Vietnam – Cambodia 18 days customized Tour, You visit Hanoi city tour, Halong Bay, Luxury Toum Tiou Cruise and Cambodia: Phnom Penh & Siem Reap

1. BOOKING INFORMATION
Customers’ Rep : Ms. Elizabeth Wilkins
No of participants : 2 pax
Nationality : Canadian
Booking Ref : 160217
Tel :
Tour name : Vietnam – Cambodia 18 days customized Tour
Travel consultant : Kelvin Do
Mobile : 84 – 986759655
Day 0/15 Feb: Hanoi arrival (….)
Arrive Hanoi in the evening. Pickup and transfer to the hotel
Sleept at the hotel in Hanoi.
Day 1/16 Feb: Hanoi arrival – Street food tour (B/D)
Pickup at 3pm the hotel for a half day walking tour through the maze of bustling streets that make up
Hanoi’s Old Quarter, we tempt our tastebuds with the famed Hanoi dish Banh Cuon at a local eatery.
Watch in awe as the skilled chefs demonstrate for you how this tasty dish is put together. Continuing
into the atmospheric heart of the Old Quarter, we wander past street stalls and quiet residential lanes
where you can observe local life that has changed little since Hanoi was founded over 1000 years ago.
Your local guide will then take you to one of Hanoi’s best kept secrets, a hidden street food restaurant
to taste top ten street foods in Hanoi is Banh My Hanoi, Vietnamese Rice Wine and famous Egg Coffee.
This hard-to-find café is one of the few left in the narrow street inside the old quarter of Hanoi. Or, if
coffee is not your style, a cold beer awaits!. At the end of the trip you are free to continue exploring
the area or your guide will assist you with directions or a taxi back to your hotel.
Sleept at the hotel in Hanoi.
Day 2/17 Feb: Hanoi – City tour (B/L)
Pickup at the hotel in the morning. We will visit the major sights, including the Temple of Literature,
One Pillar Pagoda and the Ho Chi Minh Mosoleum. After lunch, we visit Ethnology Museum - the
miniature of Vietnam with 54 ethnic groups. Here carry out scientific research, collection,
documentation, conservation, exhibition and preserving the cultural and historic patrimony of the
nation’s ethnic groups. The museum also serves to guide research, conservation, and technology that
are specific to the work of an ethnographic museum.
Back to the Old Quarter.
Sleep at the hotel in Hanoi.
Day 3/18 Feb: Hanoi – Vung Vieng Fishing village – Cong Do (B/L/D)
08.10: Pick up at your hotel in Ha Noi or nearby by private car
11.45–12.15: Embark at Hon Gai International harbor.
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2. 12.30–13.00: Embark on the boat. Enjoy welcome drink as Cruise Manager gives you a brief overview
of the itinerary and important safety guideline. Check in your cabin.
13.30–14.30: Have lunch while cruising to magnificent Bai Tu Long Bay; Start sailing among famous
Islets (Indochina studio, Am Islet…) of Bai Tu Long Bay, the wildest beauty with the panoramic natural
views.
15.00–16.30: Visit Vung Vieng fishing village by a rustic row-boat or kayaking, meet the local people
and pass through the floating school and fish farms.
Return to the boat and enjoy Happy hour. You will have 30% discount off from the special menu
drinks including of cocktail, mock-tail and mixed drinks (from 16.30 pm to 19.00 pm.).
16.30–17.30: Enjoy swimming or paddling around this area by kayak.
17.45–19.00: Attend our chef’s cooking demonstration and try your skills in the art of traditional
Vietnamese cooking (spring roll).
19.00-21.00: Dinner is served in the restaurant. You can enjoy the charm of Bai Tu Long Bay at night.
21.00-22.00: Enjoy evening activities (Squid Fishing, Movie Night, Board Games, Massage & Spa
services) or relax at the leisure then overnight at private cabin at Cong Do area.
Sleep on board.
Day 4/19 Feb: Hanoi – Vung Vieng Fishing village – Cong Do (B/L/D)
06.00-06.30: Welcome a new day with an amazing dawn on Bai Tu Long Bay with a Tai-chi session on
the sundeck.
07.00-07.45: Catch the morning view of seascape while enjoying the breakfast in the restaurant.
08.00-08.15: Transfer to Day Junk (Day Boat) and start cruising to admire the widest beauty of Bai Tu
Long Bay.
