Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
5/5
Vietnam and Cambodia at a slower pace
15 days from Hanoi to Siem Reap for travellers over 60: two nights on Ha Long and Lan Ha bays, Hue, three nights in Hoi An, Saigon and the Mekong, and three nights at Angkor.
15 days · Hanoi to Siem Reap · up to 12 guests
Sunrise at Angkor Wat Photo: Martaapue, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angkor_Wat_in_Cambodia.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 15 days, 14 nights
- Start and end
- Hanoi to Siem Reap
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Easy
Under 5 km on foot every day, in short stretches with a bench, a cafe or the vehicle seat between them. Expect warm weather, uneven temple stone at Angkor and My Son, and stepping into small boats with crew help. Every sight with stairs has a ground-level or seated alternative, and you can sit out any part. No drive is longer than about 2.5 hours at a stretch.
- Meals included
- 14 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 4 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 590 (estimated price)
- Season
- January to March
Highlights
Why this trip
- Two nights on a cruise boat among the karsts of Ha Long and Lan Ha bays, with a whole day on the water and no rush to pack
- Hue's Imperial City by electric car, then the Perfume River to Thien Mu Pagoda at golden hour
- Three nights in Hoi An: the old town on level streets at 8 am and lanterns on the Thu Bon at dusk
- The Mekong Delta from the deck of a covered boat, with a garden lunch in Ben Tre
- A direct flight from Saigon to Siem Reap instead of a bus and border day
- Ta Prohm as it opens, on its timber walkways, and the Bayon in the quieter afternoon
- An optional Angkor Wat sunrise; everyone else joins after breakfast
What makes this trip different
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 590 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Hanoi
Noi Bai airport to the Old Quarter
- Welcome dinner at a sit-down restaurant
- Stay in Hanoi
- Drive about 1 h
Your trip starts at Noi Bai International Airport (HAN), about 30 km north of the city. We meet you in the arrivals hall, help with your bags and drive you to a central hotel near Hoan Kiem Lake, chosen with a lift to every floor, for two nights.
Evening
There is nothing planned until the evening, so you can rest after the flight, sit in a cafe with a Vietnamese coffee or take a slow turn by the lake, which is flat and lined with benches. At about half past six your trip leader meets the group in the lobby for a short briefing on the days ahead: what each morning holds, how far we walk, and where the vehicle waits. Then we sit down together at a restaurant a few minutes from the hotel for a welcome dinner of northern dishes at tables with proper chairs, and you are back in your room by about nine.
Included
- Pick-up at Noi Bai International Airport (HAN)
- Welcome briefing with your trip leader
- Welcome dinner
Free time: Afternoon free
Activity: Under 1 km on foot.
Hanoi at an easy pace
The Temple of Literature, Ba Dinh, Hoan Kiem Lake and the water puppets
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Hanoi
Morning
Breakfast is at your own pace; we leave at nine. The vehicle drops you at the gate of the Temple of Literature, founded in 1070 and home to the Imperial Academy, Vietnam's first university. Its five courtyards are level, shaded and joined by low thresholds, and stone turtles carry the names of scholars who passed the royal exams. A short drive takes us to Ba Dinh Square, where you see the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum from outside, and the small One Pillar Pagoda.
Afternoon
Lunch together is at a restaurant in the French Quarter. The afternoon is free for a rest at the hotel. At about half past four your trip leader walks you across the red Huc Bridge to Ngoc Son Temple on its island in Hoan Kiem Lake, then into the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre for an hour seated, watching an art that began in the flooded rice fields of the Red River Delta.
Evening
Dinner is your own.
Included
- Temple of Literature
- Ba Dinh Square and the One Pillar Pagoda
- Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple
- Water puppet show at the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre
Optional experiences
- Cyclo ride through the Old Quarter
Easier option: Wait in the vehicle at Ba Dinh Square; the One Pillar Pagoda has a short flight of steps.
Free time: Afternoon free until about 4:30
Activity: About 3 km on foot in short stretches, with benches by the lake and seats at every stop.
To Ha Long and Lan Ha bays
Hanoi to the coast, then two nights on board
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Ha Long Bay
- Drive about 2.5 h
No early start: we leave at about half past eight. The drive east to the coast is about two and a half hours on the expressway, with a rest stop halfway. Ha Long Bay and the neighbouring Cat Ba archipelago, of which Lan Ha Bay is part, were listed together by UNESCO in 2023: close to two thousand limestone islands rising out of green water. We board a cruise boat for two nights rather than the usual one, so there is no rush to pack and leave. The boat is chosen for cabins reached by a lift or without steep stairs, and the crew help with bags and with the step from the tender.
