This trip includes the unique UNESCO-listed sites, major sightseeing, culture, people, cuisine, and the amazing beaches of Indochina
• Enjoy highlights of Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, with the old town, street food, natural lakes, ancient pagodas, top museums
• Explore Halong Bay, a UNESCO-listed site, kayak around the tall limestone karsts, visit caves, relax on the cruise ship
• Travel to Hoi An, UNESCO-listed Old Town, with unique architecture, food specialties, beautiful beaches, handmade souvenirs
• Discover Hue, a UNESCO-listed site, with the Imperial City, Citadel, take a riverboat trip around the ancient city
• Experience Ho Chi Minh City, the largest and most bustling city in Vietnam, with coffee culture, colonial architecture
• Boat throughout the floating villages, markets, mangrove forests in Mekong River Delta’s My Tho and Ben Tre
• Touring Siem Reap with UNESCO-listed Angkor Wat, the amazing Angkor Complex, and the natural Tonle Sap Lake “Great Lake”
• View Luang Prabang, a UNESCO-listed Old Town, a less hurried pace of travel, a traditional way of life, and a haven for eco-tours
- Day 1 /Hanoi: Hanoi, Vietnam arrival – Pick up & Check in hotel – Hanoi City Tour
- Day 2 /Hue: Hanoi – Ha Long Bay Boat Trip – Fly to Hue UNESCO Site (a 1hr flight) (B, L)
- Day 3 /Hoi An: Hue City Tour & Boat Trip – Transfer to Hoi An UNESCO Site (B)
- Day 4 /Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon: Hoi An Boat – Fishing – Cooking Class & Walking Tour – Fly to Saigon (a 1hr flight) (B)
- Day 5 /Saigon: Saigon – Boat Trip in My Tho & Ben Tre of Mekong River Delta – Saigon (B)
- Day 6 /Siem Reap: Saigon – Fly to Siem Reap, Cambodia (a 1hr 20min flight) – Angkor Wat Tour UNESCO Site (B, D)
- Day 7 /Siem Reap: Angkor Temples Complex Tour (B)
- Day 8 /Luang Prabang: Tonle Sap Lake Boat Trip – Fly to Luang Prabang, Laos (a 1hr 55min flight) (B)
- Day 9 /Luang Prabang: Luang Prabang UNESCO Site – Full Day Tour (B)
- Day 10 /Departure: Luang Prabang, Laos – Departure (B)
Trip Package Includes
• A/C private transfers indicated in the program
• All intra-flights (all airline taxes & service charges included)
∗ HANOI (HAN) – DANANG (DAD): a 1hr flight
∗ HUE (HUI) – HO CHI MINH CITY/SAIGON (SGN): a 1hr flight
∗ HO CHI MINH CITY/SAIGON (SGN) – SIEM REAP (REP): a 1hr 20min flight
∗ SIEM REAP (REP) – LUANG PRABANG (LPQ): a 1hr 55min flight
• 9 nights of accommodations
∗ 1 night Hanoi
∗ 1 night Hoi An
∗ 1 night Hue
∗ 2 night Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
∗ 2 nights Siem Reap
∗ 2 nights Luang Prabang
• Meal as indicated in the program: B- Breakfast, L- Lunch, D- Dinner
• Private boat to cruise at all places as indicated in the program
• All admission costs at places mentioned in the itinerary
• English-speaking tour guide
• All entrance fees
• All taxes & service charges
• Local sim card for cell phone
Trip Package Excludes
• Other meals and personal expenses that are not noted in the program
• Trip insurance
Hanoi, Vietnam arrival - Pick up & Check in hotel - Hanoi City Tour
Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Hotel in Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Complex ▸ Presidential Palace ▸ Stilt House ▸ One Pillar Pagoda ▸ Temple of Literature ▸ Cyclo
Upon your arrival at the airport in Hanoi, look for a greeting board with your name to be picked up and transferred to your hotel in the city center. This afternoon, if the time permits, we take a half-city tour of Hanoi to visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex with its Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum, his former stilt-house residence, the Presidential Palace, the Ho Chi Minh Museum and one pillar pagoda.
Next, we see the Temple of Literature, originally built as a temple to Confucius, which is the site of Vietnam’s first university dating back to 1070, the temple highlights the importance that Vietnamese society placed then and now on education.
