Indochina Delight (Vietnam - Cambodia - Thailand) with Beach Escape 3 weeks

Arrival at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, and BestPrice Travel guide will welcome you at Pole No.10 (Outside the Terminal Gate) and take you to your hotel by a 45-minute drive. The time for check-in is 14:00; if you require early check-in with a surcharge, please contact your travel consultant. After processing check-in, the rest is your leisure time. 

For whom are interested in exploring Hanoi's capital culture, here are some highly recommended options:

Morning 

8:00: Get in a car with the local guide after breakfast and start seeking around the most highlighted historical spots in Hanoi 

The first stop in our day is the Temple of Literature, the first university in Vietnam that worshipped Confucianism and trained talents for the country during the feudal period.

Go to Ba Dinh Square, where the great President Ho Chi Minh Read the Declaration of Independence, giving birth to Vietnam. In the same complex, you can visit his resting place, the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, and a crucial work of Budha, One Pillar Pagoda, to watch the surrounding terrain related with historical imagery as if transporting us to a heroic past to commemorate and be grateful for their outstanding merit. 

Enjoy lunch with traditional Vietnamese dishes at a local restaurant.

Afternoon 

Drive to the outskirts of Hanoi, we learn fully about 54 ethnics in Vietnam at Museum of Ethnology. Through artifacts, films, and photographs, you glimpse the daily lives, costumes, clothing, and farming implements of various minorities around Vietnam. 

Return to your hotel, and please relax fully to prepare for tomorrow's excursion. 

Morning 

8:00 - 8:30: A luxury limousine will pick you up at your hotel after breakfast and head to the World Heritage Site Halong Bay. It takes 2.5 hours to transfer, and you will have the halfway stop.

When you arrive at the cruise lounge, the staff welcome you and assist you with quick check-in procedures. Then we board the speedboat to get the cruise. While admiring the verdant islands along the way, our cruise manager will tell you fascinating stories about the bay.

Check-in on the cruise around 12:15. The captain and crew will greet you with a welcome drink and safety briefing. Please stow your luggage in your room; a diverse lunch awaits you. Relish lunch while cruising through dreamy scenes created by natural beauty. 

Afternoon 

It’s time for water activities to let you touch the bay closer. Following each cruise itinerary, you will participate in exciting caving, kayaking, or conquering the top of the island. 

Back to the cruise for a short relaxation, and our chef will open a Vietnamese cooking class to join in, or you can taste tropical cocktails in Happy Hour, “buy 01 get 01” at 17:00 - 17:30 when the sunset falls. 

Evening 

Savor a full dinner at the restaurant. 

Save more memories on the cruise with nightlife activities: try luck with squid fishing, watch movies, play board games, and chat with friends at night bar. 

Morning 

6:00: A Taichi class public for early risers to practice their health, and a light breakfast is served after that for enough batteries to continue discovering the bay 

Sailing to the fishing village, you can know and live in the fisher’s life or chill out the last moments under the green water. Back to the cruise and renew your charge with brunch. Please check out around 10:00 - 10:30 while cruising back to the pier. 

Take a speedboat to the pier and say goodbye to the captain and crew. We arrive at the port around 11:15 

Afternoon 

Our transfer waits for you and transfers you directly to the airport for the Da Nang flight. When you arrive at Da Nang, our transfer will pick you up and drive you to Hoi An Hotel for check-in. Let’s relax in the peaceful town after a long day. 

Morning 

Wake up early to have breakfast in tranquil Hoi An. Our guide will meet you at the lobby around 8:00 and wander together through the winding alleys near the Thu Bon River. 

Walk to symbolize the Japanese Covered Bridge in the Old Quarter, an architectural mixture of Japanese immigrants and the United States in the 17th century. When you already have unique photos at the bridge, we move to Fujian Assembly Hall to socialize and worship a group of Chinese people from Fujian, China. Later, this project was changed to Thien Hau Thanh Mau Pagoda. 

Head back to Old Town to purchase some unique, lovingly crafted mementos.

Try unique cross-cultural culinary flavors for lunch.

Afternoon 

This afternoon, we drive across Cua Dai Bridge and take in the breathtaking views of the river system, Hoi An mountains, and Cu Lao Cham for the last time to reach My Son Sanctuary, which was once the capital of the Cham Pa Kingdom for 11 centuries since the 4th. Through the activities below, you have a glance at the history of the splendor Cham Dynasty.

Watch a traditional dance performance and trek to the Cham on a short ascent along a jungle-bordered track. Then, knowledge about the ancient Cham royal tomb site and the religion maintained there.