Afternoon
Lunch is served as the boat leaves harbour. In the afternoon a boatman rows you in a bamboo boat between the karsts into a sheltered lagoon; you sit the whole way.
Evening
Sunset is on the top deck, then dinner on board.
Included
- Two-night cruise on Ha Long and Lan Ha bays
- Rowed bamboo boat among the karsts
- Sunset on the top deck
More active option: Paddle a kayak instead of the bamboo boat.
Activity: Under 1 km on foot. About 2.5 hours by road, with a rest stop.
A slow day on the bay
Lan Ha Bay by day boat, an afternoon on deck
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Ha Long Bay
- By boat
Evening
This is the day the second night buys you. Sunrise is from the deck for anyone who wakes for it, between six and half past six in our season, but nothing is planned until after breakfast. Mid-morning the boat moves deeper into Lan Ha Bay, away from the busiest lanes of central Ha Long, and a smaller day boat takes you past floating fishing houses and into quiet coves, with seats under cover the whole way. If the weather is warm enough, you can swim from the boat or a small beach; in January and February the water is cool and the bay is often wrapped in soft mist, which layers the islands one behind another. Lunch is on board. The afternoon is yours: a deck chair, a book, a massage if the boat offers one, or a cooking demonstration in the galley. Dinner is on board again, with the karsts lit by the boat lights.
Included
- Day boat through Lan Ha Bay
- All meals on board
Optional experiences
- Massage on board, where the boat offers it
More active option: Kayak in a sheltered cove.
Free time: Afternoon free on deck
Activity: Under 1 km on foot; steps into the day boat with crew help.
Back to harbour, fly to Hue
Lan Ha Bay to the pier, Noi Bai airport and the flight to Hue
- Breakfast
- Stay in Hue
- Drive about 2.5 h
Brunch is on board as the boat sails slowly back to harbour, and we are ashore at about half past ten. The drive to Noi Bai airport takes about two and a half hours with a rest stop.
Afternoon
This is the main travel day of the trip, but every part of it is seated, and the afternoon flight south to Hue, about an hour and ten minutes in the air, replaces the overnight sleeper train some trips use. We check you in together, and your trip leader stays with the group from the pier to the hotel.
Evening
At Phu Bai airport the vehicle meets us for the short drive into Hue, and you check in to a hotel near the Perfume River, chosen with a lift, for two nights, by about six in the evening depending on the flight time. The evening is free. There is a restaurant near the hotel if you would like company, or room service if you would rather not go out, and tomorrow starts after breakfast.
Included
- Brunch on board
- Flight from Hanoi (HAN) to Hue (HUI)
- Transfers to Noi Bai airport and from Phu Bai airport
Free time: Evening free
Activity: The longest travel day: about 2.5 hours by road and a 1 hour flight, all seated. Under 1 km on foot. Expect to reach the Hue hotel in the late afternoon or early evening.
Hue
The Imperial City by electric car, then the Perfume River at golden hour
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Hue
- By boat
Hue was the capital of Vietnam's last royal dynasty, the Nguyen, from 1802 to 1945, and its monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Morning
We leave the hotel at eight, while the morning is cool, and enter the Imperial City through the Meridian Gate where emperors appeared before their court. The grounds are large, so we use the electric cars that run inside the walls between the main halls: the Thai Hoa Palace, the restored temples and the gardens of the Forbidden Purple City, which is being rebuilt hall by hall. You walk only between the car and each hall.
Afternoon
Lunch together is at a restaurant serving Hue's royal-court dishes. The afternoon is free for a rest. At about four we board a dragon boat on the Perfume River and sail upriver, seated, to Thien Mu Pagoda, whose seven-storey tower has looked over the water since 1844, as the light turns gold.
Included
- Imperial City by electric car
- Dragon boat on the Perfume River
- Thien Mu Pagoda
Easier option: Stay on the dragon boat at Thien Mu; the pagoda is up a flight of steps from the landing.
Free time: Afternoon free until about 4
Activity: About 2.5 km on foot in short stretches, with the electric car between halls.
Hue to Hoi An by the coast
The tomb of Tu Duc, lunch at Lang Co, then Hoi An
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Hoi An
- Drive about 2.5 h
Morning
After breakfast, at about half past eight, we stop at the tomb of Emperor Tu Duc on the edge of Hue: a lakeside garden of pavilions and frangipani with level paths and benches, which he used as a retreat before he died in 1883. We skip the tomb of Khai Dinh, which most trips include, because it is reached by about 120 steep steps.
