HIGHTLIGHT OF INDOCHINA 13 DAYS

Upon your arrival in the bustling Ho Chi Minh City, still called “Saigon” by many locals, your driver will welcomed you at the airport and then transfer you to your hotel . 
After check in room, take a rest after long flight. 
In the afternoon, Chi Minh City for a half day city tour including the Notre Dame Cathedral, Post Office, then visit the Reunification Palace for a glimpse into the lifestyle of the democratic regime of former South Vietnam.
In the evening, enjoy nightlife with night bar and beer corner at Bui Vien street

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Meal: None.

Have breakfast at the hotel and ready to be picked up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, depart for Mekong Delta tour southward Vietnam.

On arrival in Cai Be, set off for the Cai Be floating market by motorboats and watch the locals trading fruit and many other commodities on their vessels. Visit a small family business to see how coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn are made. Then wander in small villages, visit fruit plantations, accompanied by traditional southern Vietnamese folk music. Afterward, paddling through a series of small canals to experience the charm of the Upper Mekong Delta. Arrive in Tan Phong Island, the green pearl where you can enjoy yourself with nature.

Lunchtime is a good chance to get closer with the local and you will learn how to prepare special Vietnamese dishes. Food is cooked by yourself, and fresh river food is served in the heart of the garden. Cycle in the village path through orchards. Meet the local islanders to learn more about the local daily life in the Mekong Delta.

Take a boat ride back to Cai Be and meet your bus for the trip back to Ho Chi Minh City.

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Meal: Breakfast and Lunch.

In the morning, our guide will come to the hotel and pick you up for the tour to Cu Chi Tunnels. The trip will take approximately one and a half hours driving. Upon arrival, before exploring the tunnels, you will have some short introduction followed by a video about how the tunnels were constructed and how people survived in the harsh conditions of the war time. Then, spend your time to explore the remaining area and tunnel systems which included the specially constructed living areas with kitchens, bedrooms side by side with other martial facilities like storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, and command centers helping whoever lives inside the tunnels meet their basic needs. Besides, there are also many hidden trap doors and dangerous traps within the maze-like tunnels for security purpose during the war. Afterward, native Cu Chi tapioca will be served.

Then, transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport for a flight to Hanoi.
Upon your arrival at the airport, meet up with your tour guide and driver for a transfer to the hotel. The rest of the days is free at your own leisure. 

Overnight in Ha Noi.

Meal: Breakfast and Lunch.

08.30 AM: your guide and driver welcome you at your hotel lobby departing for an exciting city tour of Hanoi's significant highlights.
 
Start with a tour of Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum: the final resting place of Vietnamese Revolutionary leader President Ho Chi Minh (It is closed on Monday and Friday). 
 
Continue to Ba Dinh Square in front of the mausoleum: the site where President Ho Chi Minh declared the independence of Vietnam on September 2, 1945.
 
Visit the Presidential Palace, constructed between 1900 - 1906 by the French architect Auguste Henri Vildieu, was intended to be Ho Chi Minh’s official residence but he had opted for a traditional Vietnamese stilt-house instead. 
 
The humble traditional House-on-Stilts where president Ho Chi Minh lived intermittently from 1958 to 1969 is set in a well-tended garden adjacent to a carp-filled pond and has been preserved just as Uncle Ho left it is worth a visit.
 
Visit the Temple of Literature, originally built as a temple to Confucius. This is the site of Vietnam’s first University dating back to 1070. The temple highlights the importance that Vietnamese society place then and now on education.  
 
Lunch will be served at the local restaurant.
 
In the afternoon, visit the Museum of Ethnology (closed on Mondays), widely acknowledged as the best in the country. It has an extensive display dedicated to Vietnam’s 54 Ethnic minority peoples. As well as the comprehensive array of exhibits inside, there are also traditional tribal houses reconstructed within the ground.
 
Discover Ngoc Son Temple, located on a jade island on the Hoan Kiem Lake. Its history dating back to the 13th century. The temple is reached by crossing the The Huc Bridge which literally means the ‘Place Touched by Morning Sunbeams’. The Hoan Kiem Lake is the local point of the city and the source of many legends.
 
A 45 minute - Cyclo Tour takes you through the Old Quarter that is also known as the 36 streets. This bustling area of narrow streets is home to literally thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers. Originally each of the 36s names’ was related to the products being sold there. It’s a great place to explore on foot with numerous photo opportunities.
 
Attend to the Water Puppet Show, before heading back to your hotel, you will enjoy this traditional art performance at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre. Transfer back to your hotel around 17.30. The rest of the day you are at leisure.

Overnight in Ha Noi.

Meal: Breakfast and Lunch.

This day you check-out and travel to Halong.

9:00 AM: Our driver will pick up you at hotel lobby, travel to Halong bay on a private car via the new highway.
 
12:15 – 12:45 Embark on boat cruise by transfer boat. Have a cruise briefing and receive room key.

13:00 – 15:30 Savor a delectable lunch as cruises further along the limestone islands of Ha Long Bay. Time for kayak and swimming.

17:30 – 18:00 Return to boat and have bath then relax as the sun starts to set.  Enjoy the Happy Hour at the bar and on the sun deck while cooking demonstration is organizing.

19:00 Dinner is served on board. Socialize with other guests, night squid fishing or just laze around. Singing and dancing activities are available till 22h00.

