18 Day Vietnam Cambodia Laos Family Holiday

DAY 01: ARRIVAL HANOI

DAY 02: HANOI – HALONG BAY (B/L/-)

DAY 03: HA LONG BAY – HANOI (B, L)

DAY 04: HANOI HALF DAY CITY WALKING PRIVATE TOUR – FLIGHT TO DANANG – HOIAN (B)

DAY 05 : HOIAN – LEARNING FISHING – FARMING & COOKING CLASS TOUR FULL DAY (B/-/-)

DAY 06: HOI AN – FREE (B/-/-)

DAY 07: HOIAN – DANANG – FLIGHT TO HO CHI MINH CITY (B)

DAY 08: HO CHI MINH CITY – MEKONG DELTA FULLDAY TOUR IN GROUP (B/L)

DAY 09: SAIGON HALF-DAY CITY TOUR + CU CHI TUNNELS – CRUISE DINNER (B)

DAY 10: HO CHI MINH CITY – FLIGHT TO SIEMREAP (B)

DAY 11: SIEM REAP – ANGKOR TOUR IN GROUP (B/L/-)

DAY 12: SIEMREAP – TONLE SAP TOUR (B)

DAY 13: SIEMREAP – FLIGHT TO VIENTIANE (B)

DAY 14: VIENTIANE CITY TOUR (B)

DAY 15: VIENTIANE – FLIGHT TO LUANG PRABANG (B)

DAY 16: KUANG SI WATERFALL – LUANG PRABANG TEMPLES (B)

DAY 17: PAK OU CAVES – LUANG PRABANG SIGHTSEEING (B)

DAY 18: LUANG PRABANG – DEPARTURE (B)

DAY 1: Vietnam Cambodia Laos Family Holiday For 18 Days : ARRIVAL HANOI

Upon arrival at Noibai Airport, you’ll be met by our tour guide & transferred to your hotel in Hanoi for a Check-in.

The rest of time, you’ll be free on your own.

O/N in Hanoi.

DAY 2: Vietnam Cambodia Laos Family Holiday For 18 Days : HANOI – HALONG BAY (B/L/D)

07.30-08.00: You will be picked up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter and transferred to Ha Long.

11:30-12:00: Upon arrival at No 12, Tuan Chau Marina, you will enjoy a warm welcome by our cruise staff in the waiting lounge and complete check-in procedure.

12:00: Upon boarding Hera Classic Boutique Cruise, our crew welcome you with a refreshing drink and cold towel before checking into your cabin. The vessel leaves Tuan Chau Marina, taking you on an exciting journey to discover the beauty of Ha Long Bay. Along the way, you can enjoy the view of some of the most beautiful spots in Ha Long and admire the grandeur of the Bay with thousands of limestone islands while the vessel heads to Luon Cave and Titop island.

Enjoy your lunch at our luxurious restaurant on board while the vessel cruises toward Luon Cave and Titop island.

14.30: Return to your room and prepare for swimming activities at Titop Island.

Visit Titop Island and hike to the top for stunning views of Ha Long Bay or have a fun swim in the clear blue water.

16h00: Hera Cruise will take you to Luon cave area, you will participate in kayaking or rafting here around the thousand-year-old rock formations.

17.30-18.00   Back on board, you will participate in Sunset party & cooking class while the vessel cruises toward the shore. You can enjoy relaxing moments while sipping a cup of traditional Vietnamese tea or coffee on the sundeck amid wonderful scenery and beautiful sunset. Ha Long Bay is calm during the day, but when the sun goes down, the Bay becomes even more tranquil and peaceful.

You will be instructed to make delicious traditional Vietnamese floating rice cake by our chef and then enjoy the floating rice cake made on your own.

17.30-18.30   Happy hour – BUY 2 DRINKS GET 1 FOR FREE

19.30  Outdoor dinner. Enjoy a romantic dinner outdoors (if the weather is favorable) or restaurant.

21.30  After dinner, you will enjoy a peaceful view of the Bay at night on the deck. You can also participate in evening activities such as massage (subject to additional charge), herbal foot bath in your room (free of charge), Bamboo dancing, fashion show traditional customes “Footsteps of Heritage” and some drinks at Sky Bar while admiring breathtaking view of the Bay at night and squid fishing.

The cruise ship anchors for your peaceful night stay in a quiet area.

Overnight on Cruises.

DAY 3: Vietnam Cambodia Laos Family Holiday For 18 Days : HALONG BAY – HANOI (B/L)

06.15: Start your day with Tai Chi class on the sun deck.

06.30-07.00   Enjoy light breakfast with coffee, tea, cakes and fruits, Pho Vietnam, egg station.

