WELCOME TO VIETNAM – HANOI ARRIVAL – GREETING – FREE & EASY
Pick up at Noi Bai International airport & transfer to Hanoi, check in hotel ( check in time is 14:00, check out time is 12:00 noon, early check in and late check out is not available, and subject to Hotel availability and regulations ). Dinner is served at restaurant. Free time until the rest of the day & Overnight in Hotel in Hanoi
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HANOI CITY TOUR FULL DAY
Pick up at Noi Bai International airport & transfer to Hanoi, check in hotel ( check in time is 14:00, check out time is 12:00 noon, early check in and late check out is not available, and subject to Hotel availability and regulations ). Lunch is served at restaurant. In the afternoon, pick up from Hotel, visit the President Ho Chi Minh’s complex ( visit from outside only, including the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ba Dinh Square and his Residence Complex, One Pillar Pagoda ). Visit the Temple of Literature. Visit Hoan Kiem lake (Restore Sword Lake) & Ngoc Son Temple located on the Jade Island in the middle of the Lake. Dinner is served at restaurant. Free time on your own & Overnight in Hotel in Hanoi
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HANOI – HALONG BAY – OVERNIGHT ON CRUISE
Breakfast at the hotel, check out. Pick up from 07:30 or 8:00am from your hotel to travel to Halong Bay (distance 160km ). After 4 hours driving and viewing the peaceful country side scenery, we arrive at the at port. At 12.00, the junk crews welcome guests on board your Cruise. Enjoy welcome drinks and check in your cabin. Lunch with fresh local seafood while cruising into Halong bay. It will absolutely be a wonderful opportunity to admire thousands of islands and islets and to be marveled by with the amazing magnificent caves and grottoes at the inside the islands, admiring sparkling stalactites and stalagmites like germs and listen to legends of the Dragons and the Land in the area, the sightseeing tour by cruise continued with many other sites in the Halong Bay in the Unesco listed zones . You Enjoy relaxing or the sunset on Cruise. Dinner and overnight on the Cruise .
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HALONG BAY – HANOI – FLIGHT TO HO CHI MINH CITY
Early risers can enjoy the sunrise and the quiet breath-taking beauty of Bay’s landscape. Breakfast served .Continue to enjoy the cruising tour until noon. At about 10:00, you arrange our luggage and check out cabin while cruising back to the pier. Lunch is provided on cruise. By noon at 11:30 or 12:00 mid-noon, back to the prier, and disembark the Cruise, meet the bus again and drive back to Hanoi, depends on the flight time to Ho Chi Minh city, you will be picked up and transfer to Hanoi Airport for a short flight to Ho Chi Minh city. On arrival in Ho Chi Minh city Airport, you will be picked up and transfer to hotel. Dinner is served at restaurant. Overnight in hotel in HCM city
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HO CHI MINH CITY – CU CHI TUNNELS FULL DAY
08:00 am, pick up at hotel in central Ho Chi Minh City, leaving Ho Chi Minh City for Cu Chi Tunnels, about more than 1 hour by car, first to watching a short introductory video showing how they were constructed, then spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels. Also on display are various mantraps, the remains of an American tank and numerous bomb craters made by 500 pound bombs dropped by B52 bombers. For those interested there's even the opportunity to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range ( on your own expense ), return Ho Chi Minh city. Lunch is served at restaurant. In after noon, tour continued by visiting sites as below:. The Reunification Palace ( Independence Palace ). The War Remnants Museum. Sightseeing of the Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office, Ben Thanh Market. Dinner is served at restaurant. At 17.30, tour today finished at your hotel
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HO CHI MINH CITY – MEKONG RIVER DELTA – MY THO – BEN TRE
08:00am – Pick up from your hotel, about more than 02 hours riding with land transfer from Ho Chi Minh city to My Tho city, enjoying sightseeing with countryside scenery along the way to Mekong Delta. 10:30 am, arrival in My Tho town, getting embark a motor boat for a leisurely cruising tour along the tributary of the Mekong Delta River for a close-up view of local rural life style with the stilt houses, fruit plantations and fishing villages along the river bank. Boat proceed to Tortoise Island, disembark the cruise for a while, start wandering around through the island and orchard gardens where you can try tasting with honey tea and some various samples of fresh juicy tropical fruits while listening to the traditional classical music being performed by the local music band. Having lunch at restaurant. Tour continued with a visit to a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle, taste a delicious coconut candy & observe the pastoral life as you take a horse driven cart tour moving along the villages for more sightseeing. Taking a hand rowing sampan for a while, moving through Mekong Delta small cannels thickly covered with water coconut forests for a great real experience of the rural life on water of the Mekong Delta region, aboard the motor boat getting back to pier. 14:00 Disembark, meet again the driver for two hours driving back to Ho Chi Minh city. 16:30 – 17:00 Arrival at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city. Dinner is served at restaurant. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh.