Afternoon
Then we drive south along the coast to Lang Co, a fishing town on a strip of sand between a lagoon and the sea, for a seafood lunch together. From Lang Co the road goes through the Hai Van tunnel to Da Nang and on to Hoi An, so the day is about two and a half hours at the wheel, split by Lang Co into two legs. You check in to your hotel in Hoi An, chosen with a lift, for three nights by about half past three, and the rest of the day is free.
Included
- Tomb of Tu Duc
- Seafood lunch at Lang Co
Optional experiences
- The old road over the Hai Van Pass instead of the tunnel, adding about 40 minutes, if the whole group wants it
Free time: Late afternoon free
Activity: About 1.5 km on foot. About 2.5 hours on the road in two legs.
Hoi An old town
A morning walk on level streets, then a free afternoon
- Breakfast
- Stay in Hoi An
Hoi An's old town is a UNESCO site because it kept the shape of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, with Chinese assembly halls, Japanese and Vietnamese merchant houses and quays along the river.
Morning
The streets are flat and closed to cars for much of the day, and day visitors from Da Nang arrive from mid-morning, so we start at eight. Your old town ticket covers the entries: the Japanese Covered Bridge, reopened in 2024 after a restoration, an old merchant house such as Tan Ky, and the Fujian Assembly Hall with its hanging incense coils. We stop for coffee halfway and finish at the central market for a banh mi before we part.
Afternoon
The afternoon is free: a tailor fitting, the hotel pool, or a nap. The walk is about 2 km in all, with a seat at each stop and the vehicle on call.
Included
- Morning walk in the old town
- Old town ticket: Japanese Covered Bridge, a merchant house and the Fujian Assembly Hall
- Central market
Optional experiences
- Tailor fitting
- Cooking class
Free time: Afternoon and evening free
Activity: About 2 km on foot, all level, with a coffee stop halfway.
My Son and the Thu Bon at dusk
My Son Sanctuary in the cool of the morning, a free afternoon, the river at lantern time
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Hoi An
- Drive about 2 h
Morning
Today has the trip's one planned early start in Vietnam, because My Son demands it: the valley is hot and shadeless by late morning. We leave at seven for the drive of about an hour inland to the sanctuary, in a jungle valley below Cat's Tooth mountain. An electric car carries you from the ticket office to the edge of the ruins, and from there it is a walk of about a kilometre on earth paths to the main temple groups. Between the 4th and 13th centuries the Cham kings built brick temples here to the Hindu god Shiva, and many were damaged by bombing in 1969.
Afternoon
We are back in Hoi An by noon, and the afternoon is free.
Evening
At dusk we board a wooden boat on the Thu Bon River as the lanterns of the old town come on, and you can set a paper lantern on the water. Dinner together follows in the old town.
Included
- My Son Sanctuary with the electric car from the ticket office
- Boat on the Thu Bon River at dusk
- Dinner in the old town
Easier option: Stay at the first temple group, with seating in the shade, while others walk on.
Free time: Afternoon free
Activity: About 2.5 km on foot, on earth paths at My Son. The early start is for the heat.
Fly to Ho Chi Minh City
A free morning in Hoi An, then Saigon
- Breakfast
- Stay in Ho Chi Minh City
- Drive about 1 h
Morning
The morning is free in Hoi An: a last walk, a final tailor fitting or time by the pool. We leave for Da Nang airport in the late morning, a drive of about 45 minutes, for a flight of about an hour and twenty minutes south to Ho Chi Minh City, which most people here still call Saigon. You check in to a central hotel chosen with a lift for two nights.
Afternoon
In the late afternoon, once the heat eases, your trip leader takes the group by vehicle to the Independence Palace, also called the Reunification Palace, kept much as it was on 30 April 1975, when a tank broke through its gates. The main reception rooms are on the ground floor, and the upper floors and the command bunker in the basement are by stairs, so you can choose. A short stroll then passes the French-era Central Post Office and Notre-Dame Cathedral.
Evening
The evening is free.
Included
- Flight from Da Nang (DAD) to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN), with transfers
- Independence Palace
- Central Post Office and Notre-Dame Cathedral
Easier option: Stay on the ground floor of the Independence Palace.
Free time: Morning and evening free
Activity: About 2 km on foot.
