GLANCE OF INDOCHINA – 10 DAYS

Day 1: Arrival – Hanoi Capital
Day 2: Hanoi – Halong bay
Day 3: Halong Cruising Tour to Hanoi
Day 4: Hanoi to Laos – Luang Prabang Sightseeing Tour
Day 5: Luang Prabang to Pak Ou Cave
Day 6: Luang Prabang to Vien Tiane City
Day 7: Vien Tiane to Phnom Penh by Flight
Day 8: Phnom Penh City to Siemreap
Day 9: Siemreap – Angkor Wat Temple Tour
Day 10: Siem Reap – Departure

Day 1 : Arrival – Ha Noi Capital (-/-/-)

On arrival at Noi Bai Airport, you are met by our guide and transferred to hotel. The capital of Vietnam, Hanoi is a stylish and gracious city that retains an unique old world charm and some Asia’s most striking colonial architecture.

The many lakes and parks make for relaxing atmosphere. If time permits we enjoy a short cyclo ride through the bustling old quarter streets named after the specific goods once offered for sale at these places.

O/N in Ha Noi.

Day 2 – Ha Noi Package Tour – Ha Long Cruise Tours (B/L/D)

07:30     Our shuttle bus with tour guide will pick you up at your hotels

(Note: This pick-up is just applied for those who use our shuttle bus service)

10:30    Stopover in Hai Duong City where you can experience our hand-made Vietnamese handicraft products.

12:30    Arrive in Tuan Chau Marina Pier (Tuan Chau Island). Followed by activities such as:  boarding Luxury Flamingo Cruise for departure, Welcome drink will be served and cruise briefing, safety instructions, check-in cabins by Cruise Manager

13:30    Great lunch is served while cruising passing by islets.

15:00    Kayaking around Pearl Farm Village, visit Titop Island. Free choice of activities such as sunbathing, swimming and conquering the peak of the biggest island in Halong and taking panoramic photos of Halong bay in the afternoon.

17:30    Happy Hour. Buy 2 beverage get 1 for free

18.00    Cooking Class. Our Chef will demonstrate the preparation of a particular Vietnamese cuisine in the dining room. Our guide will let you know what item will be prepared and will explain the process during the demonstration. Duration about 20 – 30 minutes

18:30    Enjoy Sunset Party with fruits and tea

19:30    Under the magnificent night sky, our luxury set menu dinner is served with variety of Vietnamese and Asian foods

21:00    Joining the squid fishing on boat with our crews and can enjoy the squid cooked with assistance from our chef or laze yourself with our happy-hour drinks at the bar

Overnight on Luxury Flamingo Cruises

Day 3 – Halong Package Tours – Ha Noi Travel Package (B/L/-)

Day 4 – HA NOI – FLIGHT TO LUANG PRABANG – LUANG PRABANG SIGHTSEEING TOUR (B/-/-)

After breakfast at hotel, you check out and our guide will take you to the airport for morning flight to Luang Prabang on VN931 (12.40 – 13.50).
On arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel in Luang Prabang – the ancient first capital of Lane Xang kingdom, the center of religious life in Laos and today the World Heritage City.

After a short rest, we visit the impressive stupa of Wat Visoun and the shrine of Wat Aham and Wat Mai. We then climb up to the top of Mount Phousi 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 the Night Market, where you can find a lovely selection of handmade textiles made by the hill tribe and local people surrounding Luang Prabang.

O/N in Luang Prabang.

Day 5 – Luang Prabang Package Tour – Pakou Cave (B/L/-)

After breakfast, we depart hotel to the boat landing, and take an excursion (a few hours) by boat, upstream on the Mekong to visit Pak Ou cave in the side of a lime stone cliff and opposite of the mouth of the Mekong and Ou rivers. The sanctuaries at Pak Ou consist of two large caves, both repositories for thousands of Buddha images, which range from mere centimeter to two meters in height.

En route, Lao typical villages are barely visible behind a screen of foliage. Slender canoes bobbing by the shore, bamboo poles and floats mark the location of nets and fish traps. Our first stop will be at Ban Muangkeo, a well-known village for Lao traditional rice whisky, namely Laoh-Khao to be distilled. We are welcome to taste it and also take away. Lunch is at a riverside restaurant.