07:30  Explore Sung Sot Cave. This is one of the largest and most beautiful caves in Halong Bay. The cave has some unique rock formations that can’t be found anywhere else. The road to the mouth of Sung Sot cave is under the foliage. Walking through steep stone steps, visitors can have the feeling of climbing the mountain and experience the excitement of stepping into the sky.

DAY 04: HANOI HALF DAY CITY WALKING PRIVATE TOUR – FLIGHT TO DANANG – HOIAN (B)

Breakfast at hotel

From your hotel, we take you to visit Ho Chi Minh complex, walking around Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum – the final resting place of Vietnamese great father or Uncle Ho, President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house – where Ho lived on and off from 1958 to 1969…

The next place is One Pillar Pagoda a group of structures consisting of a pagoda and a tower built in the middle of a square pond. Leave One Pillar Pagoda for the Temple of Literature the first college of Viet Nam dedicated to Confucian. Back to Hoan Kiem Lake and have a stopover with Ngoc Son Temple

Afternoon: Free time by your own for leisure & shopping. After that, you are transferred to Noibai airport for a flight to Danang on late flight.

FLIGHT TRANSFER

On arrival at Danang airport, you will be greeted by our guide and driven to Hoian Hotel for checking in.

Day 05 : HOIAN – LEARNING FISHING – FARMING & COOKING CLASS TOUR FULL DAY

Am: In this early morning, our guide welcomes you at the hotel in Hoi An and takes you to Cam Nam fishing village to learn fishing for more experience under the instruction of the local people. Especially, you will practice by yourselves how to catch fish, how to catch the net into the river…Then you will visit green Bay Mau water coconut forest. Coming here, you have chance to row the basket boat to enjoy the tranquil atmosphere admire the revolutionary base of Hoi An in the past and use fishing tools to fish the field crab.

Leaving this beautiful land with heroic traditions, you will be transferred to continue to ride bicycle for visiting Tra Que Vegetable Village far from Hoi An Ancient Town 3km. You ride through peaceful villages and enjoy the beauty of countryside surrounding Hoi An. On arrival, you are welcomed with the friendly smiles and special drink; “E” water or local tea. Here is the chance for you to have a cooking class with the family. Under the instruction how to prepare ingredients, you will cook Hoi An special foods.  Have lunch at the family.

Pm: You will dress in farming clothes, take a short walk around to visit the garden where local farmers work and use the traditional methods without having electrical machines support.

Next, you will enjoy cooking class with family. After that you are under the instruction of household; he will show you how to prepare and make the land, you fertilize green manure before growing vegetables. Watering the vegetables, which you have just grown, is the last activity in the procedure of planting them.

After that, you come back the house to relax by soaking your feet in Vietnamese herbs. This is one of the ways to refresh ourselves after the hard time in garden of Vietnamese.  Then you be transferred back your hotel in Hoi An.

Inclusion: Transport, Local Boat, Basket boat and fishing tools, Bicycle & helmet, English Speaking guide, Entrance fees, Cooking clas, Lunch & Mineral water.

O/N in Hoian

DAY 06: HOI AN – FREE (B/-/-)

Breakfast at hotel, you’ll be free on your own to discover the hidden charms of Hoi An or laze on the beach (No Car & guide)

O/N in Hoian.

Day 07: HOIAN – DANANG – Flight To Ho Chi Minh City (B)

After breakfast at hotel, you’ll be transferred to airport for a flight to Ho Chi Minh city

FLIGHT TRANSFER

On arrival at Saigon, you are met and transferred to hotel for check in.

The bustling Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by many locals, is a center of commerce, finance, culture and tourism in Vietnam. This metropolis, in contradiction to its northern counterpart, is crowded with bikes and motorbikes, numerous shopping areas and sidewalk cafes. (If time permits) we stroll around the down town to explore the different local ways of life.

O/N in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 08: HO CHI MINH CITY – MEKONG DELTA FULLDAY TOUR IN GROUP (B/L)

PICK UP: 07:30 – 7:45 (the time of pick up depends on customer’s hotel/ accommodation’s).

RETURN: 17:30.

ITINERARY: HO CHI MINH – MY THO – BEN TRE

A smooth one-and-half-hour bus ride through rice field scenery along National Highway 1 brings you to the beautiful rural district of Trung Luong.

On arrival at My Tho, after visiting Vinh Trang pagoda, take a leisurely cruise on the Tien River to view the four beautiful islands: Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix, and Tortoise. Boats pass by the fish rafts along the Tien River, overlooking the Rach Mieu Bridge. Stroll along the village road, visit the orchard and enjoy seasonal fruit & honey tea to the sound of “Southern Vietnamese folk music” performed by locals.