Then enjoy a memorable one-hour cyclo ride around the Old Quarter, known as the 36 streets. Have your cameras ready! This bustling area of narrow streets is home to thousands of small businesses and shopkeepers. Originally, the 36 street names were related to the products being sold there.
Before we go back to the hotel, we enjoy the unique Water Puppet show to hear the Vietnamese traditional instruments and songs from the live musicians who play throughout the show.
Overnight in Hanoi
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Ha Noi - Halong Boat Trip – Fly to Hue UNESCO Site
Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Boat · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Internal airfare Hanoi-Hue · Hotel in Hue
After breakfast at the hotel, pick up and transfer you to Halong Bay, which takes approximately 3.5 hours from Hanoi, we embark on a wooden boat and have a seafood lunch on this boat, during the lunch, you will pass by many of the bay’s beautiful islands and islets to cruise to Thien Cung and Dau Go grottoes, two of the most famous caves in Halong Bay to explore.
As soon as the cruise trip ends, you will be transferred to the airport to catch a short flight to Hue, where you will be met and escorted to your hotel in Hue’s center to check in.
Overnight in Hue
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Hue City Tour & Boat Trip - Hoi An UNESCO Site
Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · Boat · All entrance fees · Hotel in Hoi An
Thien Mu Pagoda ▸ Perfume River ▸ Tu Duc King’s Tomb ▸ Garden House ▸ Dong Ba Market
Hue is an ancient historical capital city. There are more than 100 architectural works reflecting the life of emperors and mandarins under Nguyen’s reign. Situated in the middle of hills on the southern bank of the Perfume River are very beautiful tombs of Nguyen Kings.
After your breakfast at the hotel, we start the trip to the wharf to cruise along the Perfume River to visit:
– Thien Mu Pagoda (The Heavenly Lady Pagoda) with a good view of Perfume River and its surroundings.
– Tu Duc King’s tomb, one of the most beautiful works of Royal Architecture of the Nguyen Dynasty
Have lunch at a fine local restaurant.
This afternoon, visit the Citadel and the Forbidden Purple City, Tinh Gia Vien Garden house, and Dong Ba Market. Then transfer you to Hoi An UNESCO Site, on the way we visit Hai Van Pass and Lang Co Beach.
Overnight in Hoi An
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Hoi An Walking Tour - Boat - Fishing - Cooking Class – Fly to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Boat · Bike · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Internal airfare Danang/HoiAn-Saigon · Hotel in Saigon
The Old Town of Hoi An ▸ Japanese Covered Bridges ▸ Hoi An Museum ▸ Tan Ky House ▸ Chua Ong Pagoda ▸ Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
After breakfast, we take a short walking tour of Hoi An’s old town to visit the famous Japanese Covered Bridge, the Pottery Museum, the 200-year-old Tan Ky House, the Chua Ong Pagoda, and the vibrant market through many low-tiled houses scattered along the small streets and assembly halls which reflect the town’s multi-cultural past, we also have a chance to tailor-made clothes in a flash in this tour.
The tour is continued by driving to the Thu Bon River to visit a local fishing village and along country lanes viewing local life and pausing to see farmers toiling in their rice fields, peddle your way through palm forests, across bridges and fields of water buffalo…Take a short break with a local family at Cam Thanh Village before enjoying a 30-45-minute ride on a Traditional Basket Boat (round boat) in the Water Coconut Palm Forest to learn how to sail the basketboat and spend your time catching fish and “purple crabs” in the canal.
Continue to Tra Que Organic Vegetable Village where a large variety of vegetables are produced for the local community and you are also shown environmentally sustainable practices that the local villagers have used for centuries, we have a Cooking Class and lunch with a local family before transferring you to the airport to catch a short flight to Ho Chi Minh City still call Saigon. Upon arrival, pick up and transfer you to the hotel in the center of Saigon to check in.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
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Saigon – Mekong Delta Boat Trip – Saigon
Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Boat · Hotel in Saigon
After your breakfast at the hotel, at about 8 AM Pick you up at the hotel lobby to leave for the Mekong River Delta to take a boat trip in My Tho and Ben Tre, famous for small wooden boats, sweet candy, and local folk songs. Then transfer back to Saigon.