We arrive back at Luang Prabang in late afternoon, and continue by car to outskirt of town to visit Ban Xangkhong, a well-known village for its wood paper making and also Lao silk weaving with natural dyes.
O/N in Luang Prabang.  

Day 6 – LUANG PRABANG – FLIGHT TO VIENTIANE – VIENTIANE CITY TOUR (B/-/-)

After breakfast, we spent a free morning for last chance to shop and visit local sights by own, till we depart to Luang Prabang airport for departure to Vientiane on LK263 (10.30 – 11.20)

Vientiane, the city of the moon – an ancient city, situated on the bend on the left bank of the Mekong as the largest city and the capital of Laos.  Transfer to hotel for check-in.

In the afternoon, we take a sightseeing tour of Vientiane, to visit religious museums of Wat Sisaket, the oldest temple to have been survived from the Siamese war of 1828 and its cloister contains more than 8000 Buddha statues; Wat Ho Prakeo, the former home-temple of the Emerald Buddha statue or Pra Keo, but today it contains a collection of Buddha statues, antiques and all artifacts found in around Vientiane;

That Luang Stupa, the single most important monument in Laos, which was built to cover the original small stupa containing a piece of the chest bone of Buddha; Patouxay (Arch de Triumph), built quite recently in commemoration of those who died during the wars in the past and it is today as the land-mark of Vientiane.

O/N in Vientiane.  

Day 7 – VIENTIANE – FLIGHT TO PHNOM PENH – PHNOM PENH CITY TOUR (B/-/-)

After morning breakfast, we take you to the airport for flight to Phnom Penh on VN 921 (11.50 – 13.15)

On arrival at Po Chen Tong Airport, you are met and transferred to hotel.

Day 8 – PHNOM PENH SIGHTSEEING TOUR – FLIGHT TO SIEMREAP – SIEM REAP TRAVEL PACKAGES (B/-/-)

Phnom Penh is famous for history begins with Lady Penh who discovered five Buddha images concealed in a tree and had a pagoda named Wat Phnom Don Penh built on that spot. The city that took its name from the pagoda was founded nearly a century later, becoming the capital in 1866.

Today we continue seeing Phnom Penh with the Royal University of Fine Arts, where the young Cambodians learn the ancient arts of their ancestors. A view of numerous children practicing the graceful movements of the beautiful national dances is impressive. The next stop of our trip is the National Museum, exclusively dedicated to Khmer art and sculpture.

The majority of the exhibits are from the Angkor period from 9th to 15th centuries, but some date from as early as the 4th century. Heading out of town we visit the Tuol Sleng Prison Museum and the notorious ‘Killing Fields’ of Choeung Ek, which will give us a deep insight into the painful bloody rule of the Khmer Rouge. We have time for an exploration of Psar Toul Tom Pong, also called the “Russian Market”, where anything and everything is for sales.
In the afternoon, you have dinner before we transfer to Phnom Penh Airport for short flight to Siem Reap on K6117 (19.45-20.40)

On arrival, you will be met by our Team and then transferred to hotel for check in.
O/N at Siem Reap.

DAY 9 – ANGKOR WATT PACKAGE TOUR (B/-/-)

After breakfast, we take you to visit to South Gate of Angkor Thom, the famous Bayon, Baphoun, the Terrace of Temple, Elephants and Terrace of the Leper King.

It is time to visit the Angkor National Museum and visit one of the great wonders of the world and symbol of the heart and soul of the Cambodia, Angkor Wat and view wonderful sunset from the top of Phnom Bakheng Hills. Tonight you will enjoy dinner with Khmer Apsara Dance Show. Accommodation at hotel
*Optional for elephant riding at Bayon temple or ride up/down at Bakheng.

O/N at Siem Reap.

Day 10 – Siem Reap Package Tour – Departure (B/-/-)

Breakfast at the hotel

We board on boat in Tonle Sap Lake. Here, enjoy a brief cruise past floating villages complete with schools, restaurants, and hospitals. Lunch at local restaurant (by your own account).
Free leisure for your own time for rolling at local market for shopping until transfer to Siem Reap International airport departure flight.