Duration: 12-Day Excursion
Destinations: HCMC, Cai Be, Siem Reap

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Day 1 - Arrival in Ho Chi Minh city
You'll be greeted at the Airport and transferred downtown to check into your hotel. Depending on your arrival time, you may have time to explore a little of downtown and enjoy a stroll around Ho Chi Minh city.

Day 2 - HCM city tour
AM:- Visit to Reunification Hall, Notre Dame Cathedral, General Post Office, former US Embassy, City Hall, War Crime Museum PM:- Giac Lam pagoda, town, Thien Hau temple, Ben Thanh Market.

Day 3 - Cu Chi tunnels and Cao Dai temple
AM:- Depart at 8h00am from your hotel. The morning excursion to Tay Ninh will take you to the Great Cao Dai temple (a mixture of Buddism, Confucius, Taoism, Hinduism and Christian). We see the noon mass at the temple (01hr). Lunch in Tay Ninh province (exclusive). PM:- Visit the Cu Chi- a fabulous tunnel. You will have a chance to get the unique experience of guerillas living and fighting underground during the war (a crawls through 50-100m out 200km of the tunnel system is unforgettable). Local rice paper workshops, nice paddy field are pleasant sights on the way.

Day 4 - HCMC - Chau Doc
AM:- Drive to Cai Be, boat trip visit floating market and cruise over mighty Mekong river to island, promenade around fruit ochards, lunch break, board a boat to VinhLong. Coach trip to Sa Dec where it is made famous by the film L'Amant, the Marguerite Duras story and explore the village before heading onto Chau Doc via Long Xuyen for the first night.

Day 5 - Chau Doc - Can Tho
Up early for a cruise through the amazing riverside market with all its bustling activity and smorgasbord of sounds, colors and smells. We also cruise through the floating village with tons and tons of fish farmed underneath hundreds of shelters. Discover the ethnic Cham village with its famous Mubarak Mosque and watch the locals go about their traditional weaving. After visiting the famous Lady Chua Xu Temple (1820) we walk to the sacred Sam Mountain with its panoramic view over the vast plains into . After lunch we continue on to Can Tho, with a stop at a bird sanctuary, for our second night.

Day 6 - Can Tho - HCMC
AM:- A morning boat trip to Cai Rang & Phong Dien floating markets before heading up a quiet canal for a walk along a country road to enjoy the beautiful Delta scenery and meet the locals. PM:- In the afternoon we head back to HCMC , with a stop at a My Tho bonsai garden, and arrive in HCMC.

Day 7 - HCMC - Siem Reap
We’ll take you to the airport to take flight to Siemreap where you'll be met by our local guide.

Day 8 - Siem Reap
Siem Reap is the base for exploring the fabled temples of Angkor , the ancient capital of the Khmer empire. A tour of the temples includes the South Gate of Angkor Thom, the famous Bayon, Baphoun, the Terrace of Elephants and Terrace of the Leper King. In the afternoon visit the magnificent 12th century Angkor Wat. Return to hotel after watching the sunset at Phnom Bakheng.

Day 9 - Siem Reap
An early start to catch the sunrise (optional). Return to the hotel for breakfast. Visit to Prasat Kravan, Srah Srang, Banteay Kdei and fabulous Ta Prohm Temple, embraced by the roots of enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers. In the afternoon continue toNeak Peanand Preah Khan, the "Holy Sword" temple which is also one of the largest temple compounds in Angkor .

Day 10 - Siem Reap
Heading out of town we make our way by traveling on a newly paved road to the intricately carved and well preserved temple of Banteay Srei . Along the way, we make stopoverat the Preah Dark village and the River of 1000 Lingas, locally named Kbal Spean. On the way back,you will visit the enchanting Banteay Srei whichwas designed to leave no spaceundecorated, and the fine carvings in pink sandstone areveryunique. In the afternoon, we continue totake animpressive tour withother attractions: Rolous Groupof temples including Preah Ko, Ba Kong and Lo Lei.

Day 11 - Siem Reap
After breakfast visit the workshops of Artisans d'Angkor to see wood and stone carving or shop for souvenirs or take a boat trip on the great lake, Tonle Sap (July-February only).

Day 12 - Departure Siem Reap