7 Days Central Vietnam and Angkor Temples

Day 1

Arrive to Danang, pick up and transfer to your hotel by our driver. Free at the rest of the day for relaxing or swimming. Meals are on your own.

Overnight in Danang.

Meals included:

None

Day 2

8.00: Pick up at hotel in Da Nang and head out to Ba Na hills. Take Cable Car which gains 5 world scores to Ba Na hills station. Stop at By Night station to visit Vong Nguyet hills, Linh Ung pagoda, The Old Villas of French. Continue moving up by cable car to the Nui Chua Mountain – the top of Ba Na range, visiting Nginh Phong top, Le Nim Villas, Orchid Garden… Experience hill climbing train (first and unique funicular in Vietnam) and visit an old French cellar (Debay Ancient Wine Cellar), flower garden Le Jardin D’amour and Linh Ung Pagoda.

You should not miss walking on the Golden Bridge amid the foggy hills of the mountain, enjoy the gorgeous view of Da Nang City.

Have lunch at a restaurant.

Afternoon: Free for explore the French village or joining games in Fantasy Park – the third biggest indoor games zone in Vietnam with series of interesting games: 4 – 5D film, skiver, The death race, dinosaur park… (2 hours).

15:00 Return to Da Nang city along the Red Beach Bay. Stop at Central Specialties Super Market for Shopping. End the tour at your hotel.

Accommodation at hotel in Saigon

Meals included:

Breakfast at the hotel

Lunch

Day 3

8.00 Depart from your hotel in Da Nang/Hoi An to My Son sanctuary which was once an imperial city during the Champa dynasty, between the 4th and the 12th centuries. We travel about 50km to My Son sanctuary. It comprises many Champa temples, in a valley roughly two kilometers wide, surrounded by two mountain ranges. It was the site of religious ceremony of kings of the Champa dynasty, and was also a burial place of Champa royals and national heroes. Spend about 1.5 hour to see a large complex of religious relics that comprises more than 65 architectural works. In 1999, UNESCO labeled the Cham architecture in My Son as a World Cultural Heritage Site. You will also have chance to enjoy the traditional Apsara dancing of Cham girls.

Drive back to Hoi An town to have lunch at restaurant and take a walking tour around visiting to the former merchants’ homes – Hoi An old town, the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge, Phuc Kien Pagoda.. and the colourful riverside market. You also see a numerous art galleries and tailor shops, get some made-to-order clothes if you like.

Return to your hotel late afternoon.

Overnight in Danang.

Meals included:

Breakfast at hotel

Day 4

Breakfast at the hotel

Then catch your flight to Siem Reap. Upon you arrive at Siem Reap International airport will welcome by tour guide.

In the afternoon, We excursion to visit the floating village of Chong Khneas, located 10

kilometers south of Siem Reap. Take a traditional wooden boat for a ride on the

Tonle Sap Lake, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia and

flows into Tonle Sap River, joining the Mekong in Phnom Penh. We will explore

the different of Khmer, Muslim and Vietnamese floating households and the

floating markets, fisheries, clinics, schools, basketball course, pigsty and other boatloads of tourists. It is same as a big village floating on the lake, and the "village"

move from place to place following water levels and current.

Then visit Les Artisans D’ Angkor and see their stone and wood carving workshops

where the artisans are taught to use traditional Khmer techniques.

In line with its mission to produce fine Arts & Crafts objects, Artisans d’Angkor has set up a silver plated workshop in order to demonstrate this know-how and encourage the revival of this Cambodian heritage Wood and stone carving, The art of stone carving goes back to the glorious epoch of the Khmer empire and its monumental constructions that gave rise to the Angkor temples. Like the work of craftsmen from previous centuries, stone carving is done on sandstone. Artisans d’Angkor mainly uses sandstone from Siem Reap province.

Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.

Meals included:

Breakfast at hotel

Day 5

In the morning, we will visit the South Gate (with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk) the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century) and visit BayonTemple (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 and visit the fabulous Ta Prohm Temple, embraced by the roots of enormous fig trees. Ta Prohm (pronunciation: prasat taprohm) is the modern name of the temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara. Located approximately one kilometre east of Angkor Thom and on the southern edge of the East Baray, it was founded by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university.

Unlike most Angkorian temples, Ta Prohm is in much the same condition in which it was found: the photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the jungle surroundings have made it one of Angkor's most popular temples with visitors.

UNESCO inscribed Ta Prohm on the World Heritage List in 1992. Today, it is one of the

most visited complexes in Cambodia’s Angkor region. The conservation and restoration of Ta Prohm is a partnership project of the Archaeological Survey of India and the APSARA (Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap).

In the afternoon, Wat Thmei (New Wat)The wat contains a unique glass-walled stupa

containing the bones of victims of the Khmer Rouge. Some of the bones were recovered from a nearby well while others are the remains of soldiers who died on a nearby battlefield. 500m west of the road to Angkor about 1.5km north of town. Then continue to visit the 7th world heritage, Angkor Wat a unique and stunning blend of spirituality and symmetry, an enduring example of man's devotion to his Gods. It is the largest and undoubtedly the most breath taking of the monuments of Angkor and it is widely believed that it is the largest religious structure in the world until sunset. Overnight at the same hotel.

Meals included:

Breakfast at the hotel

Day 6

Breakfast will be at hotel.

In the morning, we will drive to visit the Banteay Srei, the beautiful ‘Women’s Citadel’.

Located 37 kms. From Siem Reap town, this was Cambodia's last major Khmer temple to be re-discovered. This temple has the best engravings among all the ruins and was used in the film ‘Lara Croft Tomb Raider’. Then the way back, you can visit local village called “Preah Dak Vilage”. Preah Dak Village is a famous and popular place for souvenirs such as objects and arts. Visitors can discover beautiful places and natural life mixed with souvenirs shops. Most things are handmade. It is located in the east of

grand circuit at Angkor on the communication road to Phnom Kulen in the North. Then we will stop and visit to Banteay Samre built in the third quarter of the 12^th century.

In the afternoon, explorer to grand circle: Preah Khan temple, built by the King

Jayavarman VII and, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulder-hugging corridors. Ta Som temple, East Me Bon, is a large temple-mountain-like ruin, rising three levels and crowned by five towers.

Jayavarman IV, a usurper to the throne, moved the capital from Angkor to Kh Ke in

928AD. Sixteen years later Rajendravarman II returned the capital to Angkor and shortly thereafter constructed East Mebon on an island in the middle of the now dry Eastern Bary. The temple is dedicated to Shiva in honor of the king’s parents. Then move to the major Pre Rup temple, built by Rajendravarman II in late 10th century. Architecturally and artistically superior temple-mountain. Beautiful carved false door on upper level, as well as an excellent view of the surrounding countryside. Richly detailed well-preserved carvings, particularly on the lintels. Traditionally believed to be a funerary temple, but in fact the state temple of Rajendravarman II.

Overnight in Siem reap

Meals included:

Breakfast at the hotel

Day 7

Breakfast will be at hotel.

Free day leisure.

Transfer to Siem Reap Angkor International Airport for your flight back

Meals included:

Breakfast at the hotel

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