Mekong Delta and Angkor Temples 8 days

DETAILED INTINERARY

Day 1: HCMC - Vinh Long - Can Tho (L)
Meet our guide at lobby of hotel in HCMC, we drive through the Mekong Delta to the town of Vinh Long for a cruise and a visit to the local markets and orchard gardens. From here we will get back to Vinh Long where we will board our vehicle for the drive to the heart of Mekong Delta. Overnight in Can Tho.

Day 2: Can Tho (B/L)
After breakfast we enjoy a cruise on Lady Hau boat to enjoy the morning floating market Cai Rang. Here e ach boat usually sells one particular item, whether it be pumpkins, pineapples, sugar cane etc, and in order that the customer knows where to shop, they hang that item from the highest part of the boat

The afternoon is free at leisure in the most comfortable property in the Mekong Delta. Overnight in Can Tho.

MEALS : 1BREAKFAST, 1LUNCH
Day 3: Can Tho- Chau Doc (B/L)
We drive from Can Tho to Chau Doc through the amazing Mekong Delta with occasional stops visit during the journey. We get Chau Doc at around noon time, Chau Doc town is situated close to the Cambodian border. In the afternoon, we visit a bonsai garden and head up Sam Mountain for a great sunset and a birds eye view over the paddy fields towards Cambodia. Overnight in Chau Doc

Day 4: Chau Doc- Phnom Penh (B)
In the morning take high-speed boat to Phnom Penh. Upon arrival at Phnom Penh you will be greeted at the port and transfered to your hotel. Free at leisure in Phnom Penh. Overnight in Phnom Penh .

Day 5: Phnom Penh (B/L)
The capital city of Phnom Penh was once considered the loveliest city of Indochina . Despite its recent turbulent history, it still maintains considerable charm. A city tour acquaints us with some major sights of Phnom Penh . The private quarters of the Royal Palace are now home to the royal family and are therefore very close to the public. At the northern area of the palace grounds is Silver Pagoda, the most sacred shrine in the country. We visit both structures as well as the legendary temple of Wat Phnom , which provides an interesting view over the environs. The next stop of our trip is the National Museum , exclusively dedicated to Khmer art and sculpture. The majority of the exhibits are from the Angkor period from 9th to 15th centuries, but some date from as early as the 4th century.

Visit the notorious Toul Sleng Museum. In 1975 Toul Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot's security forces and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). It soon became the largest such center of detention and torture in the country. The rest of day, you will shopping and excursion at the Central Market and Toul Tompong Market you will feel a bustling daily life of local people with Cambodian's special character through local specialties, their houses, their face, Palaces and buildings of Khmer & Colonial style architectures. Overnight in Phnom Penh .

Day 6: Phnom Penh - Siem Reap & Angkor Wat (B/L)
Morning we take flight from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. Upon arrival at airport you are met and transfer to visit South Gate of Angkor Thom, 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. The tour start with the visiting to the famous temple: Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat 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. After that, visit Bakheng Temple and enjoy a romantic sun set view form Bakheng hill. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 7: Angkor Wat (B/D)
We embark on elephant ride from South Gate of Angkor Thom into jungle of archeological area to the famous Bayon temple and continue to visit Banteay Srei temple nearly everyone's favorite site. The special charm of this temple lies in its compact size, remarkable state of preservation, and the excellence of it decorative carvings, visit Banteay Samre. We continue to visit the fabulous Ta Prohm embraced by the roots of enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers, Pre Rup, East Mebon , Krovan, Srah Srang, Banteay Kdei and Ta Keo. Dinner and enjoy watching Khmer Folk of charming Apsara dance show at local restaurant. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 8: Tonle Sap Lake - Departure (B)
Following breakfast we board on boat in Tonle Sap Lake. Here, enjoy a brief cruise past floating villages complete with schools, restaurants, hospitals, and visit the school of the "Les Artisans d'Angkor". Afternoon free at leisure or additional Siem Reap sightseeing until transfer for departure flight.