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DETAILED INTINERARY

Day 1: Arrival Seam Reap (D)
Warmly welcome at Siem Reap International airport, you are met and transfer to your comfortable hotel for check in (if room available). 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 2: Seam Reap (B/D)
We embark on elephant ride from South Gate of Angkor Thom - a fortified Royal City (10 square kilometers) built by King Jayavarman VII, who ruled from 1181 to 1201. The city has five monumental gates and is encircled by a moat 100 meters wide. Bayon: Jayavarman VII's temple mountain that stands at the center of Angkor Thom - into jungle of archeological area to 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.

In the afternoon 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 3: Seam Reap (B/L)
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. Lunch at local restaurant. Continue to visit Neak Pean, which means 'coiled serpents', from the uncoiled nagas that encircled the temple and Preah Khan, Preah Khan' means 'sacred sword', Tasom, The most distant temple on the grand circuit. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 4: Seam Reap - Phnom Penh (B/L)
Breakfast at hotel. Free time and transfer to boat dock. We embark on a speed boat from Seam reap to Pnom Penh. On arrival transfer to visit the highlights of Capital: Wat Pnom, Silver Pagoda, Khmer Museum and Royal Palace. Overnight in Phnom Penh .

Day 5: Phnom Penh - Chau Doc (B/L)
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. Wat Phnom : Founded in 1373, the pagoda was built to house Buddhist relics washed ashore by the river. Free leisure until transfer to Phnom Penh boat ferry for departure to Chau Doc. Overnight in Chau Doc.

Day 6: Chau Doc - Can Tho (B/L)
Morning visit Sam Mountain and its temples and pagodas, drive from Chau Doc to Can Tho. Visit Bang Lang Sanctuary on the way. Arrive Can Tho in the afternoon. Check in hotel. Free to explore the region. Overnight in Can Tho.

Day 7: Can Tho - HCMC (B/L)
In the morning take boat trip to visit the famous floating market Cai Rang. Visit orchard garden and drive to HCMC (Saigon). Overnight in your hotel and sample what Saigon has to offer at night.

Day 8: Cu Chi Tunnels & HCMC (B)
In the morning we drive to the Cu Chi Tunnels. At its height the tunnel system stretched over 250km. from Saigon to the Cambodian border and was three levels deep. The network included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and a feel of what underground life in the American war must have been like. Back to HCMC. 
In the afternoon we embark on a city tour Saigon. This city tour unravels Saigon 's turbulent past and also provides a glimpse into the fascinating variety the city has to offer. This haflday tour includes The Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office, Remnant War Museum. Overnight in HCMC.

Day 9: HCMC-Danang-Hoian (B)
Transfer to HCMC airport for your flight to Danang. Pick up and transfer to Hoi An. Free to explore the city. Overnight in Hoi An.

Day 10: Hoi An - Hue (B/D)
We travel up north to Hue, visit Cham Museum in Danang ciry. Arrival Hue at noon time and check in hotel. Afternoon, we cruise on the Perfume River to visit Thien Mu Pagoda and Minh Mang Tombs.Enjoy Hue Royal-style dinner. Overnight in Hue .

Day 11: Hue- Hanoi (B/L)
In the morning visit Citadel and Tu Duc Tombs. Lunch at local restaurant and transfer to Hue airport for flight to Hanoi. Pick up and transfer to hotel.Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 12: Hanoi- Halong Bay (B/L)
In the morning we drive through the beautiful countryside of the Red River Delta en route to Halong Bay city. Upon arrival in Ha Long Bay city welcome to our private boat for an amazing cruise on the Halong Bay with stop for a swim in the crystalline emerald water if weather permit. The trip would not be complete without a sumptuous seafood lunch on board as we cruise. We also visit some beautiful limestone grottoes before making our way back to Halong City for hotel check in. Overnight in Halong.

Day 13: Halong - Hanoi (B/L)
After breakfast we check out of our hotel and drive back to Hanoi . En route we will visit the Bat Trang Ceramic village. Check in. Free. At leisure. Overnight in Hanoi .

Day 14: Hanoi city tour (B/L)
This full day tour takes you around Hanoi's most interesting sights, including the Ho Chi Minh Complex: Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and his Stilts House, Presidential Palace and the One Pillar Pagoda nearby, and the Old Quarter also known as the 36 streets and guilds. Also on the tour - the Lake of the Restored Sword and Ngoc Son Temple, the Temple of Literature, peaceful West Lake with lovers street Thanh Nien, the sedate Tran Quoc Pagoda and Quan Thanh Temple and one of the city's museums, either the History Museum or the Ethnology Museum. In the evening enjoy a traditional Vietnamese water puppet show. Overnight in Hanoi .

Day 15: Hanoi (B)
Breakfast in hotel. The colonial capital city Hanoi is a unique Asian city with tree-lined boulevards, French colonial architecture, peaceful lakes and oriental pagodas and temples date back thousand years ago. You are free at leisure to discover the city. Overnight in Hanoi .

Day 16: Hanoi Departure (B)
No activities are planned for today. You are free at leisure before transfer to airport for your departure.