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HO CHI MINH CITY – PHNOM PENH
Upon arrival, you will be warmly welcomed by English Speaking Guide and transferred to city hotel for check-in or luggage drop-off if the room is yet to be ready for you (note: Hotel regular check in time is from 14.00 or later, early check in is NOT included and subject to hotel avaiablility and regulation, early check in can be available on request in advance). The capital city of Phnom Penh was once considered the loveliest city of Indochina. Despite its recent turbulent history, it still maintains considerable charm. Enjoy the rest of the day at the casino and good luck to win it all. Enjoy dinner at an Indian restaurant (Food only, drink is on own account)
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PHNOM PENH - CITY TOUR
8am, Visit the peaceful stretch of green fields of Cheung Ek which is located 15km from Phnom Penh town. Cheung Ek was made famous by the movie “The Killing Fields”. Nowadays, a large memorial has been built to commemorate the 17,000 victims who died here under the reign of Khmer Rouge leader, Pol Pot. The remnants inside the memorial and the mass graves that dot the area remind you of the suffering of the victims. This journey into Cambodia’s past will provide you with a background on the cruelty of the Khmer Rouge regime. It will also give you an appreciation of the struggle that Cambodian people have faced and their tremendous courage to move on and rebuild their nation. Return to the city and visit Tuol Sleng Museum which is also a reminder of the Khmer Rouge regime. Return to the city for lunch at an Indian restaurant (Food only, drink is on own account)
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HO CHI MINH CITY– TRANSFER BY A PRIVATE BUS TO SIEM REAP
Transfer (without guide) to Siem Reap with approximately 6 hours’ drive. On the arrival, our driver will drop off at your hotel for check-in. Siem Reap Orientation visiting to local main shrine Preah Ang Chek/Cham to pray for good luck. Walking along a bungalow where is special for local people. They mostly come here for taking pictures with their family or beloved one and some come here for taking exercise in the evening. Bungalow is also home to hundreds of fruit-bats, where they can be found on the top of those big trees. We will also explore the popular handicraft in Siem Reap, the Artisans D’ Angkor, where it focuses on training unschooled rural youth. Here you will have a chance to observe the artisans at work and see how the handicraft is being made. Ancient techniques are still practiced here such as wood and stone carving, lacquering, gilding and silk painting. Lunch will be served at an Indian restaurant (Food only, drink is on own account). Enjoy dinner at an Indian restaurant (Food only, drink is on own account)
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SIEM REAP – ANGKOR TEMPLES HIGHLIGHTED
After breakfast, we explore South Gate of Angkor Thom known as Big Angkor, 3km2 walled and moated royal city and was the last capital of the Angkorian Empire, The famous Bayon Temple was an architectural muddle, in part because it was constructed in a somewhat piecemeal fashion for over a century. Terrace of the Elephants is an impressive, two and a half meter tall, 300 meter long terrace wall adorned with carved elephants and gradual that spans the heart of Angkor Thom in front of Baphuon - huge temple mountain in the heart of Angkor Thom, Royal Palace Area and Phimeanakas - impressive rite and sandstone pyramid. Terrace of the Leper King is at the north end of the Terrace of the Elephants, a double terrace wall with deeply carved nag as, demons and other mythological beings. Last visit Ta Pnohm temple which is a wonderful combination of human genius and natural beauty! Giant trees have grown here for centuries! Lunch at an Indian restaurant. This afternoon we visit Angkor Wat temple, the Cambodia's ancient temple is one of the wonders of the oriental world. Masterpieces of decorative details as well as of architectural style, its awe-inspiring ruins survive as testament to the spectacular achievements of Southeast Asia's greatest civilization. It is a replica of the universe according to the Hindu mythology. It is composed by the Mount Meru, surrounded by the continents and the oceans. Its extraordinary bas-reliefs, describe some Khmer epics and myths. Angkor Wat's five famous towers rise into the sky, a geometrical arrangement of numerous galleries, adorned with beliefs and the stone images of celestial Apsara dancers, as well as portals, chambers and courtyards. Evening enjoy buffet dinner with Apsara dance show – a taste of classical Khmer culture. Overnight in Siem Reap.
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SIEM REAP – DEPARTURE
After breakfast transfer to the airport for your departure flight to Bangalore with the enthralling memories of your trip by R L Tours and Travels.
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