Vietnam & Cambodia Real Food Adventure

Vietnam & Cambodia Real Food Adventure

Chop, slice and chomp your way through the diverse flavours of South East Asia on this mouth-watering Real Food Adventure into Vietnam and Cambodia. Vietnam’s prized cuisine is bursting with fresh, spicy and complex flavours, while across the border, Cambodia’s food is humble, oft unexplored, and no less delicious. Drink in cafes and beer halls that sprawl out over city streets, buy fruit from wicker baskets draped over a vendor’s shoulders and sit at market stalls as aromatic noodle soups are whipped up in front of you. From a sunset cruise on Halong Bay and a cycle past herb farms near Hoi An to discovering the French influence of Phnom Penh and meeting charming local communities at Banteay Chhmar, these South East Asian powerhouses will fill you with great food and even more memorable experiences.

Activities

• Hanoi – Welcome Dinner
• Hanoi – Street eats and market tour
• Halong Bay – Overnight Boat Cruise
• Hue – Highlights & back streets by motorbike
• Hue – Royal tomb of Emperor Tu Duc
• Hue – Thien Mu Pagoda
• Hue – Imperial City entrance and guided visit
• Hoi An – Seafood hotpot dinner
• Hoi An – Cooking class with local chef
• Hoi An – Market tour and garden visit
• Hoi An – Tea Tasting in Silence
• Hoi An – Old Town walking tour
• Ho Chi Minh City – War Remnants Museum
• Ho Chi Minh City – Ben Thanh market visit
• Ho Chi Minh City – Cooking Class with local chef
• Ho Chi Minh City – City tour
• Ho Chi Minh City – Banh mi and iced coffee
• Mekong Delta – Boat cruise with visits to local producers
• Phnom Penh – Welcome Dinner
• Phnom Penh – Cyclo Food and City Tour
• Phnom Penh – Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21)
• Phnom Penh – The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek
• Kampot – Orientation walk with local tipples
• Kampot – Phnom Chhnork
• Kampot – Food tour and lunch
• Kampot – Pepper plantation & salt field visit
• Phnom Penh – Khmer Cooking Class and Market Tour
• Battambang – Rural Food and Cycle Tour
• Banteay Chhmar – Temple Visit
• Siem Reap – Angkor Silk Farm
• Banteay Chhmar – Village Market Tour and Cooking Demonstration
• Siem Reap – Street Food Tour
• Siem Reap – One day Angkor Pass

Highlights

• Embrace your adventurous side on a tour of Hue’s imperial monuments from the back of a motorbike (the local way of getting around). Then be treated to lunch, specially prepared for you by a chef who is the descendant of the royal family in the garden of their family home.
• Two true bucket list experiences – sail through Halong Bay’s limestone karsts and island caves and explore Angkor Wat’s many temples with a local expert guide.
• Don’t just taste your way around these foodie havens, don your chef hat and learn the recipes behind these incredible eats, too. Learn the secret spices directly from local chefs (often in their own homes) and be guided to the freshest ingredients in authentic local markets.
• Homestays in the village of Banteay Chhmar and the Mekong Delta put you right in the heart of rural life, with the best fresh produce on your doorstep.
• Discover the real flavours of Vietnam and Cambodia, digging into authentic eats like pho, banh mi, bun cha, fish amok and beef lok lak – a true feast for the senses.