BEST OF CAMBODIA AND VIETNAM FAMILY VACATION

Warmly welcome your family on arrival at Noi Bai International Airport by our private van and transfer to your hotel. After hotel check in, you are free at your leisure. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.

• Have breakfast at hotel and commence the city tour day with a visit to Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, where President Ho Chi Minh rest in peace. Our next stop would be Temple of Literature, the first university of Vietnam and now considered as the symbol of Hanoi Capital.
• In the afternoon, your children will learn about the Museum of Ethnology, which displays thousands of materials in daily life of 54 Vietnamese ethnic minorities as well as their traditional houses. 
• Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is a unit under Vietnam Academy of Scocial Sciences. It is both a research centre and a public museum exhibiting the ethnic groups of Vietnam. The mission of the Museum is scientific research, collection, documentation, conservation, exhibition and preserving the cultural and historic patrimony of the nation’s different ethnic groups. The museum also serves to guide research, conservation, and technology that are specific to the work of an ethnographic museum.
• Hop on a cyclo and take 1-hour tour around 36 ancient guild streets of Hanoi, getting a glimpse of local life there.
• Taste the most fascinating authentic local street food of Hanoi like draught beer, local bread with BBQ pork, sticky rice (Optional Bun Cha), Green Papaya with beef salad and Egg Coffee…
• Get back to your hotel and overnight in Hanoi

• Have a hearty breakfast at your hotel before taking a 2-hour drive south to Hoa Lu – the ancient capital of the Dinh and Le dynasties dating back to the 11th century
• Enjoy a delicious lunch with specialties of Ninh Binh at a local restaurant.
• Board a small boat and meander lazily down the river to the ancient caves in Tam Coc, which is often referred to as Halong Bay on land. See limestone karsts jetting skywards out of electric green rice paddies – you won’t be able to stop taking photos! Return to the pier.
• Transfer to Bich Dong Pagoda nearby, which comprises three structures: Ha (Low), Trung (Middle), and Thuong (Upper) pagodas in ascending order at the side of a rocky mountain.
• Take a slow hike up to visit the three structures. Beside learning about the local belief, you will get a beautiful view when you reach the highest one.
• Car will take your family back to hotel in Hanoi.
• Stay overnight in Hanoi

• Transfer by car via new express way for about 2 hours to Halong Bay – World Heritage Site, one of seven new World Wonders
• Enjoy a superb lunch while the cruise sails you through spectacular limestone landscape of the wonder bay, completing the entry through Cua Van area to Lan Ha Bay
• Start your family’s journey to explore Ba Trai Dao beach, doing the kayak to immersed in the crystal clear waters of the bay and/or enjoy swimming.
• Get back to the main cruise to enjoy sunset party, contemplating best moments of the day in the bay, when the sun goes down under the sea
• Join a cooking demonstration class, where you will learn how to make Vietnamese traditional spring rolls
• Have dinner on board and free at your leisure for the rest of the day (grab a drink in sundeck bar or go squid fishing)
• Overnight on board

• Wake up early in the morning to take part in a Tai Chi Class for body warm-up and enjoy the sunrise view.
• Explore Dark and Bright Cave – a must-see destination. Family members can choose either fun kayaking or sitting on a small bamboo boat.
• Check out and have a brunch while the cruise sails back to the pier
• Transfer directly to Noi Bai Airport for your flight to Hue
• On arrival, you will be picked up to your hotel. Check in hotel and overnight in Hue

• Enjoy a hearty breakfast at your hotel
• Board a private traditional boat for a cruise on the romantic Perfume River, our first stop will be the charming Lady Pagoda (Thien Mu Pagoda), located at the convergence of rivers, which makes it an ideal place for a great view of the Perfume River and surrounding area
• Transfer by car to Minh Mang Royal Tomb – one of the most majestic of all Nguyen Dynasty – a perfect combination of man-made and natural beauty in Hue
• In the afternoon, visit and admire the iconic Imperial Citadel of Hue – former imperial capital of Vietnam, embracing many ancient architectural, historical and cutural values
• Come to Dong Ba Market – the biggest and most significant central market of Thua Thien Hue, get to know more about the daily life of local people and taste unique, diverse street food of Hue
• Get back to your hotel, stay overnight in Hue

