Indochina Express

Indochina Express

Category: Indochina Tours

Duration: 6 days 5 nights

Itinerary: Siem Reap - Phnom Penh - Ho Chi Minh city - Cu Chi Tunnels

Day 01: Siem Reap Arrival (Lunch / Dinner)
Arrive at Siem Reap International Airport and transfer to the hotel. Visit the South Gate (with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk), the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century), Bayon Temple (unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara), the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. Sunset at Angkor Wat. Dinner at local restaurant and accommodation at hotel. Lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon, continue to visit your temple tour to the unique interior brick sculptures of Prasat Kravan, Srah Srang ("The Royal Baths" was once used for ritual bathing), Banteay Kdei (surrounded by 4 concentric walls), Eastern Mebon (guarded at its corner by stone figures of harnessed elephants, some of which are still in a reasonable state of preservation), and the mountain-temple of Pre Rup until sunset. Dinner at local restaurant and accommodation at hotel.

Day 02: Siem Reap Tours (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Breakfast at hotel. Visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture. Angkor Wat's five towers symbolize Meru's five peaks - the enclosed wall represents the mountains at the edge of the world and the surrounding moat, the ocean beyond. Lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon, visit Preah Khan. Built by King Jayavarman VII, Preah Khan is, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulder-hugging corridors. Ta Prohm. One of the area's most beautiful temples, Ta Prohm has been 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.. Dinner at local restaurant and accommodation at hotel.

Day 03: Siem Reap – Phnom Penh (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Breakfast at the hotel. Free at own leisure until the time met and transfer to airport for the flight to PhnomPenh. Upon arrival, pick up and transfer to visit the private quarters of the Royal Palace are now home to the royal family and are therefore very close to the public. At the northern area of the palace grounds is Silver Pagoda, the most sacred temple in the country. Lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon, Heading out of town we visit the Tuol Sleng Prison Museum and the notorious 'Killing Fields' of Choeung Ek, which will give us a deep insight into the painful bloody rule of the Khmer Rouge. We have time this afternoon, exploring Psar Toul Tom Pong, also called the Russian Market, where anything and everything is for sales. Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Day 04: Phnom Penh – Ho Chi Minh By Speed Road (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Breakfast at the hotel. Free at own leisure until the time met and transfer to the Moc Bai border ( 160 km – 3 hours) and say goodbye Cambodia and our tourguide.
To Vietnam, our guide pick up you and transfer from Moc Bai border to centre Ho Chi Minh City (it take 2.5 hours). After lunch, check in hotel. Free time leisure. Dinner at restaurant. Overnight at hotel in HCMC.

Day 05: Ho Chi Minh City Tour And Cu Chi Tunnel (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
AM: Pick up at hotel, transfer to visit Cu Chi. Sight-seeing on road: rice field, potter's kilns. Visit the underground village, which used to be a bitter battle ground for a long period during the Vietnam war. The amazing network of over 200 km of underground tunnels will offer you impression of the former fierce war in South Vietnam.
PM: Have a Saigon city tours: Visit to Reunification Palace, War Crime Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office, former US Embassy, Ben Than Market... and you can enjoy a cyclo tour 01 hour around Sai Gon Old. Dinner at local Restaurant. Overnight at hotel in HCMC.

Day 06: Ho Chi Minh – Departure (Breakfast)
Free at leisure till transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport for departure. Tour ending.

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