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| AMI-INDOCHINA03 - 21D - Laos - Vietnam - Cambodia |
| Day 1: Arrive in Luang prabang: ( Meals: D) |
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- Welcome to Luang prabang. Upon arrival, meet your guide transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Luang prabang.
Services: pick up, English speaking guide, dinner, hotel.
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| Day 2: Laung Prabang - City Tours (Meals: B/L) |
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- After breakfast, visit National museum, we visit the impressive stupa of Wat Visoun and the shrine of Wat Aham, Wat Mai; visit Wat Xieng Thong, we then climb up to the top of Phousi Mount for an enjoyable exploration of the sacred, gilded stupa as well as a beautiful sunset view of the city and the Mekong River. From there, we explore Street Night Market, where you can find the lovely collection and handmade textile by local and hill tribe people surrounding Luang Prabang.
- Overnight in Luang Prabang.
Services: Transfer, English speaking guide, entrance fee, lunch, hotel.
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| Day 3: Luang Prabang - Kuang Sii Fall ( Meals: B/ L) |
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- After breakfast drive out of town 30KM to the beautiful Kuang Sii Fall, where you can swim, relax, soft trek to the top of the fall. On return short stop at Black Hmong Village, where hill tribe hand-made handicraft as souveniors for visitors pass by. Arrive in the town, transfer to your hotel.
- Overnight at same hotel.
Services: Transfer, English speaking guide, entrance fee, lunch, hotel.
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| Day 4: Luang Prabang - Pak Ou Cave ( Meals: B/ L ) |
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- After breakfast, we enjoy a cruise 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 distillation of local rice wine. On return, we take a short drive to Ban Xang Khong, well known for its hand weaving.
- Overnight in Luang Prabang.
Services: Transfer, English speaking guide, entrance fee, lunch, hotel.
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| Day 5: Luang Prabang- Ha Noi ( Meals: B /L/D ) |
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- After breakfast relax until your flight time to transfer you to airport for the flight to Ha Noi.
- A warm welcome by our tour guide at Noi Bai Airport. Car will pick you up then transfer you to your hotel in the city for refreshing. Lunch at local restaurant.
- After lunch, tour will guide you to Literature Temple which is known as the first University of Viet Nam. Continue to Visit Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc Son Temple.
- A 45 minute cycle tour to visit old quarter before going to the water puppet show. Welcome dinner will be served at a local restaurant.
- Overnight in Ha Noi.
Services: Transfer, English speaking guide, lunch, dinner, entrance fees, cyclo tour, water puppet show, Hotel.
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| Day 6: Ha Noi – Ha Long (Meals: B/L/D) |
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- After your breakfast in your Hotel, the car will pick you up and transfer you to Halong. It takes around three and half hours drive for 170 km far. You will enjoy the beautiful scene along the road, with many rice fields (in right season). A rest stop will occur on the way for refreshing where you can have a cup of coffee.
- After arriving at Ha Long, you will transfer directly to the pier for boarding. A welcome drink and cool towel is provided then you will check in for your cruise.
- Seafood lunch will be served, enjoy the meals and take a look to the bay. The area has many limestone karsts and isles with a lot of sharps in various sizes and shapes will be showed. Some activities are available for your choice as swimming, kayaking.
- A rowing boat will take you through a local fishing village. This floating village will surprise you as you can see the government office and even the floating Bank. If time permits, you will see how they cultivate the pearl. You may have the chance to bet with your luck by buying a cheap clam but hope for a beautiful pearl inside!
- Dinner and overnight on board.
Services: Private transfer, English speaking guide, join in cruise, lunch, dinner, entrance fees, sleep on board.
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| Day 7: Ha Long – Ha Noi (Meals: B/L) |
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- The Day starts by a morning exercise test (‘Tai chi’) on the sun-deck. Morning swimming is also available for those who prefer it but kayaking must be booked in advance so equipment is available.
You will have a healthy Breakfast while cruising. Today you will explore the marvelous natural landscapes. Climb the nearby mountain for to see the Surprising cave while admiring the amazing landscape.
- Back to shore around 11: 00 AM. Lunch will be at a local restaurant in Ha Long.
- Arrive Ha Noi around 4:30 AM. Check in Hotel to relax and refresh.
- Overnight in Ha Noi.
Services: Private transfer, English speaking guide, entrance fees, lunch, Hotel.
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| Day 8 : Ha Noi – Hue (Meals: B/L/D) |
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- After your breakfast, you will check out of the hotel.
- A short city tour in Ha Noi to visit the Ethnology Museum, one pillar pagoda and the stilt house of Ho Chi Minh from which he conducted much of the American war, and Ba Dinh Square, where he delivered the Declaration of Independence in 1945.
- Then go directly to the airport for the flight to Hue.
- In the afternoon, there is a short trip to visit The King’s Tombs as Minh Mang, Tu Duc, or the Khai Dinh’ tomb.