After the tour, you are transferred to your hotel by car. The trip will end when you say goodbye to our guide at your hotel. 

Morning 

At the meeting point, you will be cycling to Tra Que Organic Village.

Take a stroll around the market gardens, and you can witness local farmers still cultivating their land using the same methods that have been used for hundreds of years. Receive a cordial welcome from the resident of the neighborhood home, along with a unique herbal beverage.

Visit the neighborhood market to pick up a variety of fresh Vietnamese ingredients, and do so today. When you get to Cooking School, refresh beforehand so you can start the class on time. With the help of a seasoned Vietnamese chef, become familiar with the customary methods of preparing and cooking Vietnamese cuisine from the ground up. Get a certificate when you've sampled your creations.

Return back hotel after lunch.

Have the last breakfast at Hoi An at the hotel and check out. We will go to the airport after that for the flight to Saigon. 

Upon arriving at the airport, our tour guide will pick you up and take you to the hotel to check in. You can recover after your flight or expose this bustling city with the options below.

Morning 

Please fully charge your energy with breakfast for this busy excursion.

8:00: Meet our guide at the lobby and drive to the highlighted historical and local spots in this vibrant city 

Coming to the Reunification Palace is an important place that provides valuable knowledge about the President of the Republic of Vietnam. You can also capture breathtaking photos in an airy square and French architecture.

Old post office and Notre Dame Cathedral are the next stops to admire the architecture and religious imprints left by the French colonialists.

NOTE: Notre Dame Cathedral is closing for renovation; visitors can stand outside and take photos

Once entirely collected, we move to War Remnants Museum to see the most authentic artifacts depicting a fierce war in Vietnam.

We will take a walk at Ben Thanh Market, where you might stumble across a beautiful and one-of-a-kind souvenir to take back with you.

Have a light lunch with southern Vietnam dishes

Afternoon

Once you energized power, we continue to drive to the outskirts of the city and reach Cu Chi Tunnels. Taking you over a 2-hour drive gives you the serene scenery surrounding. Upon arrival, we engage in exciting activities to learn more about the historical stories of the Vietnam War that are closely tied to the Cu Chi tunnels.

Gain a brief introduction to these tunnel constructions and their usage in war through a movie. 

Go into the jungle and find traps, secret entrances, bunkers, and underground hideouts.

Go down the tunnel, where you will be amazed by the fully furnished underground room network that soldiers created during the war.

Then, let’s have a break and try specialty cassava with local green tea.

After a productive day, the tour will end when you are at the hotel.

Morning

Have breakfast at the hotel, and around 8:00, and our guide will meet you at the lobby for the full-day discovery of the Mekong Delta. 

Drive to Ben Tre Province and on board to cruise along Ham Luong River as it flows entirely Ben Tre. On the stream, you will have time to admire mangrove forests and the daily life of locals around here. 

After sightseeing on board, we visit a coconut processing workshop then slake with tasty fruit and tea in a mat-weaving house.

Continue to experience “xe loi” (a kind of motorized rickshaw) drive into the fruit orchards, and lush agricultural products appear in front of your sights before delighting in lunch. 

A specialty meal will be served for lunch at a riverside restaurant. 

Afternoon

After lunch, prepare your camera for the next sampan boat trip to discover narrow canals. You will have 10 -15 minutes to sail through the magnificent mangroves. 

Around 17:00, back at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City for relaxing 

Morning 

Freely enjoy your time after breakfast at the hotel. If you are fond of feeling the early morning rhythm in this lively city, you can join Good Morning Saigon! with a companion guide.

Please check out the hotel before 12:00 and get our transfer to Tan Son Nhat Airport for the flight to Siem Reap. 

Morning

8:00: Meet our guide after your energy is well-prepared with breakfast and head to the Angkor Temple complex

• First, we visit Ta Prohm Temple, only one temple embraced by the roots of enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers to have attractive photos in your travel album. 
• Head to the antique capital of Angkor Thom, starting from the South Gate with its giant statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk.
• Explore the Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avalokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace, and the Terrace of the Leper King.

Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon

Contemplate the World Heritage Site, Angkor Wat, the most famous temple on the plain of Angkor, you will learn about the authentic ancient Khmer architecture through 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. 

Conquer the peak of Phnom Bakheng mountain to catch the charming dusk when the sun starts going down. 

Morning

Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel in Siem Reap then we transfer you southeast to one of the largest and least-visited villages on the Tonle Sap Lake, Kompong Khleang, about 55km from Siem Reap. It has a population of about 10,000 people, all making a living from the fishing industry.