The Mekong Delta
A day in Ben Tre by boat, at a sitting pace
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Ho Chi Minh City
- Drive about 4 h
We leave at half past eight for Ben Tre province, about two hours south, crossing the bridges over branches of the Mekong where the river splits into its delta. Ben Tre is coconut country, laced with narrow channels under nipa palms, and today you see it almost entirely from a seat. A motorboat with a covered deck takes you along the wide river; the crew help you on and off at each landing. At a family workshop you watch coconut candy being made, with no obligation to buy. Then a rowed sampan slips into canals too narrow for engines, a low boat you step down into with help, or you can stay on the motorboat and meet the group further on.
Afternoon
Lunch is a home-style meal in a garden restaurant: elephant ear fish wrapped in rice paper with herbs, then fruit from the orchards.
Evening
We drive back to Saigon by about half past four, with the evening free.
Included
- Motorboat on the Mekong
- Rowed sampan through the coconut canals
- Garden lunch in Ben Tre
Easier option: Stay on the motorboat instead of the sampan.
Free time: Evening free
Activity: About 1.5 km on foot. About 2 hours each way by road, with a rest stop; no leg is over 2 hours.
Fly to Siem Reap
Saigon to Siem Reap by air, a free afternoon
- Breakfast
- Stay in Siem Reap
- Drive about 1 h
Morning
A morning flight of about an hour takes you from Ho Chi Minh City straight to Siem Reap, in place of the long public bus and land border crossing that other trips spend a day on. We land at Siem Reap Angkor International Airport, which opened in 2023 about an hour's drive from town, and the vehicle takes you to a hotel chosen with a lift, and a pool where we can, for three nights.
Afternoon
Lunch is your own. The afternoon is free: after eleven days on the move this is a planned rest before Angkor.
Evening
In the early evening your trip leader can walk you to the Old Market by the river, about ten minutes on foot, and point out places to eat. At about eight we drive you the short way to Phare, the Cambodian Circus, for an hour seated under the big top; we collect your Angkor pass tomorrow on the way to the temples.
Included
- Flight from Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) to Siem Reap (SAI), with transfers
- Phare, the Cambodian Circus
Optional experiences
- Massage in town
Free time: Afternoon free to rest
Activity: Under 1 km on foot, plus the optional walk to the Old Market.
Angkor: Ta Prohm and Banteay Kdei
Ta Prohm as it opens, then a rest through the heat
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Siem Reap
- Drive about 1.5 h
Morning
We meet your licensed Angkor guide at seven, after breakfast, to reach Ta Prohm as it opens at half past seven, before the coaches arrive. Soft morning light falls on the silk-cotton and strangler fig roots prising its galleries apart, and timber walkways and ramps now carry you through much of the temple over the fallen stone; where they end, you can wait on a bench while others go on. A short drive takes us to Banteay Kdei across the road, which stays quiet even in busy weeks, and to Srah Srang, the royal bathing pool, where you can sit and look across the water.
Afternoon
We are back in town for lunch together and the hottest hours at the hotel. The afternoon is free. If you would like to see the Tonle Sap, a boat at the stilt village of Kampong Phluk is offered as an option in the late afternoon, water levels permitting.
Included
- Angkor 3-day pass
- Ta Prohm at opening time
- Banteay Kdei
- Srah Srang
Optional experiences
- Boat at Kampong Phluk and sunset on the Tonle Sap, water levels permitting
Easier option: Stay at the Ta Prohm entrance cafe and join the group at Banteay Kdei.
Free time: Afternoon free
Activity: About 3 km on foot, on walkways, earth paths and uneven stone, with seats at each temple.
Angkor Wat and the Bayon
An optional sunrise, Angkor Wat after breakfast, the Bayon in the afternoon
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Siem Reap
- Drive about 1.5 h
Morning
Sunrise at Angkor Wat is the one sight on this trip that needs a very early start, so it is your choice. Those who want it leave at about a quarter to five with your guide and sit by the quieter pool on the right of the causeway as the towers appear against the sky. Everyone else is collected at half past seven after breakfast, when the sunrise crowds have gone to eat. Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century for King Suryavarman II, is entered by a long causeway; we walk the ground-floor galleries of bas-reliefs, including the Churning of the Ocean of Milk, which is the heart of the visit. The upper level is reached only by a steep staircase and is optional.
Afternoon
Lunch is your own and the early afternoon is free. At about half past three we drive through the South Gate of Angkor Thom to the Bayon, its towers carved with calm stone faces.