- Dinner at local restaurant.
- Overnight in Hue.
Services: Transfer, flight HAN- HUI, pick up, English speaking guide, lunch, entrance fees, dinner, Hotel.
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| Day 9 : Hue – Da Nang – Hoi An (Meals: B/L) |
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- Morning boat trip to visit Thien Mu Pagoda. Besides being one of main religion in Viet Nam, Thien Mu Pagoda has represented the Vietnamese culture and history.
- Continue to visit the Citadel.
- Back to hotel for check out and the lunch is at local restaurant. We will continue the journey to Danang through Hai Van Pass and Lang Co beach. The travel time on the bus is about three hours.
- Arrived Da Nang, continue your drive around 35 km to the South for Hoi An.
- Overnight in Hoi An.
Services: Transfer, English speaking guide, entrance fee, lunch, hotel.
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| Day 10 : Hoi An (Meals: B/L) |
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- At 8am our local guide meets you at the meeting place from there we ride by bicycle to a local farm in Tra Que village. Here you will have a brief introduction to the history of the village, the cultivation of the vegetables as well as discovering about the use of vegetables in traditional Vietnamese medicine.
- You will take a trip around the vegetable garden and join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seaweed from the local lake. Continue doing activities such as: raking, sowing, as well as watering and picking greens and many more gardening activities. Then spend the rest of the morning working the land in the time honoured way, before breaking to prepare lunch with a local family. Your lunch will consist of many local delicacies including ‘Tam huu' spring rolls and Banh xeo the local pancake of the people from the middle region.
- Back to Hoi an. Walking trip to visit Hoi An ancient town with many ancient houses as well as the famous Japanese Bridge.
- Tour ends with a foot massage before then relaxing after a hard walking day.
- Overnight in Hoi An.
Services: Transfer, English speaking guide, lunch, entrance fee, foot massage, hotel.
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| Day 11 : Hoi An- Da Nang – Saigon (Meals: B/L/D) |
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- Breakfast and free until time to transfer for the flight to Saigon.
- You will be picked up at Tan Son Nhat Airport and transferred to your hotel. A half day city tour in the afternoon to visit Reunification Hall, Old Post Office, and Notre Dame Cathedral. We will be able to later shop at BenThanh Market.
- Later, you will come back hotel for rest and relaxing. The dinner will be served on the cruise. It will take you along Saigon River where you can enjoy your time for fresh air and see Saigon River by night.
- Transfer to Hotel for overnight.
Services: Transfer, flight DAD- SGN, English speaking guide, entrance fees, lunch, dinner, Hotel.
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| Day 12: Saigon – Mekong (Meals: B/L) |
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- After your breakfast at the hotel, you transfer to My Tho for the tour. It takes two hours by bus from Saigon. There, you will board the boat for your trip on Tien River for seeing Thoi Son, Long, Quy and Phung islands then on to Ben Tre province located on the other side of Tien River. You will disembark the boat for a smaller rowing boat to go to small branch of the river where you will see how a peaceful life is. Follow the tour guide along to the small village road through the orchard complete with different kinds of tropical trees as jackfruit, longan. You will see plenty of coconut trees in Ben Tre area.
- The tour will show you several workshops to see how local people brew wine from rice and how they make the coconut candy. You can taste the honey bee mixed with the tea and enjoy the tropical fruits.
- Back to My Tho with lunch at Local restaurant with local cuisines. You will arrive to Saigon around 5:00 PM.
- Overnight in Saigon.
Services: transfer, English speaking guide, boat trip, entrance fees, lunch, Hotel.
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| Day 13 : Saigon - Cu Chi – Phan Thiet. (Meals: B,L) |
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- By road from your hotel to the Hoc Mon District to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, which is 70 kilometers North West of downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The Cu Chi Tunnels system was created around 1948 to assist Viet Minh in their combat with the French. Building continued over the next 25years until it was an underground city with living areas, kitchens, storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers. In places, it could house up to 10, 000 people who virtually lived underground for years.... getting married, raising children. During the American War the entire area of Cu Chi was designated a free fire zone and was heavily bombarded. From 1988, two sections of tunnels have been opened up for visitors.
- Lunch at local restaurant then heading for Phan Thiet for the beach.
- Car and guide will go back to Saigon.
- Overnight in Phan Thiet.
Services: Transfer, English speaking guide, entrance fee, lunch, Hotel.
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| Day 14 : Phan Thiet (Meals: B) |
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- Free time at leisure.
Services: Hotel only.
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| Day 15: Phan Thiet (Meals: B) |
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- Free time at leisure.
Services: Hotel only.
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| Day 16: Phan Thiet (Meals: B) |
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- Free time at leisure.
Services: Hotel only.
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| Day 17: Phan Thiet – Saigon ( Meals: B/L ) |
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- Check out at noon.
- Car and our tour guide will pick you up for Saigon. Lunch in Phan Thiet.
