Endless Beauty of Vietnam, Cambodia & Thailand - 19 Days

Upon landing in Hanoi, we will welcome you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel. The check-in time is 2:00 PM. You are free for the reminder of the day after checking in.

Enjoy a full-day tour of this charming capital city. Visit the mausoleum of the nation’s founder, Ho Chi Minh (closed on Monday & Friday), as well as Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s house, the One Pillar Pagoda and the Temple of Literature.

Travel to the impressive Museum of Ethnology after lunch. Visit the beautiful West Lake, Tran Vu Pagoda and Restored Sword Lake as well as the Ngoc Son Temple. The optional activities today include a one-hour cyclo ride through the bustling old quarter streets of Hanoi and a traditional water puppet show that is unique to Vietnam.

Head for one of the most scenic destinations in the world, Ha Long Bay, after breakfast, at around 8:00 AM. The bay covers 577 square miles and has more than 3,000 limestone peaks, or karsts, that jut out of the deep blue waters of the bay as far as the eye can see.

Enjoy your time on board a traditional boat and explore this overwhelming seascape. Your boat features hand-crafted wooden interiors that include a dining room and pleasant, air-conditioned cabins with private baths.

Explore some of the bay’s most beautiful spots. Dive into the water if you want to. Visit some of the largest rock formations and caves in the area.

Spend your morning on the upper deck of the boat as it navigates its way past the small rocky islands of the bay. After a wonderful breakfast, you are off to explore the Sung Sot Cave before heading back to the boat where a brunch will be served.

Return to Hanoi after checking out of the boat. Transfer to the airport and catch a flight to Hue. Reach Hue in the evening. We will pick you up on arrival and transfer you to your hotel for check in.

Take a boat trip on the Perfume River after breakfast. Visit some of Hue's oldest and most revered cultural landmarks like the Thien Mu Pagoda and the mausoleum of Emperor Minh Mang.

Your lunch will be at local restaurant. Visit the Imperial Citadel as well as the Purple Forbidden City and the elaborate mausoleum of Emperor Tu Duc in the afternoon. End your city tour with a visit to the Dong Ba Market. Stay overnight in Hue.

Drive to Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage site, after breakfast. Stop in Da Nang to visit the famous My Khe Beach as well as the Cham Museum, which contains the finest collection of Cham artefacts in the world.

Visit the 200-year-old Tan Ky House, Phuc Kien Pagoda and the 400-year-old Japanese Covered Bridge upon arriving in Hoi An. Also included on today's itinerary is the colourful riverside market.

You are free throughout day before its time for your airport transfer. Drive to the airport and catch the flight to Ho Chi Minh City. On arrival in Saigon, we will pick you up and transfer to the hotel for check in.

Start your Ho Chi Minh City tour in the morning after breakfast. See the Old Post Office, Notre Dame Cathedral and Reunification Hall. Also visit the War Remnants Museum before its time to sit down for lunch in a local restaurant.

Your next destination of the day is Cu Chi Tunnels – an immense network of interconnecting underground tunnels dating back to the 1960's. These tunnels played a crucial role during the Vietnam War.

Explore the tunnels in the afternoon. Learn more about how the tunnels were constructed and about the lives of people inside the tunnels during the war. You can sample some of the simple dishes that local fighters would have survived on before driving back to your accommodation in Saigon.

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 7:30 AM in the morning. Enjoy your journey through paddy fields. On arrival at My Tho, visit the Vinh Trang Temple and enjoy a leisurely boat ride on the river. See stilt houses, fruit plantations and fishing villages along the riverbank. Proceed to Tortoise Islet and have lunch in an orchard.

A boat ride to An Khanh, a less touristy destination, awaits you next. Enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed sampan under the shade of water coconut trees along natural canals. Taste seasonal fruits and honey tea to the sound of southern Vietnamese folk music performed by locals artists.

Visit a nearby family business. You even have the option to taste delicious coconut candies if you want to. Proceed to Can Tho next. You are free to explore the city upon reaching there and checking in at the hotel.

Travel to the boat quay in Ninh Kieu. Cruise along narrow tributaries to reach the floating market of Cai Rang. Enjoy beautiful sceneries and observe the daily life of the locals who live along the canals.

Explore a nearby village and visit a rice mill as well as a shop selling rice noodles that they make themselves. Continue your onward journey to Chau Doc, a city on the Vietnamese-Cambodian border, via Long Xuyen.

Check in at your hotel in Chau Doc upon arrival. Travel to the nearby Sam Mountain to enjoy a breathtaking view of the surrounding rice fields and canals.

Wake up early in the morning and transfer to the harbour. Take an express boat to Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital city. You will reach the capital in the afternoon. We will receive you in Phnom Penh and transfer you to hotel. You are free for the rest of the day.

