Wonders of Vietnam-Cambodia

Board Singapore Airlines flight departing to

Singapore. Arrive Singapore. Connect Singapore

airlines flight departing to Saigon. Arrive Saigon.

You will be picked up at the Tan Son Nhat

International Airport with our private

air-conditioned vehicle. Proceed for lunch at

restaurant.

Welcome to “Ho chi minh City” also known as

Saigon. the largest city, business and financial hub

of Vietnam. Soaring skyscrapers that tower over

charming French colonial structures and

traditional pagodas from Saigon’s yesteryear. Past

the bustling streets and dizzying traffic, uncover

the delicious street food, booming nightlife and

historical landmarks that give this city its distinct

appeal.

Afternoon proceed for city tour of Saigon starting

first with, Reunification Palace (Photo stop), also

known as independence palace, which was

formerly the South Vietnam President’s residence

and symbol of the Southern Administration’s reign

until end of April 1975. Next, stop at Saigon

Notre-Dame Basilica, a neo-Roman cathedral built

over 130 years ago by the colonial French with

materials entirely imported from Marseilles. The

interior of the church I amongst the most dramatic

in the world and regarded as a masterpiece of

Gothic revival architecture. Call in Saigon Central

Post Office, a fine colonial building which was

designed and built in the early 20th Century by the

famous French architect Gustave Eiffel. Later visit

to War Remnants Museum, which features an extensive collection of exhibits including weaponry, photos and

documentation on Vietnam’s wars with the French and Americans. Continue to Reunification Palace, which was

formerly the South Vietnam President’s residence and symbol of the Southern Administration’s reign until end

of April 1975.

Morning post breakfast, travel by car to the Mekong Delta, the world’s largest delta and Vietnam's largest rice

bowl. On arrival in My Tho City, capital of Tien Giang Province, board a motorboat and navigate through intricate

canals while observing the local daily life up close as well as the landscape of waterways and lush islands. Con

tinue the tour with a paddleboat to cruise more canals before visiting households with traditional occupations

of home-based coconut candy and rice-wine making. Switch back to a motorboat to go to a bee farm to enjoy

fresh honey tea and fresh fruits. Transfer to local restaurant to have local Vietnamese lunch. Back to Saigon

visit Ben than market. This central market is the symbol and soul of Saigon, with over 1,500 booths trading

wholesale and retail items ranging from food and apparel to fabric and cosmetics. Here, you can spot interest

ing souvenir picks like embroidered wallets, lacquerware and silk scarves.

After dinner back to hotel and overnight stay.

Morning after breakfast check out from the hotel and transfer to 75 km Northwest of downtown Ho Chi Minh

City to visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, which were once a major underground hideout and resistance base of

Viet Cong forces during the two wars against the French and the Americans. The tunnels, entirely hand-dug,

formed a highly intricate network of interlinked multilevel passageways at times stretched as far as the

Cambodian border and totaling over 120 km in length. Its complexity was beyond imagination containing

meeting rooms, kitchens, wells, clinics, schools, depots, trenches and emergency exits all aimed for guerrilla

warfare. The tunnels were deep and strong enough to withstand destructive bombings and self-contained

enough to outlast prolonged sieges. Transfer to local restaurant to have local Vietnamese lunch.

After lunch, you will transfer to Moc Bai border for entering to Phnom Penh (NOTE: You need to change coach

in border, walk around 5 minutes to Phnom Penh border part). It takes around 3 hours more to Phnom Penh.

Upon arrival in Phnom Penh, check in to the hotel and the rest of time free and relax on your own activities,

Dinner at local restaurant and Overnight hotel in Phnom Penh.

Phnom penh -A mixture of Asian exotica, the famous Cambodian hospitality awaits visitors to the capital of the

Kingdom of Cambodia. Situated at the confluence of three great rivers, the ‘four arms’ of the Mekong, Tonle Sap

and Bassac, form right in front of the Royal Palace. Phnom Penh is the commercial, political and cultural hub of

the Kingdom, is home to over one million of the country’s estimated 11.4 million people. It is also the gateway to

an exotic land…. the world heritage site, the largest religious complex in the world, the temples of Angkor in the

west, the beaches of the southern coast and the ethnic minorities of the northeastern provinces.

Morning after breakfast, visit the notorious Killing Fields "Choeung Ek" 15km southwest of Phnom Penh. This

one is the site of brutal executions of more than 17,000 individuals, most of whom first suffered through interro

gations, torture and deprivation in Toul Sleng Prison during Pol Pot regime (From 1975–1979). Continue your visit

to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21 prison). This prison was a high school, and used as a prison by Pol Pot's

security forces and became the largest center for detention and torture during the rule of the Khmer Rouge.

Afternoon, visit Russian Market for some souvenirs. Last visit today at Wat Phnom, an ancient pagoda on a hill,

which marks the legendary founding place of the city. that symbolizes the name of Phnom Penh, and a histori

cal site that is part of the Khmer national identity

Overnight at Hotel in Phnom Penh.

Breakfast at hotel, our guide and driver will pick you up for overland transfer to Siem Reap by private transfer.

The distance is about 120km, which spend around 5 to 6hours. On the way, we will stop at most famous Spider

market, Skuon (75km from the capital), a market town on the highway popular for its fried spiders as a specialty

snack. You will have a chance to try out if you wish to.

Then continue driving to Siem Reap. En route you will cross an ancient bridge called “Spean Kompong Kdei” it

was built in the 13th century and it is 87 meters long. The balustrades are carved to look like the bodies of giant

snakes. Transfer to local restaurant to have local Cambodian lunch.

you will visit Kompong Khleang village, which is located on the northern lake-edge about 55 km of Siem Reap

town. This place is the most trekking feature of the place if the immensely high stilt houses. There is a small

island at the centre of the village which has a bustling market and one of the several pagodas, a school and

health centre on the water. Dinner at local restaurant Transfer to hotel for check in. and Overnight in Siem Reap

Breakfast at hotel, then start your tour by visit to the World Heritage Site; visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom

which is famous for its series of colossal human faces carved in stone, the impressive Bayon Temple,

The Bayon was the state temple of King Jayavarman VII, built at the end of the 12th century. It is a mountain

temple built to represent Mount Meru, the center of the universe in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology.

continue visit Ta Prohm. Ta Prohm is one of the area’s most beautiful temples, Ta Prohm has been left relatively

untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Its appeal lies in the fact that, unlike the

other monuments of Angkor, it was abandoned and swallowed by the jungle, looking very much the ways most

of the Angkor temples appeared when European explorers first stumbled upon them.

Afternoon continue to seeing the architectural masterpiece of Angkor Wat, a temple complex and the largest

religious structure in the world. We stroll around this massive monument, exploring the many galleries with

columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple back to hotel and

overnight.

Breakfast at hotel, free time at own leisure until check out time. Lunch at local restaurant and transfer to Siem

Reap Airport for departure to Singapore.