Evening
The farewell dinner is at about half past six, so you are back at the hotel by nine.
Included
- Angkor Wat, with an optional sunrise
- Angkor Wat ground-floor galleries and bas-reliefs
- Angkor Thom South Gate and the Bayon
- Farewell dinner
Easier option: View the Bayon faces from the lower terrace and the outer galleries, without the steps to the upper terrace.
More active option: Climb the steep staircase to the upper level of Angkor Wat when it is open.
Free time: Early afternoon free
Activity: About 3.5 km on foot over the day. The upper level of Angkor Wat closes on Buddhist holy days; shoulders and knees must be covered.
Depart from Siem Reap
A free morning, then the airport
- Breakfast
- Drive about 1 h
Morning
A morning with no alarm.
Afternoon
Your Angkor pass is valid for three days, and we have used two, so you can go back with a tuk-tuk and driver to Banteay Srei, the small pink sandstone temple about 35 km north with some of the finest carving at Angkor, or stay in town for a last swim and a Khmer amok curry for lunch. Your trip leader can help arrange either. At the time that suits your flight the vehicle takes you to Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (SAI), about an hour from town, for your flight home or onward.
Evening
Allow for that hour when you book: an afternoon or evening departure lets you enjoy the morning, and we suggest a flight leaving no earlier than about midday. If you would like more time, we can add nights in Siem Reap or a few days on the coast before you fly.
Included
- Drop-off at Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (SAI)
Optional experiences
- Tuk-tuk to Banteay Srei
Free time: Morning free
Activity: Book a flight leaving after about midday.
- Hanoi2 nights
- Ha Long Bay2 nights
- Hue2 nights
- Hoi An3 nights
- Ho Chi Minh City2 nights
- Siem Reap3 nights
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: January to March is the season. Hanoi and the bay are cool and often misty in January and February, so pack a warm layer for the boat. Hue and Hoi An are past their autumn rains and get drier and warmer through March. Saigon, the Mekong and Cambodia are dry and hot, with heat at Angkor building from March, which is why the temple days have a rest through the middle of the day. Tet, the Lunar New Year in late January or February, closes many shops for several days, and we avoid it.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Travellers over 60 who want Vietnam and Cambodia without long days, early starts or one-night stops
- Anyone who walks comfortably for about 20 minutes at a time but not for hours
- Couples and solo travellers who like a free afternoon about every other day
- Travellers who would rather fly than spend a day on a bus or a sleeper train
Not for you if you want
- Wheelchair users or anyone who needs a fully step-free trip: temples have uneven stone and boats are boarded with a step
- Travellers who want Phnom Penh and its genocide memorials; the parent trip, Vietnam and Cambodia with Angkor, includes them
- Travellers who want to cycle, hike or see as much as possible each day
- Anyone who wants beach time built in
Most guests are 60 and over
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
14 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Hanoi2 nights
- Ha Long Bay2 nights
- Hue2 nights
- Hoi An3 nights
- Ho Chi Minh City2 nights
- Siem Reap3 nights
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 14 nights: 12 in central hotels of at least a 3-star-plus standard, each with a lift, in Hanoi (2), Hue (2), Hoi An (3), Ho Chi Minh City (2) and Siem Reap (3), and 2 nights in a cabin on a cruise on Ha Long and Lan Ha bays, reached by a lift or without steep stairs
Transport
- Pick-up at Hanoi Noi Bai airport (HAN) and drop-off at Siem Reap Angkor airport (SAI)
- Flights from Hanoi to Hue, Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City and Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap
- A private vehicle and driver for the group in each city, between the bay and Hanoi, and between Hue and Hoi An
- Electric cars at the Imperial City in Hue and at My Son
- Boats on Lan Ha Bay, the Perfume River, the Thu Bon and the Mekong
Your guide
- A trained See Sight Tours trip leader with the group from Hanoi to Siem Reap
- Licensed local guides at the major sites, including Angkor
Activities
- Entry to every site in the day plan: the Temple of Literature and Ngoc Son Temple in Hanoi, the Imperial City and the tomb of Tu Duc in Hue, the Hoi An old town ticket, My Son, the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City
- Water puppet show in Hanoi
- Two-night cruise with a bamboo boat and a day boat on Lan Ha Bay
- Dragon boat to Thien Mu Pagoda and the Thu Bon dusk boat
- Motorboat and sampan in Ben Tre
- Angkor 3-day pass, with Ta Prohm, Banteay Kdei, Srah Srang, Angkor Wat and the Bayon
- Phare, the Cambodian Circus in Siem Reap
Meals
- All 14 breakfasts, including brunch on the cruise
- 7 lunches: in Hanoi, two on the cruise, in Hue, at Lang Co, in Ben Tre and in Siem Reap
- 5 dinners: a welcome dinner in Hanoi, two on the cruise, in Hoi An and a farewell dinner in Siem Reap
Not included
- International flights to Hanoi and from Siem Reap
- Visas for Vietnam and Cambodia
- Travel insurance, including medical cover suited to your age
- Lunches and dinners not listed
- Drinks
- Tips
- Optional activities, such as the Kampong Phluk boat, cyclo rides, massages and the Banteay Srei tuk-tuk
- Personal expenses, tailoring and laundry
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 590 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
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Questions
Prices in these answers apply from Jan 1, 2027. Black Friday offer: 15% off the small-group price for requests received by Dec 1, 2026. From CAD 2,635 per person. Dec 2 to Dec 31: from CAD 2,850. From Jan 1, 2027: from CAD 3,100.
