Meet upon arrival at
Noi Bai international airport . Welcomed by your local tour guide and
driver. Transfer to your hotel in the city center . Welcome dinner. Enjoy the
water puppet show in the evening. Overnight at your proposed hotel in
Hanoi.
Day 2:
Hanoi
– Ha Long (B/L)
Breakfast
at the hotel. Depart for Halong through the
Red river
Delta. Arrive in Ha Long. Arrive in Ha Long city. The seafood lunch will be
served at the local restaurant. You then board the boat to enjoy a four hour
cruise o¬n the bay to visit the Thien Cung cave ( The cave of the heavenly -
famous for its stalagmites and stalactiles ) which has been open to public since
1998. Visitors then admire the newly - discovered DAU GO grotto ( wooden stakes
deep inside the cave prior to a battle with an invading Mongol army ). Boat
ride back to Ha Long city. Return to
Hanoi.
Dinner not included . Overnight at your proposed hotel in
Hanoi.
Day 3: Ha
NoiCity Tour –
Hue (B/L)
Breakfast at the hotel . In the morning , visit to Ho Chi Minh Complex,
containing Ho Chi Minh ‘s Mausoleum, his former stilt-house residence , the
Presidential Palace, the Ho Chi Minh museum and o¬ne Pillar pagoda . Then
continue with the
Temple of
Literature -
Vietnam's first university. Lunch
at local restaurant. Afternoon, visit the Hoan Kiem lake & Ngoc Son temple,
Tran Quoc pagoda, Quan Thanh temple . One hour cyclo tour around the Old
quarter – known as the 36 streets . Originally each of the 36 streets names’
was related to the products being sold there . Transfer to Noi Bai airport for
boarding to
Hue
on flight VN 247 ( 19 : 30 - 20 : 40 ). Dinner not included.
Overnight at your proposed
hotel in
Hue .
Day 4:
Hue
( B/L/D)
Breakfast at the hotel. Take a morning cruise o¬n the
PerfumeRiver
to visit royal tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, Thien Mu pagoda and mausoleum of Emperor
Minh Mang, in a setting of gardens and lakes. Afternoon, visit Dong Ba market,
the Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945,
the ruins of the Purple Forbidden City . Dinner and enjoy Vietnamese
traditional folk song on boat on
PerfumeRiver . Stay overnight at
your hotel in
Hue
.
Day 5:
Hue - Danang-
Hoi An (B/L)
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning drive toward Hoi An (about 4 hours).
Drive along Lang Co beach and through
HaiWanPass to Danang city. Continue toward Hoi
An, which was originally a Cham seaport influenced down centuries by traders
from various cultures. o¬n the way stop at the
MarbleMountains.
The charm of Hoi An makes it o¬ne of the most delightful places to visit in
Vietnam. Dinner
not included.
Overnight at your proposed
hotel in Hoi An.
Day 6: Hoi An (B/L)
Breakfast at the hotel. Starting early in the morning with the morning market.
Depart for My Son to visit the Cham Holy Land – the World Heritage.
Afterward stroll around the town, visit the Japanese Covered Bridge, the
Pottery Museum, Tan Ky old house, the Cantonese congregation, the silk street
of Hoi An, the temples and pagodas of Chinese appearance. Dinner not included .
Overnight at your proposed
hotel in Hoi An .
Day 7 :
Da Nang -
HCMCCity -
Mekong Delta (B/L)
Breakfast
at the hotel. Transfer to Danang airport for boarding to
Ho Chi Minh City o¬n flight VN 321 ( 8 : 00 -
9 : 10 ) . Arrive to Tan San Nhat airport. Pick up and transfer to the Mekong
Delta. Take the boat ride through the Bao Dinh natural canal, view the stilt
houses and the fruit plantation along the river sides. Visit the My Tho
wholesale fruit market. Proceed to the Tortoise island. Lunch served in the
heart of the orchard. Enjoy the nice boat ride through the Tan Thach natural
canal in Ben Tre, cruise under the shadow of the water coconut trees. Visit the
family where you can experience the agricultural lifestyle. Enjoy the rowing
boat ride along the creeks before returning to My Tho by motorised boat. Return
to HCMC. Dinner not included .
Overnight at your proposed
hotel in HCMC.
Day 8 : Ho Chi Minh city tour – Cu Chi tunnels - Siem Reap
(B/L)
Breakfast
at the hotel . Take a city tour to visit Reunification , the Post Office and
the Notre Dame Cathedral, the
WarRemainsMuseum
, where you can learn a lot about the Vietnam War. Lunch with Vietnamese
delicacies. In the afternoon , depart for Cu Chi tunnels . Transfer to Tan San
Nhat airport for boarding to Siem Reap on flight VN 849 ( 18.35 – 19.35 )
. Pick up & transfer to your hotel . Overnight at your proposed hotel in
Siem Reap.
