16 Day itinerary in Vietnam, Asia
The allure of Southeast Asia is in the unexpected blend of stunning pagodas and romantic colonial architecture; the colorful cacophony of market streets where silks and silver are sold next to cilantro and roasted fish; and the terraced rice fields and timeless villages. Experience Indochina on a un... Read More
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Visit markets
Meet local people
Kayak & Canoe
Nature & Wildlife
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Visiting famous places of Vietnam
Natural beauty of Laos
Amazing Angkor Wat
Explore four very different UNESCO World Heritage sites in three different countries: Hue, Ha Long B
Visiting famous places of Vietnam
Natural beauty of Laos
Amazing Angkor Wat
Explore four very different UNESCO World Heritage sites in three different countries: Hue, Ha Long B
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Hanoi arrival
Arrival Hanoi airport, our driver come to pick up then transfer to hotel to check in. Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
Guide: Included for the day
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Hanoi City tour - night train to Sapa
After breakfast, our guide come to pick up you at hotel to start the trip with Tran Quoc Pagoda, a buddhist relic and national heritage lying on the West Lake. Visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the final resting place of Vietnam ‘s greatest father; his house-on-stilt and One Pillar Pagoda – modeled after a lotus flower, a symbol of Hanoi. Arrive Ethnology Museum to learn about cultures of 54 ethnic groups living in Vietnam. 13:00: Have a rest and enjoy lunch in a local restaurant in Hanoi Old Quarter. Visit Temple of Literature constructed in 1070 – dedicated to Confusions, sages and talented scholars. It is the most famous temple in Hanoi, also functioning as Vietnam’s first university. Leave for a legendary Hoan Kiem lake and Ngoc Son Temple dedicated to a former general commander Tran Hung Dao for his struggle against Mongolians. 16:00: Arrive back in your hotel. You are free until 20:00 our staff come to pick up you to station to take overnight train to Sapa. Overnight on train
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Sapa Tribal Village
Arrival Lao Cai Sation in early morning, our staff come to pick up to Sapa Town for breakfast After breakfast at hotel. We visit Cat Cat village of the Black H’mong, Relax at the food of the stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam, next 3 km to Sin Chai, the village located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain “the roof of Vietnam and Indochina”. From here you can enjoy huge stunning landscapes before climbing up on the way a jeep to return to Sapa. Overnight at hotel in Sapa
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Sapa Villages - local market
Coc Ly a is a medium sized minority people’s market where every Tuesday the tribes from the surrounding villages come to buy and sell goods and meet friends. You will find Flower Hmong (Red Hmong), Black Dao, Nung, Giay and Tay peoples in attendance and the goods on offer range from local fruit and vegetables to livestock, handicrafts and clothes. The market starts around 7am and closes in the early afternoon. Enjoy your time at the market, walk around, bargain and take in the sights and sounds of local life. After exploring the market take a short drive to the Chay river. Sail down the gently flowing waters, lined After that driver will transfer you to Lao Cai station to take overnight train back to Hanoi
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Hanoi - Halong Bay
Arrival Hanoi station in early morning, move to hotel to have breakfast and relax before moving to Halong Bay 07.45 – 8:30: The Swan shutter bus will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi and heading to northeast of Vietnam. At the middle of the way, we have a quick stop to stretch your leg and refresh then continue our way to Halong Bay. 12.00: Arrive at Swan office in Ha Long, have a bit time to relax , and then you will transfer to Swan Cruises by tender. 12.45: Enjoy welcome drink, be briefing about safety on boat and activities included then check in your cabin. 13.30: Have lunch while leisurely cruising to the core of Bai Tu Long Bay. 15.30: Arrive to Cap La Island - the beautiful area in Bai Tu Long bay. Enjoy kayaking through the karsts and breathtaking nature, and relaxing (According to Halong Bay Board Management, all cruises in Halong Bay are not allowed to organize swimming activities) 17.30: Get back to the boat and enjoy Sunset party while our cruise is sailing to the overnight anchorage. 19.00: Have dinner in the dining room on board. 20.30: Free time for joining Games, you may also try your luck with squid fishing. Overnight on Swan Cruise in Cong Do area
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Tran San - Thien Canh Son cave - Hanoi
06.30: Start your day with Tai Chi on the Sundeck. Enjoy early morning landscape of the bay. 07.00: Have breakfast on board (tea and coffee are free) 08.00: Explore Thien Canh Son cave. Our tour guide will explain the history of Ha Long Bay, Bai Tu Long Bay and this Cave, made by Mother Nature 09.30: Finish packing and check out your cabin. Prepare to join in our traditional cooking demonstration. Please remove all of your belongings from your cabin, you may leave heavy luggage outside of the cabin (our staff will support you transfer directly to the pier). 10.30: Attend in a Vietnamese cooking demonstration. 11.00: Enjoy lunch while our cruise is returning Hon Gai harbour. 12.00: Back to the harbor and disembark in Hon Gai pier. 12.30: Farewell Halong Bay then our bus will take you back to Hanoi. 17.00: End of 2-day-1-night trip on Swan Cruises Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Hanoi - Hue half day tour
Breakfast at hotel, you are free driver come to pick up to airport for flight to Hue. Arrival Hue, guide and driver come to pick up Today you will join half day Hue city tour in Hue to visit Ming Mang Tomb, Thien Mu Pagoda and ancient citadel. Back to hotel to check in and overnight at hotel in Hue
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
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Hue - Hoian
Breakfast at hotel, guide and driver come to pick up to hoian, on the way you can visit Lang Co Beach, Hai Van pass, Ngu Hanh Son mountain – Arrival Hoian, Ovenight at hotel
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Hoian Cooking Class - Half day city tour