Riding a hand-rowed sampan through the Tan Thach canal. 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.

Enjoy lunch at the local restaurant; Then the motorboat will take you back to the cruise. Meet on the bus 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 private collection of beautiful memories.

O/N in Ho Chi Minh City.

DAY 09: SAIGON HALF-DAY CITY TOUR + CU CHI TUNNELS – CRUISE DINNER (B/-/-)

Today we spend a half day exploring the captivating Ho Chi Minh City. The most places of interest are located near the town center. We pass by the now-demolished wartime American Embassy on our way to the Reunification Palace. This famous edifice was a former residence of the President of Southern Vietnam until end of Maril 1975. Close to the palace are some striking French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Sai Gon Post Office.

We follow these with a visit to the Jade Emperor Pagoda and the War Remnant Museum with a wealth of images from the notorious conflicts. The sightseeing ends up with a walk around the retail Ben Thanh Market where anything and everything is for sale!

Afternoon: Transfer about 30km north-west of Ho Chi Minh City to Cu Chi town. Cu Chi tunnels were used as the base from which the Vietnamese mounted their operations of the Tet Offensive in 1968. The incredible underground network in Cu Chi stretched over 200 kilometres and became legendary during the American war.

The extensive tunnels have been specially constructed with living areas, weapon factories, filed hospitals, command centres, plus accommodation. Today we have an excursion to Cu Chi Tunnels to visit an exposition hall and a widened section of the tunnels to get a feel of the underground life. There are also possibilities to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range.

In the evening, a cruise dinner to enjoy the beautiful night scenery of Saigon on the Mekong River would be a farewell to this beautiful oriental city.

O/N in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh City – FLIGHT TO SIEMREAP (B)

After breakfast, you are free till transfer to Tan San Nhat airport for a flight to SIEMREAP. 

FLIGHT TRANSFER

On arrival, you will be welcomed by local guide and will escort you to the hotel for checking in. Free time by yourself to explore around.

O/N in Siemreap.

DAY 11: SIEM REAP – ANGKOR TOUR IN GROUP (B/L/-)

Breakfast at hotel, you’ll be at leisure a bit and then:

08:00 hrs : Our shuttle bus with tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to South Gate of Angkor Thom.

Walk through the South Gate of Angkor Thom via the Naga Bridge, taking some photos.

Walk from South Gate of Angkor Thom to Bayon temple via the big trees, play with monkeys (be careful with your things as a monkey might try to take it away from you)

Visit to Bayon Temple and walk to Baphuon, Elephant Terrance, Leper King Terrace and the Royal Enclosure

13:00 hrs: You’ll be driven to ANGKOR WAT Temple area

Visit to Angkor Wat Temple until sunset

17:30 hrs: Our shuttle bus with guide will bring you back to hotel for the night

O/N in Siem Reap.

DAY 12: SIEMREAP – TONLE SAP TOUR (B)

Breakfast at hotel

This morning we will enjoy a boat ride on the Tonle Sap lake. This is the largest permanent fresh-water lake in South East Asia and flows into Tonle Sap River, joining the Mekong in Phnom Penh. We will see a fishermen’s “floating village” with floating schools, floating police station, etc. It is same as a big village floating on the lake, and the “village” move from place to place following water levels and current.

Lunch not included

O/N in Siem Reap.

DAY 13: SIEMREAP – FLIGHT TO VIENTIANE (B)

After having breakfast at hotel, you will be at leisure till the time of a transfer to Siemreap airport for a flight to Vientiane

FLIGHT TRANSFER

O/N in Vientiane.

DAY 14: VIENTIANE CITY TOUR (B)

In this morning, you will spend time to explore the capital city of Laos. In your Vientiane tour, you will visit:

Vat Sisaket- which is famous for not only its cloister wall storing thousands of tiny Buddha images but also its beautiful architecture and layout with history dating back to 1818.

Vat PhraKeo- which was built in 1565 is one of the most impressive and interesting temples in Vientiane. It previously housed the famous Emerald Buddha image.

Pha That Louang (built 1566, reconstructed 1930). It is the most important Laotian religious and national monument. The temple has an unique architecture reflecting Lao culture and identity, becoming a symbol of Lao nationalism.

Patuxay-the memorial monument –was built in 1957 and is the most prominent landmark in the city. The architecture of the monument was inspired by the architecture of Triomphe in Paris and combined with typical Lao motifs. From the top of the monument, you can see an excellent panoramic view of the city.