We explore the canals (wet season) or streets (dry season) of this incredible town. In the wet season, the houses appear to be floating as water laps at the verandas, but in the dry season, towering stilts are revealed, the houses almost like wooden skyscrapers. Visit one of the pagodas here, built on the site of an ancient temple, and see the wall paintings

Stop off to visit a house in the village to learn a little more about local life. We cruise into the open water of the great lake to see a small floating village and learn more about this incredible natural flood barrier.

After that, you will come back to your hotel in Siem Reap

Morning 

Finish your breakfast and check out process in the hotel. You will be taken to the airport for a flight to Bangkok, Thailand. Please go to the meeting point on the 2nd floor, inside the arrivals hall. Our guide will hold a sign with your name on it, or in case of multiple pick-ups, the signals may be hanging on the aluminum railing at our meeting point. 

We get in the car and go to the hotel to check in and rest or start exploring Land of Smile following the options below 

Morning 

Taste Thai and Western foods for breakfast. Today, we will seek out the finest temples in golden temple country.

• Kick off the journey with a stop at Wat Traimit, home to the world's giant solid gold Buddha.
• Go through the historic district to another enormous Buddha monument in Wat Pho.
• The journey continues to the Grand Palace, one of the most impressive examples of Thai Buddhist architecture entire country. 
• Move on to extensive gardens and glittering structures, including Wat Phra Kaew, which houses the prized Emerald Buddha statue from the 14th century.

Flavor delicious lunch at a local restaurant on the way gets to the spot taking a canal boat trip.

Afternoon

Hop on a classic "longtail" boat that meanders through quaint canals and enjoys a quieter life along the riverbank. And a visit to the Bangkok Thonburi side would be complete only with the spectacular and iconic Wat Arun – discovering the iconic 79-meter-tall pagoda overlooking the Chao Phraya River.

Disembark, and the car will take you back to your hotel to relax or discover the vibrant atmosphere only found in Bangkok.

Have fun exploring Bangkok or shop at the world’s top shopping malls on your day off. If not, consider signing up for one of our optional exciting tours. Let’s save the most memorable time on the last night in Bangkok.

Have breakfast and check out early to prepare for the short Phuket transfer. Take a private transfer to the airport, and you will take off on a short flight. Upon arrival, you will overnight at your hotel in Phuket for a complete rest. 

Morning 

Spend your day basking in the sun with this day-long speedboat excursion after breakfast

Depart from your Phuket hotel in the morning and board a boat to Koh Phi Phi, the very definition of paradise. Jet between Koh Phi Phi’s two main islands, Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Lay, and spend the day exploring the breathtaking scenery on land and underwater, from fine sandy beaches to soaring limestone cliffs. Opt to visit the smaller, uninhabited island of Phi Phi Leh, where limestone walls, caves, blue-green lagoons, and coral gardens are a snorkeller’s paradise. Arrive at Rang Yai Island, a beautiful and long sandy beach.

Taste tropical and fresh seafood for lunch 

Afternoon 

After a full day of relaxing, snorkeling, swimming, and sunbathing, head back by speedboat to Phuket for your evening.

When you fulfill your energy with breakfast, let's make your plan to chill out among the coconut trees and wind sea until our driver picks you up to an exciting dinner show. 

Evening 

See history come to life at the spectacular Siam Niramit Phuket show.

Start the evening with an extensive Thai or Western buffet dinner before exploring some of the pre-show attractions on site.

Take photos of an authentic rural village and try on traditional Thai costumes; watch a ceremonial Victory Parade of elephants and soldiers dressed for battle; or peruse the many souvenir shops offering beautiful Thai arts and crafts products.

As soon as the show starts, get ready to be whisked away into a time gone by when elephants still roamed the land and locals traveled via canals. Witness more than 150 performers present a colorful spectacle with state-of-the-art special effects, taking the audience on an enchanting journey through the fascinating past of ancient Siam. Divided into three acts, Siam Niramit is an impressive and educational show highlighting the kingdom’s rich heritage, including diverse cultural influences, religious beliefs, and joyful festivals.

Drive back to your hotel to relax after an eye-catching dinner and show 

Your last two leisure day is a treasured time to seek all the hidden in Phuket island. Below are the idea that may catch your plan 

Relish your leisure time after breakfast. Please check out before 12:00, and our driver will transfer you to the Phuket airport for your departure flight. We are honored to accompany you to three beautiful Indochina countries during these two weeks. Wish you a safe flight, and see you on the next journey!