10/14/10

13 days Vietnam highlight tour + 4 days Cambodia Angkor tour

$1,639/person
Day 1 : Arrival to Hanoi ( D )
Arrive at Noi Bai international airport. welcomed by our local tour guide and driver. Transfer to your hotel in Hanoi city center. Overnight at 3*** hotel in Hanoi.
Day 2 : Ha Noi City Tour ( B/L/-)
Buffet breakfast at hotel. Visit to Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts and one Pillar pagoda. 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. Cyclo ride around the old quarter streets from Hang Dau to Hang Gai. Dinner at restaurant. Transfer to train station for departure to Sapa with the night train. Overnight on train
Day 3 : Lao Cai - Sapa ( B/L/-)
Arrival to Lao Cai station at 5:00 in the morning. Pick up at Lao Cai Station, transfer to Sa Pa . Breakfast and shower in hotel before the trip starts. Trek down to Lao Chai village to visit the Tay and Dzay tribes. Have a picnic lunch on the way then keep going along the bottom of the Sapa valley to get to Ta Van village, which is supposed to be the most beautiful one in the area. Return to Sapa. Dinner at the restaurant. Overnight at 3 stars hotel in Sapa
Day 4 : Sapa - Lao Cai - Hanoi ( B/L/D )
Breakfast at the hotel. We start the trip heading up to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zdao tribe where you will have lunch. After lunch you check out and leave your luggage in the hotel then get yourself ready before heading down to Cat Cat and Sin Chai villages of Black H'Mong tribe. Enjoy the waterfall in Cat Cat and beautiful scenery along the way. Dinner at local restaurant. Transfer to Lao Cai for overnight train back to Ha noi. Overnight on train.
Day 5 : Ha Noi - Ha long ( B/L/D )
Arrive Hanoi around 5 : 00 am in the morning. Pick up at the station Depart for Ha Long through the Red River Delta. Transfer to Junk Cruise at arrival and enjoy a welcome drink and lunch of local seafood. Then begin a 4 hour cruise of the bay to see the amazing limestone karts with different real-world formations like: Lion, Tea Pot, Toad, Human Head islets, and then visit Sung Sot (the Amazing cave). There is a stopover for a walk through this "Amazing Cave". There is a time for swimming and sunbathing (if sunny ), as the Junk anchors for a night in the Bay. Enjoy a wonderful sunset dinner in the beautiful restaurant before retiring for the night to your Cruise cabin.
Day 6 : Halong - Hanoi ( B/L/- )
Early risers can enjoy an energizing swim in the cool, calm, quiet of the overnight anchorage. A Buffet brunch is served from 07:30 to 09:30. Cruise continues to pass more interesting formations such as Titop and Soi Sim Beaches, Finger islet, Swan islet and Ga Choi (Fighting Cocks) islet on the return to Halong City. Then disembark at Halong Tourist Boats station to return Hanoi on the way back, stop over at Hai Duong for refreshment. arrival in Hanoi, after your dinner. Enjoy Water puppet show in the evening. Dinner at the restaurant. Overnight at 3*** hotel in Hanoi.
Day 7 : Hanoi- Hue ( B/L/- )
Breakfast at the hotel. Free at leisure for shopping until transfer to Noi Bai airport for boarding to flight to Hue. Pick up at Phu Bai airport - Hue by local driver and guide and transfer to hotel. Afternoon, visit Dong Ba market, the Imperial Citadel from where 13 Nguyen Dynasties ruled between 1802 and 1945, the ruins of the Purple Forbidden City. Lunch & dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at 3***hotel in Hue.
Day 8 : Hue ( B/L/D )
Breakfast at the hotel. Take a morning cruise on the Perfume River to visit royal tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, Thien Mu pagoda and mausoleum of Emperor Minh Mang, in a setting of gardens and lakes. Free at leisure in the afternoon. Enjoy the night boat trip on the Perfume river and the Hues folk songs. Lunch & dinner at the restaurant Overnight at 3***hotel in Hue.
Day 9 : Hue - Danang- Hoi An ( B/L/-)
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning drive on to Hoi An (about 4 hours). Drive along Lang Co beach and through Hai Van Pass to Da Nang city. Hoi An was originally a busy seaport influenced down centuries by traders from various cultures. on the way stop at the Marble Mountains. The charm of Hoi An makes it one of the most delightful places to visit in Vietnam. Lunch & dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at 3*** Hotel in Hoi An.  
