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Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia 12 days / 11 night

Discover Southeast Asia's most dynamic countries with this Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia tour.

Overview :

This tour starts from Hanoi the capital city of Vietnam, Halong bay a World Heritage of Vietnam will surprise you with its beauty, two World Heritage more in Laos and Cambodia, Luang Prabang ancient capital and Siem Reap city with Angkor Wat will be your destinations. You will reach to the most active city of Vietnam in the Southern Ho Chi Minh city - the last destination of your trip.

Ltinerary :

Day 01: Hanoi Arrival
Arrival at Noi Bai International Ariport. you are met guide and transfered to Hotel, Hanoi – Vietnam’s capital, is a stylish and gracious city that retain an unique old world charm and some Asia’s most striking colonial architecture. Overnight in the hotel in Hanoi.
Day 02: Hanoi - Halong bay
AM: Pick up at Hotel. Drive to the historic complex of Ba Dinh. Visit Ba Dinh Square, where The Late President Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnams Independence on 2 September 1945, Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and continue to the One Pillar Pagoda, the must-see monument in Hanoi. It is an ancient Buddhist pagoda, built in the early 11th century in the reign of King Ly Thai Tong, all construction supported by only one pillar, resembling a Buddhist lotus. Tran Quoc Pagoda. Quan Thanh Temple.
PM: After lunch, tranfer to Halong bay (03 hours road trip). We enjoy the most beautiful nature with picturesque paddy fields over rivers and agricultural areas, for we reach the magnificent Halong Bay. Overnight Halong Bay. Meals: B/L
Day 03: Halong bay - Hanoi - Luang Prabang
AM: Take a private boat trip to visit Ha Long bay (A Natural World Heritage) with: Thien Cung grotto, Dau Go Cave, Dinh Huong, Ga Choi Islet, ... Which is crammed with stalactites and stalagmites. There are numerous rocks and islands, which are predominantly composed of hardened dolomite together with smaller amounts of calcium carbonate. Lunch on boat with fresh seafood.
PM: Transfer back to Ha Noi. Then transfer to airport flight to Luang Prabang . Overnight in Luang Prabang. Meals: B/L
Day 04: Luang Prabang City tours
Breakfast at hotel , We spend the day touring Lao capital, visiting the National Museum (Revolutionary Museum) where varied antique items and legend of Laos’s history fighters and leaders displace from the ancient times to new revolution period. We then board a short flight to Luang Prabang, which is perhaps the best - preserved traditional city in Southeast Asia. UNESCO registered 1995 as World Cultural Heritage City. 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 Asia. We are strolling around to see the Street Night Market, where you can find the lovely collection and handmade textile by local and hill tribe people surrounding Luang Prabang, we then climb up to the top of Phousi Mount for an enjoyable exploration of the sacred, gilded stupa as well as viewing a beautiful panorama sunset over this once royal ancient city and the Mekong River. Overnight in Luang Prabang. Meals: B/L
Day 05: Luang Prabang - Pak Ou Cave
Breakfast, we enjoy a short-guided tour seeing the city’s oldest temple of impressive stupa of Wat Visoun and the shrine of Wat Aham, Wat Mai, Wat Sene and the magnificent Wat Xiengthong with its roofs sweeping low to the ground, which represent the classical architecture of Luang Prabang temple. We then board a boat embarking 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 Xanghai, where they make the local rice wine. On return, We take a short drive to Ban Phanom, well known for its hand weaving. Overnight in Luang Prabang. Meals: B/L
Day 06: Luang Prabang - Siem Reap
After breakfast, free at your leisure till transfer to Airport departure for Siem Reap on VN 869 (10:20 – 12:00). Upon arrival, you will be transferred from airport straight to Angkor Archeological park, visiting to South gate of accident capital of Angkor Thom, including Bayon, Baphoun, Phimeanakas, Terrace of Elephant, Terrace of Leper king and Ta Prohm (jungle temple). Afternoon, visit to Angkor Wat and sunset at Phnom Bakeng hill top. Diner at local restaurant with traditional dance show. Overnight in Siem Reap. Meals: B/D
Day 07: Siem Reap
Breafast at hotel. This morning, we drive through the villages along with the view of countryside to see Banteay Srei temple. Banteay Srei is the most beautiful carving temple with the pink sanstone and well-known as the temple have no space un-carving. On the way back to Siem Reap town we will see one more temple called Banteay Samre. Lunch at local restaurant. This afternoon, visiting floating village Chong Khneas, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap. Take a boat for a ride on the Tonle Sap Lake, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia. Visit "Les Artisans d'Angkor - Chantiers Ecoles" of Siem Reap and time at leisure at the local market (if time permits). Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.
Note: From Feb-July, the visit to the Tonle Sap lake is not recommended because of the low water level. The below visits will be provided instead in the morning.
Visit to the Dance school of Aspeca where you can watch young children learn the ancient traditional Khmer dances. Visit Wat Inkosei built on the site of an ancient temple, which still remains. Continue to Wat Bo pagoda to view its well-preserved paintings. You will also observe monks making the various moldings, which adorn the pagodas. Visit a workshop where traditional shadow play puppets are made. Meals: B/L
Day 08: Siem Reap - Ho Chi Minh
After breakfast, free at your leisure till transfer to Airport departure for Ho Chi Minh on VN 808 (10:25 – 11:45) . A short Sai Gon city tour (if time permit): Cho Lon (Big market of Chinese in Saigon), Thien Hau Pagoda, Shopping at China Town. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh. Meals: B/L
Day 09: Ho Chi Minh - Cu Chi Tunnels
AM: Pick up at hotel, transfer to visit Cu Chi Tunnel. Sight-seeing on road: rice field, potter's kilns. Visit the underground village, which used to be a bitter battle ground for a long period during the Vietnam war. The amazing network of over 200 km of undergound tunnels will offer you impression of the former fierce war in South Vietnam.
PM: Have a Sai Gon city tour: Visit the Reunification Palace, War Crime Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office, former US Embassy, shopping at Ben Thanh Market. Overnight at hotel in Sai Gon. Meals: B/L
Day 10 : Ho Chi Minh - Can Tho
Hotel check out and departure for the Mekong Delta via vehicle. Proceed south through the lush rice fields of Long An Province and cross the Goliath northern branch of the Mekong River (the Song My Tho) on the first bridge ever to cross any of the Mekong’s five-major distributaries rivers at My Thuan. Continue south through Vinh Long to the Bassac River and cross the Bassac on the 100-Ton Can Tho Ferry and enter the city of Can Tho, the unofficial capital of the Mekong Delta in the very center the world’s newest river delta. Check in Hotel. Late afternoon 2-hours boat ride through the beautiful and lush rivers and canals of the Can Tho area. Overnight in Can Tho. Meals: B/L
Day 11: Can Tho - Ho Chi Minh
Mid-morning check out and return to Saigon by vehicle. The rest of the day is free. Overnight in Saigon. Meals: B/L
Day 12 : Ho Chi Minh Departure/ Goodbye Vietnam

