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ST- IN 01 :
Discover
Indochina - Travel from VietNam to Laos and Cambodia
( 18days/17 nights ) starting from Hanoi - Vietnam or
vice versa
All the highlights
of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos on the Indochinese peninsula
in a 18-day tour
Luangprabang old town
- Laos
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Day 1 - Arrival Hochiminh city ( D )
Meet at Tan Son Nhat international airport. Transfer to hotel. Short
city tour. Dinner on floating restaurant on Sai Gon River. Night in
Ho Chi Minh City
Day 2 - Saigon - Mekong - Mytho ( B, L)
Drive to visit My Tho Town in Tien Giang Province, one of 11 provinces
in the Mekong Delta. Boat trip on Mekong River to visit farmer's house
and garden. Lunch on an islet in the river. Visit bee-raising farm,
coconut-candy enterprise. Drive back to Hochiminh City. Stop at Long
An Town to visit a CaoDai Temple, a strange religion in the South
of Vietnam. Night in Hochiminh City.
Day 3 - Hochiminh city tour – Danang City - Hoian (
B, L) By Flight
Am : Visit Reunification Palace and War Museum. Cathedral, BenThanh
Market, Dong Khoi Street for shopping. Lunch to be arranged in nice
restaurant. Take flight VN 245( 18h40 -20h00 ) to Danang. Pick up
and transfer to Hoian Town. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Hoian.
Day
4: Hoian (B,L )
Visit Hoian - an old trading town, some 30km from Danang.
Visit Hoian: Japanese Covered Bridge, TanKy Old house, Assembly Hall
Chinese. PhucKien Pagoda, Hoian Museum and Market. Lunch and dinner
at restaurant. Overnight in Hoian.
Day 5: Hoian - Danang - Hue ( B, L )
Transfer to Danang -Hue . visit Marble Mountain and
enjoying sea/sun bathing in China beach. Spend time in taking photograph
from HaiVan Pass (the pass of Sea and Cloud) LangCo beach enroute.
Dinner in Hue with Hue specialty. Pick up and transfer to hotel.
Day 6: Hue- Hanoi ( B, L ) By Flight
Am : Boat trip to visit ThienMu Pagoda, TuDuc & KhaiDinh Tom tomb.
Visit Imperial Citadel in the afternoon. The tour ends by shopping
at Dongba Market . Transfer to the airport for flight to Hanoi VN
246 ( 18h35 - 20h45 ). Pick up and tranfer to hotel. Dinner at the
restaurant. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
Day
7: Hanoi – Hoalu - Tamcoc ( B, L )
AM
: depart to Hoalu - Ninhbinh, considered as the Bay of " Halong
bay in Land ", famous for the beauty of its landscapes, cruising
on boat through the rice paddies in Tamcoc surrounded by high cliffs
and explore the pagodas inside the caves and Bich Dong temple. Return
to Hanoi. Dinner at restaurant. Overnight at hotel.
Day
8 : Hanoi - Halong Bay - CatBa islands (B, L )
Driver to HaLong Bay, 180km to the North-East of Hanoi, one of the
World's Natural Heritage. It takes you 3,5 hour for driving. Boat
trip on the bay (5 hours) to visit typical islands and caves. Lunch
on boat. Enjoy the landscape of the immense bay with 5,000 islets.
Bathing at a beach at The Titop Islet. Check in hotel in CatBa islands.
Dinner and night at Cat Ba islands.
Day 9:
Catba islands - Haiphong city - Hanoi (B, L )
Drive to visit Cat Ba National Park. Bathing at Cat Co Beach. Lunch
at the restaurant . Then Get hydrofoil to HaiPhong City during 90
minutes. Arrive Haiphong city. Pick up aand transfer back to Hanoi.
Dinner and night in Hanoi.
Day 10: Hanoi City tour ( B, L )
AM : 8h00 Visit Ngoc Son temple, coach trip along the Hanoi Old Quarters,
pass by Dong Xuan market then continue to the Old Citadel. Stop for
visiting Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum, One Pillar Pagoda. Continue
to visit the Quan Thanh Temple and Tran Quoc Pagoda. Lunch. PM : After
lunch proceed to visit the Ethnology Museum, continue to visit the
Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam. Enjoy Water Pupet Show. Overnight
at hotel.
Day
11: Hanoi - Van Phuc Silk Village - LuangPrabang
( B, L ) By Flight
AM : 8h00 Pick up from your hotel to VAN PHUC, a silk village, drive
back to Hanoi. Lunch.
Transfer to the airport for the flight to Luang Prabang which is perhaps
the best-preserved traditional city in South East Asia. 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.
Check in hotel. Night in Luang Prabang.
Day
12: LuangPrabang ( B, L )
Breafast at hotel. Luang Prabang is perhaps the best-preserved traditional
city in Southeast Asia. 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.We visit the impressive stupa
of Wat Visoun and the shrine of Wat Aham, Wat Mai; we then climb up
to the top of Mount Phousi to explore the sacred, gilded stupa as
well as capture a beautiful view of the city and the Mekong River
at sunset. From there, we visit the Night Market, where you can browse
a lovely selection of handmade textiles, made by the local and hilltribe
people surrounding Luang Prabang. Overnight in Luang Prabang.
Day
13 :LuangPrabang– Pak
Ou Caves – LuangPrabang (
B, L )
After breakfast, we enjoy a short-guided tour seeing the city’s
oldest temple of Wat Sene and the magnificent Wat Xieng Thong 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 Mekong River, 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 Xang Hai, where they make the local rice wine. On return, we
also have time visiting Ban Xangkhong, Ban Xienglek, villages of Jute
Sar paper hand making, known for its hand made paper quality. 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. Overnight
in Luang Prabang.
