Day 1: Hanoi arrival
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Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi , you will
be met and driven to your hotel. You willl have time to relax after your
journey. In the evening, you will have tickets for a performance of
traditional Water Puppetry(an art form unique to northern
Vietnam , and an interesting, light-hearted introduction to its rural
culture). Your overnight stay will be in Hanoi .
Private transfer: on the way
Meal: not applicable
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation: Superior:
Hanoi Boutique I hotel. Deluxe: Silk Path
Hotel
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Day 2: Hanoi – Halong bay – Deluxe Phoenix
Cruiser (B,L,D).
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Am: Be picked up at your hotel from 8h00 for 3.5 hour bus ride through the country side of the Red River Delta to Ha Long City. Upon arrival, aboard Halong Phoenix Cruiser, fresh seafood lunch (vegetable menu available) would be served while the boat is gliding out.
Pm: A short tender ride from the middle of the bay to an island for the famous Sung Sot Cave, followed by fun kayaking around the area. As the sun sets over the bay, you are free to swim from the boat or just relax on sundeck with your favorite drink. Dinner is served with typically local seafood. Overnight on board.
Group transfer: on the way
Activity: visit Amazing Cave, kayaking: 1,5hrs
Guide: English speaking
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation:Deluxe ensuite
cabin
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Day 3: Deluxe Phoenix Cruiser – Halong - Hanoi (B,L)
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Am: Rise up for a breath taking on sundeck, be ready with your camera for a stunning vista in the serene bay. We visit an island and relax on its beach, or walk up to the top for the panoramic view of the anchorage area. You learn recipes and techniques that go into the most popular dish of the Vietnamese food on sundeck just before lunch time. Lunch would be served when cruising back to the harbor.
Pm: Our bus is waiting on the harbor to take you back to Hanoi. Trip ends at your hotel around 16h00
Guide:English speaking
Meals: Breakfast and lunch
Accommodation:Superior :
Hanoi Boutique I hotel. Deluxe: Silk Path
Hotel
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Day 4: Charming Hanoi with cuisine and shopping (B)
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The day will be free for strolling in the
charming ancient capital, go shopping in the old quarter, enjoy the savour of
Hanoi speciality, – take your pick from traditional Hanoi Pho (beef noodle
soup), Nom (green papaya salad with seasoned beef), Banh Goi (pillow-shaped
rice pastry with minced pork and mushroom), Banh Cuon (hot rice paper with
pork and fried onion) or Bun Cha (fresh noodle with grilled pork). If you are
hungry, try two or three varieties – they are snacks rather than a meal. Your
overnight will be in Hanoi.
Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Superior :
Hanoi Boutique I hotel. Deluxe: Silk Path
Hotel
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Day 5: Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh (B)
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After breakfast you will be relax until our
driver come and transfer you to the airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh city .
Arriving at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City , the hustle and the
bustle city, you will be met and driven to your hotel. Your overnight will be
in Saigon
Flight: Vietnam Airlines
Private transfer: Airport - hotel
Accommodation: Superior :
Dragon hotel. Deluxe: Grand
hotel
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Day 6: Ho Chi Minh – Cu Chi half day tour (B,L)
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A morning drive will take you to visit the famous
Cu Chi tunnels , a byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms
and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly
materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, you will watch a
short introductory video on the tunnels construction and explore the maze of
tunnels. and vanish equally rapidly. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh.
Private transfer: on the way
Meals: Breakfast and lunch
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation: Superior : Dragon
hotel. Deluxe: Grand
hotel
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Day 7: Ho Chi Minh – Mekong day trip (B,L)
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We start the tour early at 7.30 a.mand
go ahead to Tien Giang. On arrival t ake a boat trip around
four beautiful Islets:Dragon, Unicorn, Tortoise and Phoenix on Tien
River. Through Xep canel to visit Mekong traditional houses atQuoi
An village(make all from coconut tree). See coconut collection set
and how the locals make handicrafts from coconut trunk and shell. Enjoy
seasonal fruits and listening to traditional music. Take the horse-cart on
village path and stop at Ben Truc orchard, taste honey with tea or wine. See
bees-breeding in wooden boxes at local farms. Take rowing-boat on water palm
creek. Lunch on islets at the local house. Experience the friendliness and
hospitability of the host . Boat to visit a coconut candy workshop, taste
candy (Special products of Bentre province). Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City .
End of the tour at about 5:00 pm.Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
Private transfer: on the way
Meals: Breakfast and lunch
Activity: Horse cart riding, boat cruise
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation:Superior : Dragon
hotel. Deluxe: Grand
hotel
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Day 8: Ho Chi Minh – relaxing and shopping around (B)
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After breakfast you will be spoilt for choice for
shops and most of them are within easy walking distance of each other. Many
shops are found along Dong Khoi, which used to be the trendy Rue Catinat in
French colonial times. Close by are Hai Ba Trung and Le Loi, which are also
worth a look. Off-the-peg clothing is always a good buy but even better is to
have clothes made up by one of the many tailors. There is always a good range
of colored silk to choose from. Hand-embroidered tablecloths and napkins are
very popular. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City .
Meal:Breakfast
Activity:Shopping around
Accommodation:Superior : Dragon
hotel. Deluxe: Grand
hotel
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Day 9: Ho Chi Minh – Siem Reap (B)
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Upon arrival at Siem Reap Airport , meets and
transfer to hotel for check in. Orientation of Siem Reap at Preah Angkor
Chheck, Preah Angkor Chhorm in front to King's residence. 16:30 visit to
Angkor Wat temple. Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap .
Meal: Breakfast
Flight with Vietnam Airlines
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation: Superior : Casa Angkor.
Deluxe Tara Angkor
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Day 10: Siem Reap discovery (B,L)
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Breakfast at hotel, visit toPrasat
Kravan(Brick temple – 10 th BC),Ta Prohm (Jungle
temple), and then we walk about 3 km to one small temple in the forest and lunch
box at the Riverside (Spean Barang). Continue to
victory Gate ofAngkor Thom,Preah KhanandNeak
Peantemples. Dinner is at your won (Recommends: Khmer Kitchen,
Molopor restaurants) and overnight at hotel in Siem Reap
Private transfer: on the way
Meals:Breakfast and lunch
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation: Superior : Casa Angkor.
Deluxe Tara Angkor
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Day 11: Siem Reap discovery – Angkor (B,L,D)
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Early morning, visit the sunrise at Phnom
Bakheng Hill (Elderly is not recommended), the view of surroundings
is amazing which we can view the site of Angkor through the forest. Back to
hotel for breakfast, and then visit toBanteay Srei( Lady
temple which is the most beautiful temple in Cambodia with carving). In the
afternoon, visit toRolous Group, Lolie (Brick temple)
along with the Pagoda, continue to Orphan Center which are training the
orphan to make leather carving (Cow and water buffalo), Bakhong Temple for
another 30 minutes. Before come back to Siem Reap our tour guide will take to
visit one of two Khmer Family to know deeply about the life at the
countryside (house, Kitchen, life experience). Dinner at Bopha Angkor
Restaurant and overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.
Private transfer: on the way
Meals:Breakfast, lunch and farewell dinner
Guide: english speaking
Accommodation:Superior : Casa Angkor.
Deluxe Tara Angkor
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Day 12: Siem Reap - Vientiane (B)
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Breakfast at hotel, visit to Floating Village at
the Tonle Sap Lake and Artisanse D'angkor (workshop) where the poor villagers
are trained and learn about handicraft (Wood, stone) At 12:00 check out from
the hotel, visit to Old Market, and transfer to airport for flight to Vientiane(QV840
15h50 – 17h20). Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to
your centrally located hotel. Overnight in Vientiane.
Private transfer: on the way
Flight with Laos Airlines
Meal: Breakfast
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation: Superior : Inter City
Hotel. Deluxe Novotel Hotel
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Day 13: Vientiane – Luang Prabang (B)
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After breakfast, 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, which
previously housed the famous Emerald Buddha Image, the central market known
as the ‘Morning Market' which is a great place for browsing antiques,
handmade textiles and gifts. We spend the rest of this day touring the Lao
capital, visiting the National Museum . We then board our short flight to the
UNESCO World Cultural Heritage City Luang Prabang, which is perhaps the best
- preserved traditional city in Southeast Asia . On arrival, we transfer you
to hotel. After a short rest, we stroll around the Night Market, where you
can find a lovely selection of textiles made by the local and the hilltribe
people surrounding Luang Prabang. We then climb up to the top of Mount Phousi
for an enjoyable exploration of the sacred, gilded stupa as well as viewing a
beautiful and panoramic sunset over the ancient and once royal city and the
Mekong River . Overnight in Luang Prabang.
Private transfer: on the way
Flight with Laos Airlines
Meal: Breakfast
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation: Superior : Sala Prabang
Hotel. Deluxe: Villa Santi Resort
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Day 14: Luang Prabang Pak Ou Cave (B,L)
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After breakfast, we enjoy a short-guided tour
seeing the city's oldest temple of impressive stupa of Wat Visoun and the
shrines of Wat Aham, Wat Mai, Wat Sene and the magnificent Wat Xiengthong
with its roofs sweeping low to the ground, which represents classical Laotian
architecture. We then board a cruise upstream on the Mekong River , which
gives us a panoramic view of the tranquil countryside as well as an
interesting visit to the mysterious of Pak Ou Caves, two linked caves crammed
with thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues of various shapes and sizes
left by pilgrims. Along the way, we stop at the village of Ban Xanghai ,
where they make the local rice wine. On our way back, we pass the local villages
at Ban Xiengmene and Ban Chan continue to see the royal temple at Wat
Longkhoun, which once belonged to a royal family patronage near by Sackarine
Caves. We cross to city and take a short drive to Ban Phanom, a village well
known for its hand weaving. Overnight in Luang Prabang
Private transfer: on the way
Flight with Laos Airlines
Meals: Breakfast and lunch
Guide: English speaking
Accommodation: Superior : Sala Prabang
Hotel. Deluxe: Villa Santi Resort
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Day 15: Luang Prabang - Departure (B)
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An optional early start gives you the fantastic opportunity to
participate in the daily morning rituals of saffron-clad monks collecting
offerings of Alms (ubiquitous sticky rice) from the faithful residents. This
tradition is very unique in Laos , being the only Buddhist nation still
preserving the procession. This is a real highlight of the tour prior to
saying goodbye to this charming city. Following breakfast, we visit The
National Museum (close Tuesday) at the former Royal Palace, which displays a
lovely collection of the artefacts reflecting the richness of Lao culture
dating from the days of the early kings right through to the last sovereign.
After we visit the silver smith's and Fine Arts School and the Central
Market, which is not to be missed. We then say farewell and depart this
ancient city.
Meal: Breakfast
Private transfer hotel to airport
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