Overnight in Saigon
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Saigon – Fly to Siem Reap, Cambodia - Angkor Wat & Angkor Complex Tour
Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Dinner · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Internal airfare Saigon-Siem Reap · Hotel in Siem Reap
After breakfast, you are transferred to the airport for a short flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia, Upon arrival at Siem Reap International Airport, you are met and escorted to your hotel to check in before lunch in a local restaurant in the heart of Siem Reap town. Then, we visit Ta Prohm and Angkor Wat, which are the two most well-known temples in the Angkor Temple Complex.
Firstly, we visit Ta Prohm Temple, which has remained relatively untouched since its discovery, retaining much of its enigma. Continue to the most famous of all the temples on the Angkor Plain: Angkor Wat, which is 81 hectares in size, comparable to Beijing’s Imperial Palace, its distinctive five towers are depicted on the Cambodian flag, and art historians regard the 12th-century masterpiece as the pinnacle of classical Khmer art and architecture.
This evening, we will enjoy a buffet dinner with a Khmer traditional dance show at a local restaurant in Siem Reap town until transfer you back hotel (suggest that you join a bustling night market in Siem Reap town)
Overnight in Siem Reap
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Angkor Temple Complex Tour
Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Hotel in Siem Reap
Angkor Thom ▸ South Gate of Angkor Thom ▸ Bayon Temple Phimeanakas ▸ Royal Enclosure ▸ Elephants Terrace ▸ Terrace of the Leper King ▸ Prasat Kravan ▸ Srah Srang ▸ Banteay Kdei ▸ Ta Keo
This morning, at your request, our tour guide and driver will pick you up very early at around 5 a.m. to take you to see the sunrise on Angkor Wat Hill (the hotelier will prepare the breakfast box), or after breakfast at the hotel, we begin our journey to explore the antique capital of Angkor Thom (12th century): the South Gate with its massive statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, the Bayon Temple, which is notable for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace, and the Terrace of the Leper King.
Have lunch at a local restaurant in Siem Reap before visiting the unique interior brick sculptures of Prasat Kravan, Srah Srang (“The Royal Baths” was once used for ritual bathing), Banteay Kdei (surrounded by four concentric walls), and Ta Keo, the first temple to be built entirely of sandstone. Return to your hotel to unwind.
Overnight in Siem Reap
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Tonle Sap Lake Boat Trip – Fly to Luang Prabang, Laos
Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Boat · Tour guide · All entrance fees · International airfare Siem Reap-Luang Prabang · Hotel in Luang Prabang
After breakfast, we enjoy a boat trip to Tonle Sap Lake one of Southeast Asia’s largest natural freshwater lakes, the traditional boat travels along a small river towards the massive lake to see the floating village, local lifestyle, friendly children in small boats, and fishermen pulling in their morning catch up close.
Have lunch before transferring you to the airport for a short flight to Luang Prabang, Laos. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel and be free until our welcome dinner at the center restaurant in Luang Prabang Old Town UNESCO Site.
Overnight in Luang Prabang
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Luang Prabang Full Day Tour
Private A/C transfers · Breakfast · Tour guide · All entrance fees · Hotel in Luang Prabang
Wat Visoun ▸ Wat Aham ▸ Wat Xieng Thong ▸ Wat Mai ▸ Phu Si-hill/Mount Phousi ▸ Night Market
After breakfast at the hotel, we begin our full-day city tour at 8 a.m., visiting Wat Visoun, Wat Aham, the beautiful Wat Xieng Thong, and walking along the street to Wat Mai.
Then we have a traditional Lao lunch in the center of Luang Prabang before climbing up Phu Si-hill/ Mount Phousi to enjoy the view of the city and the amazing sunset, we can see the magical Mekong and the small Nam Khan rivers from here.
Then we go to Street Night Bazaar, where you can find a lovely collection of handmade textiles by local and hill tribe people in the Luang Prabang area. This evening, we explore Street Night Market, where you can find a lovely collection and handmade textiles by local and hill tribes people surrounding Luang Prabang.
Overnight in Luang Prabang
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Departure - Luang Prabang, Laos
Private A/C transfers · Breakfast
Airport transfer
You will have free time to relax and explore Laos on your own until our tour guide and driver pick you up and take you to the airport to catch your flight back home or to your next destination.