08.30-10.00: Visit Cong Dam Area - Deep into Bai Tu Long Bay, the famous hidden lagoons covered
by majestic limestone islands and islets with wild beaches.
10.00-12.00: Kayak through lagoons at Geological park in Cong Dam and relax on wide beach.
12.30-13.30: Enjoy the lunch in the restaurant on day boat while cruising to Thay Cave.
14.00-15.30: Kayak and discover Thay Cave - one of the most large & well-hidden cave in Bai Tu Long
Bay.
16.00-16.30: Transfer from Day Junk (Day Boat) back to main boat - Huong Hai Sealife Cruise.
17.00-19.00: Enjoy Happy hour on sundeck & attend our chef’s cooking demonstration and try your
skills in the art of traditional Vietnamese cooking (spring roll).
19.00-22.00: Have dinner, enjoy evening activity (squid fishing) or relax at leisure then overnight on
board in Cong Do area.…
Sleep on board.
Day 5/20 Feb: Cong Do – Thien Canh Son Cave – Hanoi - Saigon (B/L)
06.30-07.00: Welcome a new day with an amazing dawn on Bai Tu Long Bay. Refresh your body and
soul with a Tai-chi session on the sundeck.
07.00-07.30: Catch the morning view of seascape while enjoying the breakfast with cookies and tea,
café in the restaurant.

3. 07.30-08.30: Visit and explore the well-hidden Co Cave (known as Thien Canh Son Cave) where you
can hiking to the middle of the mountain to see the wild and mysterious beautiful cave, contemplate
numerous sparkling stalactites appear like ’hanging lamps’ inside the Cave.
08.30-9.30: Pack up the luggage and check out of the cabin.
09.30-10.40: Enjoy the brunch in the restaurant while cruising back to Vinashin tourist harbor.
11.00: Disembark from boat.
12.00: Your driver takes you Hanoi airport for flight to Saigon. Pickup upon arrival to transfer to the
hotel.
Sleep at the hotel in Saigon
Day 6/21 Feb: Saigon - City tour – Cu Chi Tunnels (B/L)
Today, we will do a half day tour to visit Saigon. We visit the Reunification Palace, War Remnants
Museum and Notre Dame Cathedral. You will also admire the many beautiful French colonial buildings
such as the main post office and the former Hotel de Ville (city hall).
Lunch at local restaurant before transfering to Cu Chi Tunnels which is an extensive underground
network of approximately 200 kilometers of tunnels dug initially by the Viet Minh and then expanded
by the Viet Cong. Here contains hospitals, plus accommodation and schools, and were used
extensively for refuge and storage and also utilized as a military base for the Viet Cong close to
Saigon.
Sleep at the hotel in Saigon.
Day 7/22 Feb: Saigon – Free and easy (B)
Today, you are free for shopping and personal activities in Saigon.
Sleep at the hotel in Saigon.
Day 8/23 Feb: Saigon – Embarkation – My Tho (B/D)
14:00: Pickup at the hotel to transfer to the pier.
15:45 Toum Tiou is open for embarking. Clearance of departure formalities.
16:30 Departure for My Tho, security briefing.
19:00 Welcome drink and info meeting about cruise, crew introduction.
Welcome dinner and overnight on the Toum Tiou Cruise.
Day 9/24 Feb: My Tho – Cai Be – Vinh Long (B/L/D)
07:00 Departure of the Toum Tiou early in the morning. Breakfast during navigation on the marvelous
canal of Cho Gao. Arrive at My Tho – Toum Tiou drops anchor on river in the proximity of Thoi Son
Island. On the banks of a northern arm of the Mekong, My Tho, which translates as "fragrant herb",
where tourists come to discover the beauty of the delta. It's a quiet, prosperous city of about 100,000
inhabitants, famous for its many fruit orchards, gardens and the huge rice fields that surround it. The
climate is warm and pleasant year round. The surrounding countryside is home to one of the most
luxuriant gardens of Vietnam, with its coconut palms, banana and mango trees. Local boats are
coming alongside Toum Tiou to pick up passengers and transfer to the mainland. Departure for Vinh
Trang Pagoda by car - Short panoramic tour of My Tho town on the way, stop for a visit of My Tho

4. market. Return at the pier - Passengers cruise on the river to Thoi Son Island by local boat to visit the
island, explore local people’s daily life and enjoy locally seasonal fruits
10:00 Passengers re-embark Toum Tiou and leaves My Tho for Cai Be. Lunch and leisure on board.