Transfer to Airport for departure. Home sweet home. Meals: B

Cost:

PACKAGE PRICE IN US$ PER PERSON AT:

 

Ranges 2 pax
3-5 pax
6-9 pax
10-14 pax
 15-25 + 01 FOC
 SGL
Deluxe 2.650 2.408 2.317 2.249 2.260 1.079
Superior 2.142 1.878 1.777 1.715 1.710 533
Standard 1.868 1.626 1.536 1.465 1.468 299

 

Trip note :

* Tour code: MULCL-05
* Included:
• Hotel accommodation with daily breakfast
• Private transfers and transportation on tour
• Entrance fees on tour
• Extra visit to Banteay Srei
• Boat cruise on Tonle Sap Lake (floating village)
• Return Airfare HAN - LBQ – REP - SGN ( included airpor airport tax )
• Meals as indicated (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
• Boat trip as itinerary
• English/ French speaking guide
• Mineral water and cold towel on car/van/bus
* Excluded:
• Visa arrangement to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
• International air ticket and airport tax to HANOI// From SAIGON.
• Drinks & Other personal expenses
• Travel insurance
• Early check-in and late check-out
• Tipping/gratuities
• Others not mentioned in the itinerary

Destination info :

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. Cambodia is the successor state of the once powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.

A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as "Cambodian" or "Khmer," though the latter strictly refers to ethnic Khmers. Most Cambodians are Theravada Buddhists of Khmer extraction, but the country also has a substantial number of predominantly Muslim Cham, as well as ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese and small animist hill tribes.
The country borders Thailand to its west and northwest, Laos to its northeast, and Vietnam to its east and southeast. In the south it faces the Gulf of Thailand. The geography of Cambodia is dominated by the Mekong river (colloquial Khmer: Tonle Thom or "the great river") and the Tonlé Sap ("the fresh water lake"), an important source of fish.
Cambodia's main industries are garments, tourism, and construction. In 2007, foreign visitors to Angkor Wat numbered more than 4 million. In 2005, oil and natural gas deposits were found beneath Cambodia's territorial waters, and once commercial extraction begins in 2011, the oil revenues could profoundly affect Cambodia's economy.

The Laos People's Democratic Republic is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Burma (Myanmar) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million Elephants, which existed from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century.

After a period as a French protectorate, it gained independence in 1949. A long civil war ended officially when the communist Pathet Lao movement came to power in 1975, but the protesting between factions continued for several years.
After years of war and isolation, Southeast Asia’s most pristine environment, intact cultures and quite possibly the most chilled-out people on earth mean destination Laos is fast earning cult status among travellers. It is developing quickly but still has much of the tradition that has sadly disappeared elsewhere in the region. Village life is refreshingly simple and even in Vientiane it’s hard to believe this sort of languid riverfront life exists in a national capital. Then, of course, there is the historic royal city of Luang Prabang, where watching as hundreds of saffron-robed monks move silently among centuries-old monasteries is as romantic a scene as you’ll experience anywhere in Asia.
Away from the cities, there is so much more to see; the Plain of Jars in Xieng Khuang Province, the forested mountains of Northern Laos, the gothic limestone karsts around the backpacker-haven Vang Vieng and in the deep south, past the market town Pakse, is Si Phan Don (Four Thousand Islands), where the mighty Mekong spreads out and all the hammocks are taken.
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. With a population of over 86 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.
The people of Vietnam regained independence and broke away from China in AD 938 after their victory at the Battle of Bạch Đằng River (938). Successive dynasties flourished along with geographic and political expansion deeper into Southeast Asia, until it was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century. Efforts to resist the French eventually led to their expulsion from the country in the mid-20th century, leaving a nation divided politically into two countries. Fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a Communist victory in 1975.

Emerging from this prolonged military engagement, the war-ravaged nation was politically isolated. The government’s centrally planned economic decisions hindered post-war reconstruction and its treatment of the losing side engendered more resentment than reconciliation. In 1986, it instituted economic and political reforms and began a path towards international reintegration. By 2000, it had established diplomatic relations with most nations. Its economic growth had been among the highest in the world in the past decade. These efforts culminated in Vietnam joining the World Trade Organization in 2007 and its successful bid to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in 2008.

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