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Mystical South East Asia

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The 20-day trip  leads you go through Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia  and soak in the mystery of the South East Asia Beauty.

Tour Highlights: Experience the magnificent Angkor ruins, Learn the culture of Burmese and Mandalay, Admire the temples of Bagan, Experience a cyclo ride around 36 Old Quarters in Hanoi, Enjoy an overnight cruise on Ha Long Bay, Visit the Hue Old Citadel – Hoi An Ancient Town, Visit the bustling Ho Chi Minh City, discover the unique Cu Chi tunnels, Observe the rural life of  Mekong Delta.

Accommodation YES
Meals (B,L,D) YES
Tour Guide English,
Transportation Bus, Flight
Travel Insurance Not Included

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Day 1: Arrival to Siem Reap

Arrive to International Airport and take landing visa. The local tour guide and driver welcome and transfer you to your hotel in the city center.

Overnight in Siem Reap

Day 2: Angkor Wat – Bayon (B/L)

Breakfast at the hotel,

Starting the sightseeing tour to the South Gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon, Bapuon, the Terrace of Elephants and the Leper King. Take the Elephant ride in Angkor Thom. Lunch at the local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the fabulous Angkor Wat complex and watch the picturesque sunset at Phnom Bakheng.

Dinner at your own expense. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 3:  Siem Reap – Grand & small circuit (B /L)

After breakfast, visit to Prasat Kravan, Srah Srang, Banteay Kdei, Pre Rup, Neak Pean and Preah Khan temples. Lunch at the local restaurant. Later in the afternoon, visit to the Small Circuit to see Ta Prohm, Ta Keo, Thommanon, and Chausay Tevoda. Back to the hotel.

Dinner at your own expense. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 4: Siem Reap – BansteaySrei – Tonle Sap river (B/L)

After breakfast, drive to Banteay Srey built by a Brahman in the 10th Century and Banteay Samre temple, this one constructed late 9th century by King Surayavarman II, many of the carvings are in excellent condition.

Lunch at the local restaurant. In the afternoon, excursion to floating villages on Tonle Sap Lake where they will enjoy the boat ride to see the floating houses, schools, hospitals, churches and restaurant.

Dinner at your own expense. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 5  Siem reap – Phnom Penh (B/L)

Breakfast at the hotel. Depart to Phnom Penh by private car, hotel check in . After your lunch, visit the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda and the National Museum of Khmer Arts , the renowned Wat Phnom , Russian market.

Dinner at your own expense. Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Day 6 Phnom Penh tour – Yangon (B/L)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Take a sightseeing tour to Choeung Ek Killing Fields and Toul Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes and witness the Reign of Terror during the former Khmer Rouge Regime.Lunch at the local restaurant. Free your time until transfer to the airport for flight to Yangon 8M404 (20.15pm – 21.40pm). Pickup, transfer to your hotel

Dinner at your own expense. Overnight in Yangon.

Day 7 Yangon city tour (B/L)

Arrive at the Airport . Welcome by your local guide and driver.

Transfer to your hotel, start the Yangon sightseeing includes Botataung Pagoda at the bank of Yangon river, then city center where Sule Pagoda located to see the bustling life of Yangon and City Hall. Then visit Bogyoke Aung San Market (former Scott’s Market), where one can buy many items in one place. This Market was built in British colonial times and has a colonial shape. “Chaukhtathgyi Pagoda” it is the fourth largest colossal reclining image in Myanmar and 67m long. In the evening, visit the most magnificent and spectacular religious edifice, Shwedagon Pagoda before the sun set and enjoy the beauty stupa while it changes the shining of gold in different tones according to the radiant of the setting sun.

Dinner at your own expense. Overnight in Yangon.

Day 8 Yangon – Bagan by flight (B/L)

Take the early morning flight to Bagan. Arrive to Bagan, check in hotel and depart for a sightseeing excursion around the Bagan Archaeological Zone World Heritage Area. A comprehensive exploration of Bagan includes Nyaung Oo market; Shwezigon Pagoda, the prototype of later Myanmar stupas; Kyansittha Umin; Wet-kyi-inn Gubyaukgyi Temple with exquisite mural painting of 13th century and Htilominlo Temple.