13:30 Toum Tiou drops anchor at Cai Be. Local boats are coming alongside Toum Tiou, picking up the
passengers and cruise
around Cai Be Floating Market. Continuing for Vinh Long - a brick and pottery factory, the Binh Hoa
Phuoc Islet Nursery of Fruit Trees as well a typical house and a show room of traditional farming tools.
Vinh Long, which translates as "Majestic Dragon", is right in the middle of the delta, between two
arms of the Mekong. The soil of Vinh Long is enriched by silt deposits, making it ideal for growing
mandarins and other citrus fruits. Life is organized around the water. Houses on stilts, hawkers in
boats, hundreds of small craft crisscross in all directions. The hospitality of the locals makes it a
tourist destination par excellence.
16:30 Return on the Toum Tiou, departure for Sa Dec. Arrive at Sa Dec, Toum Tiou drops anchor on
the river. Dinner and
overnight on the Toum Tiou Cruise.
Day 10/25 Feb: Sadec – Chau Doc (B/L/D)
06:00 Breakfast. Arrive at Sa Dec - Short panoramic tour of Sa Dec and transfer to Trung Vuong
primary school. Continuing to Kien An Cung Pagoda. Stroll around Sa Dec Market along Sa Dec River
bank. This small city of 30,000 inhabitants is fascinating in its unspoiled authenticity and undisturbed
by tourists. It provides a glimpse of the delta where a few colonial houses still remain, including the
"Chinese man's house" (from Duras' novel "The Lover", also made into a movie).
09:00 Passengers re-embark; Toum Tiou leaves Sa Dec for Chau Doc, lunch and leisure on board.
17:00 Arrival after lunch at Victoria Hotel Chau Doc jetty. Departure for fish raising rafts and Cham
minority village by local boat. Return to the Victoria. If the timing is allowing it, watch of the sunset on
the Sam Mountain which peaks at 237 meters. Its well-known Buddhist sanctuaries offer an
unobstructed view over the mosaic of glistening rice paddies below. To the left is Cambodia, the flow
of the Mekong on the horizon breaks into an infinity of silver ribbons. Visit on the way of the Lady
Chua Xu temple and Tay An Pagoda.
19:30 Return to the boat, Dinner at the Victoria Hotel’s restaurant. Overnight onboard at the jetty of
the hotel; passengers are free to enjoy the hotel facilities (swimming pool, billiards, bar, Internet) or
stroll in Chau Doc.
Overnight on the Toum Tiou Cruise.
Day 11/26 Feb: Koh Dek Chau - Phnom Penh (B/L/D)
Toum Tiou leaves early in the morning for Vinh Xuong (Vietnamese border). Breakfast during
navigation.
08:00 Arrival at Vinh Xuong check-point – Formalities clearance for Toum Tiou to cross the border.
10:30 Toum Tiou leaves Vinh Xuong check point for Koh Dek Chau Island. Lunch during the
navigation.
14:30 Arrival at Koh Dek Chau island. A short break along the way, it allows to get a fascinating,

5. close-up look at daily life in Cambodia. On the fringes of civilization, the 600 people who live on Koh
Dek Chau will receive your visit with some surprise. School children will escort you along your way.
You will go through the village that occupies the full length of the island, walking along a trail shaded
by date palms. Toum Tiou leaves for Phnom Penh.
20:00 Arrival at Phnom Penh.
Dinner and overnight on the Toum Tiou Cruise.
Day 12/27 Feb: Phnom Penh (B/L/D)
08:00 Breakfast, departure for the “KILLING FIELDS” - Tuol Sleng Museum, old center of detention, of
torture and execution between 1975 and 1979. The visit of this place is essential to understand what
could be the fatal madness perpetrated by the Khmer Rouges.
12.00 Return to Phnom Penh, lunch in a local restaurant.
15:00 Balance of the day free exploration on own. Suggestions can be made up on the interest of
passengers. FCC, Russian market, other boutiques (antiques), etc.
19:00 Return to the boat. Local group performs on board traditional “APSARA” show for 45 minutes.
Overnight on the Toum Tiou Cruise.
Day 13/28 Feb: Phnom Penh – Kompong Tralach (B/L/D)
07:00 Breakfast, half day city sightseeing tour including the Royal Palace and the National Museum.
12:00 The Toum Tiou leaves Phnom Penh for Kompong Tralach. Lunch during navigation.