Breakfast at hotel then our guide and driver come to pick up to join cooking class tour. You will have chance to learn how to cook Vietnamese food like Bun, Pho, Banh Xeo… Afternoon a walking tour of this World Heritage Site. Along the way visit the Japanese Covered Bridge which features a Buddhist pagoda attached to one side and the town's most famous landmark, a beautiful Chinese Assembly Hall built in 1740 as a meeting place for all Chinese residents of the town. The hall is lavishly decorated with murals and a replica of a Chinese ship, and Phuoc Kien Pagoda, also called Kim Son Pagoda, built in 1697 by Chinese Phuoc Kien merchants at Hoi An. Conclude your tour at the Central Market, where you will find everything from fruit and flowers to tailor-made clothes and silk lanterns, whose flexible bamboo frames are designed to collapse, so they're easily transported home as a souvenir, overnight at hotel in Hoian
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Hoian - Ho Chi Minh half day tour
Breakfast at hotel you are free until 08:00 AM, driver come to pick up to airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh. Arrival HCM, pick up to hotel to check in After Lunch, we start the trip by visiting Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office, followed by exploring the Reunification Palace, and the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Mekong Delta Tour
Breakfast at hotel then 07:45 – 08:15: Depart for Cai Be by car/van via Trung Luong Express Highway, stopping to take photos in Tan An town overlooking the picturesque flat rice fields. On arrival in Cai Be, set off by motorboat to visit the Cai Be floating market and watch the locals trading fruit and many other commodities on board their vessels. Visit a small family business to see how coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn are made. Then wander into the small villages to visit the orchard and fruit plantation, accompanied by traditional southern Vietnamese folk music. Keep cruising to a series of small canals to experience the charms of the Upper Mekong Delta. Arrive in Tan Phong island, join to a cooking class. Enjoy your cooking experience and learn how to prepare special Vietnamese dishes. Food cooked by yourself and fresh river food served in the heart of the garden. Relax on the hammocks to get back your energy. Cycle around the village path with fruit orchards and bonsai garden. Meet the local islanders to learn more about the local daily life in the Mekong delta. Take a boat ride back to Cai Be, meet the car/van for the trip back to Hochiminh city
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Cu Chi Tunnel - Flight to Siem Reap
Cu Chi 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. Today, ducks and water buffalos happily co-exist in the rivers along the side of the road. However, the peaceful rural rice paddy scenery belies the area’s violent history. Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destruction, damage & defoliation over this whole area, caused by bombing and mines. There is plenty of evidence of the fierce battle that took place here during the 1960s when Cu Chi was a "Free Target Zone". Then transfer to airport for flight to Siem Reap. Arrival Siem Reap, Our guide and driver come to pick up to hotel to check in. Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
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Siem Reap - Angkor wat tour
Breakfast at hotel: Start your sightseeing tour of Angkor area we spend a full day exploring the wondrous ancient ruins with 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, the Terrace of the Leper King and the largest as well as the most complete temple of Angkor Wat. This architectural masterpiece was constructed in the 12th century and covers an area of about 210 hectares. We stroll around this massive edifice, seeing the many galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple and the jungle covered temple of Ta Prohm is an incredible sight. There are enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers which embrace themselves in the stone foundations of the structure giving the impression of man's creation being reclaimed by the powerful forces of nature. Overnight at hotel
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Siem Reap to Luang Prabang
Breakfast at hotel and we continue to visit floating village of Chong Khneas, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap. We take a boat trip in a traditional wooden boat on the Tonle Sap Lake, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia. We spend the rest of day visiting the "Chantiers Ecoles - Les Artisans d'Angkor" which provides training to young Cambodians in an effort to revive the ancient Khmer traditions of stone carving and wood sculpting. Then transfer to airport for your departure flight Luang Prabang. Upon arrival at the airport, our local guide will welcome you and transfer you to hotel in town for check in. Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at the hotel
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
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Luang Prabang, Pake Ou Cave and Khoangsi Waterfall
Take a morning cruise along the Mekong about two hours upstream from the centre of Luang Prabang, and discover the numerous Buddha images at Pak Ou Caves. Pak Ou (mouth of the Ou river) the Tham Ting (lower cave) and the Tham Theung (upper cave) are caves overlooking the founder name Mekong River. They are a group of caves on the right side of the Mekong river, It is then only a short distance from the caves to the village of Ban Xang Hai. Stop here to learn about LauLao (Lao whisky) and LauHai (Lao wine), before continuing down the Mekong to Luang Prabang. On return, continue driving to the beautiful Khouangsi Waterfall where you can splash around in the pools or walk along the forest paths, return to Luang Prabang and free to relax
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Luang Prabang Departure
For early risers, alms giving ceremony is good chance to learn about local culture. We suggest you enjoy the sunrise at the crossroads in town around 05.00 when you will also see monks in saffron robes from Luang Prabang’s many temples walking in long silent processions searching for offerings left to them by the faithful. After breakfast we will start this city sightseeing tour around Luang Prabang town. We visit the vegetable market and the former King's Palace in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Luang Prabang learning about today's life and history. Luang Prabang is maybe the best-preserved traditional city in Southeast Asia. The tranquility and charm of this town with its splendid natural scenery and cultural sights, like the Wat Xieng Thong, make it one of the most delightful places to visit in Laos. Later today, we take a short drive to the airport for your flight departure. End of services
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Meals: Breakfast
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