the lake. Hoan Kiem Lake is the center point of Hanoi and home to a rare, endangered giant turtle species. Its name, “Returned Sword,” comes from a legend of a sacred sword being lent to an ancient Vietnamese king by a holy turtle from the lake and later returned to the turtle. Shop or walk at leisure in the Old Quarter of 36 ancient streets.

Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight at the hotel in Hanoi 

For Group 1-9pax: Transfer by shuttle bus

For Group 10pax up: Transfer by private vehicle with guide

Morning pickup at 8:00 AM from your hotel for transfer to Ha Long Bay, which is about 160 km or a 3.5-hour drive away. The transfer takes approximately 3 hours. You will see some rural areas of the Red River Delta, with plenty of chances to take photos of Vietnamese farmers working in paddy fields, and you may stop on the way to admire the local scenery.

Arrive in Ha Long City at 11:30 AM and check in aboard the booked junk right after the welcome drink is served. Start cruising while having lunch on board and enjoy the mighty bay view. Ha Long Bay, meaning "Descending Dragon Bay" in Vietnamese, is, as legend has it, where a holy dragon landed down from the sky. The bay, famous as one of the world’s wonders and heritage sites, whose formation dates back 500 million years, consists of around 2,000 karst islands and islets scattered over an area of 1,553 km2.

After lunch, take a short trek to a nearby summit for a panoramic view of the bay dotted with golden sails, go swimming on a quiet beach, or sunbathe on the sundeck. Later in the afternoon, you will visit an interesting fishing village with an opportunity to interact with local people who have been living in the bay for almost three generations. An optional kayaking trip is available, weather permitting. Back onboard, enjoy a lavish dinner and enjoy the bay view at sunset. Spend a night on board.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Overnight on a cruise in Halong

In the morning, refresh your body and mind with a Tai Chi exercise on the sundeck at the break of dawn. Enjoy tea and coffee onboard and continue exploring Ha Long Bay, sailing across its 2,000 islets and visiting some of its major highlights. Normally, you will check out at 9:30 AM and have a buffet brunch while cruising back to shore. Disembark at 11:00 AM to transfer to Hanoi Airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. The flight time is approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Upon arrival at Tan Son Nhat Airport, you will be transferred to your hotel by private car and guide.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch or Brunch
Accommodation: Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Morning: Take a half-day tour to the Cu Chi Tunnels, 75 km northwest of downtown Ho Chi Minh City. They were once a major underground hideout and resistance base of Viet Cong forces during the two wars against the French and later, the Americans. The tunnels, entirely hand-dug, formed a highly intricate network of interlinked, multilevel passageways that at times stretched as far as the Cambodian border and totaled over 120 km in length. Its complexity was beyond imagination, containing meeting rooms, kitchens, wells, clinics, schools, depots, trenches, and emergency exits, all aimed at guerrilla warfare. The tunnels were deep and strong enough to withstand destructive bombings and self-contained enough to outlast prolonged sieges.

Afternoon: Continue the tour to visit the Reunification Palace, the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam; Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, a neo-Roman cathedral built over 130 years ago by the colonial French with materials entirely imported from Marseilles; and Saigon Central Post Office, a fine colonial building designed and built in the early 20th century by the famous French architect Gustave Eiffel. Move on to Cho Lon, or the city’s Chinatown, where you will visit the Jade Emperor Temple (Phuoc Hai), a rare Taoist structure in Vietnam built in 1909 in dedication to the Lord of Heaven.

Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

You will be transferred with a private vehicle and guide to the airport for your flight to Siem Reap.

Upon arrival at Siem Reap Airport, our guide and driver will transfer you to your hotel for check-in. The standard check-in time is 2:00 PM.

In the afternoon, embark on an excursion to visit the floating village of Chong Khneas, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap. Take a traditional wooden boat for a ride on Tonle Sap Lake, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia. It is one of the largest lakes in Asia and flows into the Tonle Sap River, which joins the Mekong in Phnom Penh. You will see a fishermen's "floating village" with floating schools, a floating police station, etc. It is like a large village floating on the lake, and the "village" moves from place to place following the water levels and currents.

Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight at the hotel in Siem Reap

After breakfast at hotel, we go out to visit the antique capital of Angkor Thom (12th 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. Continue to visit Ta Prohm Temple, one of the area’s most beautiful temples. The temple of Ta Prohm was once used as a location in the famous Hollywood film “Tomb Raider”.
Afternoon, visit Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat has been a 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.

 Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight at the hotel in Siem Reap

After breakfast, enjoy free time at your leisure until your transfer to Siem Reap Airport for your next destination.

Meal: Breakfast