16:00 Arrival at Kampong Tralach to visit its wonderful Vihara belonging to Wat Kampong Tralach Leu
pagoda. To get to it, we cross Kampong Tralach Krom village along a small road perpendicular to the
river, crossing some gorgeous stretches of emerald rice paddy as we leave the river behind. The
Vihara dates back to early last century. It was probably built on an older site, as indicated by the
laterite foundations, and is home to some outstanding mural paintings. These, however, are starting
to suffer from weathering. They remain one of the last survivors of cultural destruction that continues
unabated due to widespread indifference. Standing by itself in the middle of rice fields, it is a modest
pagoda that receives very few visitors. Its isolation may well be its undoing, as was the case for Wat
Tani Pagoda in the province of Kampot.
18:00 Passengers re-embark. The Toum Tiou drops anchor few miles away.
Diner and overnight on the Toum Tiou Cruise.…
Day 14/01 Mar: Kompong Tralach - Chnock Tru (B/L/D)
07:00 Departure of the Toum Tiou early in the morning. Sail to Kampong Chnang. Breakfast during
navigation. Arrive to Kampong Chnang. Located some 56 miles from Phnom Penh, the town of
Kampong Chnang is one of the largest fishing ports on the Tonle Sap. Fish farming is also widely
practiced in the area. The area is famous for its pottery ware, unchanged in style for centuries, which
is produced in sufficient quantities to supply the entire country. And not to be overlooked are the
products of the Thnot tree (sugar palm – a real national symbol) that abounds in the area: a mellow
tasting, caramel-colored sugar sold in large cakes and palm wine.

6. 10:30 Passengers re-embark the Toum Tiou. Lunch on board on the way to Chnok Tru. Arrive at
Chnok Tru. Local boats are coming along the Toum Tiou and picking passengers for the visit of the
biggest floating village on the Tonle Sap River. Passengers re-embark. The Toum Tiou stays overnight
in the proximity of Chnok Tru.
19:30 Farewell cocktail (1 glass of local liquor or juice) with Master of Ship & Cruise Manager Captain’s
farewell dinner (Enriched menu + 1 glass of wine).
Overnight on the Toum Tiou Cruise.
Day 15/02 Mar: Chnock Tru - Siem Reap (B)
07:00 Breakfast and disembarkation. Bus transfer to the hotel in Siem Reap (by Toum Tiou Cruise).
Arrive Siem Reap at about 2pm. Checkin the hotel and free.
At 4pm, pickup and transfer to South Gate of Angkor Thom, the famous Bayon temple – a unique for
its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, Baphoun, the Terrace of
Temple, Elephants and Terrace of the Leper King. After that, visit Bakheng Temple and enjoy a
romantic sun set view from Bakheng hill.
Sleep at the hotel in Siem Reap.
Day 16/03 Mar: Siem Reap – Angkor Discovery (B)
We will visit Banteay Srei temple, which is an must site with many tourists. The special charm of this
temple lies in its compact size, remarkable state of preservation, and the excellence of it decorative
carvings. We keep visiting Banteay Samre, fabulous Ta Prohm embraced by the roots of enormous fig
trees and gigantic creepers. After break time for lunch at local restaurant, we embark on Ox cart to
visiting the Khmer Village and enjoy view of the rice field and a lots of palm trees with great fresh air.
The day end with visit the hidden Angkor Wat. The Temple is 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.
Sleept at the hotel in Siem Reap.
Day 17/04 Mar: Siem Reap – Departure (B)
Free and easy for personal activities till airport transfer for your departure flight. Trip ends.
Quotation – based on twin sharing
• Cruise Package by Toum Tiou:
• Vietnam – Cambodia all inclusive land Tour:
List of hotels
Locations 4* Option
Hanoi Golden Silk Buotique Hotel
Halong Huong Hai Sealife Cruise
Saigon Grand Silverland Hotel
Siem Reap Rambutan Resort

7. Mekong Cruise Toum Tiou Cruise
Note*: early checkin/late checkout is not included.
Inclusion:
• Twin shared at mentioned hotels
• Private land tour
• Toum Tiou Cruise package
• 1 domestic flight: Hanoi – Saigon
• Meals mentioned (B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: Dinner)
• Entrance frees
• All transfers for land tour by private car
• English speaking guide for days with tours
• 2 day Halong package with 1 night on board
• Kayaking for Halong tour
Exclusion:
• Travel insurances.
• Services not clearly mentioned above.
• Day use at hotel (early checkin/late checkout)
• Drinks and personal expenses (laundry, phone calls etc.)