Detailed Itinerary
Arrive Bangkok. Met on arrival where you will be transferred to relax at your hotel, the Anantara Riverside Resort & Spa.
Situated on eleven riverside acres of verdant gardens along the banks of the grand Chao Phraya River, Anantara Riverside seamlessly blends the thrill of urban living with the serene charms of tropical luxury.
This evening Welcome Cocktails & Dinner.
OVERNIGHT: Anantara Riverside Resort – Premier Room
GOLF: Today play at Thai Country Club, a prestigious member’s course and generally considered to the best in Bangkok. Thai County played host to the 1997 Asian Honda Classic won by Tiger Woods and continues to host yearly professional events. Its immaculate presentation and conditioning, coupled with a very strong palm-lined layout, ensures Thai Country Club is regularly voted in Asia’s top 5.
SIGHTSEEING: Non-Golfers will enjoy a tour of Jim Thomson House & Museum Tour including one of the best preserved traditional Thai houses in Bangkok, built by the American revered for reviving the Thai silk industry, and containing numerous artifacts and antiques from Thompson’s travels across Asia.
OVERNIGHT: Anantara Riverside Resort – Premier Room
All guests enjoy a half day Best of Bangkok Tour including the Thonburi Canals by cruise in a comfortable long-tail motor boat along the Chao Phraya River to see Thai life along the river banks. After the boat trip tour Ratchadumnoen road (The Royal's Way). Enroute see many magnificent temples and architectural buildings including the City Pillar Shrine, Democracy Monument, Anantasamakhom Palace, and King's Residence.
Following the tour we enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.
OVERNIGHT: Anantara Riverside Resort – Premier Room
GOLF: Nikanti Golf Club is one of Asia’s most impressive and innovative golf experiences. The 18 hole course, constructed on rolling terrain and beautifully maintained, is designed as three loops of six, each loop comprising two par-threes, two par-fours and two par-fives. The club boasts outstanding clubhouse facilities and offers an exceptionally high guest service level and in addition to including cart and caddie fee as is normal in this part of the world, also includes all food and beverage for the day. It should set the tone nicely as your first Asian golf experience!
SIGHTSEEING: Non-Golfers enjoy a relaxing day with a traditional Thai massage included at Anantara Riverside Resort.
OVERNIGHT: Anantara Riverside Resort – Premier Room
After breakfast at and check out from the hotel, depart to Rattanakosin Island, the original area of Bangkok over 200 years ago. Then visit the Grand Palace, Emerald Buddha and the royal residences. Next up, Wat Phra Kaew; the most beautiful and important Buddhist temple in Thailand, once entering the temple, you will feel as if you are in a real 'City of Angels'.
Late afternoon flight (tour inclusion) to Siem Reap, Cambodia.
After a short 60 minute flight, arrival in Cambodia! Siem Reap is a small former French colonial town that has been visited mainly to see the 1,000 year old cradle of Khmer civilization and the Temples of Angkor Wat. In addition, with the temples of Angkor Wat nearby, Siem Reap is now proving to be one of the world’s best undiscovered golf destinations.
Cambodia & Vietnam Escorted 2019 ~
Golf, Temples & Tombs
10 Nights | 6 Rounds | February 9 - 19
Our Guests joining for the 10 night Cambodia & Vietnam tour will arrive in Siem Reap, Cambodia today where they will be met at the airport and transferred to our hotel, the Sofitel Angkor Phokeethra Golf & Spa Resort. Situated ust 10 minutes away from the famed monuments at Angkor Wat, French colonial elegance sits amidst the meticulously manicured gardens of Sofitel Angkor Phokeethra Golf & Spa Resort. Our Siem Reap luxury hotel proudly receives a banquet of awards each and every year.
OVERNIGHT: Sofitel Phokeethra Resort – Superior Room
GOLF: Phokeethra Country Club, host of the Cambodian Open and Johnnie Walker Classic, was the first international standard golf course in Siem Reap. A combination of Paspalum grasses are used on both fairways and greens, which gives the golf course its deep green color and insures a high standard of course conditions all year round. Tight fairways and undulating greens give the golf course a distinctive layout and feel.
SIGHTSEEING: Non-Golfers visit Lake Tonlé Sap and explore by boat the area’s unique floating villages and fishing communities. It is a massive freshwater lake which dominates the heart of the country. It provides an excellent glimpse of rural Cambodia and it’s rich ecosystem supporting hundreds of fishing communities and abundant bird life. Your afternoon is free at own leisure to relax by the pool or catch-up on some photo opportunities around town.
This evening a Welcome-to-Cambodia dinner at one of the best local restaurants in Siem Reap.
OVERNIGHT: Sofitel Phokeethra Resort – Superior Room
GOLF: Angkor Golf Resort is considered the finest in Cambodia. Designer Sir Nick Faldo received a blessing from local monks and then opened the golf course in December 2007, his first in Cambodia. The Angkor Golf Resort brings Cambodia squarely onto the international golf destination map.
See the VIDEO: Angkor Golf Resort
SIGHTSEEING: Day at leisure to enjoy the resort and the local town.
OVERNIGHT: Sofitel Phokeethra Resort – Superior Room
Today may be highlight tour of your trip. After breakfast you will visit the crown jewel of Khmer architecture, 6th manmade wonder and largest religious monument in the world, the Angkor Wat temple complex.