Overnight on Cruise in Halong Bay

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

06:30 – 07:00 Start your day with Tai Chi exercise on the sundeck.

07:00 – 09:00 Catch morning view of seascapes with a cup of tea or coffee, have breakfast while cruising toward to visit the Cave.

09:30 Check-out room. Luggage can be delivered to the reception area.

09:30 – 11:00 Head back to the Harbor. Have early lunch on board.

Disembark at around 12h00. Meet our driver for transfering back to Hanoi hotel for check-in and relax the rest of Day.

Overnight in Hanoi Hotel.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

Have breakfast at the hotel, have a free leisure time in the morning until 14,00, there will be a cab transfer you to the airport, and ready for the next flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Meal: Breakfast,

Breakfast at hotel, explore South Gate of Angkor Thom known as Big Angkor, 3km2 walled and moated royal city and was the last capital of the Angkorian Empire, The famous Bayon Temple was an architectural muddle, in part because it was constructed in a somewhat piecemeal fashion for over a century. Terrace of the Elephants is an impressive, two and a half meter tall, 300 meter long terrace wall adorned with carved elephants and gradual that spans the heart of Angkor Thom in front of Baphuon - huge temple mountain in the heart of Angkor Thom, Royal Palace Area and Phimeanakas - impressive rite and sandstone pyramid .and Ta Prohm temple which is a wonderful combination of human genius and natural beauty .lunch not included  
Afternoon visit Angkor Wat temple, the founder of the temple was Suryavarman II who ruled Cambodia from 1113 to 1152 and built the five towers in the 12th century to dedicate to the Hindu God Vishnu. The plan of the pyramidal conception of the temple combined with spaces, alleys, ditches is an ancient masterpiece of architectural design and construction .dinner not included .

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.

In the morning, your guide picks you up at your hotel lobby to head out of town. Make your way by traveling on a newly paved road to the intricately carved and well preserved temple of Banteay Srei. Along the way, stop at the Preah Dark village and visit the Banteay Samre Temple adorned with impressive relief’s depicting scenes of Vishunu as well as Krishna legends.

In the afternoon, visit the floating village of Chong Khneas, located 10 km south of Siem Reap. Take a boat trip in a traditional wooden boat on the Tonle Sap Lake, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia. Spend the rest of day visiting the "Chantiers Ecoles - Les Artisans d'Angkor" which provides training to young Cambodians in an effort to revive the ancient Khmer traditions of stone carving and wood sculpting.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.

In the morning, take a short walk along the road in front of the King’s Residence to see the Main Shrine, where the local people usually worship, with its statue of Yeay Teap, Preah Ang Chek and Preah Ang Chorm. Buying jasmine and lotus flowers to worship is very important for the Cambodians.

Continue to one of the city’s lively open markets, Psar Chars, also called the “Old Market”, where everything is for sale! Continue to Wat Bo, a large, highly respected pagoda, founded in the 18th Century.  The vihear of Wat Bo contains unique wall paintings of the Reamker that are said to be late 19th Century. Look for the daily-life market scenes such as an opium smoking Chinese merchant, the colonial era French officer at the market and the French soldiers attending a traditional dance performance.

Continue to Pouk to visit silk farm, a fascinating farm/workshop where you can see the entire silk creation process including growing the food for the silk worms, breeding the worms, silk extraction and refinement, traditional kit dying pattern creation and looming. Retail silk and souvenir shop. End of the tour, transfer to the airport for your flight to Luang Prabang.

Upon arrival in Luang Prabang, you will be picked up and escorted to hotel.

Overnight in Luang Prabang.

Meal: Breakfast.

In the morning, climb the famous Phousi Mountain to enjoy stunning panoramic view over the city. Then, visit visit the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre located in a historical building preserved by UNESCO. The exhibition here consists of traditional clothing, religious artifacts and daily working tools of Lao minorities that will help you understand more about their lifestyle and traditions. Explore the old city with numerous ancient temples including Vat Xieng Thong, perhaps the most photographed temple in LuangPrabang and Wat Sene- one of the most beautiful temples in Luang Prabang.

In the afternoon, make your way to Khuang Sy waterfall, a stunning waterfall. On the way, you will pass through rice fields and beautiful small villages dotted along country road. Make a stop at some of the villages before relaxing at the waterfall. Take a fresh swim to refresh yourself in many basins.
 
In the late afternoon, transfer back your hotel, on the way back, make a stop at H’mong Night Market to admire various Lao-style souvenirs displayed on stalls.

Overnight in Luang Prabang.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.

Today set off your exploration with a visit to the Royal Palace also known as the National Museum to learn more about the long-lasting history and culture of the region.
 
Afterwards, transfer to the pier and take a long-tailed boat for an upstream cruise. During the cruise, you will be treated a stunning view of the nature along the river. From the distance you can see limestone cliffs where the hidden Pak Ou Caves are located. The cave is home to thousands of Buddha statues which make the region a revered one. Take your time to explore numerous images hidden in the cave.

Then, make your way back to the city. En-route, stop to visit Ban Xang Hai village to learn more about the making process of the traditional Lao rice whisky. It is a great chance to taste its unique flavor. Move onto Ban Xang Khong village- famous for its wood paper and Lao silk weaving.

Overnight in Luang Prabang.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.

After breakfast at the hotel, free time at your own leisure until transfer to the airport for your onward flight.

Thank for your traveling with us!!!

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Meal: Breakfast.