Breakfast at hotel, start your day trip by cruising upstream on the Mekong River to the well-known and mysterious of Pak Ou Cave. While cruising on boat, you have chance to admire the beautiful view of the tranquil countryside, experience the daily activities of locals living on the two banks of Mekong River and watch them throwing and dragging the fishing nets.
After two hour boat trip, you will reach Pak Ou Cave, crammed with\u00a0 thousands of gold-lacquered Buddha statutes of various shapes and sizes, ranging from some centimeters to approximately two meters. All the statutes are arranged in the holes of limestone caves, which make Pak Ou Cave become the frequent destination for Buddhists. Leave the cave, the boat will take you back to Luang Phrabang. On the way transfer, stop at Bang Xang Hay, a traditional craft village of making local rice wine.
Lunch will be served at the restaurant in Luang Phrabang Center. Following the lunch, we will visit a huge and beautiful waterfall of Kuang Si, 32km to the Southwest far from Luang Phrabang. You can enjoy swimming in the fresh cool water or climb up to the top of the waterfall for stunning panoramic view.
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Luang Phrabang \u2013 Vientiane (B\/L\/-)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n After an exiciting day with lots of discovering and experiencing activites, the morning of the forth day tour will be set free for you to relax and take rest before taking a noon flight to Vientiane. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
When the flight land at Vientiane, our tour guide will welcome and help you to check-in your hotel. Lunch is served. Afterwards, we will visit the oldest monastery Wat Siasaket, \u00a0which has been still kept intact since Laos was invaded by Siamese (Thailand) in 1828. This is the most beautiful temple in the capital with thousands of small statues inside. Next, we stop at Wat Phra Keo, a religious museum in Laos, where most of featured art works of Laos and Khmer ethnics are exhibited, and then visit some ancient French architectures in the surrounding including Presedential Palace and Patuxay Monuments.
The next stop-off\u00a0 of the discovery tour in Vientiane Capital is That Luang Stupa with its golden color reaching for the skies. It is the most scared in the country of Lao and built by King Setthethirat in 16
th<\/sup>\u00a0century. From faraway, the top of the temple is radiant as the sun.
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Vientiane \u2013 Hanoi (B\/-\/-)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n We will spend the next day of Indochina Tour of Heritages experiencing the cultural values along with the peaceful life of Hanoi Capital, a city of peace.
In the morning of the fifthday tour, before departuring from Vientian to Hanoi, you can take a rest at your hotel or continue visiting Vientaine.
Upon your arrival in Hanoi, our guide and private car will pick you up at Noi Bai International Airport and then transfer you to your hotel for check-in. It depends on your flight time so that we will arrange a suitable half-day Hanoi city tour for you. Surely, you will have fascinating moments on a peaceful city with rich history and unique culture.
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Hanoi \u2013 Halong Bay (B\/L\/D)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n Depart from your hotel at 8.00am. After a four-hour-drive, we will reach Halong Bay, a World Natural Heritage recognized by UNESCO in 1993, dotted with 1969 spectacular limestone islands. A welcome drink and wet tissue are waiting for you after you board the boat. You are relaxed to start an amazing Halong tour.\u00a0
While the boat is cruising, you will enjoy a delicious lunch meal. From the boat, you can see many of limestone islands.
In the afternoon, you will get ashore to visit one of the most beautiful and largest Sung Sot Grotto and then explore Titov Island or climb up to the top of Titov Island to get the panoramic view of Halong Bay.
Return to the boat in the late afternoon. Dinner will be served on boat.
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Halong Bay \u2013 Hanoi (B\/L\/-)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n Wake up early to welcome the first sunlight shining on every islands on the bay, make sure your camera is ready to get the charming moments on the bay. Practice Taichi on the sundeck before enjoying breakfast on board.
On that day, you have chance to join kayaking activity on Halong Bay. Don\u2019t worry if it will be your first time you try kayaking because our guide will carefully instruct you some tips to ensure you safe kayaking tour. During the tour, you can get Halong Bay closer to feel and touch the limestone islands and caves as well as experience floating through thousands of limestone islands.
Return to the boat and we do a leisurely cruise through thousands of seemingly everlasting islands before cruising back to the pier.
We hit the road back to Hanoi.
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Hanoi \u2013 Danang \u2013 Hoi An (B\/L\/-)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n Take a morning flight from Hanoi to Danang City. Our guide will pick you up at your airport. We will transfer to Hoi An Ancient Town \u2013 a World Cultural Heritage, which reflects a mixture of Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Arabian and Indian cultural and architectural influences.
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Enjoy lunch meal and\u00a0 then start a walking tour through the ancient town. Here we can see the ancient houses, the Assembly Halss of Chinese merchants, Hoi An Market and a 400-year-old Japanese Covered Bridge. You may want to stop off at a tailor shop where you can have Vietnamese traditional long dress (
\u00c1o D\u00e0i<\/em>) made specifically for you in only one day or even half a day.
