TOUR SCHEDULE
DAY 01: HANOI ARRIVAL (None)
Upon arrival Noi Bai international airport, you are welcomed by Hanoi Sun Travel’s guide & driver then it takes about50 minutes by vehicle to get into Hanoi city.
In the afternoon, sightseeing tour begins with a visit to the Temple of Literature – Vietnam’s first National University. Next is a visit to one of the most beautiful lakes of Hanoi – the Hoan Kiem Lake (Restore Sword Lake) &shopping at Hanoi Old Quarter where you’ll then have a chance for some shopping and exploration.
DAY 02: HANOI – HALONG ON CRUISE (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)
Pickup at 08:00 from your hotel to travel to Halong Bay.You enjoy the drive and sightseeing the peaceful country side scenery during the bus trip we arrive at the at Ha Long bay sea port at around noon time. At12.00 noon, you aboard the cruise, check in & enjoy a welcome drink while your cabin will be assigned.
Relax, sightseeing and taking photographs before lunch is served. It’s a wonderful opportunity to admire thousands of islands and islets with magnificent caves and grottoes at the inside the islands, admiring sparkling stalactites and stalagmites like germs and listening to the legends of the Dragons and the land and sea scape in the area.
DAY 03: HALONG - HANOI – FLIGHT TO HO CHI MINH (Breakfast/Brunch)
Early bird risers may be awarded a great chance to enjoy the sunrise and enjoy the amazingly peaceful breath-taking beauties of Ha Long Bay’s seascape in early morning. Refresh your body & soul with a Tai-chi martial art less on the sun deck. After breakfast, you continue enjoy the sightseeing tour on the cruise until noon time, sightseeing, taking photographs & relax on board.
Lunch will be served on Cruise (or in restaurant in land in Halong city, depends on different cruise’s program). Disembark at 11:00 AM to transfer to Hanoi capital. Free at leisure until transfer to airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh. Flight time is approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes
Arrival Tan Son Nhat airport, you are transferred to hotel by our private car & guide.
Noted: this is sample itinerary. The Cruise’s itinerary is updated later
DAY 04: HO CHI MINH CITY TOUR & CU CHI TUNNELS (Breakfast)
Arrive in Cu Chi Tunnels, start discovering the famous Tunnels, which were once a major underground hideout and resistance base of Viet Cong forces during the two wars against the French and the American, the tunnels, entirely hand-dug, formed a highly intricate network of interlinked multilevel passageways at times stretched as far as the Cambodian border and totaling over 120 km in length.
Driver back to Saigon. Short sightseeing tour of Ho Chi Minh City: outside The Hundred Years Red Cathedral (Notre Dame Cathedral), The Old Post Office. Continute to visit War Remnants Museum which features a comprehensive collection of the machinery, weapons, photos, and documentation of Vietnam War with the both the French and Americans.Relax shopping at Ben Thanh Market.
DAY 05: HO CHI MINH DEPARTURE – FLIGHT TO SIEM REAP (Breakfast)
Our guide and driver pick you up at hotel then transfer back to airport for departure flight back to Siem Reap.
Upon arrival in Siem Reap international airport, our guide and driver will provide transport to hotel for check in (Standard check in times 14H00PM)
In the afternoon you will be transfer to Kompong Phluk, about 16km southeast of Siem Reap. Here is a much better option for you to visit a village on the lake. Kompong Phluk is accessible by boat only. It is relatively small village that provides very good insight into the village lifestyle of the Tonle Sap. This village exists almost exclusively on fishing and related activities. Houses are built on stilts up to 10 m high, and the village is surrounded by flooded forest. Then back to town and if time permitted, Artisans D’ Angkor and see their stone and wood carving workshops where the artisans are taught to use traditional Khmer techniquesand Old Market for souvenir stall. Overnight at hotel.
DAY 06: SIEM REAP ANGKOR WAT (Breakfast)
Breakfast at hotel, then start your tours by visit to the World Heritage Site; visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom which is famous for its series of colossal human faces carved in stone, the impressive Bayon Temple, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. Continue visit Ta Prohm. Ta Prohm is one of the area’s most beautiful temples, Ta Prohm has been left relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery.
Afternoon continue to seeing the architectural masterpiece of Angkor Wat. We stroll around this massive monument, exploring the many galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple. Back to hotel and overnight.
DAY 07: SIEM REAP – FLIGHT TO LUANG PRABANG (Breakfast)
Today, you will have free time of your own to sleep in or explore hotel’s surrounding. Laze at the swimming pool or take Tuk Tukride and scroll around local market for some souvenirs. Transfer to airport for departure flight to Luang Prabang
On arrival at Luang Prabang the airport, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is your relaxation or exploration around the town. ( Early check in not included)
DAY 08: LUANG PRABANG CITY TOURS + PAK OU CAVE (Breakfast)
After breakfast we will see some of the highlights of Luang Prabang including a visit to the Royal Palace Museum, which hosts a range of interesting artifacts from the Royal period in Luang Prabang. We are seeing the city’s oldest temples, the magnificent Wat Xiengthong with its roof sweeping low to the ground, representing classical Lao architecture, the impressive stupa of Wat Visoun and the shrine of Wat Aham.
Heading to the Mekong River we board our private boat for a pleasant and scenic cruise up on the upstream to the mysterious Pak Ou Caves. These caves are an ancient pilgrimage site and contain thousands of gold lacquered Buddha images left there over hundreds of years.
Returning to Luang Prabang we disembark our boat and have the option of taking a short drive to Ban Phanom, a village famous for its hand weaving or returning to the hotel for free time to relax. Overnight in Luang Prabang.
DAY 09: LUANG PRABANG – KUANGSI WATERFALL- CITY TOUR (Breakfast)
After breakfast back at the hotel we begin our journey to Khouangsi Waterfall, Phousi Market, this where all locals of Luang Prabang come to do their daily shopping. You will see a variety of local foodstuffs and products including dried buffalo skin, local tea and saltpeter among the chickens, fish, vegetables and fruit, everything needed for daily life in Laos.
Returning to Luang Prabang, after a short rest, we will climb to the top of Mount Phousi to explore the sacred gilded stupa and to enjoy the panoramic view of the city and the sun setting over the Mekong River.
Decenting the mountain your will find yourself in the midst of the famous Luang Prabang Night Market, where you can find a unique selection of handmade textiles and handicrafts locally made by both ethnic Lao and hill tribe people surrounding Luang Prabang.
Your evening is free to explore the Night Market and sample some local cuisine at one of the many restaurants the town has to offer. Overnight in Luang Prabang.
DAY 10: LUANG PRABANG DEPARTURE (Breakfast)
Depending on your flight, you may have time at leisure before you will be transferred to the airport in time for your departing flight.
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