At the end of the morning, we visit COPE centre. With the adage “Helping people move on”, the organization always makes efforts to find and help the invalid victims of the Indochina war. They will also help the victims understand deeply about the UXOs (unexploded ordnance) situations in Laos. About 25% of villages in Laos have to suffer from the damages of UXO.

In the afternoon, enjoy a stroll to Talat Sao Maket.

O/N in Vientiane.

DAY 15: VIENTIANE – FLIGHT TO LUANG PRABANG (B)

You are free until transfer to the airport for flight to Luang Prabang.

FLIGHT TRANSFER

Welcome on arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel for check in.

O/N in Luangprabang

DAY 16: KUANG SI WATERFALL – LUANG PRABANG TEMPLES (B)

From the hotel, you will visit the morning Phosi Market is by far the biggest market in Luang Prabang. Three quarters of it is covered, there are several hundred merchants of all kinds vending a large variety of products.

You can find there vegetable gardeners as well as small stalls selling clothes (always in the Chinese style), merchants for health products, dried buffalo skin, local tea, school materials, hardware, etc.

Then we drive to Khuang Sy waterfall on a return journey of around 70km. The road is bordered by villages and rice fields. You will stop in some of these villages and can swim in the waterfall which scatters into many basins.

Return to Luang Prabang and continue exploring the old city on the left bank of the Mekong River. Previously a religious capital, Luang Prabang showcases more than 100 temples, considered amongst the most beautiful in Laos. Highlights include:

Vat Xieng Thong or Temple of the Royal City- one of the most important of Lao monasteries and remains a significant monument to the spirit of religion, royalty and traditional art.

Vat Senna – literally means “Temple of a 100 000 treasures” also one of the most beautiful temples of Luang Prabang

In the late afternoon, it’s time for sunset moment on the Phousi Mountain where you also can have a nice panorama of the city. Leaving here, one the way back to hotel, we will stop to visit the H’mong Night Market where you can find a lot of souvenirs in traditional style of Laos. Transfer back to hotel. O/N in Luangprabang..

DAY 17: PAK OU CAVES – LUANG PRABANG SIGHTSEEING (B)

Today set off your exploration with a visit to the Royal Palace also known as the National Museum to learn more about the long-lasting history and culture of the region.

Afterwards, transfer to the pier and take a long-tailed boat for an upstream cruise. During the cruise, you will be treated a stunning of nature along the river. From the distance you can see limestone cliffs where the hidden Pak Ou Caves are located. The cave is home to thousands of Buddha statues which make the region a revered one. Take your time to explore numerous images hidden in the cave.

Then, make your way back to the city. En-route, stop to visit Ban Xang Hai village to learn more about the making process of the traditional Lao rice whisky. It is a great chance to taste its unique flavor. Move onto Ban Xang Khong village- famous for its wood paper and Lao silk weaving.

Afterwards, we transfer back to hotel.

O/N in Luang prabang.

DAY 18: LUANG PRABANG – DEPARTURE (B)

You are free at leisure until transfer to the airport for your departure flight. Room is at your disposal until 12:00 noon only

 “End of service!”

* INCLUDING:

• Accommodation on half-twin room basis with daily breakfast
• Regional English speaking guide
• Transportation
• Domestic flight tickets (Hanoi – Danang, Danang – Saigon, Vientiane – Luang Prabang)
• Meals as mentioned (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
• Boat trip in Mekong delta & Halong bay
• Water Puppet tickets in Hanoi.
• Entrance fee at indicated sights
• Luggage handling and drinking water

* Exclusive of above prices:

• Visa stamping fee on arrival
• Travel Insurance in all kinds
• Single room (quoted separately)
• Other foreign language guide
• Peak tourist season or special event rates
• Tip, drinks, and other personal expenses
• All airfares

* NOTEs:

+ All airfares are subject to change without prior notice at the time of booking or issuance

+ All tour prices exclude all surcharges for Christmas and New Year period 

*3 Star Hotels in use:

• Hanoi: Hanoi Boutique Hotel (Superior room) http://www.hanoiboutiquehotel.vn/en-us or similar ones
• Ha Long Bay: Aquamarine Cruise (Junior Suite Balcony) https://www.halongaquamarine.com/ or similar ones
• Hoi An: Mulberry Collection Silk Eco (Superior City View Room) https://silkeco.mulberrycollectionvn.com/ or similar ones
• Saigon: Me Gusta Park View Hotel (Deluxe Room) https://megustas.vn/ or similar ones
• Siemreap: Angkor Style resort (Deluxe room) or similar ones
• Vientiane: Lao Orchid hotel (Superior room) *** www.lao-orchid.com or similar ones
• Luang Prabang: Chitdara hotel (Deluxe room) *** or similar ones