Overnight in Hoi An. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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Hoi An \u2013 Danang \u2013 Ho Chi Minh City (B\/L\/-)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n On the second morning in Hoi An, you are free to relax or go shopping at the ancient town before coming back to Da Nang International Airport to take one-hour-flight to Ho Chi Minh City for participating in exciting activities in this bustle dynamic city and its vicinity.
Our tour guide will meet you at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. After check-in your hotel, you will join a half-day city tour to the city\u2019s famous attractions including War Remnants Museum, Reunification Palace, Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica and Saigon Central Post Office. Ben Thanh Market is the final stop of your city tour, which offers you chance to purchase and have social conversation with locals.
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Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta (Floating Market) \u2013 Ho Chi Minh City (B\/L\/-)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n On the tenth day of the tour, we will depart from hotel in Ho Chi Minh City for Vinh Long to start a Mekong Delta Tour.
Arrive in Vinh Long, we will board a sampan to start a trip through many tributaries of the Mekong Delta. Our first stop is at the small but quaint Cai Be Floating Market, followed by a visit to a Coconut Farm and listen to the \"Tai Tu Music\" (
\u0110\u1eddn Ca T\u00e0i T\u1eed<\/em>).
Lunch will be served in Tan Phong Island. You will then spend one hour rowing boats to observe and sight-see the beautiful island of Tan Phong as well as to visit fruit orchards. After short rest, we will drive back to the hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Ho Chi Minh City \u2013 Siem Reap (B\/-\/D)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n You have free time to relax until our guide will pick you up at your hotel. We transfer to Tan Son Nhat International Airport to take a flight to Siem Reap.
A tour guide will meet you at Siem Reap Airport and lead you to the hotel for relaxtion.
A welcome dinner is waiting for you at a famous Oriental Apsara. You also have chance to enjoy the traditional unique dance performances of Cambodian.
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Angkor (B\/L\/-)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n Our tour continues with a day trip to Angkor Thom including: Bayon Temple, Phimeanakas Temple within the Royal Palace enclosure, Baphuon Temple, the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King.
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After lunch, we keep on visiting the most famous and magnificent Angkor Wat. Constructed in the 12th century, this architectural masterpiece covers an area of about 210 hectares. You will be allured by many galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water, carved low-reliefs about Ramayana Story along with the day-to-day life at the time of Angkor's construction.
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Angkor (B\/L\/-)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n On that day, our guide will spend the whole day to introduce you some featured values of the power Khmer Empire\u2019s culture from 9
th<\/sup>\u00a0to 14th<\/sup>\u00a0century. You are offered to visit famous temples including the Royal City of Preah Khan with the stone lanterns and impressive sculptures, Neak Pean built on a small circular island, Ta Som and East Mebon.
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We will spend the afternoon visiting Thommanon Temple; Takeo Temple - one of the Angkor\u2019s great temple mountains; Ta Prohm; Srah Srang; Prasat Kravan and Bakheng \u2013 a temple mountain where you can get the panoramic view of Angkor Wat in the sunset.
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Siem Reap \u2013 Angkor International Airport departure (B\/-\/-)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n You will be set free to explore Siem Reap on the last day of the tour. In the morning, you can rest at your hotel or visit other temples and pagodas around Angkor area; cruise on Great Tonle Sap Lake or enjoy a cup of coffee at Siem Reap Center. Upon your request, our tour guide will help to arrange a suitable itinerary for you on the night before. If you need further information, our tour guide will serve you promptly.
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Inclusions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Vietnam visa approval letter (for visa on arrival only)<\/li>
- Accommodation in a shared twin or shared double room in selected hotel and Boat Cabin<\/li>
- Meals as mentioned<\/li>
- English speaking guide (for other languages, a supplement applies)<\/li>
- Tours and transfers as mentioned by private air conditioned vehicle unless stated otherwise<\/li>
- Entrance fees for mentioned visits<\/li>
- Daily drinking water and cold towel <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Exclusions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Visa for Cambodia (Visa issued on arrival for most nationalities, USD20\/pax, please bring 1 passport photo)<\/li>
- Visa for Laos (Visa issued on arrival for most nationalities, from USD20 to USD40\/pax depend on your nationality, please bring 1 passport photo)<\/li>
- Other meals not mentioned<\/li>
- International and Domestic Flights (quoted separately)<\/li>
- Camera\/video entrance fees<\/li>
- Personal expenses (drinks, laundry, telephone, gratuities etc)<\/li>
- Travel insurance including recommended helicopter evacuation for Cambodia<\/li>
- Other services not clearly indicated in the package inclusions above <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Special Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Guide speaking other languages is subject to availability.<\/li>
- This trip includes temples and pagoda, please DO NOT wear shorts or mini-skirts to show your respect.<\/li>
- Tour program is subject to change due to weather and operating conditions. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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