- Overnight in Saigon
Services: Private transfer, English speaking guide, lunch, Hotel.
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| Day 18 : Saigon – Siem Reap ( Meals: B/D ) |
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- Morning transfer to Tan Son Nhut Airport for the flight to Siem Reap.
- Upon arrive at Siem Reap International airport you will welcome by the tour guide and then transfer to local restaurant for dinner.
- Check in at hotel & overnight Siem Reap
Services: Private transfer, English speaking guide, lunch, dinner Hotel.
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| Day 19 : Siem Reap ( Meals: B/L/D ) |
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- Breakfast will be at hotel.
- This morning, Visit the South Gate (with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk) the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century) and then take elephant ride around 15 – 20 minute to Bayon temple, you will enjoy beautiful natural view a long the road then visit Bayon Temple (unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara), the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King and visit the fabulous Ta Prohm Temple which is embraced by the roots of enormous fig trees drive to a local restaurant for lunch. Afternoon, visit Preah Khan temple, built by the King Jayavarman VII and, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulder-hugging corridors. Ta Som temple, East Me Bon, is a large temple-mountain-like ruin, rising three levels and crowned by five towers. Jayavarman IV, a usurper to the throne, moved the capital from Angkor to Kh Ke in 928AD. Sixteen years later Rajendravarman II returned the capital to Angkor and shortly thereafter constructed East Mebon on an island in the middle of the now dry Eastern Bary. The temple is dedicated to Shiva in honor of the king’s parents. In the late afternoon, you will walk to the top of Phnom Bakheng to view the amazing sunset over Angkor Wat and other surrounding ruins. Dinner at local restaurant with Apsara Dance show.
Services: Private transfer, English speaking guide, entrance fee, lunch, dinner, Hotel.
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| Day 20 : Siem Reap – Kampong Khleng – Siem Reap ( Meals: B/L/D ) |
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- Driver to Kampong Khleang is located on the northern lake-edge about 35 km east of Siem Reap town, more remote and less touristed than Kampong Phluk. Visitors to Kampong Khleang during the dry season are universally awestruck by the forest of stilted houses rising up to 10 meters in the air. In the wet season the waters rise to within one or two meters of the buildings. Like Kampong Phluk, Kampong Khleang is a permanent community within the floodplain of the Lake, with an economy based in fishing and surrounded by flooded forest. But Kampong Khleang is significantly larger with near 10 times the population of Kampong Phluk, making it the largest community on the Lake. In the afternoon, Then visit the 7th world heritage, Angkor Wat a unique and stunning blend of spirituality and symmetry, an enduring example of man's devotion to his Gods. It is the largest and undoubtedly the most breath taking of the monuments of Angkor and it is widely believed that it is the largest religious structure in the world.
Services: Private transfer, English speaking guide, entrance fee, lunch, dinner, Hotel.
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| Day 21 : Siem Reap – Departure ( Meals: B ) |
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- After breakfast at hotel, visit Les Artisans D’ Angkor and see their stone and wood carving workshops where the artisans are taught to use traditional Khmer techniques. Next visit the Old Market where you can see the fresh local produce being sold as well as browse the souvenir stalls and then transfer to airport for departure
YOU MAY FLY BACK TO GERMANY VIA BANGKOK , SAIGON OR HA NOI.
Services: Private transfer, English speaking guide, lunch.
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INCLUDED:
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Room base on double sharing. |
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English speaking guide for the whole trip. NO tour guide accompanies you during your stay in Mui Ne |
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Private transfer. |
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• 2 pax: Car 4 – 7 seats |
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All entrance fees as itinerary |
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Half board meals. USD 10/meal/person, not included drink, in average. |
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Boat trip in Ha Long, Hue, Mekong. |
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Join in trip and transfer for 2 days trip in Ha Long. |
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Local insurance its value is USD 1.5/ day / person |
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Local VAT tax. |
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Water on board. |
NOT INCLUDED:
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Travel insurance: We are strongly advised you to buy your travel insurance in your country. |
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Flight. |
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Other meals and drinks |
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Other service which is not mentioned above. |
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Airport departure tax ( if any) |
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Personal expenses as tip, laundry, tel... |
| Group size |
2 pax |
4 pax |
6 pax |
8 pax |
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| Price per person |
2603 |
2166 |
2025 |
1948 |
1043 |
Note: - Price is not included flight. - - Valid from 1st April 2011 until 31st March – 2012. - Not applied on National Holidays, Christmas and New Year, Vietnamese Tet Festival.
CURRENT FLIGHT FARE: USD 493.00/ person.
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Luang Prabang – Ha Noi : USD 165/person / one way. |
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Ha Noi – Da Nang: USD 74.00/ person/ one way |
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Hue – Saigon: $US 74.00/ person/ one way |
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Saigon – Siem Reap : $ US 180.00/ person / one way. |
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The Airfare subjects to change without prior notice. |
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