Highlights:
- Discover the breath of life along the Mekong Delta
- Learn about the culture and history of vietnam by visiting Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Hue, Hoi An, Ho Chi Minh City
- Explore the splendid UNESCO World heritage Sites of Ha Long Bay
- Explore the bustle and hustle of Bangkok
- Enjoy the three key tourist destinations of Myanmar: Yangon, Bagan and Heho - Inle Lake
ITINERARY:
DAY 1: HO CHI MINH ARRIVAL
Upon your arrival in Tan Son Nhat airport, Our driver will welcome and transfer you to hotel. Check in hotel and free and easy visit Ho Chi Minh City. Stay overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, accommodation
DAY 2: HO CHI MINH CITY – CU CHI TUNNELS (BREAKFAST / LUNCH/-)
08:30 am we will start city tour to visit War Remnants Museum, Reunification Palace, followed by exploring Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office
We will have lunch before go to Cu Chi to explore the amazing site where Viet Cong hid during the War. It is now a popular spot for both Vietnamese & foreign tourists - the network of over 200km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. In their heyday, the tunnels were functioning underground cities including numerous trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers & kitchens. There is plenty of evidence of the fierce battle that took place here during the 1960s when Cu Chi was a "Free Target Zone". Visitors can watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed before entering the tunnels. Spend the next hour exploring the tunnels. Afterwards, enjoy tea, cassava (guerrilla’s food in war time). Return to hotel. Stay ovenight in HCMC.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 3: CAI BE FLOATING MARKET – MEKONG DELTA FULL DAY - FLY TO DANANG (BREAKFAST / LUNCH/-)
08:00 Am : Pick up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city. Depart for Cai Be via Trung Luong Expressway.
On arrival in Cai Be, set off for the Cai Be floating market by motor boats and watch the locals trading fruit and many other commodities on their vessels.
Enjoy lunch at the local restaurant, then visit the coconut candy mill and take an amazing rowing boat trip along the small canal on a hand-rowed sampan under the shadow of the water coconut trees along natural canals. Then enjoy seasonal fruit & honey tea to the sound of "Southern Vietnamese folk music", performed by locals.
Meet at car and return to Ho Chi Minh City. This trip provides a fascinating insight into daily life in the Mekong Delta and you are guaranteed to take home your own private collection of beautiful memories. Drop you off at hotel and transfer to airport, take the flight to Danang. Arrival in Danang airport, another driver will pick you up and transfer you to hotel in Hoi An. Stay overnight in Hoi An.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 4: HOI AN FREE AND EASY (BREAKFAST/-/-)
Breakfast at hotel. Free and easy visit Hoi an. Stay overnight in Hoi An.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, meal, accommodation.
DAY 5: HOI AN – MARBLE MOUNTAIN – HAI VAN PASS – LANG CO BEACH – HUE BY MOTORBIKE TOUR (BREAKFAST /LUNCH/-)
This Scenic Coast route is simply the best way to travel from Hoi An to Hue if you only have one day!
Leaving Hue in the morning our first stop is Marble Mountains are 5 marble outcrops topped with delicate pagodas.
Next we travel through Danang to a stop at the famous China Beach with its fine white sand.
Next we stop for photos at the Hai Van Pass before traveling over Lang Co Beach. Hai Van means "Sea of Clouds" and when crossing the top of the Pass you are literally surrounded by clouds on one side with stunning ocean views on the other.
Our last stop is Elephant Springs where you can wade in the rock pools. The transfer straightly to Hue city, drop off at hotel. Stay overnight in Hue.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 6: HUE CITY TOUR – FLY TO HANOI (BREAKFAST / LUNCH/-)
After breakfast, at 08:30am, our guide will pick you up at hotel and take you to visit Hue City. We will visit the mausoleums of Nguyen’s Kings like Khai Dinh and last Minh Mang tomb. Have break for having lunch at restaurant. You will visit the Imperial Citadel and Thanh Tien Paper Flower Village. The driver and guide will take you to the boat landing on the river to make a trip on Perfume river for visiting Thien Mu pagoda. Along the river on dragon boat you will enjoy the tranquil feeling with two sides of green banks’ river and see the daily life of local people. Transfer to Hue airport, take the flight to Hanoi. Another driver will pick you up at airport, transfer to hotel. Stay overnight in Hanoi.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 7: HANOI CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/-) – THE QUINTESSENCE OF TONKIN SHOW
At 08:30 Am, Our guide will pick you up at hotel and we will visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to explore the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho’s final resting place. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh’s house on stilts. Lying to one side of the mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda which was founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049. You will then continue on to the Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda in West Lake. It is one of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam. Thereafter, You will have lunch at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon , after lunch, you will proceed to visit the Temple of Literature - Vietnam’s first university which was constructed in 1070.