Day
14 : LuangPrabang
- Vientiane ( B, L ) Morning
Flight
Brefast at hotel. Take morning flight to Vientiane. Arrival Vientiane.
Visit the sacred Wat Sisaket the oldest temple 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 Patuxai Monument, which is well known as Vientiane’s
own Arc de Triumph. Transfer out to see the Buddha Park, a blend of
Buddhist and Hindu sculptures created by mystical monk on parkland
located by the Mekong River and the impressive Friendship Bridge.
A view of the spectacular sunset over the Mekong River is perfect
way to finish the day. Overnight in Vientiane.
Day
15 : Vientiane - Siemreap (
B, L ) By Flight QV 512 ( 6h30 - 9h00AM )
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for flight to Siemreap. Pick
up and transfer to hotel. Visit "Great City" of Angkor
Thom, visits include the famous Bayon Temple,
Phimeanakas Temple within the Royal Palace
enclosure, Baphuon Temple, the Terrace
of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King.
Afternoon dedicated to visit the most famous & magnificent Angkor
Vat temple.
This architectural masterpiece was constructed in the 12th century
and covers an area of about 210 hectares.With many galleries with
columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water,
carved low-reliefs about Ramayana Story and day-to-day life at the
time of Angkor's construction.
At the end of afternoon, following the season, since the Mountain
Bakend, the sunset on all the temples, with spectacular views over
Angkor Vat.
Day
16 : Visit Angkor Wat ( B,
L )
Am : Breakfast at the hotel. Morning visit of a selection of temples,
including the Royal City of Preah Khan with impressive
sculptures, Neak Pean built on a small circular island,
Ta Som, East Mebon, Preah Rup.
Afternoon we will continue our visits by Thommanon
temple , Ta keo , one of Angkor's great temple mountains.Ta
Prohm with a part of the jungle, Banteay Kdei, Srah
Srang a Royal bathing place, Prasat Kravan with
unique brick sculptures. We will visit Les Chantiers Ecole, a handicraft
center located in the center of Siem Reap. Les Chantiers Ecole was
founded in 1992 and its aim is to revive that ancient Khmer art. This
organization gives young people the opportunity to learn the art of
stone, wood carving, and silk weaving .
Day
17 : Siemreap - Banteay Srei - Roluos:
( B, L )
Morning we will visit the enchanting Banteay Srei.
It appears that the temple was designed to leave no space undecorated,
and the fine carvings in pink sandstone are quite unique. The second
visit will be to Banteay Samre, with elaborate architecture
and exceptional carvings, and we will visit of a local village. Afternoon,
we will visit the earliest temples of Angkor area a the Roluos
group. The three Roluos temples have been in years 877 to 889. They
are the Bakong Temple Mountain with beautiful carvings on the false
doors and lintels, the funerary temple of Preah Ko,
and Lolei Temple.
Day
18: Departure ( B )
Am : Breakfast at hotel. Visit Tonlesap lake if time
permitting. This is the largest permanent fresh-water lake in South
East Asia and flows into Tonle Sap River, joining the Mekong in Phnom
Penh. We will see a fishermen's "floating village" with
floatting schools, floatting police station, etc. It is same as a
big village floatting on the lake, and the "village" move
from place to place following water levels and curant.
Or transfer to the airport for departure flight. End
tour.
Rate
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Number of Persons -
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2-3 |
4-5 |
7-8 |
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Single Supplement |
2 stars |
2360 |
1828 |
1690 |
1645 |
291 |
3 stars |
2455 |
1915 |
1718 |
1675 |
405 |
4
stars |
2750 |
2172 |
1949 |
1860 |
665 |
5
stars |
3899 |
3812 |
2908 |
2798 |
1153 |
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Accommodation offering in
this trip: ( click to see hotel
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Xuan
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Empress |
Rex |
Legend |
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Resident Angkor |
Vientiane |
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Novotel |
Settha
Palace Hotel |
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Villa
Santi |
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Residence Phouvao |
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Tour Cost includes:
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Full transportation by private car or bus as tour program indicated.
- Half meals as indicated in the itinerary ( B= Breakfast, L = lunch
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- International flight : Hanoi - LuangPrabang, Vientiane - Siemreap
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2 domestic flights with airport taxes : Hanoi - Danang , Hue -
Hochiminh
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Laos domestic flights with airport taxes : LuangPrabang - Vientiane
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English or French - speaking guide
- Full Entrance fees.
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Private Boat trip in Halong Bay, Perfume River, Nhatrang, Tiengiang
river in Mytho
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Private Boat in MeKong in Laos and Tonlesap in Cambodia.
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Twin-share accommodation with daily breakfast; ( AC room)
Tour
Cost excludes:
- International Airport taxes ( , Laos 12 USD, Cambodia 25USD )
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Visas to Vietnam
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Visa to Laos ( 30 $ for Visa on arrival )
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Visa Cambodia (25 $ for Visa on arrival )
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Dinners and Travel insurance; tips; personal expenses, emergency transfers
Trip
Summary :
Where: |
Trip
starts in Hanoi and ends in Siemreap -Cambodia |
When: |
All
year round; |
Grade: |
Moderate
to Strenous; |
Accommodation: |
Tourist-class
hotels (Standard and clean hotel), |
Transport: |
Private
car or bus, boat, public ferry, |
Meals: |
As
indicated;
(B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner) |
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