Day 10 : Hoi An (B/L/D)
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 congressional Hall, the silk street of Hoi An, temples and pagodas of Chinese appearance. Lunch & dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at 3*** Hotel in Hoi An
Day 11 : Hoi An - Danang - Saigon ( B/L/D )
Transfer to Da nang airport for boarding to Ho Chi Minh City . Pick up and transfer to hotel. A sightseeing tour to the Reunification Palace, which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until end of April 1975, and some French colonial structures including the Notre Dame cathedral, the Old Central Post Office. Tour of China town and Thien Hau & Quan Am pagodas. After seeing the Emperor Jade Pagoda and the War Remnants Museum we end the city tour with Ben Thanh market where anything and everything is for sale. Lunch & dinner at the restaurant. Overnight at 3***hotel in Saigon
Day 12 : Saigon - My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho (B/L/D)
Depart for My tho. 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 garden. 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 of inhabitants in Mekong Delta. Enjoy the rowing boat ride along the creeks before returning to My Tho by motorized boat. Proceed to Can Tho. Lunch & dinner at the restaurant. Overnight at 3 star hotel in Can Tho.
Day 13 : Phong Dien - Cai Rang – Saigon (B/L/-)
Take the morning boat trip to visit the Phong Dien floating market with the busy sence right at the time. Keep cruising through the small canals system, visit the rice noodles making village. Experience the " monkey Bridge " in the Delta. Visit the second floating market of Cai Rang. Break time for lunch. Return to Hochiminh city via Vinh Long to visit the local snake market. Lunch & dinner at the restaurant. Overnight at 3***hotel in Saigon.
Day 14 : Saigon - Phnom Penh Cambodia ( B/L/D )
Breakfast at the hotel. At leisure until transfer to the airport for departure to Phnom Penh, Cambodia . Arrival in Phnom Penh International Airport and Welcomed and transferred to hotel for check-in by local tour guide. Phnom Penh city tour with Silver Pagoda, Royal Palace, National Museum and Independent Monument. Dinner & O/N in Phnompenh
Day 15: Phnom Penh - Siem Reap (B/L/D)
After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to express boat station to move to Siem Reap. Arrival in Siemreap, visit South Gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon, Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, Elephant Terrace and Terrace of the Leper King, the ruined temple has intentionally been left untouched to have imagination of how Angkor had appeared upon its very first recovered by the archeologists. Lunch at local restaurant. Visit marvelous temple such as Ta Tromh, Neak Pean, Angkor Wat temples and sunset from Bangkeng Hill. Dinner with Apsara dance show . O/N in Siem Reap.
Day 16: Angkor Wat tour (B/L/D)
Breakfast at hotel and visit floating village and Wat Bo. Lunch at local restaurant then Visit Les Artisans D' Angkor and Shopping at local market. Dinner at local restaurant and overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 17: Siem Reap Departure (B/-/-)
Last minutes to discover other spectacular ruins in Siem Reap – Angkor or last minute shopping before transfer to Siem Reap airport for departure. End of the tour.
Package price : 1,639 US$ / 1 person - Single supplement: 400 USD
Tour fare based on 3 stars hotels and included:
A/c deluxe transportation for pick up, transfer & sightseeing as per program.Cyclos ride in Hanoi, show tickets as indicated in itinerary. Domestic flights: Ha Noi - Hue; Da Nang - HCMC ( Economic class ).  A/C soft sleeper train ticket Ha noi - Lao Cai - Ha Noi : 4 pax/cabin ( Extra charge for 2 pax/Cabin on request ).
Shared cabin in cruise in Halong bay.Private boat trips in Hue & Mekong Delta.Local tour guide throughout the tour. Entrance fees to sight seeing places in the itinerary. Hotel accommodation based on 2 guests sharing a Twin or Double. Meals as indicated as : B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner. Approved invitation letter for Vietnamese visa & Cambodia Visa stamp
+ Tour price excludes :
International flight to/from Vietnam ( Except for Saigon - Phnom Penh)
Travel insurance and tip to driver and tour guide in Vietnam -Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program.
Laundry & telephone fee at hotels, Vietnamese landing visa at Airport : US$ 25/person.
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