Tour overview
Cambodia Tour for 2 September Holiday, Lunar New Year, Khmer New Year
Angkor Wat – Angkor Thom – Ta Promh
Khmer New Year, Chol Chnam Thmay
Through a glorious and prosperous historical era, the changes of time have left behind ruins of a once-great civilisation, giving today’s world some of the most treasured monuments of human civilisation. Every year during the Khmer New Year holiday, Chol Chnam Thmay, families gather together — a uniquely distinctive cultural identity of the Khmer people…
Tour itinerary
Day 01: Ho Chi Minh City – SIEM REAP (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
04:15: The tour guide from the travel company picks up guests at the meeting point and departs for Cambodia. Guests enjoy breakfast in Trang Bang – Tay Ninh with the famous banh canh specialty.
Afterwards, guests complete border procedures at Bavet (Moc Bai) crossing between Vietnam and Cambodia, entering the land of temples.
09:00: The journey continues. At 11:30 the group arrives in Prey Veng province and has lunch at a local restaurant.
13:00: Continue the journey to Siem Reap.
Guests stop to visit and take photos of the thousand-year-old bridge recognised by UNESCO.
Enjoy the delicious palm sugar honeycomb cake typical of the Khmer people (at own expense).
17:00: The group arrives in Siem Reap, checks in and rests. Then dinner at a restaurant in Siem Reap. Free time to explore Siem Reap at night.
Day 02: EXPLORING SIEM REAP (3 meals included)
Morning: Breakfast at the hotel
Visit the south gate of ANG KOR THOM, the largest palace. The giant 4-faced BAYON statue — the faces of “joy – anger – love – hate” — and the artistic bas-reliefs.
TAP ROHM Temple — home to centuries-old trees with unique root systems, once used by Hollywood as the setting for the film TOMB RAIDER “THE SECRET OF THE ANCIENT TOMB”.
Guests continue to visit ANGKOR WAT temple, built more than 1,000 years ago and recognised by UNESCO as the 7th wonder of the world. The group has lunch and relaxes here.
Afternoon: Guests conquer BA KHENG hill, where you are free to admire the sunset from the summit and capture the beautiful sunset moment at BA KHENG hill.
Enjoy a BUFFET dinner with many dishes full of Cambodian flavours, and guests also enjoy the APSARA dance, a traditional dance of the Khmer people that is charming and captivating.
Day 03: SIEM REAP – PHNOM PENH (3 meals included)
Morning: Breakfast at the hotel. The car picks up guests and departs for Phnom Penh, lunch at a local restaurant.
Check in at the hotel.
Afternoon: Visit the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda, whose floor is paved with 5,329 silver tiles, each weighing 1.1 kg, where a 90 kg solid gold Buddha statue set with 2,086 diamonds is worshipped, along with a nearly 1 m tall jade Buddha statue.
Visit the Independence Monument — the memorial to the Vietnamese volunteer soldiers in Cambodia. During the Khmer New Year holiday, Chol Chnam Thmay, people gather at the square to pray for peace and good luck.
On the way back to the hotel, guests admire the beauty of the capital Phnom Penh along the romantic Mekong riverbank, or guests can try their luck at CASINO NAGAR (at own expense).
Day 04: PHNOM PENH – HO CHI MINH CITY (breakfast, lunch)
07:00: Buffet breakfast at the hotel, check-out procedures.
Then visit the New Market to buy Cambodian specialties.
The group departs back to Ho Chi Minh City. The company’s guide sees guests off at the original departure point.
The tour ends, we say goodbye and hope to see you again.
Tour price includes
- 4 – 4 STAR HOTEL – 2 GUESTS/ROOM
- REE Hotel, Angkor hotel, Impire Royal hotel…
- KING DOM Hotel, Town View II, RELAX hotel…
- New air-conditioned vehicles for transfers and sightseeing according to the programme
- Entrance tickets to attractions and meals according to the programme
- Tour guide serving according to the programme
- Souvenir gift
- The company will handle customs and immigration procedures for guests
Tour price excludes
- Passport (valid for at least 6 months).
- Vietnam re-entry visa fee (overseas Vietnamese, foreign guests) 95 USD/guest
- CAMBODIA VISA fee (overseas Vietnamese, foreign guests) 40 USD/guest
- Tips for the guide and local driver: 4 USD/guest/day.
- Personal expenses, telephone, laundry, drinking water in the hotel room, camera fees.
- Optional tour (if any) /(TONLE SAP LAKE, SHOW SMILE OF ANGKOR, ANGKOR SCULPTURE ART, PHNOM KULEN)
- Excess baggage fees and other personal expenses.
- Airport transfers in Vietnam.
- Passport application costs.
- Tonle Sap lake cruise costs
- Single room supplement 75 USD.
Notes
TOUR PRICE: 6,550,000 VND/GUEST
(Khmer New Year, Chol Chnam Thmay tour departs from Ho Chi Minh City)
NOTES:
- The order of attractions may change to suit actual conditions, but will be fully carried out unless guests request cancellation or replacement with other attractions.
- Cambodia visa exemption for people holding the nationality of Malaysia, Laos, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam.
CANCELLATION:
In case you cannot join the tour, please inform the company and the cancellation fees are as follows
- Cancellation 10 days in advance: 20% of the total tour price,
- Cancellation 03 – 06 days in advance: 70% of the total tour price
- After the above period: 100% of the total tour price.
NOTE: Khmer New Year, Chol Chnam Thmay tour
- Passport (valid for at least 6 months, original).
- Guests are kindly requested to pay a 70% deposit when registering for group tours and complete payment 5 days before departure.
- For guests over 70 years old, the family and guests must commit to ensuring their health condition with our company before joining the tour. If any incident occurs on the tour, the travel company will not be responsible.
- If guests are not permitted to exit or enter the country for personal reasons, the travel company will not be responsible and will not refund the tour price.
- Depending on actual conditions, the sightseeing programme and hotels may be changed accordingly, but the total number of attractions will still be fully guaranteed