Cambodia Tour – Vietnam’s Waterway West – 8 Days 7 Nights

07h00: The vehicle and guide of the travel company pick up guests at the meeting point and depart for Tay Ninh. On the way, guests will interact with the tour guide and learn about the places the group passes through.

09h30: The group enjoys breakfast with Tay Ninh specialty dishes: Trang Bang banh canh + coffee + soft drink. Rest and continue the programme.

On the bus, guests will learn about Tay Ninh’s specialties along with the legend of Ba Mountain, with the unique architecture of the Cao Dai Holy See, the famous place where the Cao Dai religion developed to this day…

12h15: The group has lunch at a local restaurant

13h30: The group visits Tay Ninh Holy See, considered the cathedral of Cao Dai religion. Guests learn about the architecture of the Holy See and the origin of Cao Dai religion.

14h45: The group arrives at Ba Mountain; guests take the cable car (own expense: 80,000 VND/trip) to visit and offer incense. Visit Ha Pagoda, Trung Pagoda, Thuong Pagoda, and the Ba Temple

04h00: The group returns to the hotel. Rest and relax, free time to explore Tay Ninh at night

At the appointed time: The vehicle and guide of the travel company pick up guests at the hotel and depart for Siem Reap. The group enters Cambodia along National Highway 1A through Svay Rieng province.

On the way, guests will interact with the tour guide and learn about the places the group passes through in the land of pagodas and towers.

09h00: Continue the journey; at 11h30 the group arrives in Kampong Cham province and has lunch at a local restaurant.

13h00: Continue to Siem Reap. Guests stop to visit and take photos of the bridge built a thousand years ago and recognised by Unesco.

Enjoy the delicious palm sugar sponge cake typical of the Khmer people (own expense).

17h00: The group arrives in Siem Reap, checks in and rests. Then have dinner at a restaurant in Siem Reap. Free time to explore Siem Reap at night

Morning: Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the south gate of ANGKOR THOM, the largest palace. The giant 4-faced BAYON statue, the faces of “joy – anger – love – hate”, the artistic bas-reliefs.

Ta Prohm temple, where centuries-old trees with unique roots grow, was once used by Hollywood as the setting for the film TOMB RAIDER “THE SECRET OF THE ANCIENT TOMB”.

Guests will continue to visit ANGKOR WAT temple, built more than 1000 years ago and recognised by UNESCO as the 7th Wonder of the world. The group has lunch and relaxes here.

Afternoon: Guests conquer the peak of Angkor Wat and here freely watch the sunset on the mountain top and capture the beautiful sunset moment at the majestic Angkor peak.

Have dinner with many dishes carrying Cambodian flavours, and guests also experience rich local cuisine with traditional Cambodian – Vietnamese dishes made from natural, nutritious ingredients.

After dinner, the vehicle & guide take the group back to the hotel; guests are free to explore the city of wonders at night or freely join entertainment services here…

Morning: Breakfast at the hotel. The vehicle picks up guests and departs for Phnom Penh, lunch at a local restaurant, hotel check-in.

Afternoon: Visit Wat Phnom, the ancient pagoda, and hear the legend of the founding of the capital Phnom Penh and its development to this day. Visit the INDEPENDENCE MONUMENT – THE MONUMENT TO VIETNAMESE VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS.

On the way back to the hotel, guests admire the beauty of the capital Phnom Penh along the poetic Mekong River, or guests can try their luck at CASINO NAGAR (own expense)

07h00: Buffet breakfast at the hotel, check-out procedures. Then visit the New Market to buy Cambodian specialties.

11h00 the vehicle takes the group to lunch, then the group leaves the capital Phnom Penh back to Tinh Bien (Chau Doc) – An Giang, Vietnam,

The group arrives in Chau Doc, checks in, showers and rests, then the vehicle takes the group to dinner

Evening: Guests have a meal and are free to explore and stay overnight in Chau Doc city, free time at night.

07h30: The vehicle picks up the group at the hotel. Guests depart to visit Ba Chua Xu Temple, a major pilgrimage centre in the Mekong Delta known for the Ba Chua Xu Nui Sam festival on 24/04 of the lunar calendar, recognised as a national festival in 2001. Guests can pray for peace for their family and loved ones.

Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb, Son Lang, one of the founding mandarins of the Nguyen dynasty, a general credited with expanding the territory to the southwest of the country.

Leaving Chau Doc, guests continue to Tra Su Cajupit Forest; guests will encounter rice fields where “storks fly wing to wing” following An Giang’s large-field model, and palm sugar fields bearing the strong characteristics of the Khmer people of the South.

Arriving at the edge of Tra Su forest, guests travel by “tac rang” (small motorboat) through Tra Su Cajupit forest, which vividly recreates the wetland forest system of the Mekong Delta in the past. The group will weave among lotus ponds with fragrant scents, rows of dark green duckweed; guests also experience sitting in a “three-leaf boat” to visit the area where storks and herons nest and lay eggs, which is very interesting.

Arriving at the watchtower, the group can admire the panorama of the vast cajupit forest, with flocks of birds and storks freely flying.

The group has lunch with rustic dishes such as grilled snakehead fish, fried field mouse with fish sauce, honey-grilled chicken, snakehead fish sour soup, fish paste hotpot… Guests rest freely.

13h00: The group departs for Tinh Bien Market, free time for shopping and visiting the border area.

14h00: Depart for Can Tho

18h00: The vehicle takes the group to Can Tho city; guests go to dinner on a boat, listen to amateur folk music and enjoy cultural performances on a sparkling beautiful cruise at Ninh Kieu Wharf.

At the end of the evening, the vehicle takes the group to check in at the hotel to rest in Can Tho city, free time to explore the western capital at night…

Morning: 6h30 Guests have breakfast at the hotel, then the vehicle takes guests to visit Cai Rang floating market, the largest floating market in the Mekong Delta. Here guests can see the bustling trading scene on the water, a little characteristic of the delta market.

The boat continues to take guests to visit a fruit orchard and enjoy specialties, grilled field mouse, grilled frog…(own expense), a workshop producing rice paper, vermicelli, noodle soup…

Guests then return to the boat back to the mainland and have lunch in Can Tho

11h00 The vehicle and guide take the group to lunch, then the group departs for Tien Giang. The vehicle takes guests into My Tho city to visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, then the vehicle takes the group back to the hotel to check in and rest.

In the evening the vehicle takes the group to dinner and free time to have fun in My Tho city at night.

Morning: 7h30 the vehicle takes guests to 30/4 pier to board a boat cruising on the Tien River to admire Rach Mieu Bridge and the 4 islets Long – Lan – Qui – Phung.

The group arrives at Thoi Son Islet to visit a garden house (also called Lan Islet), enjoy fruit while listening to amateur folk music and drinking honey tea. The group moves to Chau Thanh District to visit a coconut candy workshop and learn how the famous Ben Tre coconut candy is made, row a three-leaf boat to visit canals and admire the lush green water coconut trees.

Noon: 12h00 Guests have lunch at a restaurant, free time to rest and relax.

After lunch, guests can take a horse-drawn cart along the village road, blending into the life of the local people and enjoying the beauty of the coconut land.

13h45 Return to the large boat, cruising down the Tien River.

Then disembark and return to My Tho pier; the vehicle continues to take the group back to Ho Chi Minh City.

17h30: Arrive at the original pick-up point, ending the 8-day tour of Cambodia – Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. The guide says thank you and goodbye and looks forward to seeing guests again!