Have your breakfast and start exploring Phnom Penh, a chaotic, energetic and always fascinating city. Graceful, tree-lined boulevards and riverfront promenades, reminders of bygone eras, teem with life and activity as motorcycles weave in and out of traffic, vendor hawk their wares and pedestrians go about their business.

Start your tour with a visit to the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, still the official residence of King Norodom Sihamoi. Continue your journey to the adjacent Silver Pagoda, also known as the Pagoda of the Emerald Buddha. Travel next to the National Museum of Cambodia, which contains a comprehensive collection of Khmer art.

Head out to the streets of the bustling city next and visit one of Phnom Penh’s two great markets: either the Central Market, located in a distinctive, domed art deco building; or the sprawling Russian Market, a labyrinth of stalls selling everything from CDs and DVDs to silks, crafts, jewelry and more.

Your next destination is Choeung Ek. Located just outside Phnom Penh in a peaceful, rural setting, Choeung Ek provides a stark reminder of the atrocities under the Pol Pot regime. Thousands of people were killed here between the years of 1975 and 1978 and buried in mass graves.

Learn more about Cambodia’s more recent, tragic past at the Tuol Sleng Museum (popularly known as the Museum of Genocide). Formerly Tuol Svay Prey High School, this place was used as an interrogation and torture facility during the Khmer Rouge regime and was simply known as Security Prison 21, or simply S-21.

Kept largely unchanged, this prison now showcases photographs and exhibits of thousands of victims who passed through these doors (only seven of them came out alive). Your day tour comes to an end at 6:00 PM after which you are back at your hotel.

Drive to the airport and catch the flight to Siem Reap. Enjoy the popular Small Circuit tour that encompasses the town and the surrounding areas. Visit the huge pyramid of Takeo as well as the jungle-clad Ta Prohm, made famous by the Hollywood blockbuster ‘Tomb Raider’.

Continue to Sras Srang (also known as the 'King’s Bathing Pond') and Banteay Kdei before exploring Prasat Kravan, an elegant brick temple. Have your lunch and explore the impressive royal city of Angkor Thom.

See the Bayon, a richly decorated Khmer temple famous for its many gigantic carved faces smiling beguilingly down at you. Also visit other important sites in this immense walled city including Baphuon, Phimeanakas and the royal viewing stands known as the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King.

If there is enough time left, your guide will take you to an excellent spot for watching a mesmerizing Angkor Wat sunset. Head back to the hotel in the evening.

Wake up early to see the sun rise over the ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat. Discover more of this magnificent monument after breakfast. Head 30km north to visit the captivating and beautiful temple of Banteay Srei in the afternoon.

Explore the elaborately decorated temple that is embellished with floral motifs and scenes from the Ramayana, all carved on pink sandstone. Enjoy your dinner while watching a fascinating apsara dance show at a local restaurant in the evening.

Transfer to the airport for your flight to Bangkok. We will pick you up at the airport and drive you to your hotel for check in upon arrival. You are free for the rest of the day.

Head out to see some of Bangkok's famous temples in the morning. Your first destination is Wat Traimit, also known as the Temple of the Golden Buddha, which is famous for its 900-year-old, five-and-a-half-ton solid gold statue.

Continue your journey to Wat Arun, perhaps more popular as the Temple of the Dawn. This temple is one of the best known landmarks of the city. Head for Wat Po, the largest and oldest temple in Bangkok, next before making your way to Wat Phra Chetuphon or the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. Drive back to the hotel after the temple tour is over. You are free for the reminder of the day.

Transfer to the airport for your flight to Phuket. We will meet you at the airport upon arrival and drive you to the hotel. Take a nap if you want to. Start exploring Phuket as we drive you through the towns of Patong, Karon, Kata and Rawai.

Visit the viewpoint from where you can see the beautiful bays of Kata Noi and Kata Karon as well as Kho Poo Island. Drive around Phuket town at a leisurely pace next and see the Sino-Portuguese style buildings.

Other attractions of the day include Wang Thalang, a lapidary gem factory; Wat Chalong, Phuket’s most beautiful and renowned monastery; the gypsy village at the Rawai Beach; and a cashew nut factory where you have the option to sample the nuts. Visit the famous sunset viewpoint at Phromthep Cape before transferring to your accommodation.

Have your breakfast and transfer to the pier to take a boat to Phi Phi Island. Exploring the beautiful island and head to the Long Beach. Change to a small boat and go snorkelling around the beach. See rich marine life underwater before returning to the beach.

You are free after a buffet lunch to explore the island on your own. We will transfer you back to your hotel in Phuket in the evening. Stay overnight in Phuket.

Have your breakfast and prepare for your departure.