In the afternoon, after a visit to lacquer ware workshops; continue to Manuha Temple built by exile King Manuha; Nanphaya, said to have been the residence of King Manuha; Ananda Temple, architectural masterpiece and Oak-Kyaung monastery decorated with multi colour mural paintings. Enjoy the breathtaking sunset from one of the temple of Bagan.

Overnight in Bagan.

Day 9 Bagan – Mandalay by flight (B/L)

After Breakfast at hotel, transfer to Nyaun U airport for flight to Mandalay. When you arrive at Mandalay airport, drive to ancient capital of Amarapura, the city of Immortality for a visit to Bagaya Monastery with a famous collection of Buddha images; weaving industries, two-century old U-Bein teak bridge on the Taungtaman Lake and observe the lunch process of thousand of monks who take their last meal of the day at 10:00 am in total silence.

Proceed to Mandalay and check in at the hotel. After refreshment, you will take a sightseeing tour of Mandalay which includes Mahanumi, a life like Buddha image. Mandalay is the last capital of Myanmar and that make her to be the best place to see all the traditional arts and crafts. Start visiting gold leaf making work-place and see how the gold leaf is being made by hand in a traditional way. Continue visit the Old Palace grounds; Kuthodaw Pagoda, known as the world’s largest book for its 729 marble slabs inscribed with the Buddha’s Doctrine; Golden Palace Monastery, noted for its exquisite wood carvings and enjoy the panoramic view of the city from Mandalay Hill.

Overnight in Mandalay.

Day 10 Mandalay – Heho – Inle Lake  (B/L)

After breakfast, depart the hotel for flight to Heho on the Shan plateau. Transfer by road to Inle Lake and transfer to the hotel by long tail boat across the lake.

In the afternoon, we plan to spend the day visiting villages and sampling the spectacular array of traditional handicrafts. You will see the unique method locals use to row their boats, fishermen with their own style of fishing, floating farms and gardens and a handloom weaving cottage with its own showroom. You will visit Phaungdawoo Pagoda which houses the five most revered Buddha Images in the southern Shan State.

Overnight on Inle Lake.

Day 11 Inle Lake – Heho – Yangon – Ha Noi (B/L)

We are heading back down country today to return to the airport at Heho for our flight to Yangon. Our route takes us back to Heho and down the escarpment to Nyaung-Shwe for a busy local market. Check in at airport and fly back to Yangon. Upon arrival, connect the flight to Ha Noi VN956 (19.10pm -21.30pm). Pick up , transfer to your hotel . Overnight in Ha Noi.

Day 12 Ha Noi city tour (B/L )

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex, containing the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts and the One Pillar Pagoda. Continue on to the Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first university. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the Museum of Ethnology, Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc Son temple and enjoy riding in a rickshaw for 1 hour in the old quarter of Hanoi and its teeming streets filled with fascinating shops. Enjoy the puppet water show .

Dinner on your expense. Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 13 Ha Noi – Ha Long  Cruise (B/L/D )

After breakfast.

    • 8:00 am Pick up at your hotel by the Glory shuttle bus. Depart for Halong.
    • 11.30 Arrive at Tuan Chau Island
    • 11.45 – 12.00: Transfer to cruise ship
    • 12.00: Welcome Cocktail – cruise briefing, safety instructions, check-in cabins
    • 12.15: Depart to Halong Bay – cruise and program commence
    • 13.00 – 14.30: Asian Lunch Buffet 14.30: Arrive at Surprise Cave (Hang Sung Sot) – explore most famous grotto
    • 15.45: Transfer to cruise ship.
    • 16.30: Arrive at Cua Van Fishing Village – experience life of local people
    • 17.15: Continue cruise through Halong Bay
    • 18.00: Arrive at Dong Tien (Fairy Cave) Area – swimming or kayaking, stay overnight
    • 19.00 – 20.30: Asian Dinner Buffet
    • 21.00 – 23.00: Happy Hour and Music – enjoy ‘Buy One – Get Two Drinks’
    • 21.00: Evening Activities – enjoy Movie Night, Board Games or Beauty Spa services
    • 23.00: Program ends – Sleep Well!

Day 14:  Glory cruise – Ha Long – Ha Noi – Hue (B/L )

    • 06.00 – 08.00: Morning Activities – swimming or kayaking, beauty spa services.
    • 07.00 – 08.30: International Breakfast Buffet.
    • 08.30: Continue cruise through Halong Bay.
    • 09.00: Check-out cabins and settle bills.
    • 10.30: Arrive at Tuan Chau Island.
    • 10.45: Transfer from cruise ship – Check out
    • 11.00: Cruise and program ends. Trip back to Ha Noi.