What does the price include?
14 nights in central hotels chosen with lifts and a two-night cruise cabin, three flights within the trip, a private vehicle and driver, a See Sight Tours trip leader throughout with licensed local guides at the sites, every entry in the day plan including the Angkor pass and Phare circus, 14 breakfasts, 7 lunches and 5 dinners.
How much walking is there each day?
Under 5 km a day, usually 1.5 to 3.5 km, in short stretches with a bench, a cafe or the vehicle between them. Electric cars carry you around the Imperial City in Hue and from the gate at My Son, and the vehicle drops you close to every entrance. You can skip any visit and rest at the hotel or in the vehicle; your trip leader arranges it.
Are there stairs, and is the trip suitable for limited mobility?
Every sight with stairs has a seated or ground-level alternative: the upper level of Angkor Wat and the Bayon upper terrace are optional, and we leave out the steep tomb of Khai Dinh. The trip is not step-free, so it does not suit wheelchair users. Tell us your needs when you request to book and we will answer honestly.
How early are the starts?
Most days leave at 8 or later. Two days start earlier because the sight demands it: My Son at 7 to beat the heat, and Angkor Wat at sunrise, about a quarter to five, which is optional. If you skip the sunrise, you join the group after breakfast at 7:30.
How big is the group and who leads it?
The small group runs with 7 to 12 guests. A trained See Sight Tours trip leader travels with you from Hanoi to Siem Reap, and licensed local guides join at the major sites, including Angkor, where the law requires them. We name your trip leader when we confirm your dates.
I am travelling solo. What is the single supplement?
Solo travellers are welcome, and the single supplement is CAD 590 for a room of your own every night, including the cruise cabin. It is indicative and we confirm it with your dates. Your trip leader seats solo travellers with the group at every shared meal.
When is the best time to go?
January to March. Central Vietnam is past its autumn rains, Cambodia is dry, and Angkor is not yet at its hottest. Hanoi and the bay can be cool and misty in January and February, so bring a warm layer. We avoid the week of Tet, the Lunar New Year.
How does booking work?
You send a request to book for a departure; no payment is taken at that point. We check availability and provide the final quote, itinerary and booking terms before you accept. No payment is taken when you send the request. Your place is held once you accept those terms.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. The trip comes as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, from CAD 5,580 per person sharing. If you would rather travel on your own without a guide, ask us from the dates section for an independent quote; that is an inquiry, not a style of this trip.
Do I need visas or vaccinations for Vietnam and Cambodia?
Most visitors, Canadians included, need a visa for both countries: Vietnam issues e-visas online, and Cambodia offers an e-visa or a visa on arrival. No vaccination is required to enter from Canada, but see a travel clinic about six weeks before you go for routine and travel shots. Visa fees are not included.
Why does this trip skip Phnom Penh?
To avoid a one-night stop and two extra flights. We fly direct from Saigon to Siem Reap and give Angkor three nights instead. If you want Phnom Penh, the Royal Palace and the genocide memorials, our faster trip, Vietnam and Cambodia with Angkor, includes them, or we can add nights before Siem Reap.
Do I need travel insurance, and is there an age limit?
Yes, travel insurance with medical and evacuation cover is a condition of joining, and it is not included. There is no upper age limit; some insurers raise prices or ask for a medical declaration after 65 or 70, so compare policies early. Every hotel is chosen with a lift, and we name each one when we confirm your dates.
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