This is the national symbol and the highlight of any visit to Cambodia. The largest, best preserved, and most religiously significant of the Angkor temples, Angkor impresses visitors both by its sheer scale and beautifully proportioned layout, as well as the delicate artistry of its carvings.
The next stop is Ta Prohm, one of the most popular attractions of Angkor as much of the jungle has not been cleared and it looks very much as most of the Angkor monuments would have appeared when European explorers first found them.
Finally we stop for lunch at a local Cambodian Restaurant and savor traditional Khmer cuisine. Later today we make the short flight to Da Nang, Vietnam.
Da Nang is home to one of Asia’s best beaches, rich cultural and historical sights, and Vietnam’s best golf courses. Our beautiful Fusion Maia Resort offers each guest their own private pool villa, and is also “spa inclusive” providing unlimited massages and spa treatments on a complimentary basis.
OVERNIGHT: Fusion Maia Resort – Pool Villa
GOLF: Montgomerie Links Vietnam, The Montgomerie Links site has an amazing beachscape, which makes the perfect palette for this links style course. Moving boldly over wispy Casuarina pines and sand dunes the Montgomerie Links Vietnam enjoys a wonderful links feel.
SIGHTSEEING: Non-Golfers visit one of Hoi An’s most famous cooking schools to learn the art of Vietnamese cooking. This fun-filled class and demonstration is great for experts and novices alike. Learn to make traditional Vietnamese dishes including fresh spring rolls, rice paper, and healthy Vietnamese salads.
OVERNIGHT: Fusion Maia Resort – Pool Villa
GOLF: Ba Na Hills Golf Club is laid out in several valleys of the surrounding mountain ranges and has a diverse mix holes at higher elevation with spectacular views. The front nine holes form a traditional parkland course surrounded by pine forests. The back nine play along and up-and-down the surrounding hills with many blind shots and doglegs. Bunkering at Ba Na Hills is unique with long grass around the edges and face of each hazard.
SIGHTSEEING: Non-Golfers will journey to the UNESCO site of My Son, the former center of the Champa Kingdom, a sophisticated civilization which held sway over the region from the 4th to the 13th centuries. Today, all that are left are five archaeological sites from different periods, in a green setting of hills and winding streams. After a brief overview of Cham history and culture, visit each ruin in turn, walking along forested paths.
OVERNIGHT: Fusion Maia Resort – Pool Villa
GOLF: Da Nang Golf Club. Reminiscent of both Scottish links golf and Carolina sand hills golf, Australia's Great White Shark Greg Norman has created arguably Vietnam’s best course.
SIGHTSEEING: Morning at leisure. In the late afternoon join the golfers to explore the nearby UNESCO world heritage village of Hoi An. Built on the banks of the Thu Bon River, Hoi An used to be a transit maritime port in the 10th century and sections of the town look exactly as they did in centuries past. With its narrow streets and quaint mix of architecture, picturesque Hoi An is a favorite with many visitors including the old houses, Pagodas, the famous Temple Bridge, and many fine craft centers.
We continue our time in Hoi An by enjoying an innovative Taste of Hoi An “dine around” tour.
OVERNIGHT: Fusion Maia Resort – Pool Villa
After breakfast we make the short domestic flight north (tour inclusion) to Hanoi for next stop on our adventure! After arrival in Hanoi and transfer to our hotel, the balance of the day is available to steep yourself in history, tradition, and legend in a capital that has been inhabited continuously for almost a millennium. Visitors often note that the city is quieter, greener, and cooler than other Asian big cities.
OVERNIGHT: Sofitel Metropole Hotel – Premium Room
GOLF: Today play Van Tri Golf Club North Vietnam’s most exclusive private course. The course is visually stunning as various colors, textures, heights and elements of stone, water, sand, grass and trees to provide a great variety that defines each and every individual hole. Stately pine trees define most holes and small moguls dot the fairways and highlight the sharp-edged green side bunker complexes.
SIGHTSEEING: Non-Golfers will travel to visit the famous Old Quarter to visit the Museum of Ethnology, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, and “Hanoi Hilton” (POW prison) John McCain memorial, and water puppet show. After the tour return to your hotel where your evening is free to explore Hanoi on your own.
OVERNIGHT: Sofitel Metropole Hotel – Premium Room
After breakfast we make the scenic drive to the iconic Halong Bay where we board our private replica junk boat. We stay one night onboard as we cruise the islands and inlets of Halong Bay. All meals are included onboard.
Over lunch we cruise through the most beautiful and quiet area in Bai Tu Long Bay and Halong Bay to visit Cua Van Fishing Village, one of the largest fishing villages on the Bay.
In 1991 a scene of the French movie INDOCHINE was filmed on the Bay. The film was about the life of a French woman who lived in Vietnam during the French domination in Indochina from mid-19th to mid-20th century. Halong, a World Heritage site recognized by UNESCO, covers 1,500 square kilometers and is part the Tonkin Gulf in the South China Sea. Ha Long Bay has nearly 2,000 limestone islands and islets.
Back on board we have time to relax before the chef conducts a Cooking Demonstration showing the guests how we decorate and make some Vietnamese food which is traditional food in Vietnam.
Our farewell dinner is then served onboard.
OVERNIGHT: Halong Bay (onboard private boat)
Coffee, tea and breakfast pastries are available early, with Tai Chi lessons led by the boats tai chi master.
After breakfast onboard we disembark and make the return drive to Hanoi ready for evening homeward departures from Hanoi Airport (6pm earliest departure flight recommended). Our tour concludes with great memories and friendships made!