Arrive to Ha Noi at 16.30pm . Free your time until transfer to the Airport for flight to Hue VN 1545 (20.10pm – 21.20pm). Pick up and transfer to your hotel.

Dinner at your own expense. Overnight at Hue.

Day 15:  Hue (B/L)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Take a morning cruise on the Perfume River to visit the royal tomb of Emperor Tu Duc, Thien Mu pagoda and the mausoleum of Emperor Minh Mang, in a setting of gardens and lakes. In the afternoon, visit Dong Ba market, the Imperial Citadel from where the Nguyen Dynasty ruled between 1802 and 1945, and the ruins of the Purple Forbidden City.

Dinner at your own expense. Overnight in Hue.

Day 16:  Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An (B/L)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Depart for Hoi An, stop for photos and sightseeing at the Hai Van pass, Lang Co beach, the Marble mountain. In the afternoon, stroll around the town, visit the Japanese Covered Bridge, the Pottery Museum, Tan Ky old house, the Cantonese congregation, the silk street of Hoi An, and the Chinese-style temples and pagodas.

Dinner at your own expense. Overnight in Hoi an.

Day 17:  Hoi An – Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to Da Nang airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh City VN1303 (07.00am – 08.10am). Pick up and transfer to hotel. Take a sightseeing tour of the city, including the Reunification Palace, which was the residence of the President of South Vietnam until the end of the war in April 1975, and some beautiful French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Central Post Office. Visit to  Thien Hau and Quan Am pagodas at China Town. After seeing the Emperor Jade Pagoda and the War Remnants Museum, we end the city tour at Ben Thanh market where anything and everything is for sale.

Dinner at your own expense. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City

Day 18: Ho Chi Minh City – Tay Ninh – Cu Chi tunnels (B/L)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Drive west to Tay Ninh, headquarters of Cao Dai region. On arrival, attend the fantastic mid-day temple service when followers fill the hall wearing colored robes, a symbol of the curious combination of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. On the way back, visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, an underground network of tunnels constructed by Vietnamese fighters during the struggle for independence. The tunnels contained hospitals, accommodation, etc. and were used as a military base for the Vietcong during the American war. Return to Ho Chi Minh City.

Dinner at your own expense. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 19: Ho Chi Minh City – Cai Be floating Market (B/L)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Depart for Cai Be by the highway, stopping to take photos at Tan An town amid the flat rice fields. Arrive at Cai Be and go by motor boat to visit the Cai Be floating market and watch the vendors trading fruit and many other commodities on their vessels. Then visit some small family-run businesses to see how products such as coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn are made, walk through the small villages to visit the orchards and fruit plantations.Enjoy the traditional folk music Experience the charms of the Upper Mekong Delta as you cruise through a series of small canals. Boat to Tan Phong island, join to the cooking class which you can learn how to make the special Vietnamese food.

Enjoy lunch with you have cooked. Take your rest on the hammock. We continue the tour with cycling around the village to know more how is the local daily life in the mekong delta. Boat back to Cai Be, meet your bus for the trip back to Ho Chi Minh City.

Dinner at your own expense.  Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 20: Ho Chi Minh City and departure (B)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Free for your own activities until transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport for departure .

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Tour price includes:

  • A/c private car  for pick up, transfer & sightseeing as per program
  • Hotel accommodation based on 02 people share a room (Twin or Double)
  • Meals as indicated in the tour program (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)
  • English speaking tour guide
  • International flight ticket: Phnom Penh – Yangon – Ha Noi (Economy class)
  • Domestic flight in Myanmar : Yangon – Bagan – Mandalay ; Heho- Yangon ( Economy class)
  • Domestic flights: Ha Noi – Hue; Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh City   (Economy class)
  • Shuttle  bus Ha Noi – Halong – Ha Noi
  • Cabin sharing in Ha Long Cruise
  • Kayaking
  • Private boat trips in Hue , Mekong delta
  • All entrance fees, cyclo, cruises

Tour price excludes:

  • International flight to Siem Reap from  Vietnam
  • Vietnam Visa & Cambodia visa
  • Myanmar visa must do in your country
  • Travel insurance
  • Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program
  • Personal expenses

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