Day 9 : Siem Reap ( B/L)
After
breakfast at hotel , visit Angkor Thom to
South Gate,
BayonTemple, Baphoun, Elephant terrace, Basei
Chamkrong, Leper King terrace, Royal Enclosure . Return to city for lunch at
local restaurant . In the afternoon, visit the most famous of all the temples
on the
Angkor plain “ Angkor Wat “ . Then
contemplate the sunset on the Top of Phnom Bakheng hill – one of two hills
dominating the plain of Angkor Wat . Dinner not included . Accommodation at
hotel in Siem Reap.
Day 10 : Siem Reap ( B/L)
After
breakfast , continue your temple visits inculded the Phimean Akas, Neak Poan,
Eastern Mebon, Pre Rup and Phreah Khan. Lunch at local
restaurant. Afternoon, visit the Prasat Kravan Temple, Banteay Kdei, Sras
Srang, Takeo, Ta Prohm. Free for dinner and enjoy the Cambodian traditional
dance. Accommodation at hotel in Siem Reap.
Day 11 : Siem Reap –
Vientiane (B/L)
Breakfast at your hotel . Free at leisure for shopping at local market .
Transfer to Siem Reap airport for boarding to
Vientiane . On arrival in Vientiane Capital,
you are met and transferred to our centrally located hotel. After a short rest,
we start to visit the major sights of the capital; including the oldest Wat
Sisaket with thousands of miniature Buddha statues and the former royal
temple of
Wat Prakeo previously housed the famous
Emerald Buddha Image. On the way to the famous and sacred structure of That
Luang Stupa, we stop to take some pictures of the imposing
PatuxayMonument,
which is well known as
Vientiane’s
own Arc de Triumph, sunset by the Mekong Riverside and late evening. Overnight
in
Vientiane.
Day 12 : Vientaine – XiengKhouang
(B/L)
Breakfast
at hotel , free at leisure until your short afternoon flight to Xiengkhouang,
which was devastated by American bombing between 1964 and 1973. Upon arrival,
we transfer out to visit the Plain of Jars, an impressive archaeological site
where hundreds of large stone jars are littered all over the plateau. We also
have time, this afternoon seeing the old capital of
MuangKhounProvince and the nearby
villages, home to the Hmong hill tribe and Tai Dam people. They have an
interesting local culture and a colorful history. Overnight in Phonsavanh.
Day 13 : XiengKhouang – Luang Prabang
( by road ) (B/L)
Early
morning, we visit Central Market of Phonsavanh to watch different Hill Tribes
to barter and exchange merchandises. Then heading out the this small town to
Luang Prabang, on the way, we drop off and see a site more than 200 years old
Buddha images in Thampra and varied Hmong and varied hill tribe minority
villages along the road. They are nice, friendly and welcome you to visit.
After a photo stop, we continue driving up hill, enjoying mountain splendid
natural scenery, forest and landscape. After a tea or coffee break at Sala
Phoukhoun, where the T-junction of bordering meets Vientiane-Xiengkhouang-Luang
Prabang. The journey will take us over mountainous region to Luang Prabang. The
tranquility and charm of this town with its splendid natural scenery and
cultural sights make it one of the most delightful places to visit in
Laos. After
checking into hotel, [if time permits] we start seeing the impressive stupa of
Wat Visoun, the shrine of Wat Aham, Wat Mai, we then climb up to the top of
Phousi Mount for an enjoyable exploration of the sacred, gilded stupa as well
as a beautiful sunset view of the city and the Mekong River. From there, we
explore Street Night Bazaar, where you can find the lovely collection and
handmade textile by local and hill tribe people surrounding Luang
Prabang. Overnight in Luang Prabang.
Day 14 : Luang Prabang – Pak ou Cave
(B/L)
Today,
we enjoy a short-guided tour seeing the city’s oldest
temple of
Wat Sene
and the magnificent Wat Xiengthong with its roofs sweeping low to the ground,
which represent the classical architecture of Luang Prabang temple. We then
embark on a cruise upstream on the
MekongRiver, which also gives
us a beautiful view of the tranquil countryside as well as an interesting visit
to the mysterious of Pak Ou Caves, crammed with thousands of gold lacquered
Buddha statues of various shapes and sizes. Along the way, we stop at the
village of
Ban Xanghai, where they make the local
rice wine. On return, we take a short drive to Ban Phanom, well known for its
hand weaving. Overnight in Luang Prabang.
Day 15 : Luang Prabang – Departure
(B).
Breakfast,
visit the National Museum at the former Royal Palace, which displays a lovely
collection of the artifacts reflecting the richness of Lao culture dating from
the days of the early kings right through the last sovereign, and the Central
Market are not to be missed. We visit these sights in the morning before
catching a flight departs this small, charming city of former royal capital .
End tour .
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