• After having breakfast at hotel, take a 3-hour drive from Hue to Hoian. Stop on the way at Non Nuoc Stone carving village which is famous for great sophistication of artworks and tiny vivid souvenirs; and Cham Museum that displays about 300 sculptures from the 5^th and 15^th
• Cross Hai Van Pass – one of four greatest passes in Vietnam, take in the breathtaking view over Lang Co Bay
• Arrive in Hoi An, check in hotel and take some rest
• Free on your own to discover the ancient town of Hoi An, UNESCO-protected site with hundred-year-old architectures
• Overnight in Hoi An

• Start a walking tour around the Ancient Town with wonderful combination of Japanese and Chinese architecture and traditional culture:
• The Old Town of Hoian – an remarkably well-preserved South-East Asian trading port dating form the 15^th to the 19^th century
• 400-year old Japanese Bridge (Chua Cau Pagoda) is covered and resembles a Japanese pagoda.
• Fujian Assembly Hall is served as the gathering place for residents, traders and visitors from a specific area in China called Fujian (Phuc Kien).
• Take a one-hour boat trip on Thu Bon River – the poetic river that shaped the verdant nature and rich cultural heritage of Hoian
• Overnight in Hoian.

• After breakfast, take a gente bicycle tour in village paths of Hoi An to Tra Que village. Stop along the way to visit local villagers and see how they use their surrounding resources to craft a living using age old methods.
• Hop on a unique basket boat, the whole family will have some fun time with a journey through the untouched waterways, fringed by river coconut palms. Take the opportunity to see a local fisherman dredge the river bed in search of river snails.
• Enjoy the village tour to nurseries and herb gardens abundant with bird’s eye chilli, lemongrass, basil, coriander and spring onions, all thriving in the rich soil.
• Roll your sleeves up and start learning how to make a cripsy “banh xeo” – the most famous specialty of Hoi An with the guidance of local family farmers. Sit back and enjoy your culinary creations at the family table overlooking the villagers tending their arable land
• Relax and enjoy a traditional herbal foot massage in the garden.
• Board your bicycles for a gentle ride back to Hoian and your hotel taking in the rice paddies and farmers leading home their Bison along the country roads.
• Overnight in Hoi An

• Have breakfast at your hotel. You have some leisure time before our car comes to pick you up to the airport for your flight to Siem Reap
• Arrive in Siem Reap, transfer to your hotel for check in and fresen up. Enjoy a welcome Apsara dinner show. For those travelers seeking for cultural highlights of Cambodia, watching this traditional Khmer dance performance is an activitiy you shouldn’t miss . Traditional Khmer dance better described as ‘dance-drama’ in that the dances are not merely dance but also meant to convey a story or message.
• Overnight in Siem Reap

• Enjoy breakfast at your hotel, today we will have full day discovering main temples of Angkor Complex.
• Our first visit will be the antique capital of Angkor Thom (12 century): the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, the Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King.
• Next, we will admire Ta Prohm,temple, one of the area’s most beautiful temples; Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery.
• Visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat, dating back to 12th century, this masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture.
• Get back to your hotel and overnight in Siem Reap.

• Depart for Beng Mealea – a fastinating temple which is largely invaded by the jungle which makes it an extremely intriguing place for adventure lovers
• Have lunch at a local restaurant
• In the afternoon, make your way to enchanting Bateay Srei or Women’s Temple, moderate in size but sophisticatedly decorated with the fine carvings in pink sandstone
• Then take a short stop at Pradak village to see how local people produce palm sugar which is considered a specilty of Cambodia.
• Get back to your hotel and overnight in Siem Reap

• Drive 55 km east of Siem Reap town to Kampong Khleang floating village – the largest community on Tonle Sap Lake. Visitors to Kampong Khleang during the dry season are universally awestruck by the forest of stilted houses rising up to 10 meters in the air. In wet season the waters rise up to one or two meters of the buildings.
• Get back to your hotel and free at your leisure for the rest of the day
• Overnight in in Siem Reap

After breakfast, free and relax on your own leisure until being picked up by our driver and transferred to the airport for your departure flight back home. Best Tour of Vietnam and Cambodia for Family ends here. It’s time to say goodbye, Viet Prestige Travel would like to thank you for traveling with us and warmly welcome you to come again in the future!