Then we past Hoan Kiem Lake to see the peaceful waters and the beauty of Ngoc Son Temple. Transfer to you to the meeting point for moving to the Hanoi’s urban named Saison district to watch a Vietnam must – see cultural spectacle named The Quintess of Tonkin Show which delivers audiences a unique and memorable exploration of the Red River Delta. Return back to hotel around 9:30 Pm. Stay overnight at hotel in Hanoi.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 8: HOA LU – TAM COC – MUA CAVE (BREAKFAST / LUNCH/-)
At 08:30 Am, our tour guide will pick you up at hotel and depart to Hoa Lu – ancient capital of Vietnam from 986 – 1010 where you can learn more about the first feudal government of Vietnam Country. After that, we visit Mua Cave where you can get the impressive panoramic view of Tam Coc and Ninh Binh city when you reach the top point of Ngoa Long mountain.
Have lunch at a local restaurant. Discovering Tam Coc on the sampan (bamboo boat ) within 2 hours – a chance to mix with the local life, river, limestone mountains, fields,... passing through 3 caves by boat will bring to you excited feeling.
Return to habor, you will have a short biking tour around the countryside roads near Tam Coc. Get on car, transferred back to Hanoi. Stay overnight in Hanoi.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 9: HANOI – HALONG BAY (BREAKFAST/ LUNCH/DINNER)
08:00 – 08:30: Our tour guide and bus pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi old quarter.
08:30: Departure to Halong Bay for 3.5 Hours.
10:00: Arrive in Hai Duong province, and have 20 minute short break.
12:00: Arrive to Tuan Chau harbor, 12:15 Welcome to cruise and enjoy Welcome drink, get a brief introduction about cruise and safety guidelines. Check-in your cabin.
12:30: Enjoy Vietnamese seafood and vegetarian lunch, while cruising in the magnificent Halong Bay, admiring the fascinating rock formations in the bay.
15:00: You at Tung Gau Area. The airy and fresh air, cool breezes, blue sea and sky, and natural seascape will captivate any visitors setting foot here. Especially, Tung Gau of Lan Ha Bay is extremely suitable for enjoying kayaking and swiming and then Visiting Halong Pearl Farm Village
17.30: Come back to our cruise and relax.
19:30: Time for dinner enjoying special food on the cruise.
21:00: Evening entertainments: play game on the cruise: cards game, chess, karaoke, squid fishing, and overnight on the cruise.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 10: HALONG BAY – HANOI (BREAKFAST/ LUNCH/-)
06.30: Early morning sun risers can enjoy Tai Chi lesson on sundeck.
07.00: Morning view of bay’s landscape with a cup of tea or coffee. Have breakfast.
08:00: Arriving Sung Sot Cave (Amazing Cave) and joining with guide to visiting and explore the cave
10:00: Check-out and enjoy a fantastic cruise on the bay. Join cooking class guided directly by Chef of Rosa Boutique cruise. You have chance to practice Vietnamese traditional dishes such as spring roll or famous cuisine of Vietnam.
11:00: Enjoy the lunch on cruise.
12:00: Rosa Cruise are landing Halong Bay harbor, tourist say goodbye to sailors and finish the cruise.
12:30: Return to Hanoi by shuttle bus.
14:30: Stopover in Hai Duong province to visit a ceramics workshop.
16:00 – 16:30: Arrive in Hanoi. Drop you off at hotel.
At 18:00, our staff will pick you up at hotel, then transfer you to Water Puppet Theatre where you will have a spectacle at 18:20, after the show, you are free and easy to explore the old town your own. Stay overnight in Hanoi.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 11: BANGKOK ARRIVAL – BANGKOK HALF DAY CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST/-/-)
Our driver will pick you up at hotel, then transfer to airport, fly to Bangkok. Arrive in Bangkok, Our car will pick you up and transfer to hotel. We take the Bangkok half day city tour through the bustle and hustle of Bangkok to visit Wat Trimit, Wat Pho and Wat Benchamabophit.
Wat Trimit This temple is known for its famous Golden Buddha constructing during the Sukhothai period. The image of solid gold is 3 meters high and weighs five and a half tons. Wat Pho, it is one of Bangkok’s oldest and largest temples. Wat Pho was built by King Rama I about 200 years ago and houses the gigantic gold-plated Reclining Buddha image. This unique image is 49 meters long and 12 meters high with beautifully inlaid mother-of-pearl soles, then drive pass Sanam Laung (The Royal Field), Democracy Monument, Ratcha Damnoen Klang Avenue and associate Buildings, Anantasamakhom Palace and the Parliament. Visit Wat Benchamabophit, the temple is well-known because its main building was made of marble during the reign of King Rama V. After tour then transfer to your hotel. Stay overnight in Bangkok.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 12: BANGKOK – FLY TO YANGON - YANGON CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST / LUNCH/-)
Our driver will pick you up at hotel and transfer to airport, fly to Yangon. Upon arrival, you will be met outside the baggage claim area by your guide who will escort you to a waiting vehicle for your transfer to downtown with a brief introduction en route.Check in to hotel.
Then, start sightseeing with Sule Pagoda in the city center. Enjoy your time seeing the colonial buildings and visit Mahabandoola Park which includes the Independence Monument, an obelisk which commemorates Burmese independence gained from the British in 1948. Next visit Chaukhtatgyi (Reclining Buddha) Pagoda a colossal reclining Buddha and Karaweik Hall a Royal barge on the Royal Lake for photo stop. Next stop is Bogyoke Market where you can buy souvenirs. Then, visit Yangon’s city center covering World famous Shwedagon Pagoda. Witness the golden dome light up sunshine at the sunset. Overnight at hotel in Yangon.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 13: YANGON – FLY TO BAGAN - BAGAN CITY TOUR (BREAKFAST / LUNCH/-)
Early morning transfer to airport and fly to Bagan. For sightseeing includes visit to the colorful Nyaung U Market, Shwezigon Pagoda and its magnificent golden stupa, Htilominlo Temple noted for its fine plaster carvings and glazed sand stone decoration, Gubyaukgyi Temple, with superb mural paintings of jataka scenes. Visit to Myinkaba Village and observe the process of Traditional Lacquer ware Industry one of Myanmar’s best-known handicrafts, Ananda Temple, an architectural masterpiece of the early-style temple with four impressive standing Buddha images. Thabinnyu Temple, the highest temple in Bagan, Dhammayangyi Temple noted for its remarkable brickwork. Enjoy sunset over the site from the sunset platform. Overnight at hotel in Bagan.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 14: BAGAN BALLOON OVER BAGAN – FLY TO HEHO – INLE LAKE (BREAKFAST/ LUNCH/-)
Optional: Ballooning in Bagan
During our bespoke flights, your professional and knowledgeable pilot will open up a new horizon of tales and discoveries before you. Drifting on the gentle breeze, fly low over villages to hear local people greeting you with waving hands and a friendly ‘Mingalabar’. Climbing high, you can take in the 360 degree panoramic view of the entire region. The Oriental Ballooning team would like to make your visit truly memorable by taking you into the skies on one of our exclusive balloon rides. Enjoy a viewpoint that no other form of transport can offer. Our UK commercially licensed pilots are skilled at giving you the experience of a lifetime.
As you eventually drift back to earth, you will be greeted by our dedicated crew, and can celebrate your flight with a glass of chilled sparkling wine, in true aeronautical tradition. Please accept, with our compliments, your own Oriental Ballooning cap and personally-signed flight certificate before we return you to your hotel or guest house.
After enjoying ballooning, take afternoon flight to Heho. Upon arrival, transfer to jetty by car and take transfer boat to hotel. Along the way, see the nature of Intha people. Overnight at hotel in Inle.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 15: INLE SIGHTSEEING (BREAKFAST / LUNCH/-)
After breakfast at hotel, start full day Inle lake sightseeing by boat starting visit to Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, Floating Gardens, Unique Leg-rowers, Traditional Fishing Method, Silk Weaving, Stilt House Villages on the lake and Nge Pe Chaung Monastery. Overnight at hotel in Inle.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, English speaking tour guide, meals, entrance fees, accommodation.
DAY 16: INLE LAKE – HEHO – FLY TO YANGON – FLY TO BANGKOK – BANGKOK DEPARTURE (BREAKFAST/ -/-)
After breakfast at hotel, proceed to airport for the flight back to Yangon. Then you take the 2nd flight to fly back to Bangkok. Tour ends.
Inclusion: